manishj.com

— where i've been

twelve years,
a handful of stops.

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work

  • 2024 – now

    Founder, Inoltro Digital

    AI product studio · Pune, India

    Building AI products, agents and data platforms with founding teams. Prototypes in days, production in weeks, outcomes founders can measure.

    what we ship

    • ·AI product builds, prototype to production
    • ·Retrieval-augmented apps, agents, and copilots grounded in domain data
    • ·Data pipelines and platforms, the fuel that makes AI good
    • ·Technology partner engagements for teams that need weight on the work

    recent work

    • ·TryThat.ai. AI-driven real estate super-app (India). Built the product and set up the in-house engineering team.
    • ·Bouncer (usebouncer.dev). Multi-engine malware-scanning REST API for developers.
  • 2022 – 2024

    Software Architect

    Saavi Softwares · Pune, India

    Built cloud-native applications on AWS with Node.js and React. Worked across serverless and distributed architectures.

    • ·Replaced traditional long-running servers with state machine-based workflows
    • ·Built solutions on AWS databases, specialising in DynamoDB for high-performance apps
    • ·Designed cloud architectures following AWS best practices and reference patterns
    • ·Maintained comprehensive code documentation for team collaboration and long-term maintainability
  • 2020 – 2022

    Full Stack Developer

    Excellerate (formerly Synerzip) · Pune, India

    • ·Created design documents and POCs for diverse consumer use cases
    • ·Built and maintained features across multiple Node.js microservices in a distributed ecosystem
    • ·Implemented event sourcing patterns and event-driven architecture using RabbitMQ
    • ·Applied JavaScript and TypeScript design patterns for scalable, maintainable codebases
    • ·Containerised applications with Docker and managed deployment pipelines
  • 2012 – 2020

    Software Engineer

    MarketingMuggles (formerly Beardythoughts) · Pune, India

    • ·Built robust APIs with clean, well-documented code for easy integration and maintenance
    • ·Integrated Node.js backend APIs with React frontends to deliver cohesive user experiences
    • ·Applied fundamental design principles for building scalable applications from the ground up
    • ·Mastered asynchronous programming patterns for smooth application flow and performance
    • ·Wrote comprehensive unit tests for React and Node.js using Jest, Mocha, and Chai
    • ·Managed full project lifecycle from concept to delivery across landing pages, web apps, and e-commerce solutions
  • 2012

    Research Associate

    University of Glasgow · Glasgow, Scotland

    Conducted research and developed assistive technologies for accessibility.

    • ·Subtitle Editor: a user-friendly editor for creating and modifying video subtitles
    • ·Plugin/Tween Engine: plugin engine to integrate visual effects into subtitles
    • ·Accessible Video Player: video player tailored for deaf users

education

  • 2011 – 2012

    M.Sc. Embedded Systems

    University of Glasgow · School of Engineering · Glasgow, Scotland

  • 2008 – 2011

    B.Sc. Electronics

    Modern College of Arts, Commerce and Science · Pune, Maharashtra