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Avinash Ghare

Senior Software Engineer / Technical Lead

I architect real-time, high-traffic systems — the kind that stay fast and secure at six figures of concurrent load. 10+ years across Node.js, MongoDB, Redis, and cloud infrastructure, with the last few spent leading engineers as much as writing code.

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10+ yrs
Engineering experience
1L+
Concurrent users served
35%
API latency reduced
30%
Dev time cut via AI pairing
10+
Engineers mentored
20%
Sprint efficiency gained
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Experience

Mar 2025 — Present Abu Dhabi, UAE
Black Turtle Productions FZ LLC
Senior Software Engineer / Tech Lead
  • Build and optimize REST APIs for real-time fantasy sports & casino platforms using Node.js, Nest.js, MongoDB, and Socket.io — pairing with Cursor and Claude to accelerate development, code review, and documentation.
  • Led security and performance hardening: Redis-based caching plus JWT token auth, cutting latency and tightening the API security posture.
  • Designed fault-tolerant microservice architectures holding up under high concurrent load with low latency.
  • Set encryption standards and secure API design practices across services; ran peer code reviews and enforced coding standards.
  • Wired up Datadog and APM for real-time performance monitoring and error tracking.
Node.jsNest.jsMongoDBSocket.ioRedisCursor / Claude
Aug 2017 — Jan 2025 Mumbai, India
Wohlig Transformation Service Pvt Ltd
Senior Technical Lead
  • Led end-to-end development of a real-time fantasy gaming platform on Node.js, Vue.js, MongoDB, and Socket.io.
  • Directed code reviews and legacy cleanups that improved long-term maintainability across the codebase.
  • Integrated APM and Datadog for application monitoring and performance tracking.
Node.jsVue.jsMongoDBSocket.ioDatadog
Sep 2015 — Jul 2017Mumbai, India
All Information Business Services Pvt Ltd — Senior Software Developer

Built web solutions in PHP (CodeIgniter), AngularJS, and Node.js; integrated the Google Places API for location-based features; maintained backends for anyinformation.com and achadiscount.in.

Jul 2014 — Sep 2015Mumbai, India
Wohlig Transformation Business Service Pvt Ltd — Software Developer

Delivered web projects with CodeIgniter, AngularJS, and Sails.js — including indiavaluehomes.com, magicmirror.in, and lylaloves.co.uk.

Jan 2014 — Jun 2014Thane, India
IT Vedant Academy — Web Development Intern

Built PHP/MySQL applications and assisted on front-end with jQuery and HTML5, including cmchess.com and homaa.in.

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Selected work

Security & performance hardening
Black Turtle Productions FZ LLC
Problem

Production APIs serving high concurrent traffic needed to meet industry security standards without regressing response times.

My role

Implemented JWT-based token auth, encryption standards, and Redis-based caching across services; established secure API design practices and led peer reviews.

→ 35% lower API latency, hardened to industry security standards
AI-assisted engineering workflow
Black Turtle Productions FZ LLC
Problem

Team needed to ship REST APIs faster without cutting corners on code quality or documentation.

My role

Introduced Claude and Cursor into the API design, code review, and documentation workflow as standard practice.

→ 30% cut in development time, quality bar held steady
Legacy modernization & mentoring
Wohlig Transformation Service
Problem

A growing platform's legacy code and inconsistent review practices were slowing the team down.

My role

Directed legacy cleanups and code review standards, mentored 10+ developers, and integrated Datadog/APM for real-time visibility.

→ 20% sprint efficiency gain, 1L+ concurrent users supported
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Stack

Languages / Frameworks
JavaScript, Node.js, Nest.js, TypeScript, AngularJS, Vue.js, PHP (CodeIgniter)
Databases / Caching
MongoDB, Redis, Memcached, BigQuery, Snowflake
Cloud / DevOps
AWS, GCP, Docker, Kubernetes, Datadog, APM
AI-assisted engineering
Claude & Cursor — API scaffolding, code review, refactoring, documentation
Architecture & Security
Microservices, Socket.io, REST/SOAP APIs, JWT auth, encryption standards, secure API design
Practices
Agile/Scrum, Git, JIRA, Confluence, code reviews, CI/CD

Let's talk about your team

Open to Technical Lead and Senior Engineering roles — remote, UAE, or India. I reply within a day.

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