Career journal

Systems built,
lessons earned.

A chronicle of technical challenges solved, systems architected, and industrial logic refined over years of full-stack delivery, anchored in backend engineering.

March 2026 — Present

Independent Contractor

Software Engineer (Contract)

Remote, India

Designing and building scalable full-stack applications for client engagements on a modern TypeScript stack, end to end — API design through to containerised deployment.

  • Built type-safe REST APIs with Hono.js on the Bun runtime, backed by PostgreSQL with Drizzle ORM for schema management and migrations.
  • Implemented Redis-based caching and session management to cut API response times and database load.
  • Integrated AWS S3 for secure file storage, media uploads and asset management across client applications.
  • Containerised applications with Docker and deployed to Ubuntu Server environments with automated build and release pipelines.
  • Delivered production dashboards and admin panels with React, Redux Toolkit and TypeScript.
  • Enforced code quality with Husky Git hooks, pre-commit linting and formatting checks.
Bun Hono.js TypeScript React Redux Toolkit PostgreSQL Drizzle ORM Redis AWS S3 Docker

March 2025 — January 2026

Delidrive

Software Engineer

Palakkad, India

Worked on enterprise-scale systems for global clients across Logistics and Banking — distributed backend services, workflow automation and system modernization, with React front-ends over the top.

Logistics — Shipment Platform

  • Built and maintained scalable backend microservices using Java 17 and Spring Boot, supporting high-volume shipment workflows across 50K+ daily transactions.
  • Designed and automated long-running business workflows using Temporal, reducing manual operational steps and improving reliability.
  • Implemented Apache Kafka for real-time, event-driven communication between distributed services.
  • Integrated Elasticsearch for fast search and created Kibana dashboards for operational insights.

Banking — Manager Dashboard

  • Developed secure backend modules using Spring Boot, MyBatis, and Oracle for a banking manager dashboard.
  • Implemented signature mapping and authorization data flows with high security and data integrity.
  • Optimized complex SQL queries, improving response times and overall system performance.

Financial Services — Test Automation

  • Contributed to enterprise automation testing using Selenium and Cucumber.
  • Designed and maintained automated test scenarios for critical workflows, improving regression test coverage.

Telecom — Log & Deadlock Monitoring

  • Built a log monitoring service that parses and indexes large-scale application logs, enabling faster incident detection and root-cause analysis.
  • Independently designed and shipped a Deadlock Monitoring Service that detects database and thread-level deadlocks and reports incidents to the tech team over automated email alerts.

Airline — Legacy Modernization & Upgrades

  • Migrated legacy JSP, Servlets, and Struts apps to modern Spring Boot microservices.
  • Led the Airline project migration from Java 8 to Java 17, modernizing legacy modules and upgrading dependencies for performance and long-term support.
  • Built React UI modules against the Spring Boot microservices for internal dashboards and monitoring tools.
Java 17 Spring Boot 3 Temporal Kafka Oracle Elasticsearch MyBatis

May 2024 — March 2025

Incube Innovations

Software Developer

Hyderabad, India

Contributed to backend development for an enterprise Sports Academy Management System, gaining hands-on experience in full lifecycle API development.

  • Designed and developed RESTful APIs using Java, Spring Boot, Hibernate, and MySQL.
  • Implemented RBAC for secure multi-user access across the platform.
  • Integrated Firebase Auth and Google Cloud Storage for media and user management.
  • Built modules for batch management, attendance tracking, and real-time notifications.
  • Developed and maintained JUnit test suites reaching 80%+ code coverage within Agile teams.
Spring Boot Hibernate MySQL GCP Firebase JUnit

2023 — Present

Freelance & Client Projects

Web Developer

Kerala, India

A parallel track running alongside the enterprise work — responsive websites and web applications delivered end to end for Kerala-based clients across education, healthcare, FinTech and SME domains.

  • Designed and developed sites and applications with PHP, WordPress, React, Node.js and MySQL.
  • Built React frontends for admin panels and business dashboards consuming REST APIs.
  • Developed role-based authentication systems and content-managed sites for education and healthcare clients.
  • Configured SMTP email services for transactional mail, contact forms and notifications.
  • Worked directly with clients on requirements, deployment and ongoing support — 5+ production applications shipped to date.
PHP WordPress React Node.js MySQL SMTP

Selected builds are catalogued in the project archive.

Beyond the code

Talks &
workshops.

Sessions for students and early-career developers on what the work actually looks like.

Media Workshop poster — Web Development in the Era of AI, TECH ERA '26

28 July 2026 · Edu Theatre

Web Development in the Era of AI

Speaker · Media Workshop

An invited talk at TECH ERA '26 on how AI is reshaping web development and which skills stay relevant as the tooling changes. Built as a hands-on session rather than a lecture — attendees designed and shipped a working site during the workshop itself.

Al Miras Students' Association

Darul Uloom Wafy Campus, Paral-Thootha

Credentials

Education
& languages.

August 2024 — September 2026 · Completed

Master of Computer Applications

Sikkim Manipal University, India

Languages

  • EnglishProfessional
  • MalayalamNative
  • HindiBasic
  • ArabicBasic

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