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Rishichandra Wawhal

@rishichandrawawhal

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Backend-heavy fullstack engineer with 8+ years of experience.

India

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What I'm looking for

I'm looking for Senior or Staff Engineer roles focused on building scalable systems with a strong emphasis on reliability and user experience.

I'm a backend-heavy fullstack engineer with over 8 years of experience in building and scaling systems end-to-end. As a core contributor at Hasura, I played a pivotal role in scaling the company from pre-seed to a $1B+ Series C valuation. Currently, I lead engineering at Zamp, where I focus on system design, developer experience, and rapid product delivery.

Throughout my career, I have designed and built various high-impact systems, including a multi-tenant financial operations platform and an AI-powered ingestion pipeline. My expertise lies in backend architecture, data systems, and API design, complemented by a strong proficiency in modern frontend technologies. I thrive in high-ownership roles and am passionate about enhancing developer productivity and experience.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

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Engineering Lead

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Zamp

May 2024 - Present (1 year 1 month)

Led a 12-member engineering team to rebuild an AI-native, multi-tenant financial operations platform, emphasizing scalability and developer productivity. Designed and delivered config-driven datasets and widget components, and implemented robust multi-tenant authentication and an authorization engine for granular access control. Architected an AI-powered ingestion pipeline and a multi-tenant sprea

AI Scalability OIDC SAML Authorization System Design Data Ingestion Financial Operations Distributed Systems

Staff Engineer (Tech Lead) - Developer Experience & Control Plane

Hasura

Jan 2023 - Apr 2024 (1 year 3 months)

Developed the Hasura DDN Language Server (LSP) to support in-browser metadata editing with intelligent tooling, streamlining developer experience. Built a GraphQL Schema Registry for Hasura Cloud projects to track versioned schemas and designed RBAC for enterprise-grade governance. Created a seamless onboarding workflow by integrating CLI and LSP tools, establishing a code-first dev experience.

Language Server Protocol (LSP)GraphQL RBAC Git Developer Experience Metadata Management API Design CLI

Senior Engineer (Tech Lead) - Hasura Cloud

Hasura

Jan 2020 - Dec 2022 (2 years 11 months)

Led engineering for Hasura Cloud Control Plane, architecting a highly available multi-tenant, multi-region system with high-performance APIs and real-time developer tooling. Introduced a 3-factor event-driven architecture and developed GitHub integration for seamless CI/CD. Created experimentation frameworks and analytics dashboards, boosting user activation rates from 10% to 40%.

Distributed Systems Event Driven Architecture CI CD APIs GitHub Analytics Product Led Growth Systems Architecture Cloud Computing

Software Engineer - Core Engineering

Hasura

Jan 2017 - Dec 2019 (2 years 11 months)

Co-authored the Hasura Console using React and Redux/Thunk, optimizing for developer experience and accelerating early product adoption. Led engineering for Hasura Actions, driving product design and adoption strategy, establishing it as a key primitive. Built an in-house developer notification system and open-sourced developer tools like GraphQURL.

React Redux GraphQL REST UI Development Developer Tools Product Design System Monitoring CLI Electron

Education

Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework

Indian Institute of Technology, Madras

B.Tech, Engineering Physics, Engineering Physics

Studied Engineering Physics at the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras from 2012 to 2017. Gained foundational knowledge and skills in engineering principles and physics.