Hi, I’m Taranjit Singh. I’m a software engineer with 11+ years of experience building scalable distributed systems across SaaS, media, and analytics platforms. I enjoy designing robust architectures, shipping reliable APIs, and mentoring teammates to ship production-grade software. I specialize in Python, Node.js, TypeScript, React, AWS, and Kubernetes, with a focus on end-to-end delivery—from data pipelines to front-end dashboards. I love collaborating with cross-functional teams, driving SLAs, and turning complex requirements into maintainable, scalable solutions.

Taranjit Singh

Hi, I’m Taranjit Singh. I’m a software engineer with 11+ years of experience building scalable distributed systems across SaaS, media, and analytics platforms. I enjoy designing robust architectures, shipping reliable APIs, and mentoring teammates to ship production-grade software. I specialize in Python, Node.js, TypeScript, React, AWS, and Kubernetes, with a focus on end-to-end delivery—from data pipelines to front-end dashboards. I love collaborating with cross-functional teams, driving SLAs, and turning complex requirements into maintainable, scalable solutions.

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Hi, I’m Taranjit Singh. I’m a software engineer with 11+ years of experience building scalable distributed systems across SaaS, media, and analytics platforms. I enjoy designing robust architectures, shipping reliable APIs, and mentoring teammates to ship production-grade software.

I specialize in Python, Node.js, TypeScript, React, AWS, and Kubernetes, with a focus on end-to-end delivery—from data pipelines to front-end dashboards. I love collaborating with cross-functional teams, driving SLAs, and turning complex requirements into maintainable, scalable solutions.

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Work Experience

Senior Backend Engineer at Atlassian
February 1, 2019 - October 2, 2021
Led end-to-end architecture for Jira Cloud Platform workflows and automation services, including service decomposition, Kafka contract versioning, data partitioning strategies, and horizontal scalability to support enterprise tenants. Optimized RESTful APIs and GraphQL for real-time automation triggers, improving P95 latency by 32% through query optimization and Redis caching. Built distributed event pipelines with Kafka across microservices for reliable eventual consistency. Migrated legacy monolith components to containerized microservices on AWS ECS and Kubernetes, boosting deployment velocity and service isolation. Designed and maintained real-time ETL/ELT pipelines in Python to transform, enrich, and aggregate automation events into analytics-ready datasets stored in PostgreSQL and AWS S3. Delivered full-stack features with React + Next.js + TypeScript for admin dashboards. Collaborated with product managers and enterprise clients to design extensible APIs and maintain SLA complia
Senior Full Stack Engineer at Yahoo
December 1, 2016 - December 1, 2018
Delivered real-time financial data APIs using Node.js and Python with PostgreSQL. Designed data ingestion pipelines using Kafka to process live market feeds and low-latency streaming updates. Implemented Redis caching to support high-traffic endpoints. Built interactive portfolio and market analytics dashboards using React and TypeScript. Developed backend data aggregation services to compute financial metrics and normalize third-party feeds. Migrated legacy monoliths to microservices deployed on AWS ECS and Kubernetes, improving scalability and reliability.
Senior Full Stack Developer at Nielsen
May 1, 2014 - October 2, 2016
Developed batch ETL pipelines in Python and SQL to process large-scale TV viewership and consumer behavior datasets. Built scheduled data processing jobs using Linux cron to aggregate raw measurement data into structured reporting tables. Designed RESTful-like APIs to expose analytics data for enterprise dashboards. Built reporting dashboards for internal analysts and client-facing teams. Optimized PostgreSQL queries for large workloads, reducing execution time by 35%. Maintained data validation checks across ingestion and reporting pipelines.
Teaching Assistant at University of Florida
January 1, 2014 - May 1, 2014
Assisted in teaching data structures and algorithms courses using Java and Python. Guided students on system design fundamentals and software engineering best practices.

Education

M.S., Computer Science at Georgia Institute of Technology
January 11, 2030 - February 22, 2026
B.S., Computer Science at University of Florida
January 11, 2030 - February 22, 2026

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Industry Experience

Software & Internet, Media & Entertainment, Professional Services, Education