Saurabh Prakash

Software Development Engineer

Rampur (U.P) 3+ yrs exp 88 · Excellent

About

Software Development Engineer with experience building production-grade systems using Node.js, Express, and PostgreSQL. Designed scalable REST APIs with JWT authentication, rate limiting, and robust error handling. Currently building backend services at GrowthPanda; previously worked at Razorpay on automation workflows and high-volume SQL pipeline optimization.

Skills & Expertise (30)

FastAPI Advanced

8.5/10

Years Exp

Python Advanced

8.0/10

Years Exp

Node.js Advanced

8.0/10

Years Exp

Express Advanced

8.0/10

Years Exp

SQL Advanced

7.5/10

Years Exp

Git Intermediate

7.0/10

Years Exp

Postgresql Intermediate

7.0/10

Years Exp

React Intermediate

7.0/10

Years Exp

MongoDb Intermediate

6.5/10

Years Exp

Docker Intermediate

6.5/10

Years Exp

Cursor GitHub Airflow pgAdmin Vercel Tableau Redash Codex Claude Code C++ Google Stitch Tailwind CSS HTML OOP Caching Rate Limiting JWT Authentication REST APIs Typescript Javascript (ES6+

Work Experience

Backend Developer

GrowthPanda

Mar 2026 - Present

Developed a FastAPI-based platform with 10+ REST endpoints to ingest PDF/DOCX, extract structured business rules using LangChain and OpenAI, and enable dynamic product catalog filtering across an end-to-end workflow from upload to validation. Engineered a scalable extraction pipeline featuring chunked parsing, nested recursive condition-tree modeling, Pydantic schema validation, vector-backed document memory, and async MongoDB persistence with human-in-the-loop review support. Developed an OpenAI Agents–based repair and validation system with document-memory search and benchmarking tools, increasing extraction accuracy from 90% to 97% on synthetic datasets.

Software Engineer

Independent Projects

Oct 2024 - Feb 2026

Developed backend systems using Node.js, Express & PostgreSQL — designed 15+ REST APIs with JWT-based authentication (access & refresh tokens with rotation), request validation layers, modular middleware pipelines & structured error handling. Engineered a custom API threat detection layer with endpoint-specific security tiers, severity-based logging, and dual IP/user tracking for abuse detection, layered over express rate limiting with per-route thresholds. Designed relational database schemas with indexing strategies and structured query design; implementing background job for AI reports processing, WebSocket-based real-time features, and third-party AI API integrations.

Analytics Specialist – Data Automation & Product Tracking

Razorpay

Jul 2022 - Sep 2024

Built and maintained 10+ production Airflow DAGs and Python automation scripts to orchestrate data workflows, reducing manual reporting effort by 6 hours/week. Created & optimized SQL data workflows, refactored warehouse tables & tuned high-volume queries to reduce data costs by 35%. Defined event schemas and implemented tracking logic for 12+ product features in collaboration with engineering and product teams, ensuring data consistency across the analytics pipeline.