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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.…

Gaurav Chikhale

Front-End Developer, Full Stack Developer, Web Developer, +2

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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.…

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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.

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Work Experience

Software Development Engineer II (Frontend Lead) at Criteo

July 31, 2024 - October 25, 2025

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.

Senior Software Engineer at Lending Loop

December 31, 2021 - October 25, 2025

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.

Lead Full Stack Developer at Knotel

August 31, 2018 - October 25, 2025

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.

Full Stack Developer at Knotable

February 29, 2016 - October 25, 2025

Joined as a developer and helped build application architecture from scratch. Implemented onboarding, admin CMS, and a booking system with calendar integrations. Established Docker-based deployment scripts for faster deploys and rollbacks. Improved app performance and guided junior developers on coding standards.