Pratik Chavan

Software Engineer

Pune, Maharashtra, India2 yrs 9 mos experience

Highly Stable

Key Highlights

Led migration to PostgreSQL, enhancing system performance.
Automated reconciliation, reducing processing time significantly.
Architected scalable payment workflows for high reliability.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Full Stack Developer specializing in Fintech with expertise in scalable systems and microservices.

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Skills

Core Skills

PostgresqlKubernetesMicroservicesNext.jsNest.jsReact

Other Skills

CI/CDData modelingQuery optimizationNode-REDKafkaSQLMongoDBFirebaseRetrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG)DockerAzure DevOps ServicesGitContinuous Integration and Continuous Delivery (CI/CD)JavaUnity

About

🚀 Passionate Full Stack Developer with 3 years of hands-on experience building scalable, cloud-native web applications using Next.js, Nest.js, and PostgreSQL. 🧠 At Bajaj Finserv Health, I led core initiatives like: ⚙️ Architecting and owning the Refund & Payment Workflow modules 🚀 Migrating critical systems to PostgreSQL, improving speed & reliability 🔄 Automating reconciliation, cutting processing time from a week to 30 minutes 📦 Centralizing releases via a custom Kubernetes-based Release Train 🤖 AI engineering — building semantic search pipelines with RAG, embeddings, vector databases, and LLM-based reasoning. 💡 Tech I work with daily: Next.js, Nest.js, PostgreSQL, Kubernetes, CI/CD, Kafka, Docker, TypeScript, React, Azure DevOps 📈 I specialize in building robust microservices, orchestrating deployments, and delivering clean, scalable code under pressure. 🧩 I thrive in fast-paced teams, contribute to business impact, and love solving complex backend problems.

Experience

2 yrs 9 mos

Total Experience

2 yrs 9 mos

Average Tenure

2 yrs 9 mos

Current Experience

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3 roles

Software Development Engineer

Promoted

Nov 2024 – Present · 1 yr 6 mos · On-site

Own and manage the Refund Module while architecting core payment workflows (pay-ins, transfers, accounts) to ensure
high availability and reliability.
Worked on comprehensive PostgreSQL migration by redesigning data models and optimizing queries, significantly boosting
performance under heavy load.
Spearheaded the company-wide Release Train project, centralizing Kubernetes deployments, ensuring zero-downtime
releases, and enabling QA validation, dependency management, and automated rollbacks.

PostgreSQLKubernetesCI/CD

Associate Software Engineer

Jul 2023 – Oct 2024 · 1 yr 3 mos · On-site

Automated reconciliation processes, reducing processing time from a week to 30 minutes, and streamlined financial cash flow operations for enhanced accuracy and efficiency. Integrated new payment gateways and optimized microservices architecture, leveraging Kubernetes for scalable and reliable environments. Orchestrated Kubernetes environments to support various development and production needs, ensuring flexibility and efficiency. Implemented proactive alerting mechanisms to promptly address reconciliation failures, ensuring uninterrupted financial operations. Utilized technologies such as Node-RED, Kafka, SQL, MongoDB, and Kubernetes to optimize workflows and achieve significant time and resource savings.

KubernetesNode-REDKafkaSQLMongoDBMicroservices

Engineer Intern

Jan 2023 – Jun 2023 · 5 mos · On-site

Spearheaded the development and optimization of customer-facing functionalities on the company website, facilitating seamless insurance purchasing and renewal processes. Leveraged Next.js and Nest.js frameworks to engineer diverse customer journeys, including advanced EMI collection and referral contest, aimed at enhancing user engagement and retention. Collaborated with cross-functional teams to implement various website enhancements, ensuring an intuitive and efficient user experience

Next.jsNest.js

Electrofield infotech

Web Development Intern

Feb 2022 – Apr 2022 · 2 mos · Pune, Maharashtra, India

Starting with a React Front End to display Webgl objects, then I fixed and suggested new UI design for the
website, then I started with a client inquiry form for the website, so clients can reach us
and view the given products which were added from the Google Firebase Real Time back end.

ReactFirebase