Shashank Tiwari
About Shashank Tiwari
Shashank Tiwari is a Technical Lead at Gupshup, where he has developed a secure API layer in NodeJS for major airlines and curates a popular tech blog. With extensive experience in software engineering, he has optimized API performance and created various tools and features that enhance user experience.
Work at Gupshup
Shashank Tiwari has been serving as a Technical Lead at Gupshup since 2023, based in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. In this role, he developed a secure API layer using NodeJS, which efficiently handles 100,000 daily requests for major clients such as Malaysia Airlines and Qatar Airways. His work on optimizing response times resulted in a reduction of 2 to 3 seconds, significantly enhancing the performance of the API.
Previous Experience at Signeasy
Before joining Gupshup, Shashank Tiwari worked at Signeasy as a Technical Lead from 2022 to 2023 in Bengaluru, Karnataka, India. During his tenure, he optimized SQL queries for Malaysia Airlines and Qatar Airways, which improved API response times from 15 seconds to under 2 seconds for a dataset comprising 5 million records. His contributions were pivotal in enhancing the efficiency of the company's services.
Education and Expertise
Shashank Tiwari earned a Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.) in Computer Engineering from the University of Mumbai, completing his studies from 2011 to 2015. His educational background has provided him with a strong foundation in software development and engineering principles, which he has applied throughout his career in various technical roles.
Technical Contributions and Projects
Shashank Tiwari has made significant contributions to the tech community through his personal blog at codershood.info, where some posts have garnered over 500,000 views. He has authored several open-source plugins, with two achieving more than 3,000 downloads per week combined. Additionally, he developed a framework using Python and Redis that streamlined feature management, reducing manual work time from two days to just five seconds.
Hackathon Achievements
Shashank Tiwari achieved third place in a hackathon by implementing both frontend and backend code. He was notably the first participant to connect to Hedera Nodes, showcasing his ability to innovate and apply his technical skills in competitive environments.