# Rudra Thakkar Rudra Thakkar is a remote worker on Himalayas, Associate Technical Lead at Codal, based in India. Source: https://himalayas.app/@rudrathakkar ```text I build and scale reliable backend systems, AWS infrastructure, and production platforms. ``` | Detail | Value | | --- | --- | | Availability | Looking for a job | | Location | India | | Authorized to work in | India | | Salary expectations | 16600k+ INR | | Job categories | Backend Engineer, Technical Lead, Software Architect, DevOps Engineer | | Skills | NodeJS, PHP, ExpressJS, NestJS, Laravel, Phalcon, REST APIs, Socket.IO, JavaScript, TypeScript, React, AWS, EC2, AWS ECS, RDS, Aurora, S3, Amazon Cloudfront, ALB, Lambda, Route 53, Elasticache, Amazon SQS, SNS, SES, ECR, Cloudwatch, WAF, DMS, OpenSearch, Terraform, Docker, GitHub Actions, CI CD, Infrastructure as Code, Linux, Nginx, Apache, MySQL, Redis, SQL Optimization, Database Migration, Scalability, System Architecture, Technical Leadership, Mentorship, Sprint Planning, Estimation, Client Communication, Production Incident Resolution, Azure Communication Services, Twilio, NMI, Authorize.Net, Visa Verification, FCM, Mixpanel, Typesense, FingerprintJS, Yarn Workspaces, Microservices, Payment Gateway Integration, Application Security | ## What I'm looking for ```text I'm looking to lead backend architecture and delivery for scalable production products, combining hands-on engineering with mentoring, client collaboration, cloud modernization, and ownership of complex reliability challenges. ``` ## About ```text At Codal, I've helped grow a long-running content-sharing platform from an early-stage product into a large production system supporting messaging, media, payments, premium content, and real-time communication. I've evolved backend architecture from a PHP monolith toward service-oriented systems, building the first Express.js microservice and supporting NestJS services, Yarn Workspaces, SQS communication, and a Node.js/Socket.IO server handling 20K+ messages per minute. I lead technical delivery for teams of up to 10 developers, translating client requirements into realistic engineering plans while owning architecture, estimation, mentoring, releases, production support, and complex technical blockers. I've modernized AWS infrastructure through Docker, ECS, Terraform, and Aurora migration planning, reduced critical MySQL queries from 10–30 seconds to 1–2 seconds, and led a production database migration with roughly three minutes of downtime. ``` ## Experience ### Associate Technical Lead (current) [Codal](https://himalayas.app/companies/codal). May 2025 - Present ```text Lead technical delivery across products, owning architecture, planning, estimation, and production support. Mentor a team of approximately 10 developers and work directly with clients on complex requirements and technical decisions. ``` Skills: NodeJS, PHP, ExpressJS, NestJS, Laravel, Phalcon, REST-APIs, Socket.IO, AWS, EC2, AWS-ECS, RDS, Aurora, S3, Amazon-Cloudfront, ALB, Lambda, Route-53, Elasticache, Amazon-SQS, SNS, SES, ECR, Cloudwatch, WAF, DMS, OpenSearch, Terraform, Docker, GitHub-Actions, CI-CD, IaC, Linux, Nginx, Apache, MySQL, Redis, SQL-Optimization, Database-Migration, Scalability, Technical-Leadership, Mentorship, Sprint-Planning, Estimation, Client-Communication, Architecture, Production-Incident-Resolution, Azure-Communication-Services, Twilio, NMI, Authorize.Net, Visa-Verification, FCM, Mixpanel, Typesense, FingerprintJS ### Senior Software Engineer [Codal](https://himalayas.app/companies/codal). May 2023 - Apr 2025 ```text Owned planning and implementation of complex features, bug fixes, and architectural