5+ Years of Engineering Excellence

Yash Baviskar

Senior Software Engineer at Travelex

Specializing in scalable web applications, system design, and high-performance architectures. Building production systems that serve thousands of users with 99.9% uptime.

Next.jsNode.jsAWSDockerSystem DesignTypeScript

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Impact Over Buzzwords

Engineering Impact

Senior engineers show results, not just skills. Here's the measurable impact of my work.

Years of Experience

Building production systems across fintech, microfinance, and enterprise platforms

Faster Settlements

Optimized wholesale platform processing, cutting settlement cycles dramatically

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Users Served

Applications handling thousands of concurrent users with high availability

0.9%

Uptime Achieved

Production systems running with automated failover and monitoring

Featured Projects

Production-grade applications I've architected and delivered — each solving real business problems at scale.

Travelex Wholesale Platform

TravelexLead Engineer

Problem: Legacy wholesale currency exchange system couldn't scale for global B2B operations, leading to slow settlement and manual deal tracking.

Serving 500+ wholesale partners globally

Reduced settlement time by 60%

99.9% uptime with automated failover

ReactNode.jsPostgreSQLDockerAWSCI/CDTerraform+3

BSS Shakti Microfinance

April InnovationsFull-Stack Developer

Problem: Rural microfinance operations relied on paper records, causing data loss and slow loan disbursement for thousands of borrowers.

Express.jsAWSRedisChartJS+3

Myfin.in — Loan Management

April InnovationsFull-Stack Architect

Problem: Manual loan processing for corporate employees resulted in 5+ day approval cycles and frequent errors in disbursement calculations.

React.jsExpress.jsMongoDBNode.js+2

Flyeze — Airline Services

April InnovationsFrontend Developer

Problem: Airline passengers had no unified platform to manage seat requests and check-in across multiple carriers.

React.jsFrontend DevelopmentREST APIsResponsive Design

NewsSummedUp.com

April InnovationsFrontend Developer

Problem: News consumption was fragmented and time-consuming, with users spending excessive time to find relevant, concise information.

HTMLCSSJavaScriptPerformance Optimization

What Separates Senior Engineers

Architecture & System Design

Real-world system design decisions I've made in production — from scaling APIs to designing resilient data pipelines.

Microservices Architecture

Challenge: Monolithic app couldn't scale for growing user base

Decomposed into domain-driven microservices with event-driven communication and independent deployability.

DockerKubernetesRabbitMQNode.js

Caching & Performance

Challenge: API responses averaging 800ms under moderate load

Implemented multi-layer caching (Redis L1, CDN L2) with intelligent invalidation, reducing response times by 70%.

RedisCDNPostgreSQLQuery Optimization

Scalable API Design

Challenge: REST endpoints becoming unmaintainable with growing features

Designed versioned RESTful APIs with rate limiting, pagination, and comprehensive error handling patterns.

Express.jsJWT AuthRate LimitingOpenAPI

CI/CD & Infrastructure

Challenge: Manual deployments causing 2-hour release cycles

Built automated pipelines with infrastructure-as-code, blue-green deployments, and automated rollback capabilities.

JenkinsTerraformAnsibleAWS

Database Design

Challenge: Complex financial data requiring ACID compliance at scale

Designed normalized schemas with strategic denormalization, indexing strategies, and read replica architecture.

PostgreSQLMongoDBIndexingReplication

Event-Driven Systems

Challenge: Synchronous processing causing bottlenecks in payment flows

Implemented async message queues for decoupled, resilient processing with dead letter queues for failure handling.

Message QueuesAsync ProcessingRetry PatternsMonitoring

Technical Expertise

Deep proficiency across the full stack — not buzzwords, but tools I use daily to solve real problems.

Frontend

Next.jsSSR, ISR, App Router

92%

React.jsHooks, Context, Redux

95%

TypeScriptType-safe applications

88%

JavaScriptES6+, Async/Await

96%

HTML / CSSResponsive, Animations

90%

Core Technologies

The comprehensive tech stack I use to architect and deliver premium, high-performance software solutions.

Backend Development

Engineering highly scalable server architectures and microservices using Node JS, Express, and Fastify

Professional Journey

From operations engineering to leading software architecture at a global fintech company.

Senior Software Engineer

Travelex | October 2024 - Present

Leading software engineering initiatives in Mumbai, driving technical excellence in financial technology solutions.

▸Architected wholesale platform handling 500+ global partners
▸Built automated settlement dashboards reducing processing time by 60%
▸Implemented CI/CD pipelines with Terraform and Ansible for infrastructure-as-code
▸Designed and deployed real-time rates engine with sub-second updates

MERN Stack Developer

April Innovations | June 2020 - September 2024

4+ years building full-stack applications across fintech, microfinance, airline, and news platforms.

▸Built microfinance platform serving 10,000+ borrowers with Redis-optimized APIs
▸Developed loan management system reducing approval cycles from 5 days to 4 hours
▸Created airline booking interface processing 5,000+ reservations
▸Implemented RESTful APIs consumed by Android and web applications

Operation Engineer

Tata Communications Ltd.

Managed network operations and infrastructure monitoring for enterprise-grade communication systems.

▸Monitored and maintained enterprise network infrastructure
▸Automated routine operational tasks improving team efficiency
▸Gained foundational understanding of large-scale distributed systems

University of Mumbai

Electronics and Communications Engineering

2014 - 2018

Higher Secondary Certificate

B. K. Birla College (Autonomous), Kalyan

Information Technology

2012 - 2014

Let's Build Something Scalable Together

Whether you need a senior engineer for a complex project, architectural guidance, or want to discuss system design — I'm always open to talking tech.

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Ready to Collaborate

I'm actively looking for opportunities to contribute to challenging projects and collaborate with forward-thinking teams. Whether you have a specific project in mind, need technical architectural guidance, or just want to say hi — I'm always open to talking tech.

Email: baviskaryash@gmail.com
Phone: +91 8097609499
Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

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