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Backend Systems Engineer

Ajay
Mandal

Backend / Distributed Systems / APIs

Architecting high-performance distributed systems, microservices, and APIs that scale to millions. Obsessed with reliability, latency, and elegant code.

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Ajay Mandal
UPTIME: 99.99%
P99: 11ms
2+
Years Eng.
TypeScript✦NestJS✦PostgreSQL✦Redis✦Docker✦Kubernetes✦GCP✦AWS✦Prisma✦BullMQ✦Next.js✦Python✦Prompt Engineering✦Vapi✦Puppeteer✦Supabase✦Node.js✦TypeScript✦NestJS✦PostgreSQL✦Redis✦Docker✦Kubernetes✦GCP✦AWS✦Prisma✦BullMQ✦Next.js✦Python✦Prompt Engineering✦Vapi✦Puppeteer✦Supabase✦Node.js✦
2+Years Engineering
YR
5+Projects Shipped
SYS
94.7%Uptime Record
UP
3Countries Served
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Core Stack

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Backend Engineering

NestJS, Node.js, Express, Hono. REST. API gateways, rate limiting, versioning, and event-driven architectures.

Expert95%
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AI & LLM Systems

OpenAI, Anthropic, OpenRouter. RAG pipelines, vector search, MCP servers, agent-to-agent workflows, and production LLM integration.

Advanced88%
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Databases & Storage

PostgreSQL, Redis, MongoDB, Supabase. Query optimisation, vector DBs, indexing strategies, and ORM design.

Expert92%
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Cloud & DevOps

GCP, AWS, Docker, Kubernetes. CI/CD pipelines, observability stacks, serverless functions, and infra-as-code.

Advanced84%
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Distributed Systems

BullMQ, pub/sub messaging. Job queues, retry logic, exactly-once semantics, and fault-tolerant service design.

Advanced86%
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Security & Auth

OAuth 2.0, JWT, Auth.js, Zod. Input validation, secrets management, RBAC, and zero-trust architecture patterns.

Advanced82%
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Selected Work

FEATURED · 2026

DryMDF

Production-grade Markdown-to-PDF platform with Next.js and NestJS. Features a rich editor, live PDF preview, async export, Mermaid diagrams, and scalable job queue — engineered for high-quality document workflows.

NEXT.JSNESTJSREDISTAILWINDCODEMIRRORBULLSOCKET.IOPUPPETEER
Markdown
EDITOR
PDF/HTML
EXPORT
Mermaid
DIAGRAMS
Live
PREVIEW
BACKEND · 202402

Youtube Clone

Full-stack video platform built with Next.js, Firebase, and Google Cloud. Features chunked video uploads, adaptive streaming, user authentication, and a recommendation feed — engineered to handle large media pipelines at scale.

NEXT.JSFIREBASEGOOGLE CLOUDFFMPEG
EDGE PLATFORM · 202403

NoteMe App

Edge-native blog publishing platform powered by Next.js, Hono, and Cloudflare Workers. Delivers sub-50ms response times globally with zero cold starts, Markdown rendering, and a clean authoring experience.

NEXT.JSHONO.JSCF WORKERSEDGE RUNTIME
E-COMMERCE · 202504

E-Commerce and Admin Dashboard

Production-grade e-commerce system with a decoupled storefront and a custom admin dashboard. Built on Next.js, Typescript, and PostgreSQL — with Stripe integration, real-time order tracking, analytics, and full product lifecycle management.

NEXT.JSPRISMA ORMPOSTGRESSTRIPEZUSTANDTAILWINDCSS
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From the Blog

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Findings
Mar 10, 2026

The Developer's Complete Guide to Claude Skills — Build Your Own, Use the Best

The definitive guide to Claude Skills — how they work, how to build your own like the daily-summary skill, the best skills to install for peak AI productivity, and how they integrate universally with GitHub Copilot in VSCode, Claude Code, and 15+ other agents.

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Findings
Dec 10, 2024

Zustand for state management in React.js

Simplify React state management with Zustand - A modern, lightweight alternative to Redux with zero boilerplate, TypeScript support, and atomic state updates for performant applications

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Findings
Dec 10, 2024

Google OAuth Service

Master OAuth 2.0 authentication with Google Cloud Platform - A comprehensive guide to integrating GCP OAuth services into your applications with secure credential management and consent flows

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Interactive Terminal

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Backend Engineer · Distributed Systems · APIs
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