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GIRI BALRAM

Bengaluru

Summary

Lead engineer with 15 years of experience in developing scalable, high-availability web platforms within product-driven environments. Expertise in distributed system design, backend architecture, performance engineering, and cloud-native development on AWS. Proven ability to manage critical product modules from design to deployment, ensuring production reliability and engineering excellence. Skilled in fostering cross-functional collaboration and mentoring engineers to uphold technical standards and maintain long-term system integrity.

Overview

15
15
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

TEAM Lead, Level II

DealerSocket India
Bengaluru
10.2020 - Current
  • Enterprise automotive SaaS platform serving dealerships across regions.
  • Designed scalable service layers using PHP and Python to support concurrent user traffic.
  • Led a team of 8 engineers delivering production releases in bi-weekly sprints.
  • Spearheaded the migration of legacy monolithic applications to a microservices architecture using Docker and Kubernetes, reducing deployment.
  • Facilitated knowledge sharing and mentorship initiatives within the team, elevating technical proficiency and ensuring seamless onboarding for new engineers at DealerSocket India.
  • Designed microservices-based solutions supporting analytics and risk management modules.
  • Collaborated with product and business stakeholders to convert functional requirements into technical solutions.
  • Improved API response time by 85% through query optimisation and caching with Redis.
  • Reduced production defects by 80% via structured code reviews and CI/CD automation.
  • Reduced deployment time by 60% and enabled high availability and scalability for modules by implementing Jenkins-based CI/CD pipelines and Kubernetes orchestration.
  • Refactored legacy modules, improving system performance by up to 95% in high-load scenarios.
  • Integrated automated monitoring solutions using Graylog and Grafana, reducing time to detect production incidents by 60% and enhancing service uptime to 99.98% across analytics and risk management modules.

Technical Lead

People10 Software Solutions
Bengaluru
07.2019 - 10.2020
  • Led end-to-end technical design and database architecture based on business requirement documents.
  • Led engineering teams, ensuring timely and high-quality project completion.
  • Oversaw production deployments, minimizing downtime during releases.
  • Optimized application architecture, improving responsiveness and resource utilization.
  • Streamlined code review and merge processes, establishing standardized workflows that accelerated releases and enhanced code quality across multiple project teams.
  • Established communication as the primary technical liaison between engineering teams and clients.
  • Engaged with clients for requirement analysis and delivered tailored solutions.

Senior Software Engineer

CompasSite Software Solutions
Bengaluru
07.2016 - 01.2019
  • Designed and implemented scalable web application modules.
  • Responsible for designing and developing customer support tools, and functional tests using various object-oriented languages.
  • Acted as primary technical liaison between engineering teams and clients.
  • Conducted peer code reviews to ensure high-quality, maintainable, and defect-free code aligned with engineering standards and best practices.
  • Designed and implemented database architecture based on BRD specifications, ensuring data integrity, scalability, and performance optimisation.
  • Owned staging and production releases end-to-end, including deployment coordination and delivering client demos post-release.
  • Refined front-end and back-end components to streamline user workflows, reduce technical debt, and elevate application reliability.

Senior Software Engineer

Mindfire Solutions
Bhubaneswar
03.2011 - 07.2016
  • Began my career within the organisation and advanced to a Senior Developer role through consistent high-quality delivery and strong technical contributions.
  • Recognized as a key team contributor for independently managing deliverables and consistently meeting project deadlines.
  • Engaged directly with clients to gather, clarify, and refine functional requirements to ensure accurate implementation.
  • Collaborated with cross-functional developers to design, develop, and deliver scalable features aligned with business objectives.
  • Developed well-structured, optimised, and maintainable code following industry best practices and coding standards.
  • Contributed to technical design documentation, ensuring clarity in architecture and implementation approach.
  • Demonstrated strong ownership by working independently when required while maintaining alignment with team goals.
  • Continuously enhanced technical skills through ongoing learning and practical application.
  • Led a team of four members, overseeing requirement breakdown, task allocation, execution tracking, and quality assurance to ensure delivery at the highest standard.

Education

Master In Computer Application -

Silicon Institute Of Technology
Bhubaneshwar, India
01.2011

Skills

Architecture & Scalability:

  • Distributed Systems & Microservices Architecture
  • API Design & Contract Governance
  • System Scalability & Horizontal Scaling
  • High Availability & Fault Tolerance
  • Performance Profiling & Optimisation

Backend Engineering:

  • PHP (Laravel, Symfony, CodeIgniter)
  • Python
  • CMS(Wordpress, Drupal)
  • RESTful APIs
  • Web Services
  • Authentication & Authorization (JWT, OAuth)
  • Asynchronous Processing & Queue-Based Systems
  • PDO
  • Guzzle, Cron Job,
  • Shell Scriptt

Frontend & Integration:

  • Reactjs
  • TypeScript
  • RESTful API integration
  • WebSockets & Real-Time Communication

Data & Storage:

  • MySQL
  • MongoDB
  • Redis (Caching & Session Management)
  • Elasticsearch (Search Optimization)

Cloud & Platform Engineering:

  • AWS (EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda, ECS Cluster)
  • Docker & Containerization
  • CI/CD Pipelines (Jenkins, GitHub Actions)
  • Infrastructure Optimization

Source Control:

  • GitHub, Bitbucket

API Auth:

  • JWT, Oauth

Unit Testing:

  • PHPUnit, Jasmine, Karma

Leadership:

  • Technical Roadmap Planning
  • Sprint Planning & Estimation
  • Code Reviews & Engineering Standards
  • Cross-Functional Collaboration
  • Mentorship & Team Development

Certification

PHP Zend Certification 5.3, Zend, 01/01/13

Websites

Timeline

TEAM Lead, Level II

DealerSocket India
10.2020 - Current

Technical Lead

People10 Software Solutions
07.2019 - 10.2020

Senior Software Engineer

CompasSite Software Solutions
07.2016 - 01.2019

Senior Software Engineer

Mindfire Solutions
03.2011 - 07.2016

Master In Computer Application -

Silicon Institute Of Technology
GIRI BALRAM