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raghav deshpande

@raghavdeshpande

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I build high-traffic backend APIs and distributed systems at scale.

India

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What I'm looking for

I'm looking to build and improve high-scale backend platforms, distributed systems, and reliable APIs where I can solve complex performance, migration, and production reliability challenges.

At HighLevel, I own calendar-platform APIs that support tens of millions of daily users, covering booking, availability, slot computation, OAuth, and webhook delivery.

I've completed a zero-downtime migration of 7.4M+ calendars and 30M+ user associations in under three hours, and reduced API p95 latency from 16 seconds to 4 seconds through query optimization and layered caching.

Previously at Gripinvest and Smartserv, I built payments, KYC, compliance, dispatch, real-time tracking, and analytics systems. My work has included Razorpay and Fattmerchant integrations, automated identity verification, MongoDB-to-SQL migration, and a React offline-first PWA.

I enjoy solving production reliability problems, from event-loop lag and recurring-event storage to high-volume customer support issues, and shipping backend improvements that make products faster and easier to use.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Current

Senior Software Engineer (SDE 3)

Current

HighLevel

Jul 2023 - Present (3 years 2 months)

Owns the full lifecycle of high-traffic REST APIs for calendar booking, availability, and slot computation. Implemented provider-side OAuth 2.0, executed a zero-downtime migration of 7.4M+ calendars, and reduced API p95 latency from 16s to 4s.

NodeJS TypeScript Go REST API Design OAuth Webhooks Firestore MongoDB MySQL Redis Elasticsearch AWS GCP Kubernetes Jenkins Datadog Moment.Js Distributed Systems Zero downtime Migration

Senior Software Engineer

Gripinvest

Jul 2021 - Jun 2023 (1 year 11 months)

Integrated Razorpay end-to-end for payments, built compliant investor onboarding with CIBIL, CKYC, and OCR-based identity verification, and led the Express.js to NestJS migration. Automated compliance workflows and cut cloud spend by ~25%.

NodeJS TypeScript ExpressJS NestJS Razorpay CIBIL CKYC OCR AWS Metabase Jest SOLID Webhooks HMAC Idempotency Datadog

Sr. Software Design Engineer

Smartserv

Nov 2017 - May 2021 (3 years 6 months)

Built a real-time technician location-tracking system using Google Maps APIs and Socket.io, redesigned the invoicing and payments module with Fattmerchant integration, and led a MongoDB to SQL migration. Developed a React PWA with push notifications.