Niranjan Patil

Senior Software Engineer

Pune, Maharashtra, India6 yrs 6 mos experience

Highly Stable

Key Highlights

6+ years of experience in software engineering
Expert in Ruby on Rails and PostgreSQL
Contributed to popular open-source projects

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Backend-focused Software Engineer with expertise in SaaS and MarTech.

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Skills

Core Skills

Ruby On RailsPostgresqlPython

Other Skills

RESTful APIsRSpecDjangoMongoDBETLAPI IntegrationReact.jsDockerDatabasesREST APIsC++

About

I’m a Senior Software engineer specializing in Ruby on Rails, with 6+ years of experience building scalable systems that solve real business problems. Along the way, I’ve also worked with Python (Django), React, Elasticsearch, Redis, and PostgreSQL, enabling me to deliver end-to-end solutions when needed. I’m passionate about writing clean, maintainable code, improving system performance, and ensuring reliability. I’ve also contributed to open source — including the popular RuboCop gem — and enjoy sharing knowledge with the developer community. Tech Stack Snapshot: Languages / Frameworks: Ruby, Rails, ReactJS, Python, Django, SQL, JavaScript, Java, Spring Boot Testing: RSpec Databases & Tools: PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Redis, Elasticsearch, Sidekiq Infrastructure: AWS, Git, Docker, Jenkins, NGINX

Experience

Josh software, inc.

3 roles

Senior Software Engineer

Jun 2023 – Oct 2025 · 2 yrs 4 mos

Contributed to building and scaling mission-critical ad-sales systems for Star TV, with a focus on performance, stability, and automation.
Led the Release Order (RO) team, delivering multiple high-impact modules under tight deadlines while collaborating with product, QA, and sales ops.
Designed & implemented the Split RO functionality, cutting manual effort by 60% and reducing RO failure rates by 40%.
Built and optimized RESTful APIs in Ruby on Rails with PostgreSQL, improving response times by 30% through caching and SQL tuning.
Architected and optimized PostgreSQL schemas & indexes, achieving up to 45% faster queries on high-traffic endpoints.
Maintained 95%+ test coverage with RSpec, ensuring stable releases and fewer regressions.
Handled on-call production support, resolving incidents with <1h MTTR, contributing to 99.95%+ uptime.

Ruby on RailsPostgreSQLRESTful APIsRSpec

Software Engineer

Jun 2019 – May 2023 · 3 yrs 11 mos

Worked across two fast-paced product companies, building scalable backend systems, optimizing performance, and leading critical migrations.
Clarisights (Jan 2022 – Jan 2023)
Integrated Google DV360 APIs from scratch, enabling automated campaign and insertion order management. Authored a comprehensive PRD after deep analysis of DV360 documentation, reducing manual ops workload by 70% and improving API reliability by 40%.
Built integrations with Google Ads, Facebook, Tiktok, and more, designing an ETL pipeline to efficiently ingest and process large-scale marketing data into PostgreSQL and MongoDB, while resolving memory and SLA issues.
Developed high-performance backend APIs with application-level caching to deliver heavy responses with minimal latency.
Mentored new team members, providing onboarding support and resolving technical issues.
Quickinsure (May 2019 – Dec 2021)
Redesigned system architecture: rewrote the codebase using Trailblazer (Rails), redesigned the DB schema, and migrated production data from MongoDB → PostgreSQL with optimized scripts.
Improved test coverage from 10% → 85%, strengthening reliability and reducing regressions.
Boosted performance by writing optimized queries, cutting average API response time by 40%, which reduced infrastructure costs.
Integrated 6+ major insurance providers (HDFC ERGO, New India Assurance, etc.), directly contributing to revenue growth.
Leveraged Elasticsearch (search), Redis (caching), and Sidekiq (background jobs) to scale system performance.
Regularly engaged with stakeholders to refine business requirements and ensure alignment with technical design.