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Gaurav Tayal

Lead Full-Stack Engineer | AI-Driven Development Stripe Plaid | Scaling SaaS & E-Commerce Platforms for 20K+ Daily Users | RM | Performance Engineering | Problem Solver | Lifelong Learner | Open to UAE/UK/EU/APAC/REMOTE

Gurgaon

9+ years of work experience

Tech Mahindra
Nov 20214 yrs 10 mosPresent

Gurugram

Led architecture and delivery of enterprise-grade platforms for Fortune 500 clients across the US, EU, and APAC — managing a reporting team of ~10 engineers. Key contributions: ▸ Performance: Architected Next.js SSR + Redis + CDN + microservices stack sustaining 2,000+ concurrent users at sub-2s load times. Owned Core Web Vitals strategy (Lighthouse 90+), single-click checkout, and cart optimisation flows. ▸ Payments: Built unified connector layer across Stripe, Plaid, Razorpay, CyberSource, and PayPal — reducing integration effort by ~60% per client across 4 global platforms. ▸ RoadFlex (US FinTech SaaS): Delivered real-time Visa card issuance, spending rule enforcement, AI-based fraud detection, and automated IFTA tax reporting for thousands of US fleets. Operators save avg. 11% on annual fuel costs. ▸ Observability: Deployed Splunk log aggregation, Looker dashboards, and BOSSAM reporting — reducing MTTD from hours to minutes. ▸ AI adoption: First engineer at Tech Mahindra's Gurugram division to formalise GitHub Copilot + Agentic AI workflows — cutting team delivery cycles by 25%. Stack: Next.js · React · Node.js · TypeScript · GraphQL · PostgreSQL · Redis · AWS · Stripe · Plaid · Splunk · Looker
Unicorn Tech Media
Aug 20201 yr 4 mosNov 2021

Gurgaon, Haryana, India

Improved performance and SEO for two high-traffic digital media platforms — 91Wheels (automotive) and GizNext (consumer tech) — together serving 3M+ monthly users. ▸ Delivered 30% platform performance uplift via Next.js SSR, Redis caching, lazy loading, dynamic imports, and code-splitting — directly improving SEO rankings and user retention. ▸ Implemented AMP (Accelerated Mobile Pages) across mobile entry points — reducing mobile SEO engineering overhead by 50% and improving SERP rankings on high-traffic automotive queries. ▸ Built Node.js + MySQL APIs sustaining 20,000+ concurrent requests via optimised indexing and load balancing — zero degradation during peak traffic events. ▸ Deployed MongoDB-backed real-time logging and production monitoring — reducing MTTD from hours to minutes. Stack: Next.js · React · Node.js · MySQL · Redis · AMP · MongoDB
CarDekho Group
Aug 20198 mosMar 2020

Gurugram

Worked on India's #1 automotive marketplace (40M+ monthly users, backed by Google & Sequoia) — focused on backend performance, authentication, and internal tooling. ▸ Boosted operational performance by 40% by re-engineering batch processes as automated cron-job pipelines — eliminating manual intervention and reducing failure rate to near-zero. ▸ Secured global mobile app authentication for millions of users via JWT + OAuth — zero auth-related incidents post-deployment. ▸ Built internal admin portals supporting content and inventory operations at scale — enabling faster decision-making across business teams without engineering dependency. Stack: Node.js · React · MySQL · MongoDB · JWT · OAuth
DianApps
Dec 20188 mosJul 2019

Gurugram, Haryana, India

Appster
May 20171 yr 8 mosDec 2018

Gurgaon, India

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Education

Bharati Vidyapeeth

Master's degree, Information Technology

Bharati Vidyapeeth

20112 yrs2013
Bharati Vidyapeeth

Master in information technology, Information Technology

Bharati Vidyapeeth

20112 yrs2013

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Headline

Lead Full-Stack Engineer | AI-Driven Development Stripe Plaid | Scaling SaaS & E-Commerce Platforms for 20K+ Daily Users | RM | Performance Engineering | Problem Solver | Lifelong Learner | Open to UAE/UK/EU/APAC/REMOTE

