Gaurav Chikhale
I’m a software engineer based in Toronto with over a decade of experience working as a founding engineer, fullstack developer, and frontend lead across startups and unicorn.
About
I’m a software engineer based in Toronto with over a decade of experience working as a founding engineer, fullstack developer, and frontend lead across startups and unicorn. Basically wearing whatever hat was needed to turn ideas into MVPs and all the way to production ready systems.
- 9 years' experience
- Joined October 2025
Languages
- EnglishAdvanced
Industry experience
- Software & Internet
Work experience· 4 roles
Led frontend development across three consumer-facing web apps using ReactJS and GraphQL. Migrated frontend from Rails to ReactJS to accelerate development and improve UX. Built a serverless rule engine using AWS Lambda to fetch Shopify & Stripe sales data, enabling instant line of credit. Created an internal Chrome Extension to automate applicant assessment for underwriting. Delivered ReactJS workshops and technical talks. Conducted coding interviews as part of hiring.
Joined as a founding engineer and built application architecture from scratch using ReactJS, Meteor, MongoDB. Implemented onboarding, admin CMS, booking system with calendar integrations. Set up backend infrastructure with Docker and deployment scripts, enabling faster deploys and rollbacks. Improved app load time by 70% through code-splitting and dynamic imports. Mentored junior developers and promoted best practices.
Collaborated with PMs and engineers to implement features and UI. Boosted frontend performance by 80%+ by fixing memory leaks, CSS optimization, and CSS preprocessing. Implemented RabbitMQ for asynchronous processing (e.g., image resizing), reducing backend latency. Built responsive email templates with Backbone and FoundationJS for cross-client compatibility.
Education
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