Raounak S.
Engineering Manager • Lead Distributed Systems Software Engineer • Ruby on Rails Expert • Deutschland-Stipendium Scholar
- Role
- Lead Software Engineer at Thrillophilia.com
- Location
- Gurugram, HR, IN
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Raounak S.
I design and build systems that scale.My core strengths are Distributed Systems Engineering, Ruby on Rails, and fast end-to-end product development. Over the years, I’ve built and led solutions across monoliths, microservices, and Kubernetes-based architectures — always with a focus on simplicity, speed, and reliability.I enjoy taking ideas from 0 → 1:• designing architecture• building the first version quickly• solving bottlenecks• improving performance• and keeping the system lean instead of over-engineeredMy background includes:• MSc in Distributed Systems Engineering• Deutschlandstipendium Scholar• Experience scaling systems using Kubernetes, queues, caching layers, and event-driven patterns• Leading performance improvements in high-traffic, service-oriented platforms• Speaking at international tech conferences and meetupsIf you’re building something ambitious — especially early-stage — I’d love to connect.
Experience
Lead Software Engineer
May 2025 — Present · Gurugram, IN
Leading development and architecture for new travel products and internal tools at scale, collaborating closely with product and design teams.• Redesigned core service modules for better modularity and performance, reducing API latency by over 30%.• Guiding a team of engineers across backend (Rails) and DevOps projects, establishing code quality standards and improving deployment workflows.• Mentoring junior developers and contributing to hiring efforts, fostering a strong engineering culture aligned with business goals.
Education
Kendriya Vidyalaya
12th CBSE Board
2003 — 2013
Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University
B.tech
2015 — 2019
Technische Universität Dresden
MSc Distributed Systems Engineering
Skills
- Browser Simulation
- Ruby on Rails
- Front-End Development
- Bower
- Angularjs
- Sinatra
- Selenium Testing
- Javascript
- Python
- Bootstrap
- Java
- Ruby
- Rails Api Only App
- C
- Material Design
- Android
- Jquery
- Typescript
- Watir
- Angular-2
- Gulp.js
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