Marketplace / Fintech

SkillBridge Platform

SkillBridge is a high-performance multi-vendor marketplace designed to handle extreme transaction surges with zero downtime.

SkillBridge Platform

Problem Context

Inventory race conditions and database lock contention during surge traffic (50k+ concurrent). Monolithic bottlenecks causing downtime during peak product drops.

The Engineering Solution

Asymmetric Cache-Aside strategy for searches and the Redlock algorithm for distributed sync, ensuring zero inventory double-booking even under millisecond-level contention.

Lessons Learned

"Learning to implement distributed locks revealed the complexity of consensus in distributed systems. I learned to prioritize consistency in transactional modules."

Production Stack

Frontend
Flutter Mobile (BLoC state management)
Backend
Spring Boot Microservices
Database
PostgreSQL (Relational Persistence)
Caching
Redis Cluster (Redlock algorithm)
Infrastructure
Docker / AWS / Cloudflare

Engineering Metrics

99.9%Uptime
50k+Concurrent Sessions
300msAPI Response
6 CoreModules

Verified Results

  • 99.9% uptime in simulation
  • 0% inventory overlap incidents
  • Sub-500ms API response
  • Scalable microservice design
Vaibhav Kumar | Software Product Engineer