Rohit Kumar
Backend Engineer · Laravel · Node.js · REST APIs · Full-Stack
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Full-stack backend engineer with 1.5+ years of experience shipping 5 live client platforms across logistics, e-commerce, fintech, and social networking. Promoted from intern to full-time Backend Engineer within 6 months based on end-to-end ownership of 3 client products. Specializes in Laravel, Node.js, REST API design, multi-tenant architecture, and payment gateway integration (Stripe, Razorpay) — serving 7,000+ users across India and Australia.
Experience
Backend Engineer - Minterminds - Chandigarh, India (On-site)
(2025-08)
- Promoted from intern to full-time Backend Engineer within 7 months based on production impact and ownership of 3 client products end-to-end.
- Lead backend engineer on 3 active client products; own end-to-end API design, database schema, and feature delivery using Laravel and Node.js — architected and shipped 40+ REST API endpoints following OOP/SOLID principles and MVC patterns.
- Designed and shipped RESTful APIs for shipment tracking, warehouse operations, vendor management, and payment processing across 5 live platforms serving real users in India and Australia; maintained 99.9% uptime across all production environments.
- Implemented multi-database connection architecture to isolate client tenants and role-specific data; built RBAC with 4 distinct role types, JWT authentication, Laravel Queues for async job processing, and middleware pipelines across multi-tenant systems.
- Established unit and integration testing practices using PHPUnit; authored Postman API documentation and enforced test coverage reviews in team sprint cycles.
Software Engineer Intern - Minterminds - Chandigarh, India (On-site)
(2025-01 - 2025-08)
- Delivered full-stack features across 3 client products using Laravel, Node.js, Vue 3, Pinia, Express.js, and MongoDB; shipped weekly sprint deliverables with a 3-person engineering team.
- Developed 20+ REST API endpoints with input validation, rate limiting, and Redis caching; built reusable Vue 3 components and Pinia state flows reviewed in code reviews.
Education
B.Tech - Computer Science Engineering - I.K. Gujral Punjab Technical University (2021-10 - 2025-07)
Class XII - Meritorious School Jalandhar (2020 - 2021)

