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Akash Damle
Available for remote roles

Backend engineer, 8+ years of total experience.

I build the unglamorous parts properly — typed APIs, real test suites, deployments that hold up on a Tuesday afternoon.

New postRoomwave: rooms where a removal reaches every open tab
723
Tests across my 4 open-source releases
27+
Client systems built and self-hosted
4
Open-source v1.0.0 releases in 2026
2
Production stacks: Django and Node.js/TypeScript
DjangoDRFNode.jsExpressFastifyRESTPythonTypeScriptJavaScriptSQLPostgreSQLConstraints & lockingMongoDBRedisQuery tuningDockerCI/CDLinuxAWSVercelVitestPytestZodOpenAPIField encryptionAudit trailsReactNext.jsTailwindReduxHTMXClaude CodeOpenAI CodexChatGPTDjangoDRFNode.jsExpressFastifyRESTPythonTypeScriptJavaScriptSQLPostgreSQLConstraints & lockingMongoDBRedisQuery tuningDockerCI/CDLinuxAWSVercelVitestPytestZodOpenAPIField encryptionAudit trailsReactNext.jsTailwindReduxHTMXClaude CodeOpenAI CodexChatGPT

Selected work

Projects

Each project is small and solves one part well. Together they form an ecosystem: a shared foundation, bookings, sales, integrations, operations, reference data, live chat and fuel prices.

Main productComing soon

CRM

A CRM that arrives already set up for how your business works — sales, agency, real estate or field services — instead of making you configure it first.

In research and planning

Foundation

Rootstock

2026

A Django starter with accounts, settings and deploy files done, where every feature can be pruned in one verified commit.

PythonDjangodjango-allauthDjango REST Framework
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Bookings

Pro Meet Desk

2026

Guests book without an account, PostgreSQL rules out double booking, and private notes never leave the professional.

PythonDjangoPostgreSQLHTMX
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Sales

Lead Management Platform

2026

Leads move through a validated pipeline with every change on a timeline, and the React app is typed from the API schema.

PythonDjangoDjango REST FrameworkPostgreSQL
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Integrations

Webhook Delivery

2026

Signed webhooks with durable retries and a full attempt history, in Node.js and TypeScript on PostgreSQL.

Node.jsTypeScriptFastifyPostgreSQL
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Operations

Operations API

2026

Staff, shifts, leave, overtime and working-day payroll, where a finished pay run can never change.

PythonDjangoDjango REST FrameworkPostgreSQL
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Reference data

bharat-post-dir

2023–2026

India's 155,599 post offices as a lookup page, a JSON API and one download, each stating where the data came from.

PythonDjangoDjango REST FrameworkSQLite
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Communication

Roomwave

2026

Real-time chat rooms where a removal reaches every open tab, with peer-to-peer video calls for members.

PythonDjangoDjango ChannelsDaphne
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Price data

Fuelora

2026

Petrol, diesel, kerosene and crude oil prices by Indian state and by country, cross-checked against a second source and run on your own computer.

Pythonhttp.serverHTMXTailwind CSS
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Toolkit

What I reach for

Backend

  • Django
  • DRF
  • Node.js
  • Express
  • Fastify
  • REST

Languages

  • Python
  • TypeScript
  • JavaScript
  • SQL

Data

  • PostgreSQL
  • Constraints & locking
  • MongoDB
  • Redis
  • Query tuning

Platform

  • Docker
  • CI/CD
  • Linux
  • AWS
  • Vercel

Quality

  • Vitest
  • Pytest
  • Zod
  • OpenAPI
  • Field encryption
  • Audit trails

Frontend

  • React
  • Next.js
  • Tailwind
  • Redux
  • HTMX

AI tools

  • Claude Code
  • OpenAI Codex
  • ChatGPT

Track record

Experience

  1. Freelance Software Engineer

    Independent · Remote

    2021 — Present

    Design, build and host Django CRM systems for schools, clinics and small businesses. Employee management, payroll, attendance and analytics, running on self-managed Linux servers with ongoing support.

    DjangoPostgreSQLLinuxSelf-hosted
  2. Junior Software Developer

    Matalli Infotech · Dombivli

    2018 — 2021

    Built and maintained internal web applications on Django 2.2 LTS. Wrote unit and database tests, implemented CI/CD pipelines, and managed deployments across AWS and Heroku with minimal downtime.

    DjangoCI/CDAWSTesting

Contact

Let's build something

Open to remote backend and full-stack roles. If you have a problem that needs someone methodical, I'd like to hear about it.