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title: "Utkarsh Singhal - Senior Software Engineer in Gurugram | Tal"
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# Utkarsh Singhal on Tal

## Headline

SDE 2 at Urban Company \| IIT \(BHU\) Varanasi \| Leetcode Knight

## About

I am a graduate of IIT\(BHU\) Varanasi, and an enthusiastic problem solver, currently working as SDE\-2\(Backend\) at Urban Company with strong foundation in computer science\. My expertise in Python, coupled with my mastery of system design, database optimization, and modern technologies like Docker, Kafka, and AWS, make me a true asset in the industry\. I have deep interest in Backend Development and love to work on Systems dealing with Scalability\. Additionally, I am well\-versed in the latest industry practices, including continuous integration/continuous delivery \(CI/CD\), DevOps, and container orchestration\. I've solved more than 1000 coding problems on platforms like Leetcode, Codeforces and have a decent grip over DS & ALGO\. Apart from it I have deep knowledge of Python, C\+\+, C, AWS SQS, HLD, LLD, Sanic, SQL databases and Caches \. I am responsible for high level and low level design of a feature, implementing backend services at 1MG Pharmacy Vertical\.

## Location

Gurugram

## AI stack

claude code

claude

cursor

github copilot

openai

ChatGPT

## Work experience

Senior Software Engineer at Urban Company, Sep 2025 \- Present · 1 yr 1 mo, Gurugram, \- Owned backend design and integration for the Multi\-Booking launch across 4 microservices, covering slot expiry, preferred\-professional selection, and surge\-pricing correctness; drove 5% of all InstaHelp requests and INR 20 million in revenue within 2 months\. \- Drove the packing \(scheduling\-optimization\) platform end\-to\-end: simulated 4\+ packing strategies against production calendars and shipped the resulting Pack\-to\-Edge design across routine and on\-demand paths, increasing partner utilization by 20%\. \- Developed an LLM\-powered debugging tool that reconstructs packing decisions from production data, replacing 20–30 minutes of manual tracing per issue and enabling parallel triage of multiple packing bugs\. \- Led the Ramadan calendar migration and rollback across all Saudi Arabia categories at twice the prior year’s scale, migrating 5,500\+ recurring routines, 700\+ partner calendars, and 2,500\+ requests with zero metric impact\.

Senior Software Engineer at Tata 1mg, Apr 2025 \- Sep 2025 · 6 mos, Gurugram, Haryana, India, Live ETA for quick commerce orders

Software Engineer at Tata 1mg, Jul 2022 \- Mar 2025 · 2 yrs 9 mos, Gurugram, Haryana, India, \* Mentored and supervised two junior team members, providing guidance in python\-backend development, contributing to their professional development and project success • Designed and implemented new rules\-based algorithms for ETA calculation, accounting for factors such as processing time, delivery distance, and past performance to refine predictions, leading to a 23% improvement in NPS Score\. \* Independently drove end\-to\-end development and integration of multiple features for pharmacy vertical and worked on APIs request\-response Validation and Standardisation\. \* Achieved a significant latency reduction of an API from 1\.5s to 100ms by optimising the api flow and data storage pattern\. \* Implemented various security features in the API, including authentication, ensuring data security and privacy \* Performed code reviews and detected and resolved over 20 critical production bugs

## Education

Bachelor of Technology \- BTech, Indian Institute of Technology \(Banaras Hindu University\), Varanasi

## Public links

- leetcode: https://leetcode\.com/us\_01

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