I am a Full Stack Engineer and Product Builder at NIT Arunachal Pradesh, focused on shipping scalable systemsβnot just "coding." I specialize in Building scalable full-stack systems using Next.js, PostgreSQL, and Docker.
Current Focus: Scaling campus-wide infrastructure and optimizing backend throughput with Redis & Nginx.
Jun 2025 β Aug 2025 Engineered the company's first-ever web platform, enabling the launch of online booking services.
- Built the MVP: Built the initial frontend architecture with 20+ reusable React components, accelerating the MVP delivery by ~2 weeks.
- Optimization: Restructured the monorepo and authored documentation, reducing new developer onboarding time by 50%.
- Core Systems: Implemented mission-critical features (Auth, Booking, Accounts) and integrated 15+ core API endpoints for the client-side data layer.
Role: Lead Developer (Team of 5) A campus-scale delivery request & tracking system designed for 1,100+ students and staff.
- Architecture: Self-hosted deployment using Docker containers.
- Performance: Implemented Nginx for reverse proxying and Redis for a high-throughput notification queue.
- Stack: Next.js 15 Β· PostgreSQL Β· Prisma Β· Docker Β· Redis
A backend-agnostic, real-time messaging engine decoupled from frontend logic.
- System Design: Hybrid persistence model using PostgreSQL (user integrity) and MongoDB (high-volume chat logs).
- Security: Implemented OAuth2 and JWT with Auth.js rotation.
- Stack: Node.js Β· Socket.IO Β· TypeScript Β· MongoDB Β· Prisma
- π₯ Winner, CAN Hackathon (NERIST): Built and deployed a fully functional Logistics MVP in just 6 hours.
- π§ LeetCode: 500+ Problems Solved (Max Rating: 1628).
- π€ President, Coding Club: Revived the official NIT AP coding community, growing it to 50+ active members.
Docker Redis Nginx Postgres Node.js
- π LinkedIn
- π GitHub
- π« karan.ks.dev@gmail.com
Feel free to explore my work or reach outβIβm open to internships and collaborations!