Resume

Selected experience, skills, projects, and community work.

Summary

Senior Software Engineer specializing in Ruby, AI, and scalable backend systems. I build and maintain production Rails applications, optimize PostgreSQL-heavy systems, and ship practical AI products with RAG, LLM orchestration, and agent workflows.

Core stack

Ruby on Rails, PostgreSQL, Redis, Sidekiq, AWS, Kubernetes, Docker, CI/CD, Hotwire, Stimulus, Turbo, Tailwind CSS, TypeScript, Next.js, Python, LangChain, RubyLLM, OpenAI API, pgvector.

Open source

Published Ruby gems include navi_client, unit_validator, and nepali_number, with 110,950 total downloads across the RubyGems profile.

Selected experience

PAIR Finance - Senior Ruby on Rails Developer

2022-2025 - Berlin

Worked on payment infrastructure, PostgreSQL optimization for high-throughput tables, REST and GraphQL APIs, Sidekiq background processing, AWS/Kubernetes infrastructure, Redis caching, Hotwire delivery, and AI-assisted engineering workflows.

Ideon - Senior Software Engineer

2021 - Remote

Worked as a full-cycle engineer, taking product features from concept to production. Helped scale APIs and service boundaries while keeping latency stable during rapid usage growth.

WhiteHat Engineering - Engineering Manager and Senior Software Engineer

2016-2019 - Remote

Led delivery across Ruby on Rails projects in fintech, healthtech, blockchain, and AI. Managed and mentored an eight-person engineering squad.

CloudFactory / Sprout Technology - Technical Lead and Associate Engineering Manager

2010-2014 - Kathmandu

Joined as a founding employee and worked across backend engineering, Scrum Master responsibilities, and DevOps for a distributed workforce platform.

Projects

GemChat

Production RAG-based AI chat for Ruby gem documentation using vector embeddings, semantic search, and cost-aware LLM orchestration.

BuyList.shop

Collaborative household shopping lists with AI-powered item capture, receipt scanning, and smart refill suggestions.

LaganiSaathi

IPO, FPO, and right share automation for Nepalese investors with encrypted account handling and confirmation-gated submission.

NepaliExpat

AI-assisted community product for Nepali expats using high-context agent workflows, routing, and custom prompting.

Community

Founder and organizer of Ruby Nepal, Google Summer of Code admin and mentor for the Ruby organization, meetup host, bootcamp instructor, and speaker.