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Hire GhanashyamGhanashyam Meher
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Full-stack Software Engineer and Developer
New Delhi, Delhi, India
Toptal member since November 29, 2021
Bio
Ghanashyam is a versatile full-stack engineer with 7+ years of experience in startups and corporate environments. As a founding engineer, he built and scaled AI-powered products—leveraging LLMs and cloud infrastructure—to automate healthcare shift allocation. He tackled complex system design challenges at GM Cruise, helping scale the autonomous vehicle fleet. Known for creative problem-solving, Ghanashyam delivers robust, high-performing solutions.
Portfolio
Vali Health
JavaScript, Go, Node.js, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Kubernetes, React...
Cruise
React, TypeScript, Node.js, PostgreSQL, CI/CD Pipelines, Docker, Express.js...
Arvolution
Python, Node.js, MySQL, Prometheus, CI/CD Pipelines, Docker, Kubernetes...
Experience
- React - 6 years
- TypeScript - 6 years
- JavaScript - 5 years
- Node.js - 5 years
- SQL - 4 years
- Go - 3 years
- Docker - 3 years
- System Architecture - 3 years
Availability
Part-time
Preferred Environment
Git, MacOS, Visual Studio Code (VS Code), Amazon Web Services (AWS), Tailwind CSS
The most amazing...
...project I've developed is a cybersecurity product that provides real-time detection of cyberattacks as early as in their initial planning stage.
Work Experience
Founding Engineer
2024 - PRESENT
Vali Health
- Led the tech side for product development, developing an AI-powered MVP for shift-filling in healthcare.
- Built a Chrome extension to automate shift allocation with third-party scheduling tools, decreasing unattended schedules by 30%.
- Led the development of AI agents using fine-tuned LLMs, enhancing customer satisfaction, which led to securing seed round funding from VCs.
- Set up cloud infrastructure using Kubernetes, Go, React, PostgreSQL, and DigitalOcean.
Technologies: JavaScript, Go, Node.js, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Kubernetes, React, Agile Project Management, Sprint Planning, PostgreSQL, Cron, Deployment, OAuth, Vite, Vercel, Natural Language Processing (NLP), Large Language Models (LLMs), LangChain, Pinecone
Full-stack Engineer (via Toptal)
2022 - 2024
Cruise
- Handled front-end errors of the mission control dashboard and streamlined stack traces to a 3rd-party service using a CI/CD pipeline for the fleet project team.
- Added a mechanism to send Slack notifications to the troubleshooting team on every issue/occurrence of driverless cars.
- Contributed to developing a solution to deliver over-the-air updates to autonomous vehicles securely.
- Developed key components of the Starfleet dashboard in React, improving fleet management and work order handling.
- Increased test coverage from 35% to 80% with unit, integration, and IFT tests, ensuring reliable production deployment.
- Co-founded a product load test framework, now adopted by six teams for sophisticated, flexible load testing.
- Resolved back-end bottlenecks, enabling expansion to three new cities and managing hundreds more fleets.
- Founded ingress and egress services, implemented with gRPC, Go, and Spanner DB.
Technologies: React, TypeScript, Node.js, PostgreSQL, CI/CD Pipelines, Docker, Express.js, Software Development, Redis, HTML, CSS, Microservices, React Redux, APIs, Mapbox SDK, ECMAScript (ES6), Location Services and Maps, SCSS, YAML, HTML5, Material UI, REST, Jest, Microservices Architecture, React Router, Mapbox GL, API Development, REST APIs, Lodash, Custom APIs, Design Patterns, Object-oriented Design (OOD), Web App Design, Unit Testing, Relational Database Design, UI Design, Visual Studio Code (VS Code), Amazon S3 (AWS S3), JSON, Caching, Redis Cache, Databases, Data Visualization, Debugging, Back-end, User Authentication, Computer Science, Front-end Architecture, Axios, Integration Testing, Geolocation, Architecture, CSS3, Front-end, Deployment, Single Sign-on (SSO), Full-stack, Google Cloud Platform (GCP), Agile, API Integration, API Design, API/Services Architecture, ESLint, Sentry, Flexbox, Tailwind CSS, Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI), Go, Drizzle, Natural Language Processing (NLP)
Lead Engineer
2021 - 2022
Arvolution
- Managed servers and databases, ensuring everything was running smoothly as an organization's AWS account administrator.
- Worked on the team developing the full-stack of a consumer-facing full-fledged comment platform with Node.js, React, GraphQL, Redis, and MySQL.
- Built multiple Node.js APIs for core products and several charts on web dashboards to analyze data using React.
