Paras Kothiyal
Senior Backend Engineer (Ruby on Rails)
About
Senior Backend Engineer with 8+ years of experience designing, building, and operating scalable Ruby on Rails applications across logistics, enterprise SaaS, workforce management, healthcare, and eCommerce domains. Experienced in backend architecture, domain-driven application design, PostgreSQL optimization, GraphQL and REST APIs, Kafka-based event processing, Redis caching, and production-critical systems. Passionate about building maintainable software, reducing technical debt, improving engineering quality through automated testing and code reviews, and delivering reliable backend services from design through production.
Experience
Sr. Staff Engineer - Nagarro Software Pvt Ltd - Dehradun, India
(2024-03)
- Designed and maintained scalable Ruby on Rails backend services supporting enterprise SaaS applications, focusing on domain modelling, API development, database design, scalability, and production reliability.
- Led code reviews, mentored engineers, established backend development best practices, and maintained high engineering standards through automated testing and continuous integration.
- Collaborated with product managers, business stakeholders, QA teams, and engineering teams to translate complex business requirements into scalable backend solutions.
- Owned production incidents from investigation through deployment, improving application stability, reliability, and customer experience.
- Improved backend scalability and reduced technical debt through refactoring, performance optimization, and architectural improvements.
Sr. Software Developer - CG-VAK Software & Exports Ltd - Coimbatore, India
(2023-04 - 2024-02)
Software Developer - Ziggle Tech Inc. - Noida, India
(2020-10 - 2023-03)
Software Developer - TransTech Logistics Pvt Ltd - Bengaluru, India
(2019-10 - 2020-10)
Software Developer - Ziggle Tech Pvt Ltd - Noida, India
(2017-10 - 2019-10)
Education
Master of Computer Applications (MCA) - Computer Science - Graphic Era University (2013 - 2016)
Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) - HNB Garhwal University (2009 - 2012)
