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Re:Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (October 2026) on Thursday October 01, 2026 @04:47PM (#49926898)
Location: Bangalore, India Remote: Yes

Willing to relocate: Yes

Technologies:

    - Languages & Frameworks: Java, TypeScript, JavaScript, Python, Go, Spring Boot, NestJS, Fastify
    - Mobile & Frontend: React, Next.js, React Native
    - Data & Caching: MongoDB, PostgreSQL, MySQL, DynamoDB, Elasticsearch, Redis
    - Streaming & Messaging: Kafka, Kinesis, SQS, SNS
    - AI & ML Infrastructure: OpenAI APIs, RAG pipelines, Vector Databases, LLM agent frameworks
    - Cloud & Infrastructure: AWS, Kubernetes
Résumé/CV: https://vivg.net/resume Email: [email protected]

Summary: Engineering leader with 18+ years building and scaling platforms. Currently heading a 130+ engineering org at Licious, owning backend, frontend, DevOps, Data Platform, Data Science and QA. Earlier built and grew engineering teams at Thena.ai (Lightspeed-backed), Unacademy, and Flipkart. Looking for a fulltime or fractional role.

Re:Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (June 2026) on Monday June 01, 2026 @06:25PM (#48363439)
Location: Bangalore, India

Remote: Yes

Willing to relocate: Yes

Technologies:

    - Languages & Frameworks: Java, TypeScript, JavaScript, Python, Go, Spring Boot, NestJS, Fastify
    - Mobile & Frontend: React, Next.js, React Native
    - Data & Caching: MongoDB, PostgreSQL, MySQL, DynamoDB, Elasticsearch, Redis
    - Streaming & Messaging: Kafka, Kinesis, SQS, SNS
    - AI & ML Infrastructure: OpenAI APIs, RAG pipelines, Vector Databases, LLM agent frameworks
    - Cloud & Infrastructure: AWS, Kubernetes
Résumé/CV: https://vivg.net/resume

Email: [email protected]

Summary: Engineering leader with 18 years of experience in scaling consumer platforms and SaaS products at high-growth companies. Currently lead 50+ engineers and 4 EMs at Licious across app, web, and 25+ backend services. Previously built engineering orgs at Thena.ai (Lightspeed funded), Unacademy, and Flipkart.

Came here to comment the same.
Re:Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (March 2025) on Monday March 03, 2025 @05:25PM (#43247605)
Location: Bangalore, India

Remote: Preferred

Willing to relocate: No

Technologies:

- Backend: Typescript/Javascript/NodeJS, ExpressJS, Fastify, NestJS, PHP, Laravel, Python, Django, FastAPI, Postgresql, Mysql, MongoDB, DynamoDB, Redis, Elasticsearch, AWS

- Frontend: VueJS, React, Tailwind

- Experience with Agentic AI frameworks and integrated Gen AI APIs

Résumé/CV: https://vivek.foo/resume

Email: [email protected]

Summary: I've got around 17 years of experience building products and leading teams. I've been in the trenches doing the scrappy MVP work and scaled things up to handle serious traffic - we're talking thousands of requests per second. I've been on both sides of that fence and know what it takes at each stage.

Re:Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (February 2025) on Tuesday February 04, 2025 @12:14PM (#42935425)
SEEKING WORK | Remote Hi, I am a hands-on Engineering Leader with 17 years of experience. Right now, I'm working with a B2B SaaS Startup as their Head of Engineering and actively code.

Technologies: Typescript, JS, NestJS, ExpressJS, Fastify, GoLang, PHP, Laravel, Python, Django, FastAPI, Elixir, Phoenix (Beginner), Mongo, Postgres, Mysql, Redis, Elasticsearch, CI/CD, AWS.

Résumé/CV: https://vivek.foo/resume

Email: [email protected]

I can offer strategic consulting in:

- SaaS B2B/B2C product development and platform architecture

- MVP design, development and rapid prototyping

- System design for high-scale distributed applications

- Engineering team leadership and agile transformation

- Technical process optimization and agile methodologies

- Cloud infrastructure and performance optimization

- Security and regulatory compliance implementation (SOC2, HIPAA, GDPR)

Re:Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (February 2025) on Tuesday February 04, 2025 @12:08PM (#42935316)
Location: Bangalore, India Remote: Preferred

Willing to relocate: No

Technologies:

- Backend: Typescript/Javascript/NodeJS, ExpressJS, Fastify, NestJS, PHP, Laravel, Python, Django, FastAPI, Postgresql, Mysql, MongoDB, DynamoDB, Redis, Elasticsearch, AWS

- Frontend: VueJS, React, Tailwind

Résumé/CV: https://vivek.foo/resume

Email: [email protected]

Summary: I've got around 17 years of experience building products and leading teams. I've been in the trenches doing the scrappy MVP work and scaled things up to handle serious traffic - we're talking thousands of requests per second. I've been on both sides of that fence and know what it takes at each stage.

