Gowtham Duraisamy
Lead Engineer
Bengaluru
Summary
- Staff-level engineer with 12+ years of experience in designing and scaling distributed systems for high-traffic applications.
- Strong background in driving architectural improvements, building scalable data platforms, and providing technical leadership across teams.
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
Work History
Lead Engineer
Target Corporation
Bengaluru, India
11.2020 - Current
- Led the evolution of the Order Management System (OMS) to a CQRS - based architecture , enabling horizontal scalability and omnichannel order processing.
- Designed and implemented the enterprise-scale query layer for Order History using Elasticsearch , Citus (PostgreSQL), and Redis , supporting high-volume, low-latency reads.
- Improved system performance and reliability by decoupling read and write workloads, meeting enterprise-level scalability and availability requirements
Senior Engineer
Target Corporation
Bengaluru, India
09.2017 - 11.2020
- Built and enhanced an in-house e-commerce Order Management System (OMS) in its early phase.
Designed and implemented Invoice,Returns and Exchange micro modules using an event-driven microservices architecture for scalable, decoupled services. - Implemented a centralized error-handling framework across OMS services
- Worked with PostgreSQL, Redis, and MongoDB for transactional and cache storage
Software Engineer
Juniper Networks
Bengaluru, India
07.2013 - 09.2017
- Designed and implemented new VPN and advanced firewall features to reduce the gap between SRX devices and network management software.
- Delivered end-to-end support for feature rollouts, including backend, UI, testing, and ensuring scalability, usability, and maintainability.
Education
Bachelor of Engineering - Computer Science
PSG College of Technology
Coimbatore 04.2001 -
Skills
Architecture & Systems: Event-Driven, CQRS, Distributed System Design, Handling Functional & Non-Functional Requirements
Programming & APIs: Java, Kotlin, REST, GraphQL
Data & Messaging: PostgreSQL, Citus, Cassandra, Redis, Elasticsearch, Kafka
AI/ML & Automation: LLM-Based Summarization, Evaluating LLM Output
Leadership & Soft Skills: Architecture, Mentorship, Collaboration, Strategy, Problem-Solving, Communication, Innovation, Process Improvement
Accomplishments
- Developed a LLM-based Order Summarization for automated, intelligent order insights.
- Built an enterprise E2E automation tool to streamline testing and operations.
Timeline
Lead Engineer
Target Corporation
11.2020 - Current
Senior Engineer
Target Corporation
09.2017 - 11.2020
Software Engineer
Juniper Networks
07.2013 - 09.2017
Bachelor of Engineering - Computer Science
PSG College of Technology
04.2001 -