- Created custom logging solutions to log application and server logs and visualize them on the Grafana dashboard using Loki and Fluentd. Built a dashboard to monitor all microservices and Kubernetes metrics using Prometheus and Grafana.
- Defined and streamlined development processes, including sprint planning, development, testing, and documentation.
- Created a CI/CD pipeline on CircleCI and reduced feedback time from a couple of days to hours.
Technologies: Python, Node.js, MySQL, Prometheus, CI/CD Pipelines, Docker, Kubernetes, Express.js, NGINX, Grafana, Software Development, Redis, HTML, CSS, Amazon Web Services (AWS), GraphQL, Microservices, React Redux, APIs, ECMAScript (ES6), SCSS, YAML, HTML5, Material UI, REST, Jest, Ant Design, Microservices Architecture, React Router, API Development, REST APIs, Lodash, Custom APIs, Design Patterns, Object-oriented Design (OOD), Web App Design, Unit Testing, Lambda Architecture, Relational Database Design, UI Design, Amazon EC2, Amazon EKS, Visual Studio Code (VS Code), Android, Amazon S3 (AWS S3), JSON, Caching, Redis Cache, Redis Queue, Databases, Logging, Debugging, Back-end, User Authentication, Computer Science, Front-end Architecture, Axios, Integration Testing, Antd, Architecture, CSS3, Front-end, Solution Architecture, Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), Deployment, Full-stack, Agile, API Integration, API Design, API/Services Architecture, Next.js, GitHub Actions
Senior Full-stack Engineer
2021 - 2022
Arvolution
- Built and deployed a Kubernetes cluster on AWS from scratch within a week.
- Converted a monolith application to a microservice architecture, wrapped each service in a lightweight Docker image, and deployed it in Kubernetes, reducing downtime and AWS expenses by 40%.
- Fixed multiple production bugs in React Native applications and React web dashboards as part of the customer support team.
- Built and successfully launched a DPO (distribution process optimization) feature using Node.js, React, React Native, Apollo GraphqQL, and MySQL.
- Refactored a big chunk of the codebase to improve its performance and increase code reusability.
Technologies: JavaScript, TypeScript, MySQL, React, React Native, Docker, Kubernetes, Python, Express.js, RabbitMQ, Node.js, NGINX, Grafana, Prometheus, Software Development, Redis, HTML, CSS, Amazon Web Services (AWS), GraphQL, Microservices, React Redux, APIs, TypeORM, Mapbox SDK, ECMAScript (ES6), SCSS, YAML, HTML5, Material UI, REST, Jest, Microservices Architecture, React Router, API Development, REST APIs, Lodash, Firebase Web SDK, Custom APIs, Serverless Architecture, Design Patterns, Object-oriented Design (OOD), Web App Design, Unit Testing, Relational Database Design, UI Design, Amazon EC2, Amazon EKS, Visual Studio Code (VS Code), Android, Amazon S3 (AWS S3), JSON, Caching, Redis Cache, Redis Queue, Databases, Data Visualization, Logging, Debugging, Back-end, User Authentication, Computer Science, Front-end Architecture, Axios, Integration Testing, Antd, Architecture, CSS3, Front-end, Solution Architecture, Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), Deployment, Full-stack, Agile, API Integration, CI/CD Pipelines, API Design, API/Services Architecture, Sentry, Flexbox, Server-side Rendering (SSR), Next.js, Tailwind CSS, Payment APIs, Payment Gateways, GitHub Actions
Lead Software Engineer
2020 - 2021
ACID Technologies
- Created a custom network file server on the Kubernetes cluster to reduce 1/3 the cost of the previously existing solution, an AWS EFS shared storage.
- Worked closely with the product owner and CTO to discuss new features, design the roadmap, and architect the software solutions.
- Implemented a work queue on the Kubernetes cluster to replace plain network calls between microservices.
- Created a dump-bot in Node.js to scrape large text files. It runs in isolation mode—a lightweight container is designed to serve each request on the Kubernetes cluster—and destroys itself upon completion.
- Ran performance optimization via code or DevOps on many parts of the application.
