# Prayas Mittal

> Senior Backend Engineer and Team Lead with 6.5+ years building high-performance fintech systems. Expert in Node.js, microservices, distributed systems, and cloud-native backend architectures.

## About

Prayas Mittal is a Senior Backend Engineer and Team Lead based in Gurugram, India. He specialises in building and scaling fintech platforms, leading cross-functional engineering teams, and driving AI adoption in engineering workflows.

- Current role: Team Lead - Backend & DevOps at Grip Invest (Sep 2020 - Present)
- Education: B.Tech, Computer Science & Engineering, Amity University Rajasthan (2015-2019)
- Location: Gurugram, India
- Website: https://prayasmittal.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/prayas26/
- Email: prayas.mittal@gmail.com

## Skills

- Languages: JavaScript, TypeScript, Node.js, React.js
- Databases: MySQL, MongoDB, PostgreSQL, Redis
- Cloud & Infra: AWS (EC2, EKS), Kubernetes, Docker, CI/CD
- Tools & Practices: REST APIs, Microservices, System Design, Agile/Scrum

## Experience

### Grip Invest — Gurugram (Sep 2020 - Present)

**Team Lead - Backend & DevOps** (Apr 2024 - Present)
- Architected Grip Connect, a B2B2C API platform partnered with HSBC Bank, Tata Neu, Mobikwik, Stashfin, ET Money, and PaisaBazaar — driving 20x daily registrations and ~Rs 4Cr in new investments per day
- Led AI adoption across the tech team, standardised on Claude, built custom commands and agents, increasing engineering delivery speed by over 4x
- Managed infrastructure migration to Kubernetes (EKS), saving ~10 developer hours weekly and reducing cloud costs by 20%
- Led a team of 6 backend and DevOps engineers

**Senior Software Engineer** (Apr 2021 - Mar 2024)
- Architected the bridge-service layer, a scalable middleware abstraction decoupling third-party integrations from core business logic
- Navigated the company through ISO certification, VAPT, and cybersecurity audits
- Established CI/CD pipelines for EC2 and EKS, reducing monthly cloud spend by over Rs 1L

**SDE I** (Sep 2020 - Mar 2021)
- Founding engineer who built the MVP end-to-end — investment journey, KYC, wallet, and portfolio — serving 20,000+ clients with investments exceeding Rs 50Cr

### DBYDX Technologies — Mumbai (Jun 2019 - Sep 2020)

**Frontend Engineer**
- Built the customer-facing chat application in ReactJS for Chatgen.ai from scratch
- Created dashboard with bot customisation and agent chat features

## Projects

### PerPaisa (https://perpaisa.com)
Personal finance app with Android and iOS apps for splitting shared expenses, tracking wealth and portfolio, and managing personal spends. Features AI-powered text parsing for expense extraction.
Stack: Node.js, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, AWS, React Native

### Charitism (https://charitism.com)
Charity crowdfunding platform built as a freelance project, scaled to 1,000+ donations per day. Donors see exactly how their money creates change.
Stack: Node.js, React.js, AWS

### GetAtAUR
Hyper-local e-commerce platform founded in college (2016). Built on WordPress, led a team of 5, scaled to 5+ niches within months.
Stack: WordPress, PHP, MySQL

## Awards

- "Tareef Award" at Grip Invest (Mar 2022 - Present): Recognised for ownership, commitment, and customer obsession. Awarded 10+ times — the highest count in the organisation.