MN. LET'S TALK ↗
SOFTWARE ENGINEER / INDIA PORTFOLIO — 2026

I make software
do useful.
things.

I’m Mahaprasad Nanda — an engineer interested in backend systems, developer tools, and turning complicated ideas into software people can actually use.

SCROLL
TO WORK↓
CURRENT FOCUSBackend engineering
Systems that stay reliable
Developer-first AI
BACKEND ENGINEERING✳API DESIGN✳DISTRIBUTED SYSTEMS✳DEVELOPER TOOLS✳BACKEND ENGINEERING✳API DESIGN✳DISTRIBUTED SYSTEMS✳DEVELOPER TOOLS✳
01 / SELECTED WORK

Different problems. One goal: make the underlying system make sense.

PLATFORM / 001CONDUCTOR
CLIENTrequest
↗API
GATEWAYROUTE · PROTECT · OBSERVE
SERVICE 01
SERVICE 02
SERVICE 03
HEALTH-AWARE ROUTINGCIRCUIT BREAKERSRATE LIMITS
01 — PLATFORM ENGINEERING2026

Conductor↗

Traffic in. Chaos out.

A reverse proxy and API gateway designed to make service traffic easier to route, protect, and observe. Built around practical resilience patterns rather than a pile of endpoints.

FastAPIRedisPostgreSQLPrometheusDocker
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DEVELOPER EXPERIENCE / 002DEV DOCS RAG
D/DEV DOCS DOCUMENTATION ASSISTANT•••
ASK Why is this request returning 422?
RETRIEVED FROM DOCUMENTATION 03 SOURCES
01
Request validation

Check whether the incoming payload matches the expected model and field types.

FASTAPI / REQUEST BODY
02
Schema constraints

Validate required fields and value constraints before processing.

PYDANTIC / MODELS
SEMANTIC SEARCHGROUNDED ANSWERS ↗
02 — DEVELOPER EXPERIENCE2026

DevDocs RAG↗

Answers with receipts.

A multi-technology documentation assistant that retrieves relevant source passages before answering questions or helping diagnose errors. Built to make technical answers traceable, not just plausible.

RAGFAISSEmbeddingsFastAPILLM APIs
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PRIVACY ENGINEERING / 003ZERIFY
01◈Private
identity dataSTAYS PRIVATE
ZK
PROOF
PROVE A CLAIM
NOT THE DATA
02✓Claim
verifiedVALID / ELIGIBLE
ZERO-KNOWLEDGE PROOFSGROTH16PRIVACY BY DESIGN
03 — PRIVACY ENGINEERING2025—26

Zerify↗

Prove what matters. Reveal less.

A privacy-preserving KYC prototype exploring how zero-knowledge proofs can verify eligibility claims without exposing the underlying identity attributes.

CircomGroth16Next.jsFastAPI
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MORE CODE, LESS TALK.BROWSE ALL REPOSITORIES ↗
02 / THE PERSON BEHIND THE COMMITS

Curious about how things work, and even more curious about how they can work better.

Build with
intent.
Improve with
evidence.

I care about the parts of software users don't always see: reliable APIs, understandable architecture, useful tooling, and the small engineering decisions that keep a product healthy.

I’m studying Information Technology at IIIT Bhubaneswar and Data Science and Applications through IIT Madras. I learn by building projects, testing assumptions, and figuring out why a system behaves the way it does.

2023 — 2027IIIT BhubaneswarB.Tech · Information Technology
2023 — 2027IIT MadrasB.S. · Data Science and Applications
✳
National finalist

Cybersecurity Innovation Challenge — DSCI & MeitY, for Zerify.

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Open-source contributor

JSON Schema — compatibility CLI work to detect breaking changes between schema versions.

03 / EXPERIENCE

Shipping real features and learning to think beyond the happy path.

FEB — APR 2026
01

Software Development Engineer Intern

Bluestock Fintech · Remote

  • Built a daily puzzle application using React, Redux Toolkit, and IndexedDB, including deterministic puzzle generation and persistent local state.
  • Implemented daily unlocks, streak tracking, SHA-256-based seeding, validation, and timer-based scoring.
PRODUCT ENGINEERING
JAN — FEB 2026
02

Backend Development Engineering Intern

SR INDIA · Remote

  • Developed REST services for job search, applications, and application management workflows.
  • Implemented event APIs with authentication, role-based authorization, and server-side capacity validation.
BACKEND ENGINEERING
04 / MY TOOLBOX

Tools I reach for. Fundamentals I keep sharpening.

01

Backend & APIs

Python, FastAPI, Flask, Spring Boot, REST, microservices

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02

Data & infrastructure

PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Redis, Docker, AWS, CI/CD

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03

Retrieval & AI

RAG, FAISS, embeddings, semantic search, LLM APIs

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04

Reliability & testing

Pytest, rate limiting, circuit breakers, observability

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05

Computer science

DSA, OOP, DBMS, operating systems, networks

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THE PRINCIPLE

Pick the simplest tool that solves the actual problem. Then make it observable.

↳ always
05 / YOUR TURNAVAILABLE FOR OPPORTUNITIES

Got a problem
worth solving?

I'm interested in software engineering roles and conversations about backend systems, developer tools, and practical AI.

EMAIL ME↗