Gaurav Ahirwar

CTO

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India10 yrs 8 mos experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

9+ years of experience in backend development.
Proven leadership in guiding teams through development lifecycle.
Expertise in API integrations and scalable architectures.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Backend Developer with expertise in Fintech and E-commerce industries.

Contact

gahirwar@salesforce.com LinkedIn

Skills

Core Skills

Cloud ComputingMicroservicesRestful WebservicesJavaLeadershipTechnical LeadershipEvent Driven Programming

Other Skills

Agile MethodologiesAlgorithmsAnsibleApache KafkaAspect-Oriented Programming (AOP)Back-End Web DevelopmentBusiness RequirementsCC++ClojureCore JavaCouchbaseData StructuresDatabasesDistributed Systems

About

Backend Developer with over 9+ years of experience specialising in building robust and scalable software architectures for leading companies. Demonstrated expertise in API integrations, RESTful API design, and mastery over a range of modern frameworks and languages. Proven leadership in guiding teams through the entire development lifecycle, ensuring high-quality deliverables and seamless integration with front-end systems. Adept at working closely with Business and Product Management teams to align technical solutions with business objectives throughout the development cycle.

Experience

10 yrs 8 mos

Total Experience

1 yr 9 mos

Average Tenure

2 yrs 6 mos

Current Experience

Salesforce

Senior Member of Technical Staff

Dec 2023 – Present · 2 yrs 6 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · Hybrid

Cloud ComputingScalabilityTechnical LeadershipMicroservices

Phonepe

Software Engineer

Aug 2022 – Oct 2023 · 1 yr 2 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Crafted life insurance workflows for top providers
Co-engineered frameworks for stateless data persistence and server-driven UI
Revolutionized life insurance with monthly mandates, resulting in a significant conversion surge
Spearheaded various integrations, from real-time FRA to KYC
Steered sprint planning, mentored juniors, and played a pivotal role in mid-level developer hiring

LeadershipRESTful WebServicesDropwizardScalabilitySystems DesignRelational Databases+8

Visa

Sr. Software Engineer

Aug 2019 – Aug 2022 · 3 yrs · Bengaluru, Karnataka

Led the VBASS initiative, yielding $1.1M in its debut quarter
Orchestrated CI/CD pipelines for clusters of 100s of application servers across different environments for Transaction History System.
Devised read-write workflows for transaction history as part of India Data Localisation Compliance
Modernized Transaction History System, and introduced the mPAN (merchant level PAN) feature in alignment with Apple's requisites.

LeadershipRESTful WebServicesEvent Driven ProgrammingScalabilitySystems DesignRelational Databases+13

Flipkart

Software Development Engineer

May 2017 – Jul 2019 · 2 yrs 2 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Engineered advanced filter features, including a Stop-word solution via Solr
Integrated Twiggle's semantics with Flipkart's search, improving relevance by 2.4% and conversion rates Introduced Partial Match for optimized search results
Designed a Java-based Module Integration Framework to expedite and scale module development

RESTful WebServicesEvent Driven ProgrammingScalabilitySystems DesignRelational DatabasesBusiness Requirements+6

Snapdeal

2 roles

Software Development Engineer I

Aug 2016 – Apr 2017 · 8 mos · Gurgaon, India

Revamped the Search Admin Dashboard with enhanced functionalities, including AWS and Aerospike integrations
Maintained robust production support for releases, ensuring availability
Authored Unit Test Suites that elevated code coverage, achieving a notable 9% overall increase.

RESTful WebServicesScalabilityRelational DatabasesSpring FrameworkCouchbaseBusiness Requirements+2

Software Developer Internship

Jan 2016 – Aug 2016 · 7 mos · Gurgaon, India

Business RequirementsBack-End Web DevelopmentJava

Geeksforgeeks

Moderator

Jun 2015 – Feb 2016 · 8 mos

Top Contributor on GeeksforGeeks with multiple published articles
Chosen as a Moderator for the GeeksforGeeks QA forum due to standout problem-solving abilities
Awarded the first-ever "Geek of the Month" in November 2015

C++Programming