01Teleport
Built a modular CMS and Admin Portal, secure JWT authentication, and operational dashboards. These workflows improved operations team productivity by 35%.
Next.jsNest.jsTailwind CSSRedis+2
Available for projects2 slots this quarter
Akash Prasad
Production RAG and LLM features for e-commerce teams.
The kind that survive contact with a real catalogue.
Engineering impactGood engineering.
Good engineering.
Measurable outcomes.
Across commerce platforms, internal tooling and AI features, the numbers below are the ones I can actually point at.
Internal tooling
increase35%
More productive operations
A modular CMS and admin portal with reusable dashboards and data tables, so the ops team stopped queueing behind engineers to change things.
Product frontend
increase30%
Higher user engagement
Responsive React interfaces rebuilt around how people actually move through the product, rather than how the components happened to be organised.
Performance
faster25%
Faster application loads
Tightened rendering and state management until the app stopped making people wait to see anything.
What I build
AI features, commerce platforms, and the tooling behind them
Different domains, same job. Take it from the infrastructure through to the surface people actually touch, with no handoff in the middle where the seams quietly come apart.
- AI & LLM featuresAssistants, RAG pipelines, model-backed workflows
- E-commerce & marketplacesCatalogue, cart, checkout, orders and returns
- CMS & internal toolingAdmin portals, dashboards, reusable data tables
- Platform & infrastructureAPIs, auth, deployments and performance
Each figure is from the role it sits under, measured by that team at the time.Full background on LinkedIn
Selected work
Three builds I can talk through end to end: what the constraint was, what I traded away, and what changed once it shipped.
01
02Nudge
A cold-outreach platform for running and tracking email sequences, with campaign scheduling, reply tracking and per-contact status so a small team can see what landed and what went quiet.
Next.jsTypeScriptTailwind CSSReact
03Data Alchemist
A data preparation tool for cleaning, analyzing, and transforming messy spreadsheets through automated workflows.
Next.jsTypeScriptNode.jsTailwind CSS
The journey
Marketplaces, internal platforms, and the systems behind them. A few chapters in my engineering career.
Across the stack
From pixels to production.
- InterfaceReact / Next.js
- ServicesNode.js / FastAPI
- IntelligenceLLMs / RAG
- InfrastructureAWS / Docker
Shuru
Product EngineerIndia
Building an e-commerce marketplace from infrastructure to the complete customer journey: product discovery, secure accounts, cart and checkout, and post-purchase operations.
Clinikally (YC S22)
Software EngineerGurugram
Improved marketplace reliability across frontend and backend workflows. Built responsive React interfaces from Figma, integrated PIN-code-based geolocation on product pages, and supported discovery through SEO-focused content.
Teleport
Software EngineerBengaluru
Built a modular CMS and Admin Portal with reusable components, dashboards, and data tables that improved operations team productivity by 35%. Implemented JWT authentication, product analytics, and structured data for search.
The Digital Hacker
Frontend DeveloperUnited States
Created responsive React interfaces that increased user engagement by 30%. Optimized rendering and state management to reduce application load times by 25%, and integrated REST APIs and authentication features.
DevTown
Web DeveloperRemote
Engineered a MERN-based food ordering application that improved order processing efficiency by 40%. Coordinated delivery across the team and resolved full-stack issues across the frontend, backend, and database.
Department of Atomic Energy, Government of India
Web Application DeveloperKolkata
Built a notice management system with Next.js and Node.js that improved administrative efficiency by 50%. Optimized REST APIs and database queries to improve system performance by 30%.
What I do
From the interface to the infrastructure, with AI where it makes the product more useful.
01
Full-Stack Web Development
React and Next.js interfaces, TypeScript APIs, and data models built together. From e-commerce marketplaces to internal tools, I connect the details into a complete product.
- Next.js / React
- TypeScript
- Design systems
02
Backend & API Architecture
Node.js, NestJS, and Python services with secure authentication, Redis caching, and PostgreSQL. Clear REST and GraphQL APIs that support reliable applications.
- Node.js / Nest.js
- REST & GraphQL
- PostgreSQL / Redis
03
Cloud Infrastructure & DevOps
Automated builds and releases with Docker, AWS, and GitHub Actions, from initial setup through production deployment.
