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Shailendra Kumar

Gurgaon

Summary

Dynamic Technical Lead with extensive experience at Zomato Ltd, specializing in microservices architecture and system design. Proven track record in enhancing scalability and reliability through successful database migrations and mentoring junior developers. Adept at translating complex business requirements into high-quality technical solutions, driving significant revenue growth and operational efficiency.

Overview

11
11
years of professional experience

Work History

Technical Lead

Zomato Ltd
Gurgaon
11.2022 - Current
  • Orchestrated the development of a billing & invoicing platform for Zomato, Blinkit, and Hyperpure District, processing ~5 million daily orders and generating 5–6 million invoices each day.
  • Led the database migration of the billing system from TiDB to DynamoDB, improving scalability and reliability.
  • Spearheaded the transition from a monolithic architecture to microservices, enhancing system scalability, maintainability, and deployment velocity.
  • Developed and integrated a merchant credit system and rate card framework, driving revenue growth and streamlining pricing strategies.
  • Mentored and guided junior developers on coding standards, best practices, and system design.
  • Collaborated closely with product managers to translate business requirements into robust, scalable technical solutions.
  • Took end-to-end ownership across system design, code reviews, and production deployments, ensuring high-quality delivery.

Senior Software Engineer

Zomato Ltd
Gurgaon
09.2018 - 10.2021
  • End-to-end development (frontend and backend) of the merchant-facing dashboard to enhance Ex experience.
  • Migrated the billing service from a monolithic to a microservices architecture, improving scalability and maintainability.
  • Developed high-performance APIs for the Android-based merchant app, ensuring fast and reliable user experiences.

Software Engineer

Delhivery Ltd
Gurgaon
07.2015 - 09.2018
  • Worked on the Last Mile Delivery system, streamlining package movement from dispatch centers to end customers, improving delivery efficiency and traceability.
  • Optimized Postgres queries and integrated monitoring tools (New Relic, Sentry, TrackJS) to boost system performance, reliability, and observability.
  • Worked on the Fleet Management System, delivering robust backend APIs and building a dynamic front-end from scratch to manage vehicles and internal users.
  • Developed dashboards for HLD order tracking, enabling comprehensive order lifecycle management and enhancing operational visibility.

Software Engineering Intern

Arachnomesh Technologies
Mumbai
01.2015 - 06.2015
  • Improved product-listing page with server-side pagination, improving load times and enabling seamless browsing of large catalogs.
  • Led end-to-end testing across frontend and backend, identifying and resolving critical bugs for smoother user experience.
  • Developed and documented RESTful APIs to power the Android app.

Education

B.Tech - Information Technology

Indian Institute of Information Technology
Prayagraj
06-2015

Skills

  • Coding Languages: Java, PHP
  • Framework: Spring & Spring Boot
  • Databases: MySQL, TiDB, Aurora, Dynamo, MongoDB
  • Messaging Queues: Kafka, SQS
  • Cache: Redis
  • Search Engine: Elastic search
  • AWS services: S3, EC2, ECS, Lambda, Dynamo, RDS, Elastic Cache, CDN, CloudWatch
  • Containerization tool: Docker
  • Core competencies:

Core competencies

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Timeline

Technical Lead

Zomato Ltd
11.2022 - Current

Senior Software Engineer

Zomato Ltd
09.2018 - 10.2021

Software Engineer

Delhivery Ltd
07.2015 - 09.2018

Software Engineering Intern

Arachnomesh Technologies
01.2015 - 06.2015

B.Tech - Information Technology

Indian Institute of Information Technology

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