Full-stack delivery
I design product flows end to end, from route architecture and UI systems to backend contracts and deployment.
Full-stack / Infrastructure / AI
Phoenix, AZ · UTC−7
Hi, I'm Manan. / Software engineer
I build full-stack products, infrastructure, and applied AI that hold up in production.
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/01About me
I build the whole system.
From product and backend work to infrastructure and AI, I connect the parts that make software work in production.
I'm a software engineer and graduate student at Arizona State University, studying MS in Computer Science. My background spans full-stack development, DevOps, and applied AI — built through real client work, open-source projects, and running production infrastructure on my own hardware.
I've built legal platforms, land-registry marketplaces, enterprise automation tools, self-hosted AI stacks, and developer utilities. The common thread: if something goes into production, it should be coherent to operate, observable when things go wrong, and good enough that the people using it don't notice the engineering.
“The goal isn't to use more tools. It's to remove more problems.”
Phoenix, ArizonaASU / MS CS
DevOps and infrastructure
I build CI/CD pipelines, containerized delivery paths, and self-hosted environments that keep control close to the team.
Applied AI
I work with RAG, fine-tuning, local inference, and practical AI features that support real product goals.
Open-source products
I like tools that other developers can actually run, adapt, and trust instead of just admire in screenshots.
/02Skills
Tools I use to build and ship.
I work across product, backend, infrastructure, and AI, choosing the right tool for the job.
Languages
The stuff I reach for first when a product needs to ship, integrate, or automate.
TypeScriptJavaScriptPythonSQLBashC/C++GroovyHTML/CSS
Product stack
Frontend and API work for web products with real workflows and real users.
Next.jsReactNode.jsExpressFlaskMERNTailwind CSSWebRTC
Infra and delivery
Deployment systems that reduce manual work and make releases boring in the right way.
DockerJenkinsKubernetesLinuxTerraformCloudflareProxmoxVercel
AI and data
Applied AI work where models, retrieval, and product integration all have to cooperate.
PyTorchTensorFlowLangChainRAGFAISSLLM fine-tuningPrompt engineeringGenerative AIMongoDBPostgreSQL
AI tools
The tools I use daily to build faster and think more clearly.
Claude CodeGitHub CopilotOpenAI CodexCursorv0Vercel AI SDK
/03Featured projects
Software built for the real world.
Open-source tools, client systems, and internal platforms. Each case study shows what I built, why it mattered, and how it works.
Project overview
BrowserPilot
Design / code / deployment
/P01Agent Infrastructure2026
BrowserPilot
A site-agnostic AI agent runtime that operates a real headless browser, streams a live preview to a phone, returns downloaded files, and pauses for approval before destructive actions.
Biggest challenge
The difficult boundary is not making an agent click—it is keeping identity, session state, live observation, and human approval coherent through a long-running task. The runtime must also remain testable without paying for model calls, which drove the separation between orchestration and model/browser adapters.
BunTypeScriptClaude Agent SDKPlaywright MCPExpoWebSocket
Project overview
GitHub Orbit
Design / code / deployment
/P02Developer Platform2026
GitHub Orbit
A production-ready GitHub relationship graph with progressive OAuth permissions, infinite-canvas exploration, deterministic recommendations, optional embeddings, private collections, and background sync.
Biggest challenge
Recommendations must remain useful when GitHub data is partial and rate-limited. Showing the contributing signals—and carrying coverage state through the interface—turns uncertainty into an honest product behavior instead of a hidden failure mode.
Next.jsTypeScriptGitHub OAuthPostgreSQLpgvectorRedis
/P03Open Source2026
Backslash
An open-source LaTeX editor for users who want live PDF preview, deployment control, and an integration-friendly API layer.
Biggest challenge
Reliable LaTeX compilation inside a self-hosted product requires handling dependency management, error propagation, and compiler state without leaning on external infrastructure. Keeping the editor state responsive while awaiting compilation output was the main UX challenge.
Next.jsTypeScriptLaTeXDockerREST API
/P04Productivity Tool2026
Binderly
A polished Markdown-to-PDF workflow with live editing, themed output, and browser-based export for developers and writers.
Biggest challenge
Making PDF output visually consistent with the live preview required precise control over print-mode CSS across browsers. Achieving print-ready styling without a heavyweight editor framework was the core technical constraint.
Next.jsTypeScriptTailwind CSSBrowser PDF
/04Experience
Where I’ve worked and what I built.
I take ownership from the first technical decision through deployment and maintenance.
/E01
Aug 2025 - Present
Personal Projects
Indie Developer
Phoenix, Arizona
- Building BrowserPilot, a safety-gated AI browser runtime remotely operated from a mobile companion.
- Shipped GitHub Orbit, Backslash, and Binderly as runnable self-hosted products with real deployment surfaces.
- Published developer tooling spanning image processing, WhatsApp automation, and payment integrations.
/E02
Jan 2025 - Jul 2025
Balkrushna Technologies Pvt Ltd
Software Developer Engineer
Vadodara, India
- Delivered client-facing full-stack applications across React frontends and Node.js backends.
- Built a self-service CRM demo environment platform with Jenkins-backed provisioning.
- Reduced deployment time by containerizing delivery paths and tightening CI/CD structure.
/E03
Apr 2024 - Aug 2025
Independent Contractor
Freelance Full-Stack Developer
Remote
- Built Bhoopati, a land registry marketplace with map-based discovery and secure transaction flow.
- Built Octafiles, a legal platform with WebRTC calls, AI-assisted drafting, and privacy-sensitive document handling.
- Ran client deployments on self-managed infrastructure to keep control and data boundaries explicit.
/E04
Sep 2023 - Dec 2023
Balkrushna Technologies Pvt Ltd
DevOps & AI Engineer Intern
Vadodara, India
- Created Jenkins CI/CD pipelines that materially reduced deployment turnaround time.
- Wrote bash automation for server communication and container management.
- Built a privacy-focused RAG chatbot stack running on local infrastructure.
/E05
Nov 2021 - Jan 2022
Jalaram Wiremesh Co.
Software Developer Intern
Vadodara, India
- Built an inventory management application from scratch with Python, MySQL, and Tkinter.
- Automated reporting flows so the team could stop depending on spreadsheets and manual reconciliation.
/05Education
Computer science, applied in the real world.
Graduate study at ASU, building on a computer science degree from VIT and hands-on work in systems, data, and software engineering.
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Arizona State University
2025 - 2027
Master of Science in Computer Science
Graduate focus on advanced systems and applied computing.
Advanced Operating Systems / Data Visualization
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Vellore Institute of Technology
2021 - 2025
B.Tech in Computer Science and Engineering
CGPA: 7.90 / 10.0
Artificial Intelligence / Machine Learning / Database Systems / Computer Networks / Cloud Computing
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Urmi School
2019 - 2021
Higher Secondary Education
92.2%
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Bright Day School
2018 - 2019
Senior Secondary Education
89.2%
/06Contact
Let’s build something that matters.
I’m open to product, infrastructure, developer tooling, and applied AI work.
The fastest way to reach me is email. If you're working on something worth building, I'd genuinely like to hear about it.