Pratik Gaur

CTO

Berlin, Berlin, Germany14 yrs 6 mos experience

Highly Stable

Key Highlights

13 years of expertise in distributed backend development.
Proven track record in enhancing user experiences.
Led migration of legacy systems to microservices architecture.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Backend-focused SaaS engineer with extensive experience in distributed systems and microservices.

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Skills

Core Skills

JavaApi DevelopmentSpring BootKotlinKubernetesElastic Stack (elk)Back-end Web DevelopmentPhpData StructuresAlgorithmsXmpp

Other Skills

Amazon KinesisAmazon Web Services (AWS)CCore JavaDistributed SystemsEclipseGitlabHTMLHandlebars.jsHelm (Software)JavaScriptLinuxMemcachedMootoolsMySQL

About

Result-Driven Senior Software Engineer with 13 years of expertise in Distributed Backend Development Innovative and accomplished Senior Software Engineer specializing in crafting scalable and resilient distributed backend solutions. Currently contributing to the success of OLX Group GmbH in Berlin, Germany, where I've played a pivotal role in automating content moderation, migrating legacy systems, and leading cross-functional teams. Proven track record in enhancing user experiences, achieving cost savings, and driving operational efficiency.

Experience

14 yrs 6 mos

Total Experience

4 yrs 1 mo

Average Tenure

2 yrs 1 mo

Current Experience

Deutsche bank

Lead Engineer

Apr 2024 – Present · 2 yrs 1 mo · Berlin, Germany · Hybrid

JavaAPI DevelopmentTechnology IntegrationSoftware Architecture

Olx group

4 roles

Senior Software Engineer

Apr 2022 – Mar 2024 · 1 yr 11 mos

As part of the Moderator Experience Team, I worked to make the life of our manual moderators as easy as possible.
Continuing slicing out functionalities out of the legacy systems towards the scalable event driven architecture.
Worked on the new User moderation rejection flow for effective, consistent and visible user communication on the platform.
Working on various efforts to improve quality and observability of our micro services ecosystem.
Mentoring new developers to get familiar with the domain and for getting accustomed to the best development practices in the company.

Spring BootKotlinTerraformAmazon Web Services (AWS)prometheusDistributed Systems+7

Software Engineer

Mar 2017 – Mar 2022 · 5 yrs

As part of the Trust and Safety Global team, I look after the development and maintenance of our platform which takes care of moderation of user generated content in over 40 countries.
Have been shifting our legacy PHP platform to the micro services architecture by breaking functionality into smaller modules and developing them as micro services.
Planned and Worked on platform migrations with the team.
Developed various features for automated moderation of various user generated contents

Spring BootKotlinTerraformBack-End Web DevelopmentGitlabAmazon Kinesis+3

Senior Software Engineer

Promoted

Apr 2016 – Feb 2017 · 10 mos

Promoted to platform pack (core pack which took of enhancing performance and security of Platform)
Responsible for overseeing integration of centralised content moderation service and continuous moderation of users’ content on site.
Crisis management as part of the job.
Guiding and helping fellow developers as part of the job.
Improved error handling of Redis queues.
Worked on performance improvement of Chat, pushes and overall website.

MySQLSolrBack-End Web DevelopmentHTMLPHPJavaScript+1

Software Engineer

May 2014 – Apr 2016 · 1 yr 11 mos

Developed various features on the OLX India Website.
Moderation algorithm enhancements.
Migration of Legacy framework.
Drove migration from Responsive to RESS architecture.

MySQLMemcachedSolrBack-End Web DevelopmentPHPRedis

Gwynniebee

Software Engineer

Aug 2013 – May 2014 · 9 mos · Kailash colony, Delhi

Feature development, performance improvements and testing of Gwynniebee website.
Catalogue redesign implementation from scratch.

Data StructuresAlgorithmsYUI LibrarySASSNode.jsHandlebars.js

Sgm software

Software Developer

Jul 2011 – Jul 2013 · 2 yrs · Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India

Developed browser messenger for exchange of text and audio/video between OctroTalk clients.
Developed online multiplayer real time browser Indian card games including Sweep, Rummy, Hearts, Pocker, Teen Patti.

XMPPjQueryMootools