Poojan Ghetiya
I build backends
that hold up in production.
I'm a backend-heavy full-stack engineer. I own the backend, database and DevOps at MealPe — an institutional food-services SaaS processing 50,000+ meals a month for 20,000+ users across campuses, workplaces and hospitals.
About
I'm the sole engineer behind MealPe's backend, database and infrastructure — and I took it on while finishing my Computer Engineering degree. I joined when the platform had around 1,000 users; I own every layer that carried it to 20,000+: the APIs, the schema, the servers, the CI/CD pipeline, and the 3 AM incident calls.
Most of what I do is the unglamorous work that decides whether a product survives real traffic — cutting cloud spend without downgrading the experience, shipping zero-downtime deploys, and keeping queries fast as load climbs. I care less about chasing frameworks and more about systems that stay up, stay fast, and stay cheap to run.
Experience
Software Engineer
MealPe Online Food Ordering POS Pvt. Ltd.
- Sole owner of all backend, database and server/DevOps infrastructure.
- Reduced AWS infrastructure costs by ~60% by fixing excessive logging, removing unoptimised log storage and moving static asset serving from Node.js to NGINX.
- Scaled the platform from 1,000 to 20,000+ registered users; currently processes ~50,000 meals/month.
- Architected scalable REST APIs powering food ordering, multi-vendor system, admin dashboards and — for the MedMeals product — dietary tracking and HIS integration.
- Managed full server lifecycle - NGINX, SSL, PM2, CI/CD pipelines, monitoring and production incident resolution.
- Led client onboarding, technical demos and ongoing support across multiple institutional clients.
Backend Developer Intern
Passdn Technologies Pvt. Ltd. (Vayu App)
- Co-designed and implemented the dynamic pricing algorithm for ride booking.
- Co-Led ONDC integration - researched protocol requirements and implemented network onboarding.
- Co-architected AWS cloud infrastructure, resolving critical deployment blockers.
- Built full-stack features using the MERN stack with responsive React.js components.
Skills & Tools
Backend & APIs
Frontend
Database & Cloud
DevOps & Infra
Practices & Tools
Projects & Research
Digital Clutter Roaster
Roast your Mac's bad storage habits, one folder at a time.
MedMeals - Hospital Meal Management
Patient meal ordering and dietary compliance, synced to the hospital's HIS.
Saarthi Alma - Alumni Connect
Connects alumni with their institutions — built and shipped in 36 hours.
Intelligent Skill Extraction
NLP that reads resumes and scores them against job descriptions.
Ongoing academic research
Education
B.E. in Computer Engineering
LDRP Institute of Technology and Research, Gandhinagar
Completed final year while working full-time as a Software Engineer at MealPe.
Recognition
- Smart India Hackathon 2024 - National Winner. Recognised for engineering excellence on a national platform.
- Future Leaders Program - IESEG Paris & University of Kent (UK). Global leadership and management training.
- IEEE Sampark Cognivia - Second Runner-up at an IEEE hackathon.
- Google Cloud Skillboost - Completed GCP foundational proficiency program.
- Laksh-KSV Season 6 - Winner, All India University fitness competition.
Writing
Scaling PostgreSQL in Production: Indexing, RPC Functions, Views, and Query Optimization
A practical look at how composite indexes, database views, Supabase RPC functions, pagination, and query optimization techniques improved the performance and maintainability of a multi-tenant PostgreSQL system handling over 120,000 daily database requests.
Building an Atomic Delivery Dispatcher with PostgreSQL Row-Level Locking
How to design a high-reliability delivery batching and dispatch engine in TypeScript. Learn how to prevent rider capacity overload using PostgreSQL row-level locks, enforce strict order states, and store delivery tracking proofs using JSONB.
Designing a Multi-Tenant Subsidy Engine with Concurrency-Safe Budget Tracking
How to architect a B2B meal allowance and subsidy calculation system in Node.js and PostgreSQL. We walk through schema mapping, resolving discount conflicts using the Maximum Rule, and preventing budget depletion race conditions.
How I Cut AWS Costs by 60% by Fixing Infrastructure Inefficiencies
How fixing excessive logging, removing unoptimised log storage and moving static assets from Node.js to NGINX reduced a production SaaS AWS bill by 60% - without redesigning the architecture.
Get in touch
Building a SaaS and need someone to own the backend end-to-end? Or just want to talk shop about Node.js, AWS or production systems? I'm open to freelance projects, consulting and full-time opportunities.
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