Gagan Trivedi
Backend at Flagsmith
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Summary
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RockstarGagan Trivedi is a backend engineer with 10 years of experience based in Mumbai, specializing in Python/Django and building scalable APIs and developer-facing services. Currently at Flagsmith, he contributes to a well-known open-source feature-flagging platform by optimizing database queries, hardening API responses, and adding environment-cloning and initialization endpoints. His background spans startups and consulting roles where he delivered end-to-end systems—everything from mark-sheet PDF generators to production-ready backend services—while instilling code quality practices. He has also taught Django courses, reflecting a knack for explaining complex backend concepts clearly. Notably, his open-source work demonstrates attention to performance and test coverage, helping bridge developer ergonomics and production reliability.
9 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
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Github Skills (23)
api-rest10
pytest10
python10
api-design10
restful-api10
django10
rest-api10
database-optimization10
apim9
feature-engineering9
feature-flags9
feature-management9
api9
flags9
continuous-integration8
Programming languages (16)
Github contributions (5)
Flagsmith/flagsmith
Jul 2021 - Jan 2023
Open Source Feature Flagging and Remote Config Service. Host on-prem or use our hosted version at https://flagsmith.com/
Role in this project:
Backend Developer
Backend DeveloperContributions:2 releases, 1092 reviews, 219 commits in 1 year 6 months
Contributions summary:Gagan primarily worked on backend improvements and bug fixes for the Flagsmith project. Their contributions involved prefetching foreign key relations to optimize database queries, resolving issues related to API responses, and implementing a new API endpoint for cloning environments. They also developed an API to initialize the project and manage superuser creation, site model updates, and implemented tests to verify functionality. The user demonstrated a strong understanding of Django, REST frameworks and the specific functionalities.
pythonconfig-serviceremote-controlremote-configflagsmith
Flagsmith/terraform-provider-flagsmith
Jun 2022 - Mar 2025
Flagsmith Terraform Provider
Contributions:13 releases, 71 reviews, 105 PRs in 2 years 8 months
terraform-providerflagsmithproviderterraform
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