Akshat Kumar

Software Engineer · Systems · Full-Stack · Go

1.5 years building scalable systems. Currently obsessed with Go, homelabs, and self-hosted infrastructure.

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About

Software Engineer with experience in full-stack systems, secure APIs, and recently transitioned to Systems Engineering and Golang. Hands-on with bare-metal infrastructure and self-hosted services.

Go TypeScript React.js Next.js PostgreSQL MongoDB Redis Docker Linux Python

Experience

Independent Software Engineer / Sabbatical

Jan 2025 – Present
  • Designed and deployed a bare-metal Debian server hosting 24/7 internal services using Docker
  • Engineered secure remote access via Cloudflare Tunnels with Zero Trust OTP auth
  • Porting legacy Node.js apps to Go using Goroutines and Channels

Software Development Engineer 1

CAW Studios (Client: Hoichoi OTT)

Jul 2024 – Jan 2025
  • Reduced API loading times by 35% using caching strategies
  • Built session management flows handling 500K+ monthly active users
  • Led frontend of profile management using Atomic Design patterns

Associate SDE

CAW Studios (Client: Novocuris Healthcare)

Jul 2023 – Jun 2024
  • White-labeled templating system for 10+ hospital brands, cut deployment from months to 2 weeks
  • Built 15+ reusable React components handling 1K+ patient records
  • Python scraping engine ingesting 10,000+ records daily
  • REST APIs reducing data latency by 60%

Projects

Personal Finance Tracker API

Apr 2025

Modular Express.js + PostgreSQL backend with JWT auth, expense management, behavioral scoring, notification engine, and transaction ledger with reversals.

Node.js PostgreSQL JWT REST API

Homelab Server

Jan 2025 – Present

Self-hosted bare-metal server on old HP laptop running Debian, Docker stack, Cloudflare Tunnels, Zero Trust VPN, Samba NAS, and Uptime Kuma monitoring.

Linux Docker Cloudflare Networking

Education

Bennett University

B.Tech CSE, CGPA: 8.7 (2020–2024)

Apeejay International School

12th CBSE PCM, 88% (2019–2020)