Gaurav Chikhale - Senior Software Engineer Resume

GAURAV CHIKHALE

Toronto, ON
mail@gauravchl.com
linkedin.com/in/gauravchl
github.com/gauravchl

Work Experience

Senior Software Engineer, G2i Inc.
Feb 2026 - May 2026, Toronto
  • Worked with G2i on AI projects for a leading Frontier Lab, applying software engineering expertise to help shape the next generation of AI.
  • Started as an individual contributor then stepped into a development lead role midway through the project.
  • Coordinating a team of engineers, running daily standups, managing the development backlog while continuing to contribute code.
Software Development Engineer II (Frontend Lead), Criteo
Feb 2022 - Jul 2024, Toronto
  • Took over frontend leadership at Gradient.io (acquired by Criteo), driving web development in ReactJs and Django.
  • Improved web performance 7x (from 20s to 3s) using Web Workers for intensive browser computations.
  • Led integration of Gradient's ReactJs/Django analytics app into Criteo's Angular/.NET platform, delivering production in 1.5 months (vs. 3 months expected) while solving auth and interoperability challenges.
  • Standardized modern development practices like CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions), E2E testing (Cypress), and monitoring/observability (LogRocket+Sentry), improved release quality and developer velocity.
  • Delivered technical presentations to engineering teams, sharing insights on performance tuning, integration strategies, and best practices for scalable frontend architecture.
Senior Software Engineer, Lending Loop
Feb 2019 - Dec 2021, Toronto
  • Led frontend development and developed 3 consumer facing web applications using ReactJs and GraphQL.
  • Migrated frontend from Rails to ReactJs, resulted in faster development speed and overall improved UX.
  • Built a serverless rule engine (AWS Lambda) to fetch Shopify & Stripe sales data, enabling instant line of credit.
  • Built a Chrome Extension for the internal underwriting team to automate the applicant assessment.
  • Delivered ReactJS workshops and tech talks. Conducted coding interviews as a part of hiring process.
Lead Full Stack Developer, Knotel
Feb 2016 - Aug 2018, New York
  • Joined as a founding engineer and built application architecture from scratch using ReactJS, Meteor, MongoDB.
  • Implemented core features (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 and guided junior developers, fostering best practices and coding standards.
Full Stack Developer, Knotable
Dec 2013 - Feb 2016, New York
  • Worked with product managers and engineers to implement features and user interfaces.
  • Boosted frontend performance 80%+ by fixing memory leaks, optimizing CSS, and adding CSS preprocessing.
  • Implemented RabbitMQ for asynchronous processing (e.g. image resizing), reducing backend latency.
  • Built responsive email templates with Backbone and FoundationJS, ensuring cross email client compatibility.

Skills

  • Frontend: ReactJs TypeScript JavaScript (ES6+) TailwindCSS HTML5/CSS3 REST API GraphQL
  • Backend: NodeJs Express Meteor MongoDB PostgreSQL Docker AWS EC2 GCP
  • Tooling: Webpack GitHub Actions CI/CD Rollup Astro Remix Vite Figma

Side Projects

Team Cowork (Contract / Freelance)
Nov 2025 - Feb 2026, Toronto
  • Rebuilt Team Cowork's public website (teamco.work) from scratch using Astro.js, Tailwind CSS, and Netlify CMS, replacing an outdated site with a faster and SEO friendly experience.
  • Built a content management system for the non technical team, and mentored a junior developer who later took over ongoing website updates.
Halo (macOS App, gethalo.app)
2019
  • Built and launched a self-care macOS application using Electron, designed to provide gentle reminders.
  • Featured on Product Hunt with 184 upvotes.
Atom Editor (Open Source Contributor)
2019
React Packages (Open Source)
2017 - 2020
WorkAwesome (Contract / Freelance)
Mar 2017 – Dec 2018
  • Developed and maintained official conference websites for WorkAwesome 2017 (Berlin), InboxAwesome 2018 (New York), and Accelerator Awesome 2018 (New York).
  • Website was built with Meteor, React, and MongoDB. Also built CMS functionality for administrators so they can easily add/update contents.
CodeBuddies (Open Source Contributor)
2018 - 2019
  • Contributed to CodeBuddies, an open source learning community of 10k+ developers, by building new features across the Meteor/MongoDB based webapp.
  • Mentored new developers through 1:1 hangouts and also featured in a published interview.

Education

Bachelor of Engineering, Computer Science
Rajiv Gandhi Proudyogiki Vishwavidyalaya, India
2008 - 2012