improvements focused on scalability and production reliability. Led the development of the first Express.js microservice and optimized MySQL queries, reducing execution times from 10-30 seconds to 1-2 seconds. ``` Skills: NodeJS, PHP, ExpressJS, NestJS, Laravel, Phalcon, REST-APIs, Socket.IO, AWS, EC2, AWS-ECS, RDS, Aurora, S3, Amazon-Cloudfront, ALB, Lambda, Route-53, Elasticache, Amazon-SQS, SNS, SES, ECR, Cloudwatch, WAF, DMS, OpenSearch, Terraform, Docker, GitHub-Actions, CI-CD, IaC, Linux, Nginx, Apache, MySQL, Redis, SQL-Optimization, Database-Migration, Scalability, Technical-Leadership, Mentorship, Sprint-Planning, Estimation, Client-Communication, Architecture, Production-Incident-Resolution, Azure-Communication-Services, Twilio, NMI, Authorize.Net, Visa-Verification, FCM, Mixpanel, Typesense, FingerprintJS ### Software Engineer [Codal](https://himalayas.app/companies/codal). May 2019 - May 2023 ```text Developed and maintained backend applications using PHP, Laravel/Phalcon, MySQL, and Node.js, including APIs handling thousands of requests per minute. Identified and fixed SQL injection vulnerabilities and migrated backend architecture from EC2 to Docker and Amazon ECS. ``` Skills: NodeJS, PHP, ExpressJS, NestJS, Laravel, Phalcon, REST-APIs, Socket.IO, AWS, EC2, AWS-ECS, RDS, Aurora, S3, Amazon-Cloudfront, ALB, Lambda, Route-53, Elasticache, Amazon-SQS, SNS, SES, ECR, Cloudwatch, WAF, DMS, OpenSearch, Terraform, Docker, GitHub-Actions, CI-CD, IaC, Linux, Nginx, Apache, MySQL, Redis, SQL-Optimization, Database-Migration, Scalability, Technical-Leadership, Mentorship, Sprint-Planning, Estimation, Client-Communication, Architecture, Production-Incident-Resolution, Azure-Communication-Services, Twilio, NMI, Authorize.Net, Visa-Verification, FCM, Mixpanel, Typesense, FingerprintJS ### Software Engineering Intern [Codal](https://himalayas.app/companies/codal). Jan 2019 - Apr 2019 ```text Developed application features and fixes using PHP and Laravel while working with senior engineers on production web applications. Promoted to Software Engineer after the internship based on performance and contribution. ``` Skills: PHP, Laravel ## Education ### Government Engineering College, Gandhinagar Bachelor of Engineering, Computer Engineering. 2015 - 2019 ```text Bachelor of Engineering in Computer Engineering from Government Engineering College, Gandhinagar, affiliated with Gujarat Technological University, from 2015 to 2019. ``` ## Tech stack - Azure Communication Services - Amazon CloudFront - GitHub Actions - MySQL - Node.js - Laravel - NestJS - Phalcon - Mixpanel - Redis - Terraform - React - JavaScript - HTML5 - CSS 3 - PHP - Amazon SQS - ExpressJS - Linux - Socket.IO - Typesense - OpenSearch - TypeScript - Docker - Twilio - NGINX - Authorize.net To contact Rudra, message them from this profile with a Himalayas employer account: [Hire on Himalayas](https://himalayas.app/hire). ## People also viewed - [Sahil Gheek](https://himalayas.app/@sahilgheek): Senior Software Engineer, Channelscaler - [Harish Porwal](https://himalayas.app/@harishporwal): Senior Software Engineer, Jadu Ltd - [Satish Shinde](https://himalayas.app/@satishshinde1): Senior Software Engineer, EPAM Systems - [Ritul Bhatnagar](https://himalayas.app/@ritulbhatnagar): Software Development Engineer, Beyond&more - [Sudarshan Patil](https://himalayas.app/@sudarshanpatil): Senior Software Engineer, Xeni Solution Pvt Ltd - [Kingshuk Sanyal](https://himalayas.app/@kingshuksanyal): Backend Developer, Appycodes - [ABHISHEK KUMAR GUPTA](https://himalayas.app/@abhishekkumargupta2): Technical Team Lead, Chetu India Pvt. 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