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Gaurav Ladani

Head of Engineering, Tevaera
Bangalore

Summary

A dynamic technology leader with a decade of experience in architecting scalable systems, leading high-performance engineering teams, and driving business growth through innovation. Seeking a leadership role to continue designing and developing cutting-edge solutions in web3, cloud-native applications, and enterprise platforms.


  • Technology & Leadership: Over 10 years of experience in software architecture, engineering management, and full-stack development, leading high-impact projects in web3, cloud, and enterprise applications.
  • Scalability & Innovation: Designed and led the development of Tevaera's secure and scalable web3 gaming ecosystem, achieving 0 to 2M wallets while ensuring seamless cloud infrastructure and optimized performance.
  • Enterprise Solutions & Payments: Led ApteanPay's development, an enterprise-grade payment processing platform, ensuring security, compliance, and seamless transaction workflows.

Overview

11
11
years of professional experience
4
4
years of post-secondary education

Work History

Head of Engineering (Founding Engineer)

Tevaera Labs
06.2022 - Current
  • Spearheading the design, architecture, and infrastructure of Tevaera's web3 gaming ecosystem.
  • Built and optimized a scalable and high-performance cloud infrastructure leveraging AWS, NodeJS, GraphQL, gRPC, React, Unity, Solidity.
  • Led engineering best practices, including DevOps automation, CI/CD pipelines, and microservices architecture.
  • Developed on-chain and off-chain integrations, improving security, efficiency, and decentralization.
  • Successfully scaled Tevaera to 2M+ wallets, driving user adoption and blockchain ecosystem growth.
  • Mentored and led a highly skilled engineering team, fostering innovation and technical excellence.

Lead Engineer, Development, R&D

Aptean India Pvt Ltd.
07.2017 - 06.2022
  • ApteanPay – A purpose-built B2B payment processing solution developed under Aptean, one of the world's leading providers of industry-specific software for manufacturers and distributors.
  • Led the architecture and development of ApteanPay, an enterprise-grade payment processing platform
  • Managed a team of 20 engineers, providing technical guidance, mentoring, and architectural oversight
  • Designed and implemented microservices-based architecture with TypeScript, NodeJS, GraphQL, gRPC, React
  • Optimized transaction workflows, ensuring security, scalability, and compliance with industry standards
  • Conducted technical research, feasibility studies, and early adoption of cutting-edge technologies
  • ApteanPay – Revolutionizing Enterprise Payments

Software Engineer

NuWare Systems LLP
07.2014 - 07.2017
  • Developed enterprise applications for clients like Nutrisystem, US, including Unified Call-center, Promotion Tracking, and Commission Tracking systems
  • Designed and optimized ASP.NET MVC, WinForms, and SQL Server-based applications
  • Provided requirements analysis, development, and deployment automation for mission-critical solutions

Education

Bachelor of Engineering - Computer Science

Visvesvaraya Technological University (VTU)
01.2010 - 01.2014

Skills

  • Programming: C#, TypeScript, JavaScript

  • Runtimes: NodeJS, NET Framework

  • Web3 & Blockchain: Solidity, Hardhat, IPFS, SubGraphs, Ethers

  • Frontend & Backend: React, MVC, REST, gRPC, GraphQL

  • Cloud & DevOps: AWS (ECS, Cloudfront, S3, Lambda, SNS, SQS), Azure (AD B2C, SQL, Service Bus), Kubernetes, Docker, Terraform

  • Databases: MS SQL Server, PostgreSQL, CosmosDB, MongoDB, Redis

Leadership Awards And Achievements

  • Scaled Tevaera from 0 to $100M, leading engineering and infrastructure growth.
  • Quarterly Delivery Excellence Award (Aptean, 2020) – Recognized for exceptional performance driving business impact.
  • GEM (Going Extra Mile) Award (Aptean, 2019) – Honored for outstanding contributions to project success.
  • Ranked Top 6 (Aptean Global Puzzle Competition, 2018) – Among 2,300 employees worldwide.
  • Mentored & trained 200+ engineers across multiple fresher batches (2018-2021).
  • Invited Speaker & Chief Guest at Srinivas Institute of Technology (2016), delivering a talk on Big Data Technologies.
  • Winner of mBillionth Award South Asia (2016) for an agriculture-tech solution.

Timeline

Head of Engineering (Founding Engineer)

Tevaera Labs
06.2022 - Current

Lead Engineer, Development, R&D

Aptean India Pvt Ltd.
07.2017 - 06.2022

Software Engineer

NuWare Systems LLP
07.2014 - 07.2017

Bachelor of Engineering - Computer Science

Visvesvaraya Technological University (VTU)
01.2010 - 01.2014

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