Summary
Lasha Gogichaishvili is a Senior Backend Engineer with 9 years of experience and 7+ years focused on architecting high-availability, event-driven systems for Fintech and SaaS. As an AWS Certified Solutions Architect and Developer, he specializes in resilient microservices, non-blocking ingestion pipelines using Nest.js, Kafka, and serverless Lambdas. He has tackled complex production problems—from real-time crypto trigger engines to automated accounting reconciliations for automotive clients—while prioritizing 100% data integrity through circuit breakers and DLQs. Lasha pairs deep observability expertise (including low-overhead telemetry agents) with hands-on performance tuning to keep reliability non-negotiable. He’s scaled engineering culture via mentorship and 50+ technical interviews, and currently brings this blend of technical leadership and execution to client engagements at Toptal from Tbilisi. An unusual background in medicine turned software engineering gives him a pragmatic, detail-oriented approach to designing auditable systems.
9 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Medicine at Tbilisis Sakhelmtsipo Samedicino Universiteti
Master's degree, Computer Software Engineering, Master's degree, Computer Software Engineering at Ilia State University
English, Georgian