Poojan Ghetiya
I build backends
that hold up in production.
Currently sole owner of backend, database & DevOps at a SaaS platform processing 50,000+ meals/month for 20,000 users across hospital clients in India.
About
I'm a backend engineer who takes end-to-end ownership seriously. That means the APIs, the cloud infrastructure, the deployment pipelines, the database tuning and the production incidents at 2 AM. All of it.
I care about systems that are reliable under real load — not just in staging. Two years of being the only backend engineer on a live healthcare SaaS has a way of making that instinct permanent.
Experience
Software Engineer
MealPe Online Food Ordering POS Pvt. Ltd.
- Sole owner of all backend, database and server/DevOps infrastructure.
- Reduced AWS infrastructure costs by ~60% by fixing excessive logging, removing unoptimised log storage and moving static asset serving from Node.js to NGINX.
- Scaled the platform from 1,000 to 20,000+ registered users; currently processes ~50,000 meals/month.
- Architected scalable REST APIs powering meal ordering, dietary tracking, admin dashboards and HIS integration.
- Managed full server lifecycle - NGINX, SSL, PM2, CI/CD pipelines, monitoring and production incident resolution.
- Led client onboarding, technical demos and ongoing support across multiple hospital clients.
Backend Developer Intern
Passdn Technologies Pvt. Ltd. (Vayu App)
- Co-designed and implemented the dynamic pricing algorithm for ride booking.
- Led ONDC integration - researched protocol requirements and implemented network onboarding.
- Co-architected AWS cloud infrastructure, resolving critical deployment blockers.
- Built full-stack features using the MERN stack with responsive React.js components.
Skills & Tools
Backend & APIs
Frontend
Database & Cloud
DevOps & Infra
Practices & Tools
Projects & Research
Digital Clutter Roaster
Roast your Mac's bad storage habits, one folder at a time.
MedMeals - Hospital Meal Management
End-to-end meal ordering platform for hospitals.
Saarthi Alma - Alumni Connect
National-level hackathon winning alumni-institution platform.
FlowGate - API Traffic Control Layer
Rate limiting, request queuing and metrics for Node.js APIs. GitHub repo coming soon.
Intelligent Skill Extraction
AI/ML research for automated resume parsing and job-candidate matching.
Education
B.E. in Computer Engineering
LDRP Institute of Technology and Research, Gandhinagar
Completed final year while working full-time as a Software Engineer at MealPe.
Recognition
- Smart India Hackathon 2024 - National Winner. Recognised for engineering excellence on a national platform.
- Future Leaders Program - IESEG Paris & University of Kent (UK). Global leadership and management training.
- IEEE Sampark Cognivia - Second Runner-up at an IEEE hackathon event.
- Google Cloud Facilitator - Completed GCP foundational proficiency program.
- Laksh-KSV Season 6 - Winner, All India University fitness competition.
Writing
How I Cut AWS Costs by 60% by Fixing Infrastructure Inefficiencies
How fixing excessive logging, removing unoptimised log storage and moving static assets from Node.js to NGINX reduced a production SaaS AWS bill by 60% - without redesigning the architecture.
Scaling a Food-Tech SaaS from 1K to 20K Users
Lessons from scaling a hospital meal management platform - PostgreSQL indexing, API pagination, connection pooling and handling peak-load lunch rushes across 20,000+ users.
Node.js Performance Optimization: From Slow APIs to Scalable Systems
Practical Node.js performance techniques from production: event loop non-blocking patterns, PM2 clustering, Redis caching, database query optimization and gzip compression - with real benchmark results.
Zero-Downtime Deployments with PM2 and NGINX
Step-by-step guide to zero-downtime Node.js deployments: PM2 cluster mode, graceful SIGINT shutdown handlers, NGINX reverse proxy config and CI/CD webhook automation.
Get in touch
Building a SaaS and need someone to own the backend end-to-end? Or just want to talk shop about Node.js, AWS or production systems? I'm open to freelance projects, consulting and full-time opportunities.
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