Gaurav Tayal

Lead Engineer
Nov 2021 - Till Date
Tech Mahindra LTD, Gurugram, India

• Architected and built high-performance e-commerce platforms capable of 2,000+ concurrent users with sub-2s load time using SSR (Next.js), Redis caching, CDN optimisation, and microservices.
• Designed backend services using Node.js, Express.js, GraphQL, PostgreSQL, Prisma, and TypeScript for mission-critical systems supporting 20k+ daily global users.
• Integrated enterprise systems including Stripe, Razorpay, Plaid, HubSpot, CyberSource for payments, CRM, and workflow automation.
• Enhanced team productivity by adopting GitHub Copilot and AI-driven coding workflows, reducing development time by 25%.
• Implemented event-driven architecture with Redis queues, optimised PostgreSQL queries, and built high-reliability APIs with sub-3 second response time.
• Collaborated with stakeholders across US, EU, and APAC; delivered multiple high-impact global platforms.
• Mentored engineers on scalable architecture, performance optimisation, and MERN/Next.js best practices.

Sr. Software Engineer
Aug 2020 - Oct 2021
Vansun Media Pvt. Ltd, Gurugram, India

• Designed scalable platforms such as 91Wheels and GizNext using React.js, Node.js, Next.js, MySQL.
• Built APIs handling 20k+ concurrent requests with optimized caching and load balancing.
• Improved platform performance by 30% through lazy loading and dynamic imports.
• Implemented AMP, reducing SEO workload by 50%.
• Built logging/monitoring systems using MongoDB.

Sr. Software Engineer
Jan 2019 - July 2020
Girnar Soft Pvt. Ltd. (CarDeko), Gurugram, India

• Developed backend systems and admin portals for global mobile apps.
• Built secure authentication using JWT and third-party login providers.
• Automated workflows using cron jobs, improving performance by 40%.