Siddharth Dungarwal - Backend Engineer Global Search

About Me

I'm a Backend Engineer from New Delhi, India working in the Global Search team within the AI Engineering Department at GitLab. Having joined GitLab in September 2022, I've developed deep expertise in Advanced Search and adjacent domains. I'm passionate about building software that is reliable, readable, and maintainable. I also love driving innovation through collaboration.

As a co-lead for the Generational Understanding TMAG (Team Member Advocacy Group), I work to bridge generational gaps and foster inclusive collaboration across GitLab.

How I Structure My Time (Weekly)

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pie showData title Weekly Time Allocation (33 hours)
    "Coding" : 10
    "Code Reviews" : 5
    "Code Pairing" : 3
    "Upskilling" : 2
    "Team Meetings" : 2
    "Coffee Chats/Chess/Social" : 2
    "Planning/Iteration" : 2
    "Inteviews": 2
    "Documentation" : 1
    "Generational TMAG" : 1
    "Mentoring" : 1
    "Async Communication" : 1
    "FF Maintenance" : 1

Technical Expertise

• Languages: Ruby on Rails, Go, Python
• Search: Elasticsearch, Advanced Search architectures
• Infrastructure: Docker, Kubernetes, GitLab CI/CD
• Databases: PostgreSQL, query optimization

Positions of Responsibility

• Backend Maintainer (rails) for gitlab project
• Database Reviewer for gitlab project
• Backend Maintainer for Elasticsearch Indexer
• Co-leading Generational Understanding TMAG
• MR Coach to help community contributors
• Rails Backend Interviewer

Hobbies and Personal Interests

• ♟️ Chess
• 🏊 Swimming
• 🎱 Snooker
• 📖 Reading - Avid reader with particular interest in: Psychology, Philosophy and Finance
• 🎲 Board Games - I generally play Love Letter, Catan, Kings of Tokyo and Splendor

Connect With Me

• Gitlab: @sdungarwal
• LinkedIn: @sd5869
• Location: New Delhi, India