Chirag Kansal

CTO

India12 yrs 2 mos experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

Proven success in global expansion and cross-functional execution.
Expertise in cloud-native architecture and scalable systems.
Passionate about innovation and emerging technologies.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Backend-heavy Fullstack Engineer with expertise in Fintech and Telecommunications.

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Skills

Core Skills

Cloud-native ArchitectureTeam LeadershipJavaMicro-service ArchitectureSolution DesignPayments SystemsAgile Methodology

Other Skills

Data analyticsSpringBootKafkaRedisMySQLLinuxTest Driven DevelopmentUnixSoftware DevelopmentData StructuresAlgorithmsOracle

About

Engineering Leader with 11+ years of experience in building scalable systems, leading high-performing teams, and driving business-aligned technology strategy. Proven success in global expansion (India to US), cross-functional execution, and cloud-native architecture. Passionate about innovation, emerging tech like OpenAI/LLMs, and fostering cultures of ownership and excellence.

Experience

12 yrs 2 mos

Total Experience

2 yrs 5 mos

Average Tenure

3 yrs 7 mos

Current Experience

Jio platforms limited (jpl)

Engineering Leader

Oct 2022 – Present · 3 yrs 7 mos · On-site

1. Architected and delivered scalable Platform Service (~1000 TPS) powering Reliance Jio businesses: Swadesh, Tira, JioMart, Urban Ladder.
2. Led 15+ engineers across e-commerce ecosystem: customer comms, logistics/CRM integrations, store appointments, order journeys, data analytics.
3. Collaborated with business/product/architecture stakeholders to close requirements and solution high-impact features.
4. Drove data analytics funnels via Google Analytics & CleverTap for user insights and optimization.
Owned production support: real-time alerts, on-call rotations, ensuring 24/7 platform reliability.

JavaCloud-native architectureData analyticsTeam leadership

Clear

SDE-3

Mar 2021 – Sep 2022 · 1 yr 6 mos · Remote

Majorly involved in the re-architecture of the monolithic system of GST into micro-service architecture that will help in scale the system
Build micro services like government interaction, reporting modules from scratch that can handle the scale of 2000 TPS.
Solution Design, Code Reviews, Coding were the key responsibilities.
Investigated system issues and implemented resolutions to reduce downtime.
Lead a team of 6 people. Setting their Goals and Mentoring them. Conducting
Sprint Planning to ensure deliverables on time.
Actively participate in recruitment efforts, interviewing and hiring top engineering
talents to build a high-performing and diverse team.

Micro-service architectureSolution designTeam leadership

Geeksforgeeks

Education Mentor

Apr 2020 – Jun 2021 · 1 yr 2 mos · India · Remote

Mentoring Students to help them clearing the concept related to System Design.
Helped them to complete projects on live classes with multiple technology like Java, SprintBoot, Kafka, Redis, MySQL

JavaSpringBootKafkaRedisMySQL

Paytm

2 roles

Technical Lead

Promoted

Jan 2020 – Mar 2021 · 1 yr 2 mos

Handled a team of 6 people
Involved into E2E delivery of multiple Payments Instruments like Merchant Gift Voucher, Paytm First Rewards Points, Advance Deposit.
Good exposure in designing the solution which can sustain for the functional and non functional requirements like Scalability, Reliability, Availability
Team Handling, HLD, LLD, Coding, Code Review, Alerting Monitoring and others are the daily activities

Payments systemsTeam leadershipSolution design

Senior Software Engineer

Jul 2018 – Jan 2020 · 1 yr 6 mos

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Software Engineer

Aug 2016 – Jun 2018 · 1 yr 10 mos · Bengaluru Area, India

Profile : Software Development Engineer
Completely Involved in Development role.
Experience in working in Agile Methodology and Scrum Methodology
Experience in Test Driven Development.
Exposure to end-to-end development, right from requirement analysis to documentation, designing workflows, development, debugging and implementation
Have worked on Java , Linux , Restful web services , Algorithms , Data Structure
Have Exposure of the Virtualization. Experienced in NFV (Network Functional Virtualization)
Have worked on Spring MVC ,Hibernate , Postman , SQL Developer, XtraC , Perforce ,SVN, Putty , FileZilla , HP Quality Center , JSON Objects, Jenkins , Web Services , REST.

JavaLinuxAgile methodologyTest Driven Development

Amdocs development center

Software Developer

Dec 2013 – Jul 2016 · 2 yrs 7 mos · Pune Area, India

Profile : Software Development Engineer
Completely Involved in Development role.
Experience in working in Agile Methodology and Scrum Methodology
Experience in Test Driven Development.
Exposure to end-to-end development, right from requirement analysis to documentation, designing workflows, development, debugging and implementation
Have worked on Java , Linux , Restful web services , Algorithms , Data Structure

JavaLinuxAgile methodologyTest Driven Development