Ashutosh Kaushik

Lead Software Engineer (Contract) at Pebbleboard

Designed and built Pebbleboard, a real-time collaborative whiteboard meeting platform, with end-to-end ownership of architecture, development, and deployment. Frontend in Next.js (TypeScript) and backend in Express (TypeScript) with PostgreSQL for persistence. Implemented a Go recording service orchestrated as Kubernetes Jobs for scalability and reliability. Deployed on a self-managed Kubernetes cluster on AWS, provisioned with kOps, automated with FluxCD, and containerized with Docker. Set up CI/CD pipelines with GitHub Actions and FluxCD (GitOps). Leveraged Amazon S3 for large asset storage. Delivered a production-ready, fault-tolerant platform capable of supporting multi-user real-time collaboration.

Product Engineer at Spext

Led frontend development of the web app and drove continuous improvement culture to provide clear product design standards, improve manufacturability through enhanced documentation, and reduce engineering cycle time. Introduced micro-frontend architecture for three existing apps and led their implementation. Designed and developed reusable npm packages for UI components and Node.js SDKs. Reviewed project specifications and designed tech solutions that met or exceeded performance expectations. Introduced development best practices and enhanced product-engineering communication. Collaborated with in-house web designers and product teams to create sleek, innovative UI. Developed microservice APIs deployed as cloud functions in Node.js.

Technical Staff Intern at ClearFeed

Developed the frontend of an AI-based Slack automation tool using Next.js from scratch. Assisted in developing backend microservices based on NestJS.

Wrote scalable and robust REST APIs using Go and MongoDB. Created UI web components and built 5 responsive applications using React with TypeScript. Used software tools to collaborate in CI and test automation and supported software reuse and refactoring.

Graduate Project Lead - Agrisynapse at University of Groningen

Developed a comprehensive software architecture for a smart farming system as part of a graduate-level course under Prof. Paris Avgeriou. Covered hardware and software perspectives, modeled real-world architecture practices with user stories, defined functional/non-functional/evolution requirements, and conducted risk and assumption analyses. Evaluated design alternatives and system evolution through architectural trade-off analysis and documentation.

Cloud Computing Project Lead at University of Groningen

Containerized a full-stack web application using Docker and orchestrated deployment with Kubernetes. Managed infrastructure on OpenStack with Terraform for reproducible environments. Deployed a scalable, fault-tolerant system using Helm for Kubernetes resource management.

Software Maintenance Intern at University of Groningen

Maintained I50 event management software (React, Nest.js, MongoDB) as part of a team of five students. Identified core parts requiring refactoring and implemented improvements across multiple parts of the codebase.