About

Gajraj Kalburgi is a highly skilled Principal Software Engineer with over 10 years of experience in cloud system architecture, application engineering, front-end and back-end web development. He is currently working as an Engineering Manager at Rakuten and has extensive knowledge of Kubernetes, RIASS, RPASS, One-cloud infrastructures, MongoDB, Oracle, MySQL databases with deployment and configuration expertise. Gajraj has worked on multiple modules including Payment System on Robust Architecture designing, interface designing, development, and QA support. He has also supported Kobo DevOps teams to integrate Monitoring (Prometheus + Grafana), MongoDB, Alerting System, Spring Related tools like Cloud Config, Admin on AKS cluster. With a strong background in infrastructures such as Kubernetes, RIAAS, RPass, One-Cloud, VM, AKS and domains such as Travel, Payment, EBooks, and Financial Reporting, Gajraj has made significant contributions to the development of several technical enhancements and architecture changes. He has also mentored high skilled technical team members, improved DevOps and development processes, and provided knowledge sessions on various technical enhancements to DevOps and Dev members. Gajraj's past experiences include working as a Senior Technical Lead and Lead Application Engineer at Rakuten, where he led multiple modules in Rakuten Travel, designed Micro Service Architecture, reviewed architecture, defined technical roadmaps, supported Tokyo team for MongoDB, RabbitMQ, and API catalogue related issues, and proposed and implemented automation testing tools for APIs, which is now standard in Rakuten Travel Development Department. Gajraj holds a Master of Computer Applications degree from Gujarat Technological University and a Bachelor of Computer Applications degree from Gujarat University. He also has a strong educational background in computer engineering and computer science. With a tech stack that includes Senior Software Engineer, DevOps, MongoDB, Software Engineer, Kubernetes, Spring, QA, Web, Spring Boot, RabbitMQ, MapReduce, MySQL, Frontend, Backend, ReactJS, Kafka, Microservices, Java, test, and Search, Gajraj has relevant experience of over 11 years.