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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)

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)