Available for opportunities

Moulika
Mahalakshmi

DevOps Engineer  · 

I build elegant, performant software that scales — from distributed backend systems to polished user interfaces. Obsessed with clean architecture and the craft of engineering.

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Cloud & DevOps
Years of experience
7+
01 — About

Craft, precision, purpose.

I'm a senior software engineer with over seven years of experience designing and building products across fintech, SaaS, and developer tooling. I specialize in distributed systems, API architecture, and developer experience.

My approach is rooted in simplicity: systems that are easy to reason about, debug, and extend. I believe the best engineering is invisible — it just works, at any scale.

Outside of code, I write about software architecture, contribute to open-source tools, and mentor early-career engineers.

Location Hyderabad, India
Experience 7+ Years
Specialization Full-Stack Engineering
Education B.Tech, Computer Science
Languages English, Telugu, Hindi
Status Open to offers
02 — Skills

Areas of expertise.

A breadth of technical capability grounded in deep experience in systems design and product engineering.

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Frontend Engineering

Building responsive, accessible user interfaces with a strong eye for design and performance optimization.

React TypeScript Next.js CSS / Tailwind WebGL

Backend Systems

Designing scalable APIs and distributed architectures with a focus on reliability, observability, and clean interfaces.

Node.js Python Go REST / GraphQL PostgreSQL

Cloud & DevOps

Automating infrastructure, deploying resilient services, and maintaining high-availability systems at scale.

AWS Docker Kubernetes Terraform CI/CD

Data Engineering

Building pipelines that transform raw data into structured, queryable assets that drive product and business decisions.

Kafka Spark Redis dbt BigQuery

Architecture & Design

Translating product requirements into robust technical designs through system modeling, trade-off analysis, and documentation.

Microservices Event-driven DDD API Design
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Leadership & Craft

Mentoring engineers, leading technical reviews, and championing engineering culture through documentation and best practices.

Tech Lead Code Review Mentoring RFC Writing
03 — Projects

Selected work.

A curated selection of projects that reflect my range, depth, and approach to building software.

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Nexus — Developer Platform

Designed and led development of an internal developer platform serving 200+ engineers. Reduced onboarding time by 60% and standardized service deployment across 14 product teams.

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Go Kubernetes Terraform React
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Prism — Analytics Engine

Built a real-time analytics pipeline processing 2M+ events per day. Architected a columnar storage layer that cut query latency from 4s to under 200ms at the 99th percentile.

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Apache Kafka ClickHouse Python gRPC
03

Ledger — Fintech API

Architected a ledger system for a payments startup handling $40M/month in transaction volume. Designed for idempotency, auditability, and eventual consistency across distributed nodes.

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Node.js PostgreSQL AWS
04

Orbit — Open Source CLI

Authored and maintain a developer CLI tool with 3.4K GitHub stars. Provides scaffolding, code generation, and environment configuration for TypeScript monorepos.

View on GitHub →
TypeScript Node.js Ink
04 — Contact

Let's connect.

Whether you have a project in mind, a role to fill, or simply want to exchange ideas — I'd love to hear from you.