Gautam Rana

Software Engineer

Hyderabad, Telangana, India1 yr 4 mos experience

Key Highlights

Achieved 75% improvement in API response times.
Automated 16 CI/CD pipelines, reducing release cycles.
Engineered fault-tolerant systems with 80%+ test coverage.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Backend Engineer specializing in SaaS with a strong focus on DevOps and performance optimization.

Contact

gautam.rana@celigo.com LinkedIn

Skills

Core Skills

Backend EngineeringDevops

Other Skills

Node.jsJavaAWSJenkinsTypeScriptKubernetesREST APIsAWS SDKAutomated TestingMicroservicesAgile/Scrum & DevOps MethodologiesDeployment Automation StrategyFault-Tolerant & Resilient System DesignTroubleshootingDebugging

About

I am a technology and innovation-driven Software Engineer with 1.5 years of experience in designing and developing scalable backend systems, distributed services, and high-performance REST APIs for production environments. My strong foundation in Data Structures and Algorithms, System Design, and scalable architecture principles has enabled me to build reliable, fault-tolerant, and performance-optimized applications. I am passionate about leveraging modern technologies to enhance system scalability and operational efficiency. Throughout my career, I have successfully optimized high-volume REST APIs, achieving a remarkable 75% improvement in response times for services handling millions of daily requests. I have automated over 16 CI/CD pipelines, significantly reducing operational bottlenecks and accelerating release cycles. My expertise in AWS, DevOps practices, and performance optimization has consistently driven engineering excellence and improved deployment reliability.

Experience

1 yr 4 mos

Total Experience

1 yr 4 mos

Average Tenure

1 yr 4 mos

Current Experience

Celigo

2 roles

Software Development Engineer- 1

Feb 2025 – Present · 1 yr 4 mos

Scalable Backend Engineering & Platform Reliability
❖ Architected high-performance REST APIs using Node.js and Java, driving a 75% reduction in P95 & P99 latency across high-volume distributed services handling millions of daily transactions.
❖ Stabilized critical production systems through deep optimization of distributed services, cutting recurring production defects by 95% and significantly improving platform resilience.
❖ Engineered fault-tolerant key-value service components with intelligent caching, retry orchestration, and graceful degradation mechanisms, reducing environment setup effort by 98%.
❖ Engineered and delivered 9 high-throughput RESTful APIs for customer and product data processing, enhancing transaction performance by 25% while sustaining 80%+ automated test coverage and robust application reliability.
DevOps Automation & Release Engineering
❖ Automated 16+ enterprise CI/CD pipelines using AWS SDK and Jenkins integrations, accelerating deployment reliability while eliminating major production bottlenecks and reducing release support effort by 1–2 days per cycle.
❖ Implemented Canary Deployment strategies for customer-facing applications, enabling low-risk production rollouts & improving release confidence at scale.
❖ Strengthened end-to-end DevOps execution through CI/CD optimization, automated testing workflows, and streamlined deployment governance across engineering environments.

Node.jsJavaAWSJenkinsTypeScriptKubernetes+2

Software Engineer Intern

Aug 2024 – Jan 2025 · 5 mos

❖ Engineered scalable microservice architectures with REST APIs and automated testing frameworks, elevating test coverage from 9% to 92% and significantly strengthening release quality.
❖ Built and deployed 3 fault-tolerant microservices with optimized indexing and query execution strategies, accelerating response performance by 30% across distributed workloads.
❖ Contributed to the development of high-throughput RESTful APIs for customer and product data processing while implementing automated test frameworks that achieved 90%+ API test coverage across critical business scenarios

TypeScriptAutomated TestingMicroservicesBackend Engineering

Team innoreva

Team InnoReva, NIT Jamshedpur

Apr 2022 – May 2024 · 2 yrs 1 mo · Jamshedpur, Jharkhand, India · Hybrid

❖ Built robotics and IoT projects using Arduino and embedded systems.
❖ Managed and maintained the official team webpage and technical content.
❖ Collaborated with cross-functional teams on hardware-software integration projects.
❖ Worked on prototyping, testing, and automation-based engineering solutions.

Team daksh : baja racing

Team Daksh, NIT Jamshedpur

Apr 2021 – May 2024 · 3 yrs 1 mo · Jamshedpur, Jharkhand, India

❖ Led emission system development for off-road vehicle projects in BAJA SAE INDIA.
❖ Contributed to vehicle design, fabrication, testing, and implementation.
❖ Achieved 1st position among all NITs and secured 26th rank overall in BAJA SAE INDIA 2023.