Sep 2022 – Present · 3 yrs 6 mos · Mumbai, Maharashtra, India · Remote

• Spearheaded a cost-saving initiative by minimizing network calls, reducing lambda runtime costs by 25% through Redis-based caching, improving system performance, and decreasing database load.
• Optimized high-traffic APIs, boosting stability and handling 60% more traffic with minimized downtime.
• Built a vendor billing system for better control and insights into our vendor APIs, saving up to 50 hours of developer time per month. Daily and weekly statistics help manage unexpected bill spikes, reducing expenses by 15%.
• Developed a PyPI package for proxy management, reducing API blocking by 30% and vendor proxy reliance by 20%.
• Led successful migration of approximately 250 APIs to a secure Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) environment and integrated a secrets manager, bolstering product security.
• Developed and deployed 12 APIs utilizing web-scraping and data-parsing techniques, effectively reducing dependency on vendor APIs and enhancing in-house data autonomy.
• Mentored new team members, conducting over 200 code reviews to ensure code quality and consistency.