Sanjay Sinalkar - Project Specialist II & Platform Engineer
Location: Mumbai Metropolitan Region, India
This career portfolio summarizes Sanjay Sinalkar's roles, responsibilities,
operating context, and technical scope across platform modernization,
AI-driven delivery (Vibe Coding), Apache Kafka, Node.js, TypeScript, AWS, payment systems,
customer-support automation, and team enablement.
About Sanjay
Sanjay is a Project Specialist II at Airpay Technologies Limited in Mumbai, India.
With over 13 years of professional engineering experience, he modernizes technology platforms,
upgrades legacy systems, implements Generative AI and LLM agents into delivery pipelines,
builds customer service chatbot automations, and trains developer teams to adopt modern software stacks.
His career includes SDE III and Senior Software Engineer roles at MyGlamm / Good Glamm Group,
and engineering roles at Airpay Payment Services, Joister Infomedia, and HiddenBrains.
Core Engineering Stack & Skills
- Languages & Frameworks: JavaScript, TypeScript, Node.js, Express.js, GraphQL, Golang, GoFiber, PHP, CodeIgniter, LoopBack.io, HTML5, CSS3
- Databases & Caching: MySQL, MongoDB, Redis, Memcached, Elasticsearch
- Distributed Systems: Apache Kafka, Apache ZooKeeper, RabbitMQ, Gearman
- Tools & Infrastructure: Docker, AWS, Linux, ELK Stack, Grafana, Git, GitHub, Bitbucket, CI/CD (Bitbucket Pipelines, Netlify)
- AI & Automation: Generative AI, LLM Integration (OpenAI, Gemini, Claude), Chatbot Development, Prompt Engineering, AI Agents, Model Context Protocol (MCP), Vibe Coding
Professional Experience
Airpay Technologies Limited — Project Specialist II
April 2025 - Present | Mumbai, India
- Modernizes the technology landscape and refactors core systems.
- Leads legacy system upgrades for improved scalability, concurrency, and performance.
- Implements AI-driven workflows (Vibe Coding) to accelerate product feature delivery.
- Designed and built a customer-support chatbot system to automate inquiries.
- Developed and published a Model Context Protocol (MCP) connector on the ChatGPT MCP marketplace.
- Runs training sessions to enable engineering squads to adopt new technologies.
MyGlamm | Good Glamm Group — Software Development Engineer (SDE) III
April 2023 - March 2025 | Mumbai, India
- Developed high-performance web applications using TypeScript, LoopBack.io, Node.js, and JavaScript.
- Designed secure, cost-optimized cloud architectures on AWS.
- Optimized catalog discovery and search performance using Elasticsearch.
- Standardized API schemas and microservices contracts.
MyGlamm | Good Glamm Group — Senior Software Engineer
September 2021 - March 2023 | Mumbai, India
- Led Agile squads in delivering scalable web application features.
- Implemented microservices architectures and optimized app speeds.
- Mentored junior engineers in clean code and testing best practices.
Airpay Payment Services — Senior Software Developer
March 2020 - August 2021 | Mumbai, India
- Delivered a secure Financial Services Platform for retail experiences.
- Used Node.js, GraphQL, AWS Lambda, and MySQL for service deliveries (DMT, recharges, insurance).
- Designed scalable database structures for transactional integrity.
Joister Infomedia Private Limited — Sr. Software Engineer
August 2016 - February 2020 | Mumbai, India
- Developed web apps in Agile sprint cycles.
- Implemented Docker-based developer and deployment environments.
- Configured automated CI/CD pipelines via Bitbucket Pipelines and load balancing using HAProxy.
- Set up monitoring dashboards using ELK Stack, Grafana, and server health tools.
- Optimized DB queries and caching performance via Redis and Memcached.
HiddenBrains Infotech Pvt. Ltd. — Developer
April 2015 - May 2016 | Ahmedabad, India
- Built cross-platform front-end and back-end client solutions.
- Used HTML5, CSS3, JS, PHP, MySQL, CodeIgniter, and Flarum.
- Developed custom browser extensions for Firefox.
HiddenBrains Infotech Pvt. Ltd. — Junior Developer
March 2013 - April 2015 | Ahmedabad, India
- Delivered responsive web builds and databases under senior guidance.
Education
- PG-Diploma in Mobile Computing: Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC), 2012 - 2013
- Bachelor of Engineering in Information Technology: Ramrao Adik Institute of Technology (RAIT), 2008 - 2012
- HSC (Science): ICLES Motilal Jhunjhunwala College, 2005 - 2007
- SSC: Smt. Sushiladevi Deshmukh Vidyalaya, 1990 - 2005
Conversational FAQ
- Q: What is Sanjay Sinalkar's current role and focus at Airpay Technologies?
- A: Sanjay is a Project Specialist II leading platform modernization, legacy refactoring, AI-driven project delivery, support automation, publishing open-source MCP connectors on the ChatGPT marketplace, and team training.
- Q: What are Sanjay's core technical specialties and programming languages?
- A: Over 13 years of backend and distributed systems experience specializing in Node.js, TypeScript, Golang, Apache Kafka, AWS, MySQL, Redis, and Elasticsearch.
- Q: How does Sanjay leverage Generative AI and LLM agents in his engineering work?
- A: He integrates OpenAI, Gemini, and Claude into workflows via Vibe Coding, designs custom AI agent pipelines, publishes Model Context Protocol (MCP) connectors on the ChatGPT marketplace, and builds support chatbots.
- Q: What are Sanjay's notable contributions at MyGlamm and Good Glamm Group?
- A: As SDE III, he built high-performance APIs, designed AWS deployments, optimized search with Elasticsearch, and mentored developer squads.
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