About

Gautam Prajapati is a skilled Software Engineer with over 5 years of experience in the industry. Currently working at Airbnb as a Software Engineer in the Payments & Compliance Org, Gautam has a strong background in Python, Elastic Search, Microservices, Django, Kubernetes, and Flask. Prior to his current role, Gautam worked as a Software Development Engineer II at blinkit, an online grocery unicorn in India. During his tenure, he was responsible for leading the Merchandising (Catalog) team and successfully re-writing and deprecating a 6-year-old monolith microservice running 30K+ of python 2 code. He also worked on building filters feature using Elasticsearch aggregation capabilities, streamlining the navigation of the ever-increasing product inventory. Gautam's experience in modern FastAPI framework and non-blocking IO helped reduce P99 latency by 80% and average by 60%. At blinkit, Gautam also owned the core services of Grofers' checkout system, developed the edit order feature, and built a one-of-a-kind loyalty program service supporting myriad reward types and games using domain-driven design concepts. His contributions brought $6M in revenue and 1M distinct user app visits in the first month of launch. Gautam holds a Bachelor of Technology (BTech) in Computer Software Engineering from Delhi College of Engineering (DTU) and an Android Developer Nanodegree from Udacity. He has also completed his schooling from DAV Centenary Public School and Tagore Public School. Overall, Gautam is a highly skilled Software Engineer with a proven track record of delivering successful projects and driving business growth. He is a quick learner, a team player, and passionate about building scalable and efficient systems.