Gaurav Jain
About Gaurav Jain
Gaurav Jain is a Senior Engineering Manager at project44 in Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, with extensive experience in distributed systems and microservice architecture.
Current Role at project44
Gaurav Jain holds the position of Senior Engineering Manager at project44 in Bengaluru, Karnataka, India. In this role, he is responsible for overseeing engineering projects, managing technical staff, and ensuring that the engineering processes meet the company’s standards and objectives. His extensive experience in distributed systems and API development is instrumental in this capacity.
Previous Experience at Harness
Before joining project44, Gaurav Jain served as an Engineering Leadership professional at Harness from 2021 to 2023 in Bengaluru, Karnataka, India. During his two-year tenure, he was responsible for leading engineering teams, developing strategic technical projects, and mentoring junior engineers to enhance their technical skills.
Career Journey at Nutanix
Gaurav Jain has a noteworthy career trajectory at Nutanix, where he held several roles from 2014 to 2021. His roles included Senior Technical Manager, Engineering Manager, and Senior Member of Technical Staff. Throughout his time at Nutanix, he contributed to various engineering projects, focusing on distributed systems, microservices, and API gateway development in Bengaluru, Karnataka.
Education Background
Gaurav Jain obtained his Master’s Degree in Computer Science & Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, from 2012 to 2014. Prior to that, he earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Information Technology from Devi Ahilya Vishwavidyalaya, spanning from 2007 to 2011. His foundational education was completed at Vatsalya senior secondary school, where he spent ten years.
Technical Expertise
With over 9 years of experience in the field, Gaurav Jain specializes in designing and maintaining distributed systems. He is proficient in several key technologies such as caching, sharding, distributed databases, micro-service architecture, Redis, Websockets, distributed caching, API Gateway, Apache, rate limiter, and load balancers. He has a strong focus on minimizing API serving latency through effective development and management plane techniques.