Gulshan Singla

Senior Software Engineer

Delhi, India9 yrs 6 mos experience
Highly Stable

Key Highlights

  • Led teams to achieve significant cost savings.
  • Expert in cloud computing and systems design.
  • Mentored engineers to successful promotions.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Fullstack Software Engineer with expertise in E-commerce and Real Estate Technology.

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Skills

Core Skills

Cloud ComputingSystems DesignWeb Development

Other Skills

AWSApache KafkaApache PigBackbone.jsCSSCoaching & MentoringData MigrationData PipelinesDomain-Driven DesignETLElasticSearchGDPR ComplianceHTMLHadoopHandlebars.js

About

Software Engineer with 8 years of experience in full-stack development, system design, database management, cloud computing and Agile methodologies. Demonstrated capability in technically leading teams, driving projects to successful completion with strong focus on optimising system performance, streamlining processes, adapting to evolving technologies and collaborating within cross-functional teams. Seeking opportunities to contribute innovative solutions.

Experience

9 yrs 6 mos
Total Experience
2 yrs 6 mos
Average Tenure
1 yr 10 mos
Current Experience

Microsoft

Senior Software Engineer

Jul 2024Present · 1 yr 10 mos

Amazon

Software Development Engineer 2

Jun 2021Jun 2024 · 3 yrs · Gurugram, Haryana, India · Hybrid

  • Amazon, a global e-commerce and technology powerhouse, is renowned for its diverse offerings including its online marketplace, cloud computing services (AWS), and digital products.
  • Dispute Management**: Led a team of 10 SDEs in developing the Automatic Vendor Dispute Resolution system, which reduced manual effort and achieved $30M annual cost savings. Key contributions included reviewing requirements, designing a high-level architecture, and developing 3 micro-services to handle up to 500 TPS.
  • Financial Scorecard**: Directed enhancements to the Financial Scorecard for Amazon retail vendors. Migrated data load pipelines to AWS (S3, Lambda, ECS), reducing ticket counts by 90% YoY. Developed a serverless feature for download defects, improving efficiency and resilience.
  • Leadership and Mentorship**: Led a team of 10 engineers and mentored three SDE-1s to achieve promotions to SDE-2. Conducted interviews, technical sessions, and mentorship programs, aiding in the conversion of interns to full-time employees and the promotion of SDEs.
  • Team Collaboration**: Led team office hours, facilitated design reviews, and resolved technical issues across multiple time zones, ensuring effective collaboration and problem-solving.
AWSData PipelinesData MigrationSystems DesignCoaching & MentoringTeam Collaboration+1

Compass

Software Development Engineer 2

Nov 2020Jun 2021 · 7 mos · India

  • Compass, a leading real estate technology platform, revolutionizes the search and sell experience by leveraging intelligent solutions, empowering agents to focus more on client advisory.
  • Spearheaded the Market Insights Dashboard project, leading a team of 5 from inception.
  • Stabilized the dashboard by implementing strict alerts and fixing critical bugs in legacy services and ETL jobs, reducing ticket count by 30% QoQ.
  • Redesigned the Market Insights backend into micro-services, enhancing scalability and resilience.
  • Introduced the domain-driven software design pattern and presented it in architecture forums.
  • Optimized ETL jobs, reducing daily running time from 12 hours to 2 hours, achieving an 83% decrease and substantial cost savings on AWS infrastructure.
Micro-servicesETLDomain-Driven DesignTeam LeadershipSystems DesignCloud Computing

Expedia group

3 roles

Software Development Engineer 2

Promoted

Sep 2019Oct 2020 · 1 yr 1 mo

  • Expedia Group's corporate travel management division streamlines business travel with innovative technology solutions, including booking platforms, expense management tools, policy compliance systems, traveler support, and robust reporting and analytics.
  • User Search Dashboard Development: Engineered a User Search Dashboard utilizing ElasticSearch, replacing an inefficient On-premises SQL database. Significantly improved search functionalities and performance, achieving a P90 latency SLA of <100ms. Key contributions involved implementing Spring Batch jobs for seamless data migration, establishing a Kafka pipeline for real-time updates to ElasticSearch, and integrating Hystrix with fallback mechanisms to ensure system availability. Developed web applications using Handlebars and Backbone, facilitating phased rollout to customers.
  • GDPR Compliance: Spearheaded the GDPR compliance initiative by launching cron jobs to delete inactive user accounts, successfully removing over 1 million inactive accounts as part of a one-time cleanup for compliance. Engineered a centralised system with API interfaces to validate and process Right to be Forgotten requests across multiple domains. Utilised Kafka for orchestrating requests across different services and tracking request completion status.
  • Intern Mentoring and Conversion: Provided mentorship to interns, facilitating the conversion of 2 interns into Full-Time Employees (FTEs).
ElasticSearchSpring BatchKafkaGDPR ComplianceSystems DesignCloud Computing

Software Development Engineer

Promoted

Mar 2018Aug 2019 · 1 yr 5 mos

Associate Software Engineer

Jul 2016Feb 2018 · 1 yr 7 mos

Binary semantics ltd.

Internship

Jun 2015Jul 2015 · 1 mo · Gurugram, Haryana, India

  • I worked at Binary Semantics for software developer profile. I developed a basic E-commerce website with Payment Gateways feature using PHP, MySQL, HTML and CSS
PHPMySQLHTMLCSSWeb Development

Education

Delhi College of Engineering

Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.) — Information Technology

Jan 2012Jan 2016

Apeejay School

Jan 1998Jan 2012

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