Seeking a Staff or Principal Backend Engineer role to drive distributed systems architecture, cloud cost optimization, and platform reliability. 15+ years scaling systems with Ruby on Rails, Java, and AWS. Passionate about technical mentorship and continuous delivery in high-ownership environments. Open to remote or hybrid opportunities.
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Saurabh Sharma
@saurabh-sharma
I build fault-tolerant backend platforms, modernize identity systems, and reduce cloud costs.
IndiaWhat I'm looking for
With 15+ years of software engineering leadership, I architect, scale, and optimize fault-tolerant distributed systems and mission-critical SaaS platforms. Creator of active_record-undo, a published open-source Ruby gem providing transactional cascading soft-deletes and atomic restores. Proven track record of slashing enterprise AWS infrastructure spend, modernizing zero-downtime authentication architectures for millions of global users, and instituting engineering governance across multi-regional teams at Monster, CareerBuilder, 4moles, and Yatra.
Experience
Work history, roles, and key accomplishments
BT
Current
Associate Principal Engineer
Bold Technologies
Aug 2025 - Present (1 year 1 month)
Spearheaded pipeline optimization for high-volume job alert dispatches, cutting AWS spend by ~35% and modernizing core authentication architecture for Monster.com. Designed enterprise SSO infrastructure and led architectural decomposition into a unified microservices framework.
CA
Senior Software Engineer (Staff Scope)
CareerBuilder
Jun 2019 - Jul 2025 (6 years 1 month)
Scaled distributed backend checkout services for a global ecommerce platform, sustaining 99.99% availability. Engineered decoupled background queue architectures and automated deployment pipelines, slashing release cycle times by over 40%.
MO
Engineering Lead
4moles
Jun 2017 - May 2019 (1 year 11 months)
Led a team of 4 engineers to deliver on core business KPIs. Reduced TTFB from 4s to 0.7s and architected a real-time booking engine with Redis and ActionCable.
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Senior Engineer
Yatra Online Pvt Ltd
Aug 2014 - May 2017 (2 years 9 months)
Engineered core high-throughput transaction backends and multi-provider aggregation services using Java and PHP. Optimized relational schemas and complex queries for sub-second responses on high-volume travel search engines.
EL
Software Engineer
Emaadhyam Online Pvt Ltd
Sep 2011 - Jul 2014 (2 years 10 months)
Engineered multitenant database architectures on Rails and delivered client-facing enterprise web applications across modern PHP frameworks, WordPress, and Magento.
Education
Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework
Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University
Bachelor of Technology, Computer Science
2007 - 2011
Pursued a Bachelor of Technology in Computer Science from Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University, New Delhi, India.
Tech stack
Software and tools used professionally
Availability
Looking for a job
Location
IndiaAuthorized to work in
Website
saurabh.activecode.inSalary expectations
3200k+ INR
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Skills
Ruby on RailsRubyJavaNode.Js DevelopmentPHPJavaScriptTypeScriptReactNext.jsAWSAWS ECSDynamoDBAmazon SQSEC2Amazon RDSS3Amazon Route 53Amazon CloudfrontMicroservicesDistributed SystemsRedisPostgreSQLMySQLKafkaDockerJenkinsCapistranoSpinnakerRSpecTest Driven DevelopmentCI CDREST APIsOAuthOpenAPISwaggerCloudflareActionCableAndroidDigitalOceanSystem DesignHigh AvailabilityBlue Green DeploymentActiveRecordRuboCopMagentoNodeJSWindowsCloudflare WAFSSOGuardRailsGitHubWordPress
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