About

Murtaza Bagwala is a results-driven and analytical Software Engineer with over 8 years of experience in designing and integrating software solutions. He is a Java, Rails, Node, React, and MERN stack expert, and a functional programming enthusiast with a good understanding of algorithms, data structures, design patterns, OO principles, and MVC architecture. Murtaza is a language agnostic professional who is interested in learning new technologies and tools to develop successful products. Murtaza is currently working as a Senior Software Engineer at Saeloun, where he leads projects, implements content-based filtering using AWS Personalize, deploys rollback strategies using Kubernetes, contributes to open-source projects, and writes blogs regularly on the company website. Some of his blogs are featured in Rubyweekly. Previously, Murtaza worked as a Technical Lead and Associate Technical Lead at Webonise, where he led teams of 4-8 people, made various design decisions, introduced new metrics and processes, performed code reviews, and communicated with clients regularly. He also worked closely with the leadership team and was involved in the company's operations. Murtaza is a software craftsman, Jamstack enthusiast, full-stack developer, and blogger who is currently reading Atomic Habits by James Clear. He has good communication skills and experience working with teams of different sizes. Murtaza has a good understanding of the Agile methodology and Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), including PIXHawks, Lancasters, Fixed Wings, Quad-copters, and Multi-rotors. Murtaza holds a Bachelor of Engineering (BEng) degree in Information Technology from Shri Vaishnav Institute of Technology and Science. He also completed high school from New Green Field Higher Secondary School and ABN School. Murtaza's tech stack includes Ruby, Java, AWS, Kubernetes, Spring Boot, Spring, Javascript, Jenkins, Search, Mobile, Web, CI/CD, Redis, Docker, MySQL, MongoDB, and Postgres.