Taranjyot Singh
Franklin Square,NY
Summary
Engineering leader with over 10 years of experience in enterprise SaaS development. Expertise in Ruby on Rails, AWS, and performance optimization, driving modernization of legacy systems and enhancing production reliability for high-traffic events. Collaborates effectively with cross-functional teams to prioritize technical initiatives and maintain code quality.
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
Work History
Director of Engineering
MAP Digital MetaMeetings
06.2015 - 09.2026
- Led engineering delivery for MetaMeetings, an enterprise SaaS platform supporting large-scale financial, pharmaceutical, and executive events.
- Led technical decisions on real-time registration updates, background processing, deployment architecture, and reliability for high-traffic live events, ensuring seamless user experience.
- Designed and developed backend services and APIs with Ruby on Rails, MySQL, Docker, AWS, and Kubernetes, supporting high-volume event data, content, scheduling, registration, and webcast workflows.
- Investigated production performance across schedules, registration, APIs, background workers, database connection pools, and AWS infrastructure, leading to optimized system responsiveness.
- Partnered closely with product management and cross-functional teams to prioritize technical work, review designs, delegate engineering tasks, and maintain code quality.
- Led modernization of legacy file handling by migrating attachment-bearing models from Paperclip to Active Storage, including S3 key reconstruction, virus scanning, and production data-migration workflows.
- Improved PDF and slide-processing through asynchronous processing and image conversion workflows for large presentation assets, enhancing overall system efficiency.
- Refactored event-specific attendee data from a large badge-field data model into UserEventProfile, improving the foundation for event filtering, reporting, and API queries.
- Implemented and maintained automated testing with RSpec and frontend testing practices; participated in Agile/Scrum planning and code reviews.
Front End Instructor
Flatiron School
06.2015 - 05.2016
- Taught front-end web development concepts including Git, HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, jQuery, responsive design, and professional development workflows to prepare students for industry standards.
- Facilitated hands-on debugging, project guidance, and code review to support students in developing production-oriented applications and ensuring practical skill application.
- Led coding projects in team settings to enhance skills.
- Developed engaging curriculum for diverse student groups.
- Provided personalized feedback to students on assignments.
Graduate Assistant
Pace University
01.2014 - 05.2015
- Designed and implemented virtual networks using VMware vSphere, enhancing network security through testing against simulated attacks.
- Developed PowerShell automation for streamlined virtual machine and network deployment.
- Conducted packet analysis with Snort and BackTrack tools to identify vulnerabilities and improve security measures.
Education
Master of Science (MS) - Computer Science
Pace University
New York, NY06-2015
Skills
- Languages & Frameworks: Ruby, Ruby on Rails, JavaScript, React, Angular, HTML5, CSS3, SQL, Infrastructure as Code
- Cloud & Infrastructure: AWS, S3, SQS, CloudFront, EKS/Kubernetes, Docker, Terraform, Helm
- Databases & Systems: MySQL, Active Record, Redis, Job processing
- Engineering: System design
- Modernization: Active Storage
- Backend development
- API design
- Technical leadership
- Cross-functional collaboration
- Code review practices
- Problem solving
- Infrastructure automation
Timeline
Director of Engineering
MAP Digital MetaMeetings
06.2015 - 09.2026
Front End Instructor
Flatiron School
06.2015 - 05.2016
Graduate Assistant
Pace University
01.2014 - 05.2015
Master of Science (MS) - Computer Science
Pace University