Chetan Meniya
Senior Backend Engineer · PHP/Laravel · Go · AI/LLM
Ahmedabad, India [email protected] Portfolio: https://chetanmeniya.dev linkedin.com/in/chetan-meniya-2856a998
Summary
Backend engineer with 11 years of experience in PHP/Laravel and Go. Currently Lead Software Engineer, owning database design, REST APIs, CI/CD and client communication on product builds. Builds Go services for data-heavy work (cloud security data from AWS and Azure). Builds practical AI features on local models: RAG (search documents, then answer), structured JSON extraction, embeddings and chat over business data.
Experience
Lead Software Engineer · Bacancy Technology Pvt. Ltd.
Jun 2021 – Present · Ahmedabad, India
- Lead backend work on client products in Laravel and Go.
- Design databases and REST APIs, and set up CI/CD with Jenkins.
- Work directly with clients to turn requests into clear tasks.
Senior Software Engineer · AZOVA Development Pvt. Ltd.
Jun 2019 – May 2021 · Ahmedabad, India
- Backend development for a healthcare platform: appointments, telehealth and patient records.
- Worked in an Agile/Scrum team with regular releases.
Software Engineer · Space-O Technologies
Jul 2016 – May 2019 · Ahmedabad, India
- Built web apps and REST APIs for mobile apps in PHP.
- Designed databases and server-side code from scratch.
PHP Developer · iDream Technology
Jan 2015 – Apr 2016 · Ahmedabad, India
- Built and maintained PHP web applications.
Key client projects
I have worked on many client projects over 11 years. These are a few key ones.
- EspressoMio — Service platform for espresso machine maintenance: admin, customer portal, technician APIs and a warehouse dashboard. Database design, web app, REST APIs, Jenkins CI/CD, client calls.
- Secberus — Cloud security dashboard for AWS and Azure, with charts for security and compliance data. Go backend services and REST APIs that process AWS/Azure data and power the dashboards.
- TCP App — Construction management: job estimates, workforce, scheduling and cost tracking. End-to-end development, database design, CI/CD, client communication.
- AZOVA — Healthcare platform for appointments, telehealth and patient management. Backend development and features in an Agile team.
- Swipe App — Mobile app to buy and convert Bitcoin and Ethereum. Backend APIs, database design, server-side code.
Live demos (built and deployed by me)
- Resume Screener & Talent Search (Go) hire.chetanmeniya.dev
- Manufacturing Quality (NCR) Manager (Laravel) quality.chetanmeniya.dev
- Property & Tenancy Manager (Laravel) property.chetanmeniya.dev
- Restaurant Food Safety (Laravel) food.chetanmeniya.dev
- Trade & Customs Documents (Laravel) customs.chetanmeniya.dev
Skills
- Backend
- PHP 8, Laravel, Livewire, Yii, Go, REST APIs, Queues & background jobs
- AI / LLM
- Prompting, Structured output (JSON), Tool calling, Embeddings, Vector search, RAG, Evaluation, Ollama
- Data
- MySQL, PostgreSQL, pgvector
- DevOps
- Docker, Jenkins CI/CD, Linux, Nginx, Git, Bitbucket
- Frontend
- Blade, Tailwind CSS
- Tools
- JIRA, Cursor, Claude, GitHub Copilot
Education
M.Sc. (CA & IT), Gujarat University, Ahmedabad (2015)