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Karthik
Software Engineer
$ echo $TAGLINE
Building infra that's fast, cheap, and doesn't break at 3am.
$ echo $CONTACT
karthik@terminal.dev · github.com/karthikcs · Remote-first UTC+5:30
$ ls -la projects/
drwxr-xr-x kafka-pipeline-toolkit ★ 2.4k
drwxr-xr-x distributed-cache-engine ★ 1.8k
drwxr-xr-x api-gateway-rs ★ 940
$ cat stack.txt
Android
$ cat about.txt
8 years of experience in Information Technology.
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// metrics
uptime: 99.98%
commits ytd: 1,247
prs merged: 340
open source: ★ 5.1k
Karthik
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SELECTED WORK
Things I have built
Public work, most recent first. Stars and language are the sort of thing people scan for, so they are on the row.
8 years of experience in Information Technology.
E-Commerce Platform
Storefront handling 50k orders a month.
Node · Postgres · Stripe
★ 2.4k ⑂ 40
Analytics Dashboard
Real-time charts over a WebSocket feed.
React · D3 · Supabase
★ 840 ⑂ 57
CLI Dev Toolkit
Open-source scaffolding tool, 2.4k stars.
Go · Docker · Actions
★ 1.2k ⑂ 74
Payments Service
Idempotent ledger with full audit trail.
Go · Kafka · Postgres
★ 318 ⑂ 91
Design System
Forty components, one accessible library.
TypeScript · Storybook
★ 96 ⑂ 108
Mobile Companion
Offline-first client with background sync.
React Native · SQLite
★ 2.0k ⑂ 125
Karthik
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ABOUT
How I got here
Two or three sentences in your own voice. What you do, who you do it for, and the thing you would rather be judged on than your CV.
EXPERIENCE
STRENGTHS
8 years of experience in Information Technology.
2021 — now
Senior role
Where you are now
2018 — 2021
The job before
The company before
2016 — 2018
Where you started
The first one
2012 — 2016
Studied
Your university
TypeScript
React
Node.js
Go
PostgreSQL
AWS
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WHAT I DO
How we can work together
Three ways in. Change the words, delete one, add a price — the layout holds.
HOW IT GOES
1
Talk it through
One line on what happens at this step.
2
Agree the scope
One line on what happens at this step.
3
The work itself
One line on what happens at this step.
4
Hand over
One line on what happens at this step.
8 years of experience in Information Technology.
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Product engineering
Ship a working product from an idea, front to back.
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02
Systems & APIs
Services that stay up, with the tests to prove it.
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03
Technical review
A read of your codebase and a plan you can act on.
Enquire →
Start a project →
Karthik
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CONTACT
Let us work together
A GOOD FIT
PROBABLY NOT ME
8 years of experience in Information Technology.
Available from next month
Two slots open for the next quarter. Edit this line whenever it changes — a stale status costs you more than no status.
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Work where the brief is still open to argument
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Teams who can make a decision without three meetings
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Projects with a real deadline rather than a vague one
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Anything that needed delivering last week
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Work paid in exposure, equity or a promise of more
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Briefs where the decision has already been made
THE FASTEST WAY
8 years building infra at scale. Previously @ fintech startup, now freelancing on distributed systems.
Or find me on any of these — all of them reach me.
behance.net/you · linkedin.com/in/you
WHAT TO PUT IN IT
What you are building, in one sentence
The stack, and what already exists
Your timeline, and whether it is fixed
Contract, permanent, or a one-off piece
Usually replies the same working day.
Based in your city · working across time zones