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Pranay Patel
From India 02:29 AM (GMT+05:30)
$15/hr or $45,000/yr

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Senior Software Engineer

AI-native engineer
Available for hire
Years of experience
4+ years
Experience level
Mid-level
Available for
Full-time, Part-time, Contract, Freelance
Available from
30 Apr 2026
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Backend-focused Full-Stack Engineer with 4 years of experience building scalable backend systems, enterprise integrations and customer-facing technical solutions. Experienced in directly collaborating with clients to solve business problems and troubleshoot production issues. Leveraging AI-assisted development tools like Claude Code, Cursor and OpenAI Codex to accelerate software design, debugging, refactoring and cross-stack development workflows. Proficient in prompt-driven development and rapid prototyping, enabling efficient delivery across unfamiliar tech stacks with minimal ramp-up time. Actively focusing on Agentic AI, LLM workflows and AI engineering patterns. Former Assistant Professor with a strong background in research, technical writing and mentoring.

Employment History

Senior Software Engineer at Gupshup Current 2025 - Now
• Partnered directly with enterprise clients as a forward-deployed engineer to understand business requirements, design technical solutions and deliver tailored integrations for messaging and automation platforms. • Engineered and scaled backend services for enterprise messaging platforms (WhatsApp, Instagram, Web) handling millions of messages daily. • Designed fault-tolerant webhook processing pipelines with retry logic, connection pooling, and async queues, reducing message delivery failures by 95%. • Lead troubleshooting and root cause analysis of production issues across systems, improving platform reliability and customer satisfaction. • Mentored and led a team of 6 engineers, establishing code quality standards, reviewing pull requests, and driving architectural improvements.
Software Engineer at Gupshup 2022 - 2025
• Built analytics systems that automated analytics workflows and reduced manual reporting effort by 80%. • Optimized server and database performance through advanced indexing, query tuning, and worker refactoring, resulting in 40% faster API response times and 30% lower infra load.
Assistant Professor at BVM Engineering College 2017 - 2022
• Taught Operating Systems, Web Technologies, .NET, and Cloud Computing strengthening foundational engineering skills in 1000+ students. • Supervised postgraduate Machine Learning/Deep Learning research projects, leading to multiple publications in national and international journals. • Digitally transformed institute operations by deploying MS Teams–based online classes, assessments, and digital workflows for the institute staff and 3,000+ students during COVID.
Assistant System Engineer at Tata Consultancy Services 2017 - 2017
• Built SAP-BI dashboards and ETL pipelines to support enterprise reporting needs. • Achieved 4/5 rating in the Initial Learning Program for outstanding performance.

Education

Master of Engineering (Computer Engineering) at Gujarat Technological University 2014 - 2016
Bachelor of Engineering (Computer Engineering) at Gujarat Technological University 2010 - 2014