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
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
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
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 -