- AWS
- Docker
- GitHub Actions
04
Generative AI & RAG Development
Generative AI applications and retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) using Python, FastAPI, OpenAI, LangChain, and vector databases. Useful LLM features built into the product.
- LLM integration
- RAG
- Python / FastAPI
How the work goes
- 01
Understand
Understand the product, its users, and the constraints that matter.
- 02
Architect
Define the architecture, data model, and a practical path to delivery.
- 03
Build
Build in reviewable milestones, with clear interfaces and maintainable code.
- 04
Refine
Review performance, improve the experience, and document the system.
Engagement
A focused build, ongoing engineering, or a technical review. Let’s find the right scope for your team.
Project build
A complete product, from technical scope to deployment.
Custom quote
Best for
Teams with a clear product idea that need help bringing it to life.
- Discovery and technical scoping
- Architecture and data modelling
- Full build: front-end, API, database
- Deployment and CI/CD setup
- Handover docs and a walkthrough call
Monthly retainer
OngoingOngoing support for a product that keeps evolving.
Custom quote
Best for
Teams that need consistent engineering help across their stack.
- Capacity agreed around your priorities
- Feature development and improvements
- Regular progress reviews
- Direct technical collaboration
- Scope and terms agreed together
Consulting & audit
A focused review of architecture, performance, and the path ahead.
Custom quote
Best for
Teams planning a new build or improving an existing application.
- Codebase and architecture review
- Performance and scalability audit
- Written findings and recommendations
- Prioritised action plan
- Follow-up call to talk it through
Working together
The three things every overseas client asks before they sign, answered up front.
4 hours of daily overlap with ET
I hold my afternoons for US mornings and my mornings for European ones. Calls happen inside your working day, not at the edge of mine.
Written updates daily, video weekly
An async update in your Slack every working day, and a short Loom walkthrough each week showing what actually moved. You never have to ask where things stand.
You own the repo from day one
Work lands in your repository, on your infrastructure, under your account. Full IP assignment, no lock-in, nothing held hostage if we stop.
Scoped in writing before anything is built
Milestones, deliverables and what is explicitly out of scope, agreed before the first commit. No surprise invoices.
About
Curious about the whole system, from the first interaction to what happens behind the API.
I’m Akash, a software engineer who likes turning ‘could we build this?’ into something people actually enjoy using. I work across full-stack development and AI, connecting the interface, the backend, and all the little details that suddenly become very important when someone clicks the wrong button.
My work spans e-commerce experiences, internal tools, APIs, and cloud infrastructure. I enjoy making complicated workflows feel simple and giving AI a useful job to do. If a dashboard needs a tutorial before you can find the save button, I have questions. And probably a few ideas.
I like working with people who ask questions, share ideas early, and can laugh when a ‘quick fix’ turns into a detective story. I’ll happily talk through the tradeoffs, get into the tricky details, and help figure out what’s worth building next. Bring your idea, even if it’s still mostly a sketch. That’s a good place to start.
Akash PrasadAI & Software Engineer
Education
B.Tech · Computer Science
High School Diploma · Computer Science
Professional Certifications
IBM
IBM AI Engineering
Stanford
Advanced Learning Algorithms
Stanford
Unsupervised Learning, Recommenders & Reinforcement Learning
Toolkit
Frontend
- React
- Next.js
- TypeScript
- JavaScript
- Tailwind CSS
Backend
- Node.js
- Express
- NestJS
- Python
- FastAPI
AI & Generative AI
- OpenAI
- Gemini
- LangChain
- RAG
- Vector databases
- AI agents
System design
- REST
- GraphQL
- WebSockets
- Microservices
- Caching
- Async processing
Data
- PostgreSQL
- MongoDB
- Redis
- DynamoDB
Cloud & delivery
- AWS
- Docker
- CI/CD
- GitHub Actions
FAQ
The questions that come up on nearly every first call, answered here so we can skip to the interesting part.
Something not covered here?
Ask me directlyI'm in New Delhi (GST) and hold roughly four hours of daily overlap with US Eastern, and a full working morning with UK and EU teams. Standups, reviews and calls happen inside your day. Everything outside that window runs async, with a written update in your Slack each working day.
Contact
Have a product in mind or a system that needs untangling? Book a call and bring the messy version. I read everything, and you won't get a form letter back.
- Current status
- Available for projects
- Capacity
- 2 slots this quarter
- Overlap
- 4h daily with US Eastern
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