Re:Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (January 2025) on Friday January 03, 2025 @01:14AM (#42583032)
Location: Bangalore, India

Remote: Yes

Willing to relocate: No

Technologies:

- Backend: Typescript/Javascript/NodeJS, ExpressJS, Fastify, NestJS, PHP, Laravel, Python, Django, Postgresql, Mysql, MongoDB, DynamoDB, Redis, Elasticsearch, SQS

- Frontend: VueJS, React, TailwindCSS

Résumé/CV: https://vivek.foo/resume

Email: mail [at] vivekgupta.com

Summary: I've got around 17 years of experience building products and leading teams. I've been in the trenches doing the scrappy MVP work, and I've also scaled things up to handle serious traffic - we're talking thousands of requests per second. Been on both sides of that fence and know what it takes at each stage.

Re:Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (January 2025) on Thursday January 02, 2025 @04:21PM (#42579060)
Location: India

Remote: Yes

Willing to relocate: Yes

Technologies:

* Backend: Typescript/Javascript/NodeJS, ExpressJS, Fastify, NestJS, PHP, Laravel, Python, Django, Postgresql, Mysql, MongoDB, DynamoDB, Redis, Elasticsearch, Kinesis, SQS, Route53

* Frontend: VueJS, React, TailwindCSS

Résumé/CV: https://vivek.foo/resume

Email: vivgxy [at] gmail.com

Summary: I've got around 17 years of experience building products and leading teams. I've been in the trenches doing the scrappy MVP work, and I've also scaled things up to handle serious traffic - we're talking thousands of requests per second. Been on both sides of that fence and know what it takes at each stage.

Re:Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (January 2025) on Thursday January 02, 2025 @11:44AM (#42576014)
SEEKING WORK | Remote

Hi, I am a hands-on Engineering Leader and I have around 17 years of experience. Right now, I'm working with a B2B SaaS Startup as their Head of Engineering and actively code.

Technologies: Typescript, JS, NestJS, ExpressJS, Fastify, GoLang, PHP, Laravel, Python, Django, Elixir, Phoenix (Beginner), Mongo, Postgres, Mysql, Redis, Elasticsearch, CI/CD.

Résumé/CV: https://vivek.foo/resume

Email: [email protected]

I can offer strategic consulting in:

- SaaS B2B/B2C product development and platform architecture

- MVP design, development and rapid prototyping

- System design for high-scale distributed applications

- Engineering team leadership and agile transformation

- Technical process optimization and agile methodologies

- Cloud infrastructure and performance optimization

- Security and regulatory compliance implementation (SOC2, HIPAA, GDPR)

Re:Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (January 2025) on Thursday January 02, 2025 @11:30AM (#42575886)
Location: Bangalore, India

Remote: Remote preferred

Willing to relocate: Yes (Not within India though)

Technologies: Typescript, JS, GoLang, PHP, Python, Java, Elixir (Beginner), Mongo, Postgres, Mysql, Redis, Elasticsearch, etc. On the frontend, I've experience working with React and VueJS.

Résumé/CV: https://vivek.foo/resume

Email: [email protected]

Summary: I am an Engineering Leader and I have around 17 years of experience. I'm currently working with a SaaS Company as their Head of Engineering. I actively code and I'm involved in most of the architectural decisions. In the past, I've built products and teams from scratch and worked at scale as well. I'm happy to discuss contract or part-time opportunities as well.

Re:Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (March 2023) on Wednesday March 01, 2023 @04:42PM (#34988747)
SEEKING WORK | Bangalore, India | Remote, Part-time

Full-stack Engineer with 15 years of experience. Currently working as a Director of Engineering at an Ed-Tech Unicorn. Can take up a Full-stack dev or a Fractional CTO/EM role. Available for 20 hours/week. Min. hourly Rate: $50/hr.

Technologies:

* Backend: Can pick up any tech stack. Have worked with PHP, Python, NodeJS, Golang, MySQL, Postgresql, DynamoDB, Redis, Elasticsearch, Kinesis, Laravel, Django, Fastify lately.

* Frontend: Have worked with VueJS, React, TailwindCSS lately.

