Pranav Kamble

Senior Backend Engineer
PHP Laravel API Design Microservices Cloud Infrastructure

Backend-focused engineer with 5+ years of experience designing and delivering scalable REST APIs, microservices architectures, and high-throughput data pipelines. Deep expertise in PHP Laravel, MySQL, MongoDB, Redis, and AWS. Currently building real-time conversational systems at CometChat — powering 50,000+ integrations globally.

Experience

Current

Senior Software Engineer

Inscripts Pvt Ltd — CometChat
Mumbai  ·  Dec 2025 – Present
PHP Lumen Laravel Node.js AWS Redis MySQL

Architecting scalable backend features for CometChat's core messaging, voice/video, and AI services — powering 50,000+ integrations globally.

  • Design and optimise RESTful API contracts for SDKs across web, iOS, and Android with backward compatibility
  • Implement WebSocket-backed real-time event pipelines reducing delivery latency for high-concurrency sessions
  • Lead backend code reviews and mentor junior engineers on API design and performance best practices

Software Engineer

Komodo Development Inc (formerly HKB Dev)
Mumbai  ·  Jul 2022 – Sep 2025  ·  3.5 yrs
Laravel MongoDB Redis React.js AWS Jenkins MySQL

Owned microservices for a white-label B2B SaaS gaming platform handling real-time transactions and game provider integrations under high concurrency.

  • Designed 3 of 9+ microservices: player deposits, game integrations, real-time transaction processing
  • Built async reporting engine with Laravel Queues & Jobs — zero UI impact on report generation
  • Integrated QuickNode crypto deposits and QR-based Indonesian payment flow (PGO)
  • Authored MongoDB aggregation pipelines as POC replacing N+1 query patterns
  • Implemented centralised Redis logging across all distributed services for unified observability
⭐ Star Performer — Q3

Associate Software Engineer

Indigital Technologies Pvt Ltd (Health-Tech)
Jul 2021 – Jun 2022  ·  1 yr
Laravel MySQL FFMPEG Nuxt.js AWS Firebase

Delivered two production products: Digi Stationary (Pharma SaaS gifting platform) and Aprender LMS (certification eLearning for Cipla & Zydus).

  • Built Laravel Queue-driven workers to generate personalised posters, calendars, and print assets per doctor — stored directly to S3
  • Integrated FFMPEG for automated server-side celebrity birthday video stitching at scale
  • Designed APIs for course management, learner progress tracking, and automated certification issuance
  • Integrated Firebase Cloud Messaging (FCM) for real-time learner notifications

Software Engineer

Teknobuilt
Mumbai  ·  Oct 2025 – Nov 2025
Core PHP

Developed Core PHP backend modules for PACE OS — an Engineering & Construction Project Delivery Platform aimed at reducing schedule delays and cost overruns.

Technical Skills

Backend Core
  • PHP Laravel 8–12
  • PHP Lumen
  • Node.js / Express.js
  • REST API Design & Versioning
  • Microservices Architecture
Databases & Async
  • MySQL (query optimisation, indexing)
  • MongoDB (aggregation pipelines)
  • Redis (caching, pub/sub, queues)
  • SQLite
  • Laravel Queues & Jobs
  • FFMPEG pipeline processing
Cloud & DevOps
  • AWS (EC2, S3, CloudFront, RDS)
  • GCP (Maps, OAuth, Play Store)
  • Jenkins / GitLab CI/CD
  • GitHub Actions
  • Cloudflare CDN / WAF
  • Linux (CentOS, Rocky, Ubuntu)
Frontend & Auth
  • React.js
  • React Native (SQLite offline)
  • Nuxt.js / Vue.js
  • JWT · Laravel Sanctum
  • OAuth (Socialite)
  • API rate-limiting
  • Postman · Firebase (FCM)

Certifications

Artificial Intelligence Micro-Certification

Product School, Inc.

Projects

Founder & Backend Engineer

TourKokan — Tourism App, Sindhudurga

2023 – Present
Laravel MySQL React Native Firebase GitHub Actions Cloudflare

End-to-end tourism discovery app for Sindhudurga district — designed, built, and deployed solo. Laravel REST API backend with image caching, lazy loading, and efficient pagination optimised for mobile network conditions. Companion React Native app (SQLite offline support) for hands-on full-stack ownership.

Collaborating with local governance bodies to source verified tourism and civic data, promoting eco-tourism and local business discovery.

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Earlier Freelance Work

Sept 2020 – Mar 2021
Tender Alerts India

E-commerce tender alert web application for BSSP Technology & Corporate Services — one of India's largest public procurement consultancy platforms with 1,200+ clients.

www.tenderalertsindia.com
Oct 2020 – Nov 2020
Global Arey Trading Company

Corporate website for a wholesaler, trader, and exporter of quality Indian agricultural products procured directly from farmers.

www.globalarey.in

Blogs

Deploy Laravel 8 on Shared Hosting

Practical guide to deploying a production-ready Laravel 8 application on cPanel shared hosting with GitHub integration — the affordable choice for small-scale business.

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Contact Me

  Location

Dombivali (W), Thane
Maharashtra, India

  Phone

+91 88880 95747

  Email

kamblepranav460@gmail.com