Chandan Gupta

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Gurgaon, Haryana, India12 yrs 10 mos experience

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Key Highlights

Led engineering teams delivering 10+ microservices.
Achieved 99.9% uptime for critical systems.
Mentored engineers to senior roles, reducing bugs by 40%.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Backend-focused Software Engineer with extensive experience in Real Estate technology.

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Skills

Core Skills

MicroservicesJavaSpring BootPhpMysql

Other Skills

AWSPerformance OptimizationCI/CDAPI DesignApache SOLRApplication Security & VAPTSystem Design & High Availability ArchitectureEvent-Driven Architecture (Kafka, Saga)Docker & KubernetesReact.jsAngularJSStakeholder ManagementScrumTeam MentoringPrompt Engineering

About

👨‍💻 Lead Software Engineer | 12 Years | Java • Spring Boot • AWS • Microservices Building scalable backend systems that serve 5M+ users monthly. Currently leading engineering teams at REA India (housing.com), delivering business-critical platforms with 99.9% uptime. 🎯 What I Deliver - 10+ production microservices across sales, finance and operations - 40-60% latency improvements through performance optimization - Cloud-native architectures on AWS with event-driven patterns - Team leadership: mentoring engineers and driving technical excellence ⚡ Technical Strengths Microservices & Distributed Systems | Java 17 • Spring Boot • Spring Cloud Event-Driven Architecture | Kafka • RabbitMQ • Redis • CQRS • Saga Cloud & DevOps | AWS • Docker • Kubernetes • CI/CD • Terraform Databases | MongoDB • PostgreSQL • MySQL 🚀 Recent Impact ✓ Modernized critical systems (Java 8→17, MongoDB 3.6→Atlas 6.0) ✓ Automated workflows saving 200+ engineering hours quarterly ✓ Achieved DPDP compliance for PII-handling services ✓ Integrated enterprise platforms (Oracle NetSuite, Yes Bank, ClearTax) 📌 Open to Senior/Lead Engineering and Engineering Manager opportunities. Let's connect: 📩 chakr01@gmail.com 🔗 linkedin.com/in/chandankgupta

Experience

12 yrs 10 mos

Total Experience

4 yrs 3 mos

Average Tenure

7 yrs 11 mos

Current Experience

Rea india

2 roles

Lead Software Engineer

Promoted

Oct 2020 – Present · 5 yrs 6 mos · Hybrid

Lead engineering teams building scalable microservices for India's leading real estate platform serving 5M+ monthly users. Own Sales, Finance, and Operations systems across 10+ production microservices with focus on performance, reliability, and team growth.
Drove 60% performance improvement for core search functionality serving 5M+ monthly users through MongoDB query optimization, directly increasing user engagement and reducing bounce rate
Led cross-functional team of 10 engineers across Sales, Finance, and Operations, delivering 10+ production microservices with 99.9% uptime via ZERO critical outages
Reduced AWS infrastructure costs by 35% through right-sizing and auto-scaling strategies while maintaining sub-100ms P95 latency SLAs
Mentored 5 engineers to senior roles through code reviews, architecture discussions, and incident response training, reducing critical bugs by 40%
Implemented preventive security measures resolving 12 high-severity vulnerabilities and establishing incident response protocols that reduced MTTR by 50%

JavaSpring BootMicroservicesAWSPerformance Optimization

Senior Software Development Engineer (Full Stack)

Apr 2018 – Sep 2020 · 2 yrs 5 mos · Hybrid

Built scalable backend systems and REST APIs for high-traffic sales, finance, and operations platforms serving millions of property seekers across India.
Achieved 38-50% faster page load times by optimizing API response times and implementing strategic caching, improving user retention by 15%
Reduced MySQL query latency by 60% through schema optimization and query restructuring for high-traffic property search serving 2M+ daily searches
Eliminated manual seller payment reconciliation by implementing automated Razorpay-SMS API sync, saving 200+ hours quarterly (80% reduction in manual effort)
Built CI/CD pipeline managing deployments across 4 environments (EC2, RDS, S3, SNS) for 8 microservices and New Relic monitoring

JavaSpring BootCI/CDMySQLAPI Design

Makaan.com

Software Development Engineer

Sep 2014 – Mar 2018 · 3 yrs 6 mos · Gurugram, Haryana, India · On-site

Built backend systems for property listing, search, and lead management on India's leading real estate platform, supporting 5M+ monthly users and processing 2M+ daily searches across web and mobile applications.
📦 Core Platform Development
Scaled backend systems to handle 5M+ property listings and 2M+ daily search queries with 99.9% uptime and sub-200ms average response time
Built intelligent lead routing system that auto-assigned 10K+ monthly buyer leads to agents based on location and preferences, improving conversion by 30%
⚡ Performance & Search
Accelerated search speed by 2-3x by integrating Apache SOLR with advanced filters for location, price, amenities, and property type
Improved MySQL performance by 35-50% through strategic indexing and query tuning for critical APIs
Optimized database schemas and queries to handle 10K+ concurrent users during peak traffic
🔧 Integration & Automation
Led data migration during PropTiger-Makaan merger, migrating 10M+ property records with zero data loss while ensuring platform stability
Created Node.js automation tools for data validation and listing quality checks, reducing manual QA effort by 60% (200+ hours monthly)

PHPMySQLApache SOLR

Banyan netfaqs pvt ltd (afaqs!)

Software Engineer

Mar 2013 – Aug 2014 · 1 yr 5 mos · Noida · On-site

First engineering role - Developed and launched 2 full-stack web applications (social networking platform + mobile comparison portal), improving page load times by 30-40% and owning complete SDLC from requirements to production.
🌐 Key Projects
Developed and launched Kulzy.com, a social networking platform with user profiles, real-time messaging, activity feeds, and content sharing using PHP and MySQL, growing to 25K+ registered users
Built TheMobileIndian.com, a mobile device comparison portal with modular backend managing 500+ device specifications, pricing, and user reviews
⚡ Performance & Delivery
Improved page load times by 30-40% through API and database query optimization
Owned end-to-end delivery of 2 production applications, managing requirements gathering, UI development, backend implementation, deployment, and production support

PHPMySQL