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Zaheet Batada

Zaheet Batada

Senior Software Engineer | Tech Lead | Solution Architect

Downtown, Toronto, Ontario, CA, M5B0C7
(+1) 647-860-7496
English, Gujrati, Hindi

Background


About

About

Experienced Technical Team Lead with 6.5+ years of experience in scalable system development, cloud infrastructure, and microservices architecture. Proven leadership in driving B2B & B2C platform growth, optimizing booking systems, and integrating high-impact features that enhance user engagement and revenue. Passionate about delivering high-performance, secure, and efficient solutions, with expertise in Angular, NestJS, and cloud technologies.

Work Experience

Work Experience

  • Senior Software EngineerQuartermaster

    May, 2025 - Present

    Implementing the transition of Quartermaster’s core platform from a legacy monolith to a modern microservices-based architecture. Spearheaded the ground-up development of scalable, maintainable services while modernizing the tech stack and improving system reliability.

    • Building critical microservices from scratch, replacing a PHP monolith with a cleanly structured NestJS-based architecture to enable better modularity and long-term scalability.

    • Redesigning platform infrastructure with a focus on performance, monitoring, and system health.

  • Staff Software Engineer | Technical Team Lead, Almatar Group (B2B & B2C)

    Jan, 2023 - May, 20252 years 5 months

    Led backend and platform development across Almatar’s B2B and B2C verticals, progressing from B2B engineer to leading the entire technical team. Drove migration from legacy systems to microservices, built critical booking and retention features, and ensured scalability and high availability across platforms. Oversaw 11+ engineers, QA, and product teams to deliver reliable, secure, and high-performing travel solutions.

    • Architected and led migration from a legacy PHP monolith to scalable NestJS microservices, improving maintainability and developer velocity.

    • Optimized system observability with Grafana and Prometheus, reducing downtime and improving incident response time.

    • Built a Travel Management System (TMS) from scratch, scaling it to 3,000+ weekly bookings using NestJS, Angular, Kafka, and AWS.

    • Integrated major hotel booking systems, enhancing availability and partner reach.

    • Created retention features like Fortune Wheel, generating $10M+ revenue within a week.

    • Launched SmartBook and Rebooker systems, reducing hotel search latency from 12s to 200ms–2s.

    • Optimized partner APIs and saved over 2M+ SAR monthly by improving efficiency and fault tolerance.

    • Ensured 24/7 uptime for platforms processing 6–8M+ SAR daily through robust health checks and monitoring.

    • Standardized engineering practices and ensured security compliance across teams and services.

  • Staff Software Engineer | Technical Lead - Consultant, Cuilsoft Pvt. Ltd.

    Aug, 2022 - May, 20252 years 10 months

    Consulted for North American clients across healthcare, automotive, and logistics domains. Designed and developed scalable software solutions using modern backend and frontend stacks. Led multiple high-impact projects involving microservices, real-time data pipelines, and performance optimization.

    • Designed and developed a scalable appointment scheduling system for a healthcare company using NestJS, Kafka, Redis, and RMQ. Ensured high availability and low-latency booking operations by implementing event-driven architecture.

    • Used Grafana to monitor API performance, identify database bottlenecks, and optimize queries, reducing system response times and improving reliability.

    • Developed a Car Health Check frontend using Angular, integrating real-time diagnostics and vehicle status tracking with dynamic dashboards and interactive visualizations.

    • Optimized UI performance with lazy loading and RxJS, reducing load times by 40% and improving code maintainability through modular architecture.

    • Built a custom ETL pipeline for a healthcare data system, streamlining ingestion, transformation, and reporting workflows.

    • Developed a marketplace for a courier company using Laravel, enabling real-time parcel tracking, vendor management, and dynamic pricing.

  • Software Engineer, Fitterfly

    Oct, 2020 - Jan, 20232 years 3 months

    Led Learning Management System (LMS) development, defining infrastructure and database schema.

    • Led Learning Management System (LMS) development, defining infrastructure, database schema, and optimizing backend services using Ruby on Rails (RoR) for scalability and performance.

    • Migrated AngularJS to Angular 13, significantly improving application speed, user experience, and maintainability.

    • Contributed to a Digital Therapeutics (DTx) platform, implementing best practices in RoR and securing $12M in funding through innovative product development.

  • Developer, Uplers

    Jul, 2020 - Sep, 20203 months

    Created a standard architecture that decreased the time to create HTML emails by 30-40%.

    • Implemented modular email templates for efficiency.

    • Enhanced code review processes for better maintainability.

  • Software Engineer, Shopyvilla Developers

    Aug, 2018 - Jun, 20201 year 10 months

    While in college, driven by a strong interest in building software solutions, I started working with Shopyvilla. Contributed to live projects for US and CA clients, developing scalable backend architectures and full-stack applications from scratch.

    • Developed a high-performance logistics marketplace for a courier company using PHP - Laravel, optimizing order processing and delivery tracking.

    • Designed and implemented a healthcare data management system.

Skills

Skills

  • Backend

    Node.js

    NestJS

    TypeScript

    Microservices

    PHP

    Laravel

    ROR

    Golang

    RESTful APIs

  • Frontend

    Angular 17+

    Responsive Design

    RxJs

    HTML

    JS

    SCSS

  • Cloud & DevOps

    Docker

    Kubernetes

    AWS

    GCP

    Azure

  • Databases

    PostgreSQL

    MySQL

    MongoDB

    Redis

    Oracle

  • Messaging Queues

    Kafka

    RabbitMQ

  • Version Control & Agile

    Git

    Scrum

    Jira

    ClickUp

    Asana

Education

Education

  • Information Technology, Bachelor of Engineering, Gujarat Technological University

    - Present

Interests

Interests

  • Travel Tech, Fin Tech, Health Tech

    Optimizing User ExperiencesScalable System Design