* Devops: Docker, Kubernetes

Email: [email protected]

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vivg/

Circa 2006-07, I made around $4k by selling Adsense coupons. I saw people selling these on SEO forums and thought that there must be a way to get them. A little googling and I found a way to get these $50, $75, $100 adsense vouchers. These would sell sell for anywhere between $5-$20. It literally was free money till it lasted.
Re:Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (June 2022) on Thursday June 02, 2022 @04:47AM (#31592767)
Hello, my name is Vivek. I've got 14 years of experience and I'm currently working as a Senior Engineering Manager at an Indian Edtech Unicorn.

Location: Bangalore, India

Remote: Yes

Willing to relocate: Yes

Technologies:

* Backend: PHP, Java, Python, NodeJS, MySQL, Postgresql, DynamoDB, Redis, Elasticsearch, Kinesis, Kafka, Laravel, Django, Fastify, Dropwizard

* Frontend: VueJS, React, TailwindCSS

* Devops: AWS, GCP, Digitalocean, Docker, Jenkins

* Tools/Processes: Git, Composer, Webpack, NPM, Yarn, Jira, Asana, Scrum, Kanban

Résumé/CV: https://vivekgupta.com/resume.pdf

Email: [email protected]

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vivg/

Re:Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (June 2022) on Wednesday June 01, 2022 @03:05PM (#31586522)
SEEKING WORK | Bangalore, India | Remote Hello, my name is Vivek. I've got 14 years of experience and I'm currently working as a Senior Engineering Manager at an Indian Edtech Unicorn. If you are looking for a Full-stack dev, Fractional CTO/EM, feel free to reach out. I'm pretty hands on and I can architect and build systems from scratch.

Technologies:

* Backend: PHP, Java, Python, NodeJS, MySQL, Postgresql, DynamoDB, Redis, Elasticsearch, Kinesis, Kafka, Laravel, Django, Fastify, Dropwizard

* Frontend: VueJS, React, TailwindCSS

* Devops: AWS, GCP, Digitalocean, Docker, Jenkins

* Tools/Processes: Git, Composer, Webpack, NPM, Yarn, Jira, Asana, Scrum, Kanban

Résumé/CV: https://vivekgupta.com/resume.pdf

Email: [email protected]

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vivg/

Re:Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (May 2022) on Tuesday May 03, 2022 @04:45PM (#31253353)
SEEKING WORK | Bangalore, India | Remote

Hello, my name is Vivek. I've got 14 years of experience and I'm currently working as a Senior Engineering Manager at an Indian Edtech Unicorn. In case, you are looking for a Fullstack dev, Fractional CTO/EM, feel free to reach out. I'm pretty hands on and architect and build systems from scratch.

Technologies:

* Backend: PHP, Java, Python, NodeJS, MySQL, Postgresql, DynamoDB, Redis, Elasticsearch, Kinesis, Kafka, Laravel, Django, Fastify, Dropwizard

* Frontend: VueJS, React, TailwindCSS

* Devops: AWS, GCP, Digitalocean, Docker, Jenkins

* Tools/Processes: Git, Composer, Webpack, NPM, Yarn, Jira, Asana, Scrum, Kanban

Résumé/CV: https://vivekgupta.com/resume.pdf

Email: [email protected]

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vivg/

Re:Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (May 2022) on Tuesday May 03, 2022 @04:23PM (#31253112)
Hello, my name is Vivek. I've got 14 years of experience and I'm currently working as a Senior Engineering Manager at an Indian Edtech Unicorn.

Location: Bangalore, India

Remote: Yes

Willing to relocate: Yes

Technologies:

* Backend: PHP, Java, Python, NodeJS, MySQL, Postgresql, DynamoDB, Redis, Elasticsearch, Kinesis, Kafka, Laravel, Django, Fastify, Dropwizard

* Frontend: VueJS, React, TailwindCSS

* Devops: AWS, GCP, Digitalocean, Docker, Jenkins

* Tools/Processes: Git, Composer, Webpack, NPM, Yarn, Jira, Asana, Scrum, Kanban

Résumé/CV: https://vivekgupta.com/resume.pdf

Email: [email protected]

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vivg/

Re:Supabase open sourced their dashboard on Wednesday December 01, 2021 @04:45AM (#29402253)
Agree. Else, they'd have been my default choice.
Re:Ask HN: How to Get Better at Finishing? on Wednesday November 10, 2021 @07:42AM (#29174012)
Adding the link here: https://youtu.be/hFL6qRIJZ_Y
Re:Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (June 2021) on Wednesday June 02, 2021 @10:23AM (#27369042)
SEEKING WORK | REMOTE Technologies:

* Frontend: Vue, React, Javascript

* Backend: PHP (Laravel, CakePHP), Python (Django), MySQL, Postgres, Redis, Elasticsearch, etc.

