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Software Engineer @ Ex-Razorpay | NITKKR

About

I am a Software Developer with experience building scalable backend systems, solving complex business problems, and designing reliable applications that handle high-volume traffic and critical workflows. Throughout my professional journey, I have worked across diverse domains including fintech, telecommunications, and enterprise platforms, gaining hands-on experience in developing robust software solutions that balance performance, maintainability, and business impact. My core expertise lies in Java and Python development, with strong knowledge of Data Structures, Algorithms, Object-Oriented Design, Database Systems, and Distributed Computing. I enjoy tackling challenging engineering problems, whether it involves optimizing business-critical algorithms, improving system performance, designing scalable architectures, or debugging complex production issues. I believe that great software engineering is not only about writing code but also about understanding system behavior, identifying bottlenecks, and building solutions that continue to perform reliably as scale increases. Over the years, I have worked with technologies and frameworks including Spring Boot, Django, PostgreSQL, Redis, Kafka, AWS, Docker, gRPC, Twirp, Gin, and Gorm. These experiences have strengthened my understanding of microservices, asynchronous processing, caching strategies, observability, and large-scale system design. I am particularly interested in distributed systems, scalability engineering, system design, and backend architecture. Beyond development, I continuously invest time in strengthening my problem-solving skills through algorithmic thinking and system design practice. I enjoy breaking down complex problems into simple, manageable components and understanding the underlying principles that make systems efficient and resilient. My goal is to grow into an engineer who not only delivers high-quality software but also contributes to architectural decisions and technical leadership. I am always excited to connect with fellow engineers, technology enthusiasts, and professionals who are passionate about building impactful products, solving meaningful problems, and pushing the boundaries of technology.

Location

Greater Lucknow Area

AI stack

antigravity

claude code

codex

gemini

openai

Work experience

Software Engineer at Razorpay, Apr 2025 - Oct 2025 · 7 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, • Implemented Canary using kubernetes that helped deploying new features without causing risk of failure in production. • Migrated legacy core services from monolith to microservices, significantly improving scale and platform reliability. • Optimized enterprise-grade DB connection pooling, successfully reducing production P95 latencies from 250ms to 200ms. • Enhanced high-throughput rate-limiting services handling 10M+ daily requests with a robust enterprise fault tolerance. • Significantly increased core automated test coverage from 0% to 80%, heavily reducing critical production regressio

Associate Software Engineer at Amdocs, Jul 2023 - Apr 2025 · 1 yr 10 mos, Gurugram, Haryana, India, • Resolved 50+ critical production issues involving distributed state allocation and complex data concurrency conflicts. • Developed automated enterprise charge-classification pipelines, reducing manual verification efforts by precisely 60%. • Deployed a dunning indicator to detect overdue users and enforce policy penalties, boosting total net revenues broadly. • Fixed Ultracard status bug, releasing canceled subscribers' numbers and preventing future allocation shortages risks.

Python-Django developer at WishWorks Solutions Pvt Ltd, Jan 2023 - Jun 2023 · 6 mos, Odisha, India, • Developed shortlisting and property performance APIs in Django, enabling accurate analytics and user actions at scale. • Resolved critical property management bugs, improving system reliability, workflow efficiency, enhances user experience. • Collaborated through code reviews, Git workflows, and testing to deliver production-ready backend features fast daily.

Education

Master of Computer Applications - MCA, Master of computer Application, National institute of technology kurukshetra

Bachelor of Computer Application, Computer Programming, Specific Applications, MLK PG College - India

Public links

github: https://github.com/Gaurav-AL

leetcode: https://leetcode.com/_gaurav_7_

gaurav-al.github.io: https://gaurav-al.github.io/gauravchaudhary.github.io/