Jay Bhavsar

10x Backend & Cloud Engineer Excelling in Leadership and Technical Skills
+91 999 862 3001 | jbhv12@gmail.com | LinkedIn | ‡ GitHub | Mumbai, India

Skills
Languages: Java, Python, C# .Net, Bash, JavaScript, TypeScript, PHP, HCL
Databases: PostgreSQL, MySQL, Firebase, MongoDB, DynamoDB, Google Cloud Datastore, OpenEdge
Frameworks: Flask, Django, Spring Boot, Laravel, .NET, React, VueJS, FastAPI, LangChain
Environments: AWS lambda, EKS, ECR, ECS, EC2, Route53, DynamoDB, RDS, GAE, GCE, GKE, Vercel, Azure
Tools: Kubernetes, Terraform, Postman, Swagger, Prometheus, Grafana, Elasticsearch, Stripe, Kafka, Selenium, Docker,
Supebase, Auth0, Keycloak, Okta, Cloudflare
Management/Productivity Tools: Vim, Clickup, JIRA, GitLab, GitHub, Jenkins, Trello, Slack

Work Experience
QAD Dublin, Ireland (Remote)
Principal Software Engineer Nov 2022 – Present
• Led the end-to-end development, and maintenance of high-performance Java microservices to optimize imports
entry creation and declaration processes
• Responsible for migrating legacy software systems to a scalable Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) architecture,
leveraging AWS
• Collaborated closely with cross-functional teams, including product management, quality assurance, and customer
support, to gather requirements, define project scope, and ensure the timely delivery of high-quality solutions
Media.net Mumbai, India (Remote)
Senior Software Engineer Mar 2020 – Nov 2022
• Simplified and maintained a large-scale data-intensive application for powering 300+ million internet ads daily
• Administered server-side header bidding platforms, providing Media.net with a competitive market edge and
maximizing revenue for 21000+ publishers
• Engineered caching technologies (MySQL, Redis, Caffeine Cache, Varnish, Akamai) for impressive QPS of 15000
and a 99th percentile response time under 10ms
• Created secure APIs across tech stacks, including PHP, Java Spring Boot, Python, and Node.js, while maintaining
adherence to industry best practices and security standards
• By leveraging Kubernetes and creating Jenkins pipelines to automate builds, the team containerized applications,
resulting in a more streamlined development and deployment process, which ultimately led to an annual savings of
$50,000
• Streamlined product usability and customer support by implementing technical documentation strategies such as
Swagger integration and Docusaurus setup, resulting in a 60% reduction in developer support tickets
• Advocated for the adoption of Agile methodology among team members, leading to enhanced collaboration, speed,
and quality in project delivery
Tata Consultancy Services Mumbai, India
Research Engineer Jun 2018 – Mar 2020
• Orchestrated a real-time, large-scale security analysis platform by leveraging open source big data tools and
analytical expertise, while reporting directly to the Global Head of the Cyber Security Unit
• Designed real-time dashboards to provide clear visual representations of the organization’s resource health
• Developed a robust threat intelligence platform using Apache Metron, Kafka, Storm and Elasticsearch, resulting in
a 40% reduction in false positives
Personal, Volunteering and Freelancing Projects
Red Jingles - Scalable and Serverless AI Chatbot
• Earned 2nd place in serverlessguru hackathon for designing and developing AI chatbot with holiday themed

characters focusing on security, scalability and extensibility

• Utilized LangChain, Chainlit and OpenAI LLMs to create chatbot and used AWS, GCP, Terraform, GitHub

Actions to manage serverless and scalable infrastructure

Lead Cloud Architect and Backend Engineer, Haiku
• Responsible for designing and implementing a game play solution in Kubernetes (AWS EKS), achieving an 80%

reduction in game load time, from approximately 27 seconds to around 5 seconds

• Fixed, optimized, and deployed many games that help students make a career in cybersecurity. These games

provide a Kali Linux cloud computer on demand and simulate vulnerable software
• Led the creation and implementation of a dynamic lab environment for university students, designed to simulate a

vulnerable small business network. This was hosted on AWS, offering features such as on-demand creation,
destruction, and secure access via VPN
• Facilitated the seamless integration of Keycloak SSO, empowering players to utilize social logins across various

gaming products
• Collaborated closely with cross-functional teams, including product management, quality assurance, and customer

support, to gather requirements, define project scope, and ensure the timely delivery of high-quality solutions
Backend Developer, Task.it
• Implemented a scheduling algorithm from scratch, achieving zero error rate and capacity to handle millions of users

• Leveraged the Google Cloud platform (including App Engine, Cloud Tasks, Cloud Run, Cloud Scheduler, and other

advanced tools) to deploy the service, scale up performance, and reducing operational costs by 70%
• Constructed secure public REST APIs in Python Flask with established best practices and standards

• Designed a highly efficient NoSQL database utilizing Firebase Datastore and integrated error-tracking and

monitoring alerts in the production environment, resulting in a 95% customer retention rate
• Overhauled the code formatting, testing, and deployment processes with the implementation of GitHub Actions

pipelines, saving 10+ hours of developer time every week

Customs Declaration Solution
• Designed and implemented a WinForms application using C# and .NET Framework to collect, validate and submit

customs declaration data, saving clients over $95,000 annually

Judge for Conrad Challenge 2023 in Cyber-Technology & Security Category
Awards, Achievements & Certifications
• Google Cloud Certified Professional Data Engineer
• Ranked 409th in Google Kickstart 2019, showcasing strong coding and competitive skills
• Taught Android through 12 workshops as a Google Applied CS Facilitator for LD College of Engineering
• Received Codechef scholarship for participation in CCDSAP (Codechef Certified Data Structure and Algorithms
Program) and achieved Foundation Level CCDSAP certificate, ranking in the top 5% of students at the time
• Identified and reported security vulnerabilities on public websites, ranging from CVSS score 5.7 to 7
• Achieved recognition as one of the top 39 finalists in HackQuest 2018, a highly competitive ethical hacking contest
organized by TCS’ Cyber Security Practice
• Attained 147th rank in ACM-ICPC Asia Kolkata Kanpur, a prestigious international programming competition
Education
LD College of Engineering Ahmedabad, India
Bachelor of Engineering in Information Technology Jul 2014 – Jun 2018
Laurentian University Sudbury, Canada
Android and Web Development Coursework Jun 2017 – Jul 2017