Gourav Prasad

Gourav Prasad

Software Engineer @ Winjit Technologies

Architecting, developing & scaling distributed backend microservices, financial systems & blockchain platforms.

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Technical Skills

Golang Javascript Python gRPC REST API Apache Kafka Kubernetes Docker GitHub Actions YugabyteDB PostgreSQL MariaDB Redis BadgerDB LevelDB Hyperledger Fabric Raft Consensus Gin / GORM Ginkgo / Gomega GCP

Education

B.Tech in Electronics & Communication

National Institute of Technology Sikkim

Aug 2018 – May 2022 • Ravangla, Sikkim

Professional Experience

Software Engineer

Winjit Technologies • Hyderabad, India

Jan 2022 – Present
  • Benchmarked and scaled core database clusters, reducing tail latencies by 50%.
  • Attained block fragmentation in Hyperledger Fabric, optimizing throughput by 30%.
  • Upscaled testing suites (Ginkgo, Gomega, Mockery) achieving unit test code coverage over 90%.
  • Implemented microservices architecture for enhanced transaction processing and system efficiency.

Software Developer

Winjit Technologies • Hyderabad, India

Mar 2022 – April 2024
  • Scaled Hyperledger Fabric Orderer throughput from 5k to 11k TPS (>100% increase).
  • Contributed to architecting and building the L1 layer of Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC).
  • Engineered Raft consensus algorithm for fault tolerance and transaction sharding.
  • Developed robust REST APIs, gRPC services, and Kafka integrations for high-volume financial microservices.
  • Optimized storage engines using relational (PostgreSQL, MariaDB) and key-value stores (LevelDB, BadgerDB, Redis).

Software Developer Intern

Winjit Technologies • Hyderabad, India

Jan 2022 – Feb 2022
  • Developed Smart Contracts, Web3, NFTs, and GoLang blockchain prototypes.
  • Earned early conversion to a full-time software developer role within 2 months.

Featured Projects

Unified Blockchain

Golang Hyperledger Fabric

Benchmarked end-to-end token creation transactions, sharded Hyperledger Fabric blocks, and improved orderer performance by distributing fat blocks across individual organizations.

Voyager Crypto Transfer Platform

Golang PostgreSQL / gRPC / Kafka

Architected microservice deposit and withdrawal transfer module using Protocol Buffers validation and gRPC gateway to expose REST HTTP endpoints for seamless API integration.

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