Bhavik Solanki

A results-driven Principal Lead with 11+ years architecting scalable backend systems and distributed platforms that perform at national scale — including a political-tech platform processing large volumes of records for a high concurrent user base. Proven expertise in building high-performance, secure, and reliable software while leading engineering teams from architecture through delivery, across Political Tech, Real-Time Tracking, Education, eCommerce, Social Media, SaaS, Analytics, IoT, Gaming, and Fitness platforms. Currently expanding into GenAI/LLM systems (RAG, LangChain, LangGraph, vector databases) to build intelligent, natural-language-driven reporting tools.

Principal Lead Engineer - I-PAC (Indian Political Action Committee) - Hyderabad, India

(2022-10)

• Voter / SIR Verification: Designed and developed modular monolith backend services and scalable REST APIs using Node.js & TypeScript for large-scale political & government platforms across multiple Indian states.
• Built modular SIR validation & scheme eligibility systems aligned with high availability and performance, with data processing pipelines, supporting 80K+ concurrent users and 10Cr+ records.
• Didi Doot Mobile Application: Architected backend APIs and admin panel for a civic-engagement app supporting 80,000+ concurrent booth-level users and 8Cr+ electoral records, using district-wise data sharding.
• Built a microservices architecture with Socket.IO, RabbitMQ, and Redis; load-tested and validated for 50,000 concurrent users with Kubernetes auto-scaling on CtrlS infrastructure.
• Delivered feed-ranking (Shorts) algorithm based on weighted engagement, multi-webview campaign framework, and CDN-backed video delivery via S3 and Cloudflare.
• Shipped core features: leader feeds & live sessions, chat/discussion rooms, task-based reward incentivization, hyperlocal citizen journalism, and gamified engagement (polls, quizzes, contests).
• CORNEA Dashboard: Led development of a ₹1Cr+ master election-intelligence dashboard — the flagship product and USP of I-PAC — serving as the single source of truth for state, district, PC, and AC-level political data.
• Designed interactive mapping, demographic, and stakeholder-comparison review modules with full change-history tracking and role-based access control (RBAC).
• Built automated district-wise Excel report generation, cutting manual reporting effort significantly.
• Topic Modeling (AI): Integrated Generative AI, Agentic AI, NLP & Topic Modeling for citizen dataset insights using Pandas, NumPy, Seaborn.
• Built ETL pipelines to ingest, clean, and transform large-scale citizen and electoral datasets from multiple source systems into structured formats for downstream analytics and modeling.
• Automated scheduled data extraction and transformation jobs to keep topic-modeling and analytics outputs current with incoming citizen data.

Sr. Software Engineer – Project Lead - eQuest Solutions - Ahmedabad, India

(2020-06 - 2022-09)

• Led backend development for a global SaaS fitness platform for thousands of active users with subscription billing (Stripe, PayPal, Apple IAP).
• Integrated live-streaming (Bambuser, OBS, Zoom, Vimeo, Bunny) with WebRTC/RTMP protocols and FFmpeg transcoding.
• Improved platform reliability through performance optimization, Redis caching, and scalable backend services.

Sr. Software Engineer - Addon Solutions - Ahmedabad, India

(2015-12 - 2019-08)

• Architected B2B/B2E real-time location tracking platform (Trac) with live GPS dashboards and operational reporting.
• Built geofencing & vehicle tracking processing millions of GPS events/day with sub-second latency.
• Led scalability initiatives: load balancing, horizontal scaling, Redis caching, and RabbitMQ message queuing.

Jr. Software Engineer - Mind Inventory - Ahmedabad, India

(2014-05 - 2015-10)

• Designed and developed backend features, including RESTful APIs, for social media platforms.
• Built a beacon-based IoT application enabling automated railing open/close control and vehicle pass-through detection.
• Developed backend features for Tryb, a Dota 2-focused gaming/esports platform.
• Built backend services and core features for a food delivery application.

B.Tech - Computer Engineering - U.V. Patel College of Engineering, Ganpat University (2009 - 2013)