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Software Engineer at Leadows Technologies | Full Stack (MERN) Developer | connecting @dev-network

About

Results-driven Senior Software Engineer with ~3 years of experience designing and scaling high-performance backend systems and distributed architectures. Proven expertise in building resilient infrastructure, optimizing large-scale data processing pipelines, and leading system overhauls that reduce costs by up to 90% and boost performance by 100%. Strong background in cloud platforms (AWS), queueing systems, and secure API development. Adept at translating complex requirements into scalable, maintainable code with measurable business impact. Passionate about system design, cost-efficient architecture, and delivering engineering solutions at scale.

Location

Nagpur

AI stack

antigravity

claude

cursor

github copilot

ollama

openai

Work experience

Senior Software Engineer at Leadows Technologies, Sep 2025 - Present · 1 y, Nagpur, • Engineered agentic AI platforms and RAG systems for government and real-estate organizations, serving 0.1M+ users, achieving 98% workflow accuracy, reducing manual operations by 60%, and lowering LLM costs by 40%. • Helped build an event-driven WhatsApp platform for government organizations supporting payments, report generation, and citizen-service workflows, handling 1M+ annual user interactions through fault-tolerant and horizontally scalable architecture. • Led a team of 5 engineers to architect and build a school transportation management platform serving 20+ bus agencies, 500+ buses, and 2,000+ parents, enabling real-time monitoring of subscribed-route buses. • Architected real-time GPS tracking infrastructure supporting 500+ concurrent live locations with 10-second update intervals, enabling parents to monitor bus movement throughout their child's journey. • Engineered an offline-resilient location synchronization mechanism that cached driver GPS events during network outages and automatically synchronized accumulated data upon reconnection, preventing location-data loss during connectivity failures. • Implemented geofencing, route-deviation detection, pickup/drop notifications, and emergency alerts, automatically triggering alerts when a bus deviates 5+ km from its defined route.

Software Engineer at Leadows Technologies, Sep 2023 - Sep 2025 · 2 y, Nagpur, Maharashtra, India, • Redesigned a legacy SMS processing platform with queueing, retry, fallback, and multithreaded execution, doubling throughput, reducing infrastructure costs by 64%, and scaling processing capacity from 1 crore to 7 crore records. • Resolved critical MySQL database locking bottlenecks, unlocking 800% scalability while reducing infrastructure resources from 64GB RAM/32-core to 32GB RAM/16-core and delivering 2× performance improvement. • Led end-to-end ownership of the SMS file-processing platform and code reviews across a team of 4 engineers, reducing production defects by 30% and improving release quality, maintainability, and engineering standards. • Built an on-demand VM provisioning framework for long-running workloads, reducing cloud costs by 90% while maintaining 99% availability through autoscaling, fault tolerance, and workload isolation. • Developed inventory automation workflows including Scan & Load, AWB generation, and Shiprocket return/refund integrations, eliminating 20+ minutes of manual effort per product and increasing revenue by 25%. • Strengthened frontend security and data integrity through validation layers, token-based authentication, and secure API gateways, reducing security vulnerabilities by 20% and improving application responsiveness by 30%. • Developed scalable WhatsApp payment middleware for a government chatbot, enabling secure real-time transactions, increasing revenue by 30%, and driving architectural decisions while collaborating with government stakeholders. • Built reusable no-code WhatsApp Flow Builder components including Condition Card, Switch Card, and Error Log Container using React, Redux, and MUI, reducing workflow development effort by 80%.

Full-stack Developer at Swagstay Hotels, Jan 2023 - Jun 2023 · 6 mos, Nagpur, Maharashtra, India, - Developed a Hotel Booking Website with Admin Panel and CRM, resulting in a 30% improvement in operational efficiency. - Integrated Fast2SMS and Google reviews API for dynamic location search, leading to a 20% increase in user satisfaction and accuracy of information. - Implemented an Inventory system with custom Calendar Event manager (for assigning the number of rooms available for the specific dates), resulting in a 25% improvement in resource management and streamlined booking processes.

React Native Developer Intern at CrustPlay (Acq), Jun 2022 - Aug 2022 · 3 mos, Pune, Maharashtra, India, - Redesigned whole android mobile app and website improving traffic by 20% - Increased efficiency with scalable, clean & reusable code by 10% - Implemented modern UI & cross-functional components with best practices - worked on automatic video carousal plays

Javascript Developer at Unihire, May 2022 - Jun 2022 · 2 mos, India, - worked on web development with vanila js - implemented prototypes along with event bubbling, capturing and propagation - developed animations with css and vanila js

Webmaster at IEEE Computer Society SB Jain, Feb 2021 - Nov 2021 · 10 mos, Maharashtra, India, - worked on website development with wordpress - designed various posters and designs for society events - also worked as a tech co-lead in mega events

Education

Bachelor of Engineering - BE, Computer Science, S.B. Jain Institute of Technology,Management & Research, Nagpur

Public links

github: https://github.com/pranay202

leetcode: https://leetcode.com/pranaykharabe20