Chirag Chauhan

Chief Engineer at Samsung Ads | IIT Bombay

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

About

Backend engineer specializing in the design and development of high-scale AdTech platforms and distributed systems. Focuses on building modular, performant services using Golang, Java, and SQL, with a strong emphasis on operational efficiency and cloud data infrastructure. Dedicated to solving complex architectural challenges and delivering high-impact technical solutions across the advertising technology ecosystem.

Experience

  • Samsung Ads (5 yrs 7 mos)
    • Chief Engineer
      Mar 2026 - Present · 5 mos

    • Lead Engineer
      Mar 2023 - Feb 2026 · 3 yrs

    • Senior Engineer
      Jan 2021 - Mar 2023 · 2 yrs 3 mos

  • Project Research Engineer at Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay
    Oct 2020 - Jan 2021 · 4 mos

    - Worked on SAFE (Smart Authenticated Fast Exams) project, which is a platform to conduct online exams using student devices with cheating avoidance, auto-grading features - Set up log analysis pipelines with Kibana using Elasticsearch, Filebeat, and Logstash to identify bugs during high load exams

  • Software Engineer at encircle.io
    Sep 2016 - Jul 2017 · 11 mos

    - Built the data collection framework for Wi-Fi probe sensors using airodump-ng, filtering key signals and pushing to API endpoints for real-time analytics. - Developed a lightweight Windows WMI agent to collect system inventory (RAM, storage, installed software) and report it to a central dashboard.

  • Software Engineer at All Events in City
    Jul 2014 - Jun 2015 · 1 yr

    - Replaced AsyncTask-based networking with Volley after profiling latency, reducing API response time by 1s. - Used ProGuard and WebP to shrink APK size by ∼70%, improving load time and installability.