Varun Taneja

CTO

Delhi, India7 yrs 7 mos experience
Highly Stable

Key Highlights

  • Led successful PostgreSQL migration with minimal downtime.
  • Optimized CI/CD pipeline, reducing deployment time by 40%.
  • Developed bulk update feature, enhancing operational efficiency.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a DevOps Engineer with strong backend development skills in a B2B SaaS environment.

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Skills

Core Skills

DevopsCloud ComputingDatabase ManagementBackend Development

Other Skills

AnsibleAmazon Web Services (AWS)BashPostgreSQLDatabasesData ManipulationProblem SolvingTechnical DocumentationTechnical ArchitectureProgramming LanguagesExtract, Transform, Load (ETL)Software RequirementsComputer ScienceCommunicationBack-End Web Development

About

Progressed from backend development to DevOps engineering, and currently leading technical initiatives as a Tech Lead—bringing a blend of coding, automation, and team collaboration to drive scalable solutions and working in a product-based B2B environment, contributing to scalable solutions for Multinational Corporations. Known for being a reliable team player with a focus on delivering practical and efficient tech solutions.

Experience

7 yrs 7 mos
Total Experience
7 yrs 7 mos
Average Tenure
7 yrs 7 mos
Current Experience

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3 roles

Tech Lead

Promoted

Apr 2024Present · 2 yrs 1 mo

  • Led the end-to-end migration of all PostgreSQL databases from version 13 to 17, optimized for minimal downtime and product disruption.
  • Led CI/CD pipeline optimization using Ansible and Bash, reducing production deployment time by 40%.
  • Automated sprint deployments to production, managing release cycles under tight deadlines.
  • Administered and maintained Ubuntu and Fedora-based environments on AWS EC2 with aarch64 architecture.
  • Enhanced infrastructure monitoring and logging, improving incident response time and post-mortem accuracy.
  • Managed PostgreSQL 17 on production and UAT servers, including performance tuning and routine backups.
  • Strengthened server security and configuration on Nginx and Linux, aligning with best practices and compliance.
  • Collaborated cross-functionally with QA, Product, and Engineering teams throughout the SDLC.
AnsibleAmazon Web Services (AWS)BashDevOpsCloud Computing

Senior Software Developer

Promoted

Apr 2021Feb 2025 · 3 yrs 10 mos

  • Developed a feature to update the thousands of stories in one go and track the real-time status, making the stories update process 10x faster and reducing the manual efforts.
  • Enhanced platform UI by integrating the Clearbit company logo API.
  • Developed the backend process to delete the redundant stories from the database and elasticsearch based on the config dynamically customized for each client, reducing the Story DB size by 20% and making the Newsfeed load faster.
  • Re-architected the RSSFeed and SearchKeyword tables, which are the core for the sourcing that helped scale up the system.
DatabasesData ManipulationBackend DevelopmentDatabase Management

Software Developer

Sep 2018Mar 2021 · 2 yrs 6 mos

DatabasesData Manipulation

Education

Netaji Subhas University of Technology

Bachelor of Technology - BTech — Information Technology

Jan 2014Jan 2018

AISSCE - Sarvodaya Bal Vidyalaya

Physics — Chemistry and Mathematics

Jan 2011Jan 2013

AISSE - Govt. Co-Ed Scondary School

Jan 2010Jan 2011

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