Saurabh Lodha - Freelance Software Consultant

Berlin, Germany

Experience

Jan 2022 - Dec 2024

3 years

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Played a key role as an early developer, contributing to the architecture design and development of a complex Rails migration, focusing on building robust services for large-scale data synchronisation.
Developed and maintained key services that handled hundreds of thousands of records daily, ensuring seamless data flow between client data and third-party services.
Wrote custom libraries to streamline integrations with external systems, including Salesforce, enhancing data accuracy and efficiency.
Actively engaged in pair programming, thorough code reviews, bug resolution, and idea brainstorming, fostering collaboration and continuous improvement across the team.

Jan 2020 - Dec 2021

2 years

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Collaborated with the vendor portal team to build new features on the admin portal, empowering businesses to manage their product listings, bids, and other essential details.
Played a key role in migrating the portal’s monolithic architecture to a microservices-based structure, writing comprehensive tests to achieve 100% code coverage.
Led the integration of Okta SSO for Capterra’s vendor portal, enhancing user security and managing custom access levels.
Contributed to improving the portal’s React-based UI, refining user experience and functionality for a seamless, modern interface on this world-leading software reviews platform.

Jan 2019 - Dec 2020

2 years

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Developed and enhanced data-processing scripts for crawling and populating client databases with IKEA data, ensuring efficient and accurate data integration.
Optimised the recommendation and prediction logic for Tasker, leveraging Elasticsearch to improve functionality and relevance.
Updated and refined APIs used by IKEA, improving the accuracy of price estimates and assembly time calculations, ultimately enhancing service efficiency and customer experience.

Jan 2018 - Dec 2020

3 years

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Implemented JavaScript solutions for streaming podcasts via YouTube and the Bitmovin player, enhancing media accessibility and engagement.
Translated Figma designs into complex, pixel-perfect HTML/CSS and Haml pages, achieving over 15 million views within a year.
Extended and maintained front-end code, focusing on user interface improvements.
Designed and implemented data structures using YAML files, integrating models with custom methods for efficient data access.
Developed complex UI components that drove over 3 million views in just four months post-launch.

Jan 2017 - Dec 2019

3 years

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Joined a four-person team (later expanded to eleven) to build a web-based application supporting essential insurance functions, from employee enrollment through invoicing and payments.
Integrated third-party services, such as ADP Payroll, enabling effective data synchronisation to support client requirements.

Jan 2014 - Dec 2024

11 years

Berlin, Germany

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Active member of multiple freelancing platforms, including Toptal, Braintrust, A.team, and Gun.io.
Collaborated with over 15 clients across diverse industries and project scales.

Jan 2014 - Dec 2015

2 years

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Joined as the first employee, playing an instrumental role in scaling the team from 1 to 35 members.
Took responsibility for hiring and onboarding the initial 15 employees, including developers, testers, and designers, ensuring a strong foundation for the company’s growth.
Established essential infrastructure by setting up the company website, task management tools (Redmine, Jira), and version control servers (GitLab, SVN) to streamline operations and collaboration.
Contributed to more than half a dozen projects in various roles, delivering solutions across projects demonstrating adaptability and technical versatility in diverse domains.

Jan 2012 - Dec 2013

2 years

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