Engineering Lead • Full Stack • Cloud-Native Delivery

Gaurav Wankar

I design, modernize, and deliver backend-heavy platforms with strong product ownership — from hands-on API and microservice implementation to release planning, production support, team coordination, and technical decision-making.

8+ years software engineering experience
Java + Spring Boot core backend specialization
Cloud + Microservices AWS, Azure, Kubernetes, observability

What I bring

My core strength is operating at the intersection of architecture and execution: translating business requirements into scalable designs, leading implementation across services, and staying accountable for delivery quality until production.

I have built and supported systems across Java, Spring Boot, REST APIs, React, AWS, Azure, Neo4j, MongoDB, SQL ecosystems, and cloud-integrated workflows. Alongside hands-on development, I have also managed sprint delivery, client demos, workflow design, production issue handling, and task coordination across teams.

What I’ve been driving recently

Modernization & Platform Evolution

Driving backend-heavy modernization work across microservices, dependency upgrades, cloud infrastructure alignment, API refinements, secure integration patterns, and operational hardening with a strong focus on maintainability.

Team Enablement & Delivery Ownership

Managing work breakdown, release planning, task prioritization, stakeholder communication, sprint alignment, review guidance, and production issue triage while still contributing directly to implementation and debugging.

Hands-On Individual Contribution

Staying deep in code for service design, API contracts, troubleshooting, testability, cloud integrations, security-driven refactoring, quality improvements, and architectural reviews — especially over the last 18 months.

How I lead teams while staying technical

  • Translate ambiguous requirements into implementable technical plans
  • Break large workstreams into sprint-ready, testable deliveries
  • Coordinate between engineering, QA, business, and client stakeholders
  • Review design choices with a balance of speed, risk, and maintainability
  • Mentor team members on backend design, debugging, and delivery discipline
  • Support production triage, ticket prioritization, and incident response
  • Drive better engineering hygiene around documentation, workflows, and quality
  • Stay accountable for outcomes, not just individual code contributions

Technology areas I work across

Java Spring Boot Microservices REST APIs React JavaScript / TypeScript AWS Azure MongoDB Neo4j MySQL / SQL Kubernetes Lambda S3 Datadog Camunda Selenium

Selected experience timeline

Jul 2021 – Present CitiusTech Healthcare Technology Pvt. Ltd.

Healthcare platform engineering and service delivery

Built and maintained healthcare SaaS and metadata-driven platforms using Java, Spring Boot, React, Neo4j, MongoDB, AWS, and cloud observability tooling while also handling production support, incident management, vulnerability resolution, and platform migrations.

Aug 2021 – Dec 2022 AI/ML Healthcare SaaS

Workflow-driven application delivery

Designed BPMN workflows, input forms, Spring Boot APIs, graph-backed operations, and automation coverage, and contributed product-flow improvements that increased overall performance.

May 2016 – Jul 2021 Crowdera Ventures Pvt. Ltd.

Fintech and crowdfunding product engineering

Worked on payment gateway integrations, crowdfunding workflows, white-label client solutions, bulk onboarding flows, third-party service integrations, client-facing demos, sprint planning, and task distribution across teams.

What teams typically rely on me for

Architecture to execution

I connect solution design with delivery realities and implementation detail.

Leadership without disconnect

I lead teams while remaining an active contributor to code, debugging, and design.

Production-minded engineering

I optimize for supportability, stability, observability, and maintainable growth.

Recent Project

Treasure Hunt POC

Full-stack game POC built with Spring Boot and React + TypeScript, featuring session-based gameplay, proximity/clue logic, leaderboard tracking, session persistence, and responsive UI-driven interaction design.

Project Demo Video

Short walkthrough of the Treasure Hunt POC showing gameplay, reveal logic, clue behavior, and leaderboard flow.

Let’s connect

Open to engineering leadership, senior backend/full-stack roles, architecture-focused opportunities, and technical ownership tracks.