Experience
9+ years
Solution architecture & full-stack delivery
Solution Architect
Ahmedabad, India
IST (GMT+5:30) · Remote-friendly
Krunal Shah
Product-minded engineering leader
I help startups ship and scale platforms—from AI-native SaaS to billions of requests per month.
Impact at a glance
Proof points from production systems—not resume filler.
Scale
Billions
Monthly requests across news & social platforms
Cost efficiency
~50%
Infrastructure cost reduction at Malaysia's largest news site
Compliance
SOC2 & GDPR
Led programs across multiple client platforms
Funding impact
Seed → Series A
Technical delivery aligned with investor milestones
Teams led
5+ engineers
Cross-functional delivery on flagship products
Selected work
Outcome-first case studies across AI, media, social, and scale.
AI
LLM-powered tax notice automation that helped secure millions in funding
US-based SaaS startup · United States
Manual processing of tax notices at scale required automation with high accuracy and auditability.
- Team of 5
- Multi-million $ fundraise
- SOC2 Type II
Node.jsReactKubernetesAWS EKSLLMOCR
View case studyMedia
Billions of monthly requests at ~50% lower infrastructure cost
Major news publisher · Malaysia
A high-traffic multilingual news site faced scaling bottlenecks and rising GCP costs.
- Billions req/mo
- ~50% cost reduction
Next.jsWordPressGCPMySQL
View case studySocial
All-in-one social platform scaled to millions of fans in Norway
Norway-based social startup · Norway
Combine Twitter, Instagram, and Twitch-like experiences into one creator platform.
- Millions of fans
- Thousands of creators
- SOC2 & GDPR
Node.jsNext.jsKubernetesAWS
View case studyEdTech
Leading medical entrance exam prep platform in Australia & UK
EdTech platform · Australia / UK
High-traffic edtech platform needed modern web and mobile experiences.
- Market leader in UCAT/HPAT prep
Next.jsReact NativeNode.js
View case studyExperience
9 years from founding engineer to solution architect and technical project manager.
Technical Project Manager
Dec 2019 — May 2026Infynno Solutions · Ahmedabad
- Architected Node.js microservices and Kubernetes on AWS EKS across 6+ client products at millions to billions of requests monthly.
- Led NoticNinja (LLM tax notice automation): microservices architecture, React frontend, team of 5, contributed to multi-million dollar fundraise.
- Scaled ProperX (Norway social platform) to millions of fans; owned DevOps and SOC2/GDPR compliance.
- Cut FMT infrastructure costs ~50% while sustaining billions of monthly requests.
Software Consultant
Feb 2019 — Nov 2019Freelancer · Ahmedabad
- Delivered full-stack applications for US clients end-to-end.
- Built GigHub, a Fiverr-style marketplace, with Node.js and React.
Software Engineer
Feb 2017 — Jan 2019Rayvat Outsourcing · Gandhinagar
- Built TixBag US ticket marketplace from scratch (Laravel + jQuery) as junior engineer.
- Delivered multiple client products with CodeIgniter and Laravel.
Education
Bachelor of Engineering in Computer Engineering
Gujarat Technological University · 2012 — 2016
Open source
Third-party proof beyond self-written copy.
Gatsby.js
Core Maintainer
Contributed to core features, PR reviews, and developer experience for a widely adopted React static site framework.
cal.com
Open Source Contributor
Contributed features, bug fixes, and code quality improvements to open source scheduling infrastructure.
react-loading-io
Author
CSS-only loading spinners for React, published on npm.
Work with me
Product builds, architecture, AI platforms, and technical leadership.
Product engineering
Ship MVPs and production SaaS from zero—frontend, backend, integrations, and launch-ready infrastructure.
Architecture & scale
Design and optimize systems handling high traffic—microservices, Kubernetes, cost reduction, and reliability.
AI-native platforms
Build LLM-powered workflows, OCR pipelines, and agentic features with production guardrails.
Technical leadership
Lead cross-functional engineering, align delivery with business milestones, and support fundraising readiness.
Let's build something ambitious
Remote roles, product builds, and architecture consulting—book a call or email directly.
Writing
Technical notes and engineering practices.