Technologies: Docker, Kubernetes, RabbitMQ, Node.js, NGINX, Agile Software Development, Operating Systems, Express.js, Grafana, Prometheus, Software Development, Redis, HTML, CSS, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microservices, React Redux, APIs, ECMAScript (ES6), YAML, HTML5, REST, Ant Design, Microservices Architecture, React Router, API Development, REST APIs, Lodash, Firebase Web SDK, Custom APIs, Stripe, Design Patterns, Object-oriented Design (OOD), Web App Design, Unit Testing, Lambda Architecture, Relational Database Design, UI Design, Visual Studio Code (VS Code), Amazon S3 (AWS S3), JSON, Caching, Redis Cache, NATS, Databases, Data Visualization, Logging, Debugging, Back-end, User Authentication, Computer Science, Front-end Architecture, Axios, Integration Testing, Antd, Architecture, CSS3, Front-end, Apache Kafka, Solution Architecture, Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), Deployment, Single Sign-on (SSO), Full-stack, Agile, Twilio, API Integration, API Design, API/Services Architecture, Flexbox, Server-side Rendering (SSR), Payment Gateways, PostgreSQL, ELK (Elastic Stack)
Senior Full-stack Engineer
2020 - 2020
ACID Technologies
- Designed and built the MVP of an internal tool from scratch in three weeks using Express.js for the back-end API and React for the front end.
- Built the front and back end of two microservices in Node.js and one internal tool single-handedly and launched them using Docker and Kubernetes.
- Created multiple dashboard screens with several dynamic charts using React, Redux, and AntD on the front end and Node.js and Express.js on the back end.
- Fixed numerous production bugs and streamlined them with Jira cards.
- Created a custom role-based permission access framework to handle access to different platform features.
Technologies: JavaScript, TypeScript, Docker, Kubernetes, CI/CD Pipelines, React, SQL, Redux, Express.js, Laravel, Git, PHP, RabbitMQ, Node.js, NGINX, Grafana, Prometheus, Firebase, Software Development, Redis, HTML, CSS, Amazon Web Services (AWS), PostgreSQL, Microservices, React Redux, APIs, ECMAScript (ES6), YAML, HTML5, REST, Ant Design, Microservices Architecture, React Router, API Development, REST APIs, Lodash, Custom APIs, Stripe, Design Patterns, Object-oriented Design (OOD), Web App Design, Relational Database Design, UI Design, AWS Lambda, Amazon EC2, Visual Studio Code (VS Code), Amazon S3 (AWS S3), JSON, Caching, Redis Cache, NATS, Databases, Data Visualization, Logging, Debugging, Back-end, User Authentication, Computer Science, Front-end Architecture, Axios, Integration Testing, Antd, Architecture, CSS3, Front-end, Apache Kafka, Solution Architecture, Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), Deployment, Full-stack, Agile, Twilio, API Integration, API Design, API/Services Architecture, ESLint, Flexbox, Tailwind CSS
Tech Co-founder
2018 - 2020
Deacon Digital
- Contributed to materializing business ideas into solid products by building mobile and web apps.
- Played a vital role as the lead engineer tasked with coding and architecting the system while managing a four-member team.
- Helped multiple small business owners create roadmaps and build customer-generation digital platforms. Increased customer reach and revenue growth by 30% to 50%.
Technologies: JavaScript, ProductPlan, User Interface (UI), RDBMS, React, Redux, Express.js, PHP, Node.js, NGINX, Prometheus, MongoDB, Firebase, Software Development, Redis, HTML, CSS, Amazon Web Services (AWS), GraphQL, React Redux, APIs, Next.js, TypeORM, Mapbox SDK, ECMAScript (ES6), Location Services and Maps, SCSS, YAML, HTML5, Material UI, NestJS, REST, Ant Design, React Router, Mapbox GL, API Development, REST APIs, Lodash, Firebase Web SDK, Firebase Android SDK, Custom APIs, Stripe, Stripe API, Serverless Architecture, Design Patterns, Object-oriented Design (OOD), Web App Design, Relational Database Design, UI Design, AWS Lambda, Amazon EC2, Visual Studio Code (VS Code), Android, Amazon DynamoDB, Amazon S3 (AWS S3), NoSQL, JSON, Caching, Redis Cache, Databases, Debugging, Card Payments, Back-end, User Authentication, Computer Science, Front-end Architecture, Axios, Geolocation, Antd, Architecture, CSS3, Front-end, Solution Architecture, Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), Deployment, Full-stack, Google Cloud Platform (GCP), Twilio, API Integration, API Design, Flexbox, Server-side Rendering (SSR), Payment APIs, Payment Gateways
Experience
Swacity
Swacity is a workforce and asset management platform designed for the government agencies of the Bhopal Municipal corporation. This platform helps agencies track every labor, manager, and staff to know their location and assigned work. It also tracks the location and tasks allocated to each asset, like buses, ambulances, and other equipment.