Email: [email protected]

Hourly Rate: $40-60 depending on the work.

I'm a full-stack developer with 13 years of experience. Currently, I'm working as an EM at a Unicorn Startup. I'm available for 20-25 hours/week. Open for fixed price projects too.

Re:Ask HN: How does ADHD affect your life? on Sunday May 16, 2021 @06:54PM (#27177890)
Sounds like my life's story :(
Re:Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (May 2021) on Monday May 03, 2021 @07:33PM (#27032269)
SEEKING WORK | REMOTE

Technologies:

* Frontend: Vue, React, Javascript

* Backend: PHP (Laravel, CakePHP), Python (Django), MySQL, Postgres, Redis, Elasticsearch, etc.

Email: [email protected]

Hourly Rate: $40-60 depending on the work.

I'm a full-stack developer with 13 years of experience. Currently, I'm working as an EM at a Unicorn Startup. I'm available for 20-25 hours/week. Open for fixed price projects too.

I started putting PR/deployment data in Elasticsearch and configured a Kibana dashboard to visualize it.
Re:Ask HN: Have You Donated to Wikipedia? on Tuesday September 15, 2020 @05:20PM (#24486827)
I did. But recently found out that Wikipedia has been blacklisting URLs of Right Wing Indian news and opinion portals. Not going to donate to any website that curbs freedom of expression.
Re:Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (August 2020) on Tuesday August 04, 2020 @06:45AM (#24048608)
SEEKING WORK | REMOTE Technologies:

* Frontend: VueJS+Vuex, React+Redux, Javascript/Typescript, CSS, Sass, Bootstrap, TailwindCSS

* Backend: PHP (Laravel, Codeigniter, CakePHP), Java, Python (Django, DRF), MySQL, Postgresql, Redis, Elasticsearch (ELK), Apache Kafka, Apache Storm.

* Devops: AWS, Docker, Jenkins

* Workflow: Git, Composer, Webpack, NPM, Yarn, Jira, Agile Scrum

Résumé/CV: https://www.dropbox.com/s/dsppotge4409c82/vivek.pdf?dl=0

Email: [email protected]

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vivekgupta86/

Hourly Rate: $60-100(depending on the complexity of work)

I'm a full-stack developer with 12 years of experience. Currently working as an Engineering Manager (managing a team of 13 engineers) in a large e-commerce company (still hands on). Have worked in SaaS and consumer startups earlier in leadership and developer roles. Cofounded a SaaS startup previously (built the entire MVP single-handedly).

Re:Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (August 2020) on Monday August 03, 2020 @07:36PM (#24044782)
Location: Bangalore, India

Remote: Yes

Willing to relocate: Yes (outside India)

Technologies:

* Backend: PHP (Laravel, Codeigniter, CakePHP), Java, Python (Django, DRF), NodeJS, MySQL, Postgresql, Redis, Elasticsearch, Kafka, Storm

* Frontend: VueJS+Vuex, React+Redux, Javascript/Typescript, CSS, Sass, Bootstrap, TailwindCSS

* Devops: AWS, Docker, Jenkins

* Workflow: Git, Composer, Webpack, NPM, Yarn, Jira, Agile Scrum

Résumé/CV: https://www.dropbox.com/s/dsppotge4409c82/vivek.pdf?dl=0

Email: [email protected]

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vivekgupta86/

Note: I'm currently working as an Engineering Manager in a large e-commerce company (still hands-on). Looking for EM opportunities in Bangalore, Remote or anywhere outside India.

You can check out Loom too. https://www.loom.com/
India :)
Re:Ask HN: Tired of Leetcode style interviews. What to do? on Thursday July 02, 2020 @07:51AM (#23712148)
Following the thread.

I'm in the same boat currently. I'm working as an Engineering Manager at a huge e-commerce company in India. I try to be hands-on as much as possible. Still, DS/Algo rounds will require preparation. Even in India, small companies will have 5 different rounds including a DS/Algo round. I don't mind System design and architecture rounds as well. Have worked in few companies earlier which had take-home assignments which made more sense IMO.

Re:Ask HN: Who is hiring? (July 2020) on Thursday July 02, 2020 @03:53AM (#23710935)
Sent you a mail.

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