Gaurav Sarma

Senior Software Engineer

Singapore, Singapore10 yrs 5 mos experience

Key Highlights

  • Achieved 3x improvement in MongoDB performance.
  • Migrated over 120 dashboards to Prometheus/Grafana.
  • Elevated cache hit ratio by 84%.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Senior Software Engineer specializing in Fintech and Cloud Computing with a focus on scalable infrastructure.

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Skills

Core Skills

Database ManagementTechnical DesignData InfrastructureArchitecture DevelopmentProject ManagementTechnical LeadershipSoftware Development

Other Skills

Agile Project ManagementAmazon Web Services (AWS)Analytics InterfaceAngularJSApache KafkaBuildkite Integration PipelinesCodebase ManagementConcourse CIDatabase EngineDjangoDockerElasticsearchGolangGoogle Kubernetes Engine (GKE)Incident Management

About

I am a Senior Software Engineer with proven success designing and implementing agile and customer-focused product solutions to support progressive software architecture across highly competitive environments within the financial services, cloud computing, and manufacturing industries. Working through the entire software development life cycle from requirements capture, to research and development, implementation, and automation, my goal is to achieve safe, resilient, and cost-effective infrastructure, identifying future operational needs and leveraging best practice environments to create transformational value. ✓ Fluent in platform and backend development, with strong coding skills in Golang and Python. ✓ Agile and interactive mindset, skilled at delivering product quality, flexibility, transparency, and satisfaction. ✓ Passionate about building and maintaining highly scalable solutions across different layers of the application. ✓ Ability to thrive in diverse work environments and industry landscapes, including large multinationals and startups. Career Highlights: - Augmented the management and execution of administrative and debugging tasks on 10,000+ nodes. - Built analytics engine to support over 10,000 edge devices. - Migrated 120+ SignalFX dashboards and 400+ detectors to Prometheus/Grafana. - Realised a 3x improvement in MongoDB Server selection performance by removing lock-based data structures. - Decreased query optimisation support tickets with the introduction of Explain Query Plan for Mongo. - Elevated cache hit ratio by 84% through hierarchical data caching. - Enhanced security and privacy by deploying an edge device-based proxy using Iptables and Redsocks. - Positively migrated payment processors for >3000 customers. - Met 100% of compliance and operational effectiveness to pass ISO 27001 and SOC2 Type 1 Audit. Areas of Expertise: Software Architecture | Research & Data Analytics | Technology Integration | Code Smells & Technical Debt Problem-Solving | User-Interface Design | Strategic Planning | Continuous Improvement Process | QA Testing Project Lifecycle Management | Cross-Functional Collaboration | Programming Language | Coaching & Mentorship Cloud Computing | Code Design Patterns | Server Management | Customer Experience | CI/CD Automation

Experience

Stripe

Senior Software Engineer (ORR Platform and MongoDB Data Plane)

Jul 2023Present · 2 yrs 8 mos · Singapore · On-site

  • Working in the DocumentDB Database Engine team, specialising in MongoDB specific performance and resiliency activities with accountability for multiple projects. Actively contribute to the Mongo infrastructure codebase, technical design discussions, and incident on-calls.
MongoDBDatabase EngineTechnical DesignIncident ManagementDatabase Management

Rippling

Senior Software Engineer (Data Infrastructure)

Mar 2022Jun 2023 · 1 yr 3 mos

  • Individual contributor in the Data Infrastructure team responsible for building infrastructure tools for MongoDB, Redis, and Kafka platforms. Defined standards and vision across product offerings, continuously reshaping architecture, development practices, and escalation policies to support future growth.
MongoDBRedisKafkaInfrastructure ToolsData InfrastructureArchitecture Development

Vmware

Technical Lead (Pivotal Tracker)

Nov 2020Mar 2022 · 1 yr 4 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

  • Technical Lead in Pivotal Tracker (agile project management tool) focused on supporting ownership transfer of application, steering ramp-up with codebase and infrastructure tools to maximise capacity utilisation.
Agile Project ManagementCodebase ManagementInfrastructure ToolsProject ManagementTechnical Leadership

Lavelle networks

Technical Lead, Founding team (R&D and DevOps)

May 2015Jun 2020 · 5 yrs 1 mo · Bangalore

  • As Technical Lead, spearheaded the Software Defined Network Controller vertical responsible for all technical decisions across the web application, controller interface, and analytics interface. Oversaw a team of engineers in developing, maintaining, and enhancing software solutions, ensuring the quality of software deliverables while fostering a collaborative and innovative work environment.
Software Defined NetworkingWeb Application DevelopmentAnalytics InterfaceTechnical LeadershipSoftware Development

Education

SRM University

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

Jan 2011Jan 2015

Don Bosco Senior Secondary School

Jan 2009Jan 2011

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