Summary
Chetan Gandotra is a Senior Software Engineer with nine years of experience building large-scale backend systems, currently at Google after a multi-year tenure at Salesforce. He holds an MS in Computer Science from UC San Diego with a focus on AI/ML but has developed deep expertise as a Java-focused backend engineer working on REST APIs, Kafka, and data modeling for service platforms. At Salesforce he led features like Gmail Email-to-Case and Twilio voice integrations, simplified SMB onboarding flows, and taught CI/CD and JUnit best practices across global new-hire bootcamps. Known for combining security awareness (CEH) with pragmatic engineering, he mentors teams, authors comprehensive test plans, and bridges full-stack needs when required. Recently expanding into microservices, Kubernetes, and big-data tooling, he brings a practical ML background to production systems and a track record of delivering high-impact features end-to-end.
9 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor’s Degree Computer Science, Bachelor’s Degree Computer Science at Thapar Institute of Engineering & Technology
University of California, San Diego
Punjabi, Hindi, English