"fall down seven times, stand up eight” ― 七転び八起き
Gaurav Poudel GP
Software Engineer II
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Software Engineer with nearly 3 years of experience and a First Class Honors Degree in Computing from London Metropolitan University, with a demonstrated history of working in the internet industry across fast-paced startups in Bengaluru.
Skilled in Java, Golang, Node.js, Flutter, Spring Boot, Microservices Architecture, WebSocket, WebRTC, REST APIs, PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, and Redis, with strong expertise in Kubernetes, Docker, Terraform, Helm, AWS, GCP, Azure, Argo CD, Prometheus, Grafana, and HashiCorp Vault, and a consistent commitment to building scalable, production-grade software across the full development life cycle.
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- Implemented an AutoPay system using Cashfree in Golang, increasing repeat payment rate from 30% to ~80% and generating ₹2.4L–₹4.5L in additional monthly revenue.
- Built atomic game matchmaking algorithm with priority scoring, improving player retention by 25%.
- Built a Go-based notification scheduler that stores cron schedules in the database, automating time-based notifications and eliminating manual triggering.
- Improved WebSocket response time by 40% by migrating legacy PHP codebase to Node.js with Socket.IO and Redis.
- Built CI/CD pipeline with Azure and GitHub webhooks for AKS, cutting deployment time from 10 to 2 minutes on average, boosting efficiency by 80%.
- Set up end-to-end Ingress in AKS cluster, using web app routing and integrating Azure Key Vault for TLS certificates.
- Built pricing service microservice in Golang calculating usage for video conferencing, messaging, co-browsing, live streaming, and recording within 1.5 months. Exposed API Prometheus metrics and created Grafana dashboard for monitoring.
- Integrated HashiCorp Vault into a Kubernetes cluster using Helm, ArgoCD, and Terraform with GCS backend, eliminating 100% of hardcoded secrets across microservices. Read more
- Reduced node waiting time by 2-3 minutes, resulting in improved latency for end-users, through introducing pod priority and preemption in Kubernetes configuration. Read more
- Migrated RDS instances from AWS to GCP using Terraform for automated infrastructure provisioning and seamless data migration, cutting setup time from 1 hour to under 1 minute.
- Delivered Android applications in Flutter demonstrating comprehensive SDK integration and real-world implementation.
- Deployed ArgoCD for Continuous Deployment in Kubernetes, reducing deployment errors by 60% and streamlining application delivery.
- Created HTML editor application UI with intuitive user experience.
- Developed examination app achieving 100K+ downloads on Play Store. View on Play Store
- Designed responsive app interfaces for book reading platform and Python script execution tool.
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