About

I build e-commerce and FinTech platforms that perform at scale — and I've been doing it for 13 years. Currently a Lead Full-Stack Engineer at Tech Mahindra, I architect and deliver enterprise-grade platforms for Fortune 500 clients across the US, EU, and APAC. My work sits at the intersection of performance engineering, payment systems, and product-scale infrastructure. ━━ What I specialise in ━━ ⚡ Performance Engineering Sub-2s load times at 2,000+ concurrent users. Core Web Vitals strategy, Next.js SSR/ISR, Redis caching, CDN optimisation, code-splitting, and Lighthouse 90+ across major e-commerce pages. 💳 Payment Systems Unified connector layer across Stripe, Plaid, Razorpay, CyberSource, and PayPal — reducing integration effort by ~60% per client. Real-time card issuance, AI-based fraud detection, and automated tax reporting on RoadFlex (US FinTech SaaS serving thousands of fleets). 🔍 SEO-Driven Web Applications Next.js ISR for product/category pages, AMP implementation, structured data, and dynamic sitemaps. Delivered 30% performance uplift and measurable SERP ranking improvements on portals serving 3M+ monthly users. 📊 Monitoring & Observability Splunk for log aggregation and alerting. Looker dashboards for transaction throughput, payment success rates, and cart conversion. BOSSAM for operational reporting. Reduced MTTD from hours to minutes on every platform I've led. 🛒 E-Commerce Architecture Single-click checkout, cart optimisation, abandoned cart recovery, inventory APIs, and multi-region deployment — all built for revenue impact, not just feature delivery. 👥 Engineering Leadership Managing a reporting team of ~10 engineers. I own architecture decisions, sprint planning, code reviews, and individual growth. Pioneered GitHub Copilot + Agentic AI adoption at Tech Mahindra's Gurugram division — cutting team delivery cycles by 25%. ━━ Recent highlights ━━ → RoadFlex (USA): Fleet fuel SaaS — real-time payments, AI fraud detection, IFTA tax automation. Operators save avg. 11% on annual fuel costs. → Fortune 500 e-commerce platform: 2,000+ concurrent users, sub-2s load, zero downtime across US/EU/APAC. → 91Wheels / GizNext: 3M+ monthly users, 30% performance improvement, AMP-driven mobile SEO. ━━ Stack ━━ Next.js · React · Node.js · TypeScript · GraphQL · PostgreSQL · Redis · AWS · Stripe · Plaid · Splunk · Looker · LangChain · Docker ━━ Open to ━━ Lead / Senior Full-Stack roles · UAE · UK · Europe · APAC · Remote or on-site · 30-day notice 📁 Portfolio: gaurav-tayal.vercel.app 💻 GitHub: github.com/gauravtayal

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Gurgaon

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Lead Software Engineer at Tech Mahindra, Nov 2021 - Present · 4 yrs 10 mos, Gurugram, Led architecture and delivery of enterprise-grade platforms for Fortune 500 clients across the US, EU, and APAC — managing a reporting team of ~10 engineers. Key contributions: ▸ Performance: Architected Next.js SSR + Redis + CDN + microservices stack sustaining 2,000+ concurrent users at sub-2s load times. Owned Core Web Vitals strategy (Lighthouse 90+), single-click checkout, and cart optimisation flows. ▸ Payments: Built unified connector layer across Stripe, Plaid, Razorpay, CyberSource, and PayPal — reducing integration effort by ~60% per client across 4 global platforms. ▸ RoadFlex (US FinTech SaaS): Delivered real-time Visa card issuance, spending rule enforcement, AI-based fraud detection, and automated IFTA tax reporting for thousands of US fleets. Operators save avg. 11% on annual fuel costs. ▸ Observability: Deployed Splunk log aggregation, Looker dashboards, and BOSSAM reporting — reducing MTTD from hours to minutes. ▸ AI adoption: First engineer at Tech Mahindra's Gurugram division to formalise GitHub Copilot + Agentic AI workflows — cutting team delivery cycles by 25%. Stack: Next.js · React · Node.js · TypeScript · GraphQL · PostgreSQL · Redis · AWS · Stripe · Plaid · Splunk · Looker

Senior Software Engineer at Unicorn Tech Media, Aug 2020 - Nov 2021 · 1 yr 4 mos, Gurgaon, Haryana, India, Improved performance and SEO for two high-traffic digital media platforms — 91Wheels (automotive) and GizNext (consumer tech) — together serving 3M+ monthly users. ▸ Delivered 30% platform performance uplift via Next.js SSR, Redis caching, lazy loading, dynamic imports, and code-splitting — directly improving SEO rankings and user retention. ▸ Implemented AMP (Accelerated Mobile Pages) across mobile entry points — reducing mobile SEO engineering overhead by 50% and improving SERP rankings on high-traffic automotive queries. ▸ Built Node.js + MySQL APIs sustaining 20,000+ concurrent requests via optimised indexing and load balancing — zero degradation during peak traffic events. ▸ Deployed MongoDB-backed real-time logging and production monitoring — reducing MTTD from hours to minutes. Stack: Next.js · React · Node.js · MySQL · Redis · AMP · MongoDB

Senior Software Engineer at CarDekho Group, Aug 2019 - Mar 2020 · 8 mos, Gurugram, Worked on India's #1 automotive marketplace (40M+ monthly users, backed by Google & Sequoia) — focused on backend performance, authentication, and internal tooling. ▸ Boosted operational performance by 40% by re-engineering batch processes as automated cron-job pipelines — eliminating manual intervention and reducing failure rate to near-zero. ▸ Secured global mobile app authentication for millions of users via JWT + OAuth — zero auth-related incidents post-deployment. ▸ Built internal admin portals supporting content and inventory operations at scale — enabling faster decision-making across business teams without engineering dependency. Stack: Node.js · React · MySQL · MongoDB · JWT · OAuth

Senior Software Engineer at DianApps, Dec 2018 - Jul 2019 · 8 mos, Gurugram, Haryana, India

Software Engineer at Appster, May 2017 - Dec 2018 · 1 yr 8 mos, Gurgaon, India

Education

Master's degree, Information Technology, Bharati Vidyapeeth

Master in information technology, Information Technology, Bharati Vidyapeeth