about.me
I'm a small-town boy from Assam, India. A Tech Enthusiastic & an aspiring technology leader.
Who am I?
Hey! Shawan here, a DeepTech Software Engineer, who is fascinated by up-and-coming technologies.
I'm someone who's always been passionate about solving real-world problems both from design level and code.
I have been coding since school and am always excited about exploring new technologies & stacks.
Professionally, I am a software engineer with expertise across full-stack development, cloud infrastructure, and AI-driven systems. I've been managing teams and delivering impactful solutions that align with organizational objectives.
By staying current with emerging technologies, I leverage the latest advancements to ensure success in today's dynamic digital landscape.
technical skills
I have deep interests in Programming and I'm also interested in full-stack web development and have been working with technologies that include Web, Mobile and Cloud.
NodeJS
Express
Java
JavaScript
TypeScript
Mocha & Chai
NGINX
Python
Spring Boot
Hibernate ORM
Next.js
RabbitMQ
Apache Kafka
MongoDB
React
React Native
Realm
Golang
GIT
jQuery
C
C#
PostgreSQL
Flask
GitHub Actions
Bootstrap
work & education
A skilled professional with combining theoretical knowledge with practical expertise in software engineering and technology leadership. Continuously adapting and staying abreast of emerging technologies to ensure organizational success in a rapidly evolving digital landscape.
Work experience
2023, Jan - present
Software Engineer
DeepThought EduTech Ventures Pvt. Ltd., Hyderabad, India
- Being one of the founding engineers of the organization’s tech architecture, I provide mentorship, technical guidance, and support to new team members. I assist them in understanding the codebase, architectural principles, best practices, and take ownership of complex development tasks.
- Playing a key role in the recruitment process, I evaluate candidates’ technical skills, problem-solving abilities, and cultural fit to build a high-performing development team.
- Designing, developing, and maintaining scalable microservices for DeepThought’s clients using Core Java, Spring Boot, Hibernate, and RabbitMQ to support LMS functionality, ensuring high performance and reliability.
- Developing and maintaining reusable React components for a learning management system (LMS), adhering to best practices and ensuring a seamless user experience. Leading the creation of Node.js proxy services for third-party integrations.
- Collaborating closely with design teams to translate Figma prototypes into high-fidelity, responsive UI components, ensuring design consistency across the application.
- Independently handling development tasks, delivering high-quality code with minimal supervision while contributing to system stability and performance improvements.
- Engaging in client communications, aligning technical implementations with business objectives, conducting release demos, and collaborating with external service providers to ensure smooth project execution.
2023, Jan - 2025, Feb
Assistant VP Technology
DeepThought EduTech Ventures Pvt. Ltd., Hyderabad, India
- Lead a team of 10+ engineers for the innovation projects within the organization. Few projects that I oversaw includes the development of project and leaves management system, recruitment system, data infrastructure portal utilizing Kafka, and mass communication engines.
- Actively involved in implementation, and maintenance of the organization's technology infrastructure, including software, networks, and servers. Ensure systems are reliable, secure, and scalable to support day-to-day business operations.
- Assisting in developing the technology strategy, vision, aligning it with business goals and objectives. Identifying technologies that can be leveraged to improve operations.
- Currently mentoring and leading a 5-member team of engineers who are focused on developing an AI layer on top of the recritment system to bring in more intelligence.
- Taking an active role in conducting technical interviews to assess personality, problem-solving abilities, and cultural fit within the team.
2022, May - 2022 Dec
Software Developer & Team Lead (Full-time)
DeepThought EduTech Ventures Pvt. Ltd., Hyderabad, India
- Worked as a Full Stack Software Engineer with various technologies like Node.js, Express, React.js, MongoDB, Bootstrap, Git, GitHub, NGINX, Smarty, jQuery, DevOps and many more.
- Actively worked collaboratively with cross-functional teams, such as technical product managers, UI/UX designers, to ensure successful software development and delivery.
- Provided mentorship, support, and technical expertise to new team members. Assisted them in understanding the codebase, architectural concepts, and best practices.
- I was also involved in recruitments of new developers to assess candidates' skills, problem-solving abilities, and cultural fit within the team.
2021, September - April, 2022
Software Development Intern
DeepThought EduTech Ventures Pvt. Ltd., Hyderabad, India
- Worked as a Back-end focussed Full Stack Software Engineer with MERN stack and other technologies.
- Actively worked with the product team for product brainstorming, research and development.
- Worked on data mining and developed some tools using web-scraping libraries like BS4 and selenium in Python which can be used by the marketing teams for gathering data.
Education
2018 - 2021
Bachelor of Science (CS)
Margherita College, Margherita, IN
2015 - 2017
Higher Secondary (Science)
Digboi College, Digboi, IN
2002 - 2014
initial Schooling
St. Mary's School, Margherita, IN
certifications
Certifications are important evidence of skills acquired and knowledge gained, they upgrade you with the latest technologies and recent theories. Attached below are some of the certifications of the skills acquired by me.
popular github repositories
Here is a a quick recap of some of my Github repositories. And all of the most recent projects can be found at my GitHub profile.
Rapid Serve
Rapid Serve is a high-performance content distribution network.
System Design Resources
System Design concepts with real-world examples and practical insights.
Node Blogger
A simple yet powerful open-source blogging platform, designed to offer simplicity with powerful customization options.
SecureComm
An open-source & secure messenger application for android devices
SYSInfoMonitor
An open-source System Information Monitor with a clean and modern UI
PyDictAPI
A simple web-scraping based Dictionary & Translation Module for Python.