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Backend Engineering
I design and ship backend systems in Node.js/TypeScript — from REST APIs to event-driven services — with production experience in FastAPI/Python as a secondary stack.
Pune, Maharashtra, India
Hi, I'm Abhishek Navgan
Full-Stack | Backend Engineering | Distributed Systems | AI | Cloud Infrastructure
I build scalable backend systems, distributed architectures, and AI-powered applications, with a focus on reliability and clean system design. My work spans the full backend lifecycle — from designing APIs and microservices to deploying and operating them in production. I'm currently focused on backend engineering and distributed systems, with hands-on cloud infrastructure experience.
01 / Career Timeline
Experience
Software Engineer Current
Nova Techset Ltd. · PuneFull-time · Backend, cloud & DevOps
Freelance Full Stack & DevOps Engineer
Self-employedSaaS apps · Full-Stack & Infrastructure
Full Stack Developer / Team Lead
Somvanshi Technologies · PuneFull-time · Full-Stack & DevOps + infra
Full Stack Developer · Internship
XYZ Company · PuneFull-time · Full-Stack
02 / Engineering Stack
Technical Toolkit
Backend systems, distributed architecture, and AI integrations — with the infra chops to ship them myself.
02
Distributed Systems
I build systems that talk to each other asynchronously — service boundaries, message queues, retries, and idempotency, not just a monolith with extra steps.
03
AI & Integrations
Building AI-powered products using RAG, image generation, and multimodal agents, with experience delivering production-ready AI workflows and business applications.
04
Cloud & Infrastructure
Compute
EC2 · Lambda
Networking
VPC · Security Groups · ALB
Storage
S3 · EBS
Containers & CI/CD
Docker · GitHub Actions
Infrastructure
Terraform · IAM · Linux
05
Frontend
Language
TypeScript
Frameworks
React · Next.js
Styling & UI
Tailwind CSS · HTML & CSS
State
Zustand · Context API
Realtime
Socket.IO
03 / Selected Work
Projects
Things I've built and shipped.
ThumbCraft
AI thumbnail platform built as a distributed system: five independent backend services with their own databases, an API gateway as the only public entry point, Redis-backed job queues for generation, and event-driven billing/email. Credits are reserved before the AI call and captured or refunded after, with idempotency keys so retries never double-charge. Containerized services on AWS with per-service CI/CD.
Node.js
React
PostgreSQL
Redis
RabbitMQ
Docker
AWS
Stripe
Gemini
ECHO
Full-stack RAG document analysis platform for intelligent, context-aware Q&A over your own files. Upload DOCX, PDF, and more — documents are chunked, embedded, and indexed in Pinecone for fast retrieval. LangChain + OpenAI generate cited, source-backed answers from retrieved context. React + TailwindCSS frontend, Node.js + Express backend with rate limiting, CORS, and Google OAuth auth.
RAG
LangChain
Pinecone
Vector DB
OpenAI
React
Node.js
MongoDB
Devnest
AI-powered full-stack learning platform for developers. RBAC course management with sections, video lectures, Razorpay payments, and instructor analytics. Nestor AI assistant for navigation and programming help, real-time Codespace with Monaco editor, community chat forums, and Cloudinary chunked video streaming with piracy protection. React + Zustand frontend, Node.js + Express backend with MongoDB, Socket.IO, and Gemini.
React
Zustand
Socket.IO
MongoDB
Gemini
Razorpay
Cloudinary
Node.js
04 / Words From Mentors and Colleagues
Recommendations
Ameya Somvanshi
CEO @ Somvanshi Technologies
Abhishek is a solid, dependable engineer across both front end and back end, comfortable with [React / Node.js / next.js], and he takes features from requirement to production without needing to be managed through every step. He communicates clearly, raises blockers early, and is easy to work with under delivery pressure. He would be an asset to any product or services team building at pace. Recommended.
Arnav Kolhe
Technology Leader @ Somvanshi Technologies
As a founder, I value ownership above all and Abhishek consistently demonstrated it. He often went the extra mile, putting in additional hours to ensure every deliverable met our quality standards. His dedication and technical expertise earned him multiple client appreciations throughout his time at Somvanshi Technologies. Dependable, disciplined, and skilled, Abhishek is someone I can confidently recommend to any engineering team.
Shraddha Nagrani
CHRO @ Somvanshi Technologies
I had the pleasure to work with Abhishek at Somvanshi Technologies from an HR perspective. He is a highly reliable and dedicated professional who consistently delivers quality work. His willingness to take on new challenges, learn quickly, and perform with commitment made him a valuable part of the team. Beyond his technical abilities, ...
Shratik Punde
Software Engineer
I worked with Abhishek during our time together, and he impressed me with his dedication and eagerness to learn. He takes ownership of his tasks, collaborates well with the team, and is always willing to explore new technologies. His problem-solving mindset and consistent efforts make him a valuable team member. I highly recommend him and wish him continued success in his career.
Akash Ganqurde
UX/UI Intern @ Somvanshi Technologies
The day I met Abhishek was one of the best day of my first corporate journey. Even though he was from a different domain, he always took the time to guide me not just in corporate life but also by introducing me to new technologies and tools that I dont know i will ever discovered on my own. Whenever I'm stuck, my first thought is, "Let's ask Abhi." More than a senior, he's been like a big brother and an amazing mentor. Anyone who gets to work with him is truly lucky 😃.
05 / Character Sheet
FAQ Nobody Asked
Honest answers about how I work, how I got here, and what I do when Docker is behaving. No synergize allowed.
I just kept getting curious. Started with CSS... then frontend, backend, AI, FastAPI, Docker. Every time I learned something, it introduced me to five more things.
I don't really chase technologies. I just work on whatever helps solve the problem. The stack changes on its own.
I don't actually hate Java. My college professor just made sure our relationship had a terrible start 😂
I can go from watching Kubernetes videos to "Why does this country have two capitals?" in under 10 minutes.
Mostly infrastructure. I reached the point where I'm more interested in how software runs than how it looks.