Adda52.com (Delta Corp Ltd)
Graduate Trainee → Senior Software Engineer
Five-plus years on a real-money real-time poker platform: game logic, load testing at 10k+ concurrent users, disaster recovery, and a PHP → Node.js migration.
JavaNode.jsAngular 2Real-time SystemsLoad TestingDisaster RecoveryJenkinsGradle
Adda52 is one of India’s largest real-money poker platforms. I joined as a graduate trainee in 2014 and left in 2020 as a Senior Software Engineer, working across the game backend, load and resilience testing, and the public platform.
Role progression
- Graduate Engineer Trainee (Sep 2014 – Oct 2015)
- Software Engineer (Oct 2015 – Oct 2016)
- Senior Software Engineer (Oct 2016 – Feb 2020)
Engineering areas
Game logic
- Contributed to core poker cash-game and tournament-management modules.
- Implemented the OFC poker variant end to end on the
adda52live.comfrontend (Angular 2).
Load and resilience testing
- Enhanced Java-based user-behaviour simulators to load test real-time poker servers at 10,000+ concurrent users.
- Built disaster-recovery systems for zero-downtime gameplay — restoring poker games and player state after a failure.
Platform migration
- Led migration of the public gaming platform from PHP to Node.js, improving performance and maintainability.
- Built Angular 2 interfaces for event bookings on
adda52live.comand user-segmentation logic for targeted marketing.
Delivery
- Developed Gradle-based CI/CD pipelines with Jenkins, automating builds and reducing integration friction.
- Represented a 6-member team in sprint planning and stakeholder meetings, coordinating with QA, product, and DevOps.
Stack
Java · Node.js · Angular 2 · Jenkins · Gradle