Project features I worked on:
• Scalable system architecture
• Asset monitoring
• Route planning in the web dashboard
• Staff attendance using a QR code using React Native
• Hierarchical user authentication
• Route guidance using Mapbox GL
• React dashboard to monitor everything
Project features I worked on:
• Scalable system architecture
• Asset monitoring
• Route planning in the web dashboard
• Staff attendance using a QR code using React Native
• Hierarchical user authentication
• Route guidance using Mapbox GL
• React dashboard to monitor everything
ACID-TECH
https://www.acid-tech.com/ACID provides real-time detection of cyberattacks in their initial planning stage, allowing organizations to foil them or mitigate their consequences. Multiple companies are currently using this; one of them is the biggest bank in Israel.
I was the lead engineer and 2nd engineer on this product. Product features I worked on:
• User Authentication
• Microservices Architecture
• Analyzed terabytes of data.
• Set up an alert service for Whatsapp and emails.
• Ran Node.js in multithread using child programs.
• Custom network file server in Kubernetes.
• Custom monitoring dashboard.
• Exposed key metrics and server stats using Prometheus.
• File uploader service for analysts.
I was the lead engineer and 2nd engineer on this product. Product features I worked on:
• User Authentication
• Microservices Architecture
• Analyzed terabytes of data.
• Set up an alert service for Whatsapp and emails.
• Ran Node.js in multithread using child programs.
• Custom network file server in Kubernetes.
• Custom monitoring dashboard.
• Exposed key metrics and server stats using Prometheus.
• File uploader service for analysts.
Warehouse Distribution Process Optimization
Created a web-based solution for a warehouse to optimize the distribution process. I tracked tasks and goals by creating tickets that needed attention.
I led this project.
Project features:
• Created and tracked tickets just like Jira.
• Custom Chatbox.
• Downloaded an excel sheet using Python APIs
• Uploaded the excel sheet and scrape information.
• Reporting
• User hierarchy management
-Role-based Permission
• Redis caching
• Proxy APIs using Node.js.
I led this project.
Project features:
• Created and tracked tickets just like Jira.
• Custom Chatbox.
• Downloaded an excel sheet using Python APIs
• Uploaded the excel sheet and scrape information.
• Reporting
• User hierarchy management
-Role-based Permission
• Redis caching
• Proxy APIs using Node.js.
Skills
Libraries/APIs
React, Node.js, React Redux, React Router, Mapbox GL, API Development, REST APIs, Lodash, Firebase Web SDK, Custom APIs, Redis Queue, Antd, Flexbox, Drizzle, Firebase Android SDK, Stripe, Stripe API, Mapbox API
Tools
Git, Logging, Sentry, Grafana, Amazon EKS, RabbitMQ, NGINX, Cron, ELK (Elastic Stack)
Languages
JavaScript, TypeScript, HTML, CSS, GraphQL, ECMAScript (ES6), SCSS, YAML, HTML5, CSS3, SQL, Python, Go, Java, PHP
Frameworks
Redux, Express.js, Next.js, Material UI, Jest, Ant Design, Tailwind CSS, React Native, NestJS, Laravel
Paradigms
Agile Software Development, Object-oriented Programming (OOP), Microservices, REST, Microservices Architecture, Serverless Architecture, Design Patterns, Object-oriented Design (OOD), Web App Design, Unit Testing, UI Design, Agile, API/Services Architecture, Agile Project Management, Lambda Architecture
Platforms
MacOS, Docker, AWS Lambda, Amazon EC2, Visual Studio Code (VS Code), Twilio, Linux, Kubernetes, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Android, Apache Kafka, Google Cloud Platform (GCP), Vercel, ProductPlan, Firebase
Storage
MySQL, PostgreSQL, Amazon S3 (AWS S3), JSON, Redis Cache, Databases, RDBMS, MongoDB, Redis, Amazon DynamoDB, NoSQL
Other
Web Development, System Architecture, User Interface (UI), CI/CD Pipelines, Software Development, APIs, TypeORM, Caching, Debugging, Card Payments, Back-end, User Authentication, Computer Science, Front-end Architecture, Axios, Integration Testing, Front-end, Solution Architecture, Deployment, Full-stack, API Integration, API Design, ESLint, Payment APIs, Vite, Operating Systems, Prometheus, Mapbox SDK, Location Services and Maps, Relational Database Design, NATS, Data Visualization, Geolocation, Architecture, Gatsby, Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), Single Sign-on (SSO), Server-side Rendering (SSR), Payment Gateways, Sprint Planning, OAuth, GitHub Actions, Natural Language Processing (NLP), Presentations, Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI), Large Language Models (LLMs), LangChain, Pinecone
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