From idea to architecture
Architecture & Strategy
I shape requirements into scalable system designs — data models, service boundaries, and tech-stack decisions.
Technical Lead · 8+ years experience
I architect and scale enterprise-grade distributed systems — microservices and high-traffic platforms that serve millions of requests at sub-100ms latency.
Vikrant Banwal — Technical Lead
- Years of experience
- 8+
- Users served
- 10M+
- System latency
- <100ms
- Engineers led
- 5+
Years of experience
Users served
System latency
Engineers led
How I work
End-to-end engineering
From first architecture sketch to a system that scales — here's how I take ideas to production.
Idea to production
Build & Ship
I implement clean, well-tested services and UIs and ship them through reliable CI/CD pipelines.
Refined & resilient
Scale & Optimize
I tune for performance and reliability — caching, observability, and cost at high traffic.
About
A bit about me
Technical Lead and Full-Stack Engineer with 8+ years of experience architecting and scaling enterprise-grade distributed systems, microservices, and high-traffic applications. Currently Technical Lead at Shine.com — one of India's leading digital recruitment platforms and a subsidiary of HT Media Limited. Expert in Java, Spring Boot, Node.js, React, and cloud technologies with a proven ability to lead teams and deliver mission-critical solutions.
Core competencies span System Architecture, Microservices, Distributed Systems, RESTful APIs, Event-Driven Architecture, AWS, Performance Optimization, and Team Leadership. I have delivered scalable solutions handling millions of requests, optimized systems for sub-100ms latency, and led teams of 5+ engineers.
Earlier, at Daffodil Software (a services company), I delivered products and platforms for a range of clients — including Pine Labs (Plural Gateway), a high-throughput image-generation pipeline for Eximobile, the Tixio.io digital workspace, and Pixis AI's ad recommendation engine.
Languages
- English
- Hindi
- Punjabi
02 — Experience
Where I've worked
Eight years across high-growth product companies — leading architecture and teams.
Technical Lead
07/2025 – PresentShine.com (HT Media Limited) · Gurugram, India
Visit website- Shine.com is one of India's leading digital recruitment platforms and a subsidiary of HT Media Limited.
- Lead end-to-end architecture design for new product verticals across Web, Backend, and Mobile platforms.
- Design scalable distributed systems, define engineering strategy, and establish technical standards.
- Manage and mentor cross-functional engineering teams, overseeing delivery of high-throughput microservices.
Technical Lead
05/2024 – 07/2025Cars24 · Gurugram, India
Visit website- Architected large-scale systems including Orbit Vehicle Management and the CARS24 SuperApp Homepage, achieving <100ms response times while handling millions of daily requests.
- Designed microservices using Spring Boot, Node.js, Redis, RabbitMQ, and Elasticsearch, improving performance by 40%.
- Implemented country-specific factory patterns, reducing code duplication by 60% across 5+ countries.
- Led a team of 4+ engineers and optimized Elasticsearch, reducing search latency by 50%.
Software Engineer
06/2022 – 04/2024PropertyGuru Group · Singapore / Remote
Visit website- Developed backend REST APIs and microservices for high-traffic platforms serving 10M+ users with 99.9% uptime.
- Built scalable systems using Node.js, React, Redis, RabbitMQ, AWS SQS, and Elasticsearch, reducing API response time by 35%.
- Owned a lead management system processing 100K+ leads daily, optimizing Elasticsearch to cut search time from 500ms to 50ms.
Senior Software Engineer / Software Engineer
01/2018 – 05/2022Daffodil Software · Gurugram, India
Visit website- Daffodil Software is a services company; I delivered products and platforms for multiple clients across fintech, productivity, and AI (see client projects below).
- Progressively promoted from Junior to Team Lead within 4 years, leading a team of 5+ developers.
- Awarded Hero of the Year — 2019 for exceptional contributions.
Clients
Pine LabsEximobileTixio.ioPixis AI
04 — Skills
My toolbox
Technologies I reach for to design and ship reliable systems.
Languages
- Java
- JavaScript
- TypeScript
- SQL
Frontend
- React.js
- Next.js
- HTML5
- CSS3
- SSR
Backend
- Spring Boot
- Node.js
- Express.js
- NestJS
- REST APIs
- GraphQL
Databases
- MongoDB
- MS SQL
- MySQL
- Elasticsearch
Messaging & Caching
- RabbitMQ
- Redis
- AWS SQS
- Pub/Sub
Cloud & DevOps
- AWS (SQS, S3)
- CI/CD
- Git
- Docker
- Kubernetes
Architecture
- Microservices
- Event-Driven
- Design Patterns
- SOLID Principles
Tools & Integrations
- Razorpay
- Stripe
- Worker Systems
- Image Processing
05 — Achievements
Recognition & education
Awards
Hero of the Year
Daffodil Software · 2019
Education
Master of Computer Applications (MCA)
70.58%Kurukshetra University · 2015 – 2018
Bachelor of Computer Applications (BCA)
71.81%Govt. PG College, Ambala · 2012 – 2015
06 — Contact
Let's build something great together
Open to technical leadership and senior engineering opportunities. The fastest way to reach me is email.