Rahul Baradol
I'm a software engineer — frontend, backend, open source, and a fingerstyle guitarist
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I like owning things end-to-end — from data pipelines to high-traffic UIs — especially where latency and throughput actually matter. Most comfortable in fast-moving product teams where the scope isn't fully defined yet.
Experience
Typescript
React
Python
FastAPI- Owned the end-to-end B2B procurement platform — spanning frontend systems, infrastructure, order processing, and checkout — enabling purchases from a managed network of global suppliers.
- Owned the Amazon seller listing platform — spanning frontend architecture, state management, and credit system — enabling sellers to manage and optimize product listings across categories and marketplaces
- Drove org-wide performance improvements
- Reduced deployment costs by 70% by introducing and enforcing efficient CI practices
- Improving page load times by 1.5 seconds (ex. by reducing bundle size by 50%)
- Achieved 10x faster API latencies (ex. by database query optimization)
- Led development of a high-traffic campaign platform for a leading Indian movie production house
- Handled peak traffic of 8,300 users/min during a blockbuster launch
- Mentored engineers through structured 1:1s and growth plans
- Scaled team output without proportional headcount increase
- Collaborated with stakeholders, cross-border suppliers, and dropshippers
- Delivered features with high design fidelity and zero-regression standards
- Partnered closely with design teams
- Built pixel-perfect, responsive UIs across all device breakpoints
Java
Spring BootPython
Go
MySQL- Reduced DB costs by 87% and CPU usage from 70% to 20% by eliminating redundant DB writes and optimizing backend logic for a service
- Restored ingestion reliability to 99.9% user coverage for a critical banking integration
- Resolved extraction funnel failures impacting 300K workflows, 100K+ users; through debugging and pipeline fixes
TypescriptReact
Next.jsPythonFastAPI- Built a medical query platform, owning frontend and backend, with RAG-based retrieval and secure authentication, enabling real-time, context-aware responses.
- Engineered FastAPI backend for low-latency, structured outputs and scalable API design.
Stories
How We Cut Store Page Data Transfer by 73%
It so happens that we get so involved in shipping features for web apps, that we miss out on the tech debt creeping up.
3rd May 2026•
Web Performance
Scaling our web-app — managing data better
A web app is only simple, until you break the abstraction
1st December 2025•
Scalability
Open Source & Contributions
Education
PES University
B.Tech in Computer Science
2022 - 2026
Built for fun
Flow Puzzle Solver
Resonance