Professional Summary
Senior Software Engineer and Technical Lead with 8+ years of experience designing and building scalable backend systems, APIs, microservices, and cloud-native applications using Node.js and TypeScript. Experienced in system architecture, performance optimisation, event-driven systems, healthcare platforms, and engineering leadership. Proven track record of scaling high-throughput APIs, modernising legacy systems, mentoring engineers, and driving AI-assisted software development practices.
Technical Skills
Languages & Backend
Architecture & APIs
Cloud & DevOps
Databases & Messaging
AI & Automation
Professional Experience
Sorice Solutions, Kochi
Technical Lead
Feb 2020 - Nov 2025
- Architected and delivered backend systems and core platform capabilities for U.S. healthcare applications, focusing on scalability, reliability, security, and maintainability.
- Optimised high-throughput APIs serving 300K+ requests per day, reducing average response times by 25% and improving overall system performance.
- Modernised legacy applications and migrated systems to newer frameworks, reducing development effort for modifications and new features by 20%.
- Identified and remediated security vulnerabilities across internal and customer-facing applications, strengthening application security and compliance.
- Designed deployment and release strategies across multiple environments and client deployments, reducing release effort and production incidents.
- Drove AI-assisted software development practices across the engineering team, guiding developers in effectively integrating AI tools into development workflows.
- Built internal developer tools and automation to eliminate repetitive engineering tasks and improve team productivity.
- Led code and architecture reviews, established engineering standards, and mentored junior and mid-level developers.
- Participated in technical hiring and interviewed 300+ software engineering candidates, while improving interview feedback and tracking workflows.
- Contributed across the complete software delivery lifecycle, including architecture, planning, estimation, implementation, release, and cross-team coordination.
Cubet, Kochi
Software Engineer
Oct 2017 - Feb 2020
- Designed and developed REST APIs, microservices, and serverless applications using Node.js, AWS Lambda, and Firebase Cloud Functions across multiple production platforms.
- Published ffmpeg-sdk, an NPM wrapper for FFmpeg, powering media-processing workflows for an online video transcription and dubbing platform.
- Engineered a scalable real-time Twitter chat platform supporting multiple chatbot instances and text/audio communication using WebSockets.
- Delivered backend solutions across media processing, electronic BOM management, CSR, and matchmaking platforms from prototype through production deployment.
- Diagnosed and resolved production-critical issues, improving application reliability and operational stability.
Alt S Solutions, Kochi
Junior Software Engineer
May 2017 - Oct 2017
- Developed responsive web applications, CRM dashboards, and backend APIs for client projects.
Education
Bachelor of Engineering in CS
T John Institute of Technology, Bangalore
2017
Achievements
- Ranked in the top 2% globally in LinkedIn's JavaScript skill assessment.
Hobby / Side Projects
Clockwall
Time zones, simplified. This virtual clock wall makes it easy to track time across different time zones.
clockwall.appCommunity Town Portal
One-stop platform to discover local businesses, services, restaurants, food menus and attractions for residents and visitors.
Deepseek Usage Analysis Tool
A self-hosted dashboard for visualising your DeepSeek AI API usage - daily costs, token consumption, cache hit rates, and per-key breakdowns.
github.com/shajanjp/deepseek-usageCo-Apply
AI-powered Firefox browser extension that uses an LLM API to intelligently autofill web forms.
Firefox Addon Page