Hi, I’m Yash Gujarathi, a software engineer with over 6 years of experience building scalable platforms and event-driven systems in fintech. I’ve specialized in creating ML-powered fraud detection, credit risk engines, and loan processing solutions tailored to rural lending markets, always with a focus on real-time performance and reliability. I enjoy leading development teams, optimizing system architectures, and collaborating closely with product and business teams to deliver impactful features quickly. Whether it’s building Flutter-based apps, implementing Kafka-based event systems, or automating large-scale workflows, I’m passionate about solving complex technical challenges and driving innovative solutions from scratch.

Yash Gujarathi

Hi, I’m Yash Gujarathi, a software engineer with over 6 years of experience building scalable platforms and event-driven systems in fintech. I’ve specialized in creating ML-powered fraud detection, credit risk engines, and loan processing solutions tailored to rural lending markets, always with a focus on real-time performance and reliability. I enjoy leading development teams, optimizing system architectures, and collaborating closely with product and business teams to deliver impactful features quickly. Whether it’s building Flutter-based apps, implementing Kafka-based event systems, or automating large-scale workflows, I’m passionate about solving complex technical challenges and driving innovative solutions from scratch.

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Hi, I’m Yash Gujarathi, a software engineer with over 6 years of experience building scalable platforms and event-driven systems in fintech. I’ve specialized in creating ML-powered fraud detection, credit risk engines, and loan processing solutions tailored to rural lending markets, always with a focus on real-time performance and reliability.

I enjoy leading development teams, optimizing system architectures, and collaborating closely with product and business teams to deliver impactful features quickly. Whether it’s building Flutter-based apps, implementing Kafka-based event systems, or automating large-scale workflows, I’m passionate about solving complex technical challenges and driving innovative solutions from scratch.

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Work Experience

Engineering Manager at Jai Kisan
April 30, 2025 - July 30, 2025
Led a team of 8 developers to architect and deliver a Flutter-based Farmer App with MEAN backend, achieving 300ms latency and enabling over 100K farmers to access digital loans with 10-minute disbursal. Revamped the retailer credit app onboarding flow, boosting activation by 40% and expanding network to 15K+ stores. Built ML-driven credit engine automating credit limits, reducing manual reviews by 60%. Drove agile two-week sprints, improved code quality and tech debt management, and launched "Retailer Invoice Finance" in 2 weeks achieving ₹2 Cr AUM within 3 months.
Lead Developer at Jai Kisan
April 30, 2024 - July 30, 2025
Led 6 developers to build modular loan checkout system, scaling to 7000+ weekly loans and ₹150Cr+ disbursals at 99% uptime. Developed web-based credit eligibility engine processing 1Cr+ checks with 24% conversion. Re-architected system for document and database sharding maintaining near-zero downtime and RBI compliance. Developed ML fraud engine reducing fake loans by 70%. Created Kafka event-driven notification system handling 10K+ daily alerts. Built multi-scheme lending platform, CRM and lender portals, and automated bulk processing with Amazon SQS cutting disbursement time by 80%. Implemented fallback mechanisms for third-party APIs achieving 99% uptime and optimized MongoDB aggregation queries by 70%. Mentored junior developers and led architecture reviews.
Software Developer at Jai Kisan
April 30, 2022 - July 30, 2025
Built Loan Management System MVP with dynamic DPD tracking, amortization, NPA handling, and loan state automation. Developed Loan Origination System with Node.js/Python RESTful APIs and contributed to monolith-to-microservices migration. Integrated Keycloak and utilized Neo4j for organizational hierarchy and geo-fencing. Developed automated vendor onboarding system with configurable agreements and product catalog management.

Education

B. Tech at K.K. Wagh, Nasik
June 1, 2014 - June 30, 2018

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Industry Experience

Financial Services, Software & Internet, Agriculture & Mining, Retail