Gaurav Sharma
About Gaurav Sharma
Gaurav Sharma is a Staff Software Engineer at PayPal with extensive experience in backend technologies, cloud services, and database management.
Current Role at PayPal
Gaurav Sharma currently works as a Staff Software Engineer at PayPal. His tenure in this role began in 2024. Specific projects or domains he is focused on have not been detailed.
Previous Positions at PayPal
Prior to his current role, Gaurav Sharma worked as a Software Engineer 3 at PayPal from 2021 to 2024 in Bengaluru, Karnataka, India. During this period, he spent three years contributing to various software engineering tasks and projects.
Technical Roles at Paytm
Gaurav held multiple engineering positions at Paytm, starting as a Software Engineer from 2017 to 2018, then advancing to Senior Software Engineer from 2018 to 2020, and finally serving as a Technical Lead from 2020 to 2021. His roles at Paytm were based in Noida, Uttar Pradesh, and spanned various levels of technical responsibilities.
Experience at OYO Rooms and CommonFloor.com
Before joining Paytm, Gaurav worked as a Software Developer at OYO Rooms from 2015 to 2017 in Gurgaon. He also gained experience as an SDE-I at CommonFloor.com from 2014 to 2015 in Bengaluru. These roles helped build his foundation in software development.
Internships in the Early Career
Gaurav completed internships at InterGlobe General Aviation Pvt. Limited and Indian Oil Corporation Limited, where he worked as a Summer Intern in 2013 and an Engineer Intern from 2012 to 2013, respectively. Both internships were short-term engagements, lasting one month each.
Educational Background
Gaurav Sharma graduated with a Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.) in Computer Science and Engineering from the National Institute of Technology Agartala, studying from 2010 to 2014. Prior to that, he completed his high school education in Science at the Convent of Gagan Bharti School, from 1996 to 2009.
Technical Skills and Expertise
Gaurav is proficient in backend technologies such as ROR, PHP, NodeJS, and ExpressJS. He has expertise in database management, having worked with Redis, MongoDB, Postgres, and MySQL. Gaurav also utilizes continuous integration and deployment tools like Jenkins and Git and is experienced in cloud services and infrastructure tools such as AWS and Docker. Additionally, he is skilled in cross-platform app development using Weex SDK and H5 SDK.