I’m Gokul Kalla, a Computer Science graduate (Swinburne University of Technology) and a skilled full-stack engineer with hands-on experience building high-performance web applications, dashboards, and AI-integrated platforms. I enjoy working across the stack—React, TypeScript, Node.js, Python, MongoDB, and AWS—while delivering production-grade solutions for real clients, including government bodies. I’ve also worked on practical AI features end-to-end, including integrating LLMs via OpenRouter with guardrails and routing logic suitable for production use. Outside engineering, I value clear communication and reliability, contributing through UI/UX implementation, performance optimizations, CI/CD practices, and strong collaboration patterns like Scrum and lead development on team projects.…

Gokul Kalla

I’m Gokul Kalla, a Computer Science graduate (Swinburne University of Technology) and a skilled full-stack engineer with hands-on experience building high-performance web applications, dashboards, and AI-integrated platforms. I enjoy working across the stack—React, TypeScript, Node.js, Python, MongoDB, and AWS—while delivering production-grade solutions for real clients, including government bodies. I’ve also worked on practical AI features end-to-end, including integrating LLMs via OpenRouter with guardrails and routing logic suitable for production use. Outside engineering, I value clear communication and reliability, contributing through UI/UX implementation, performance optimizations, CI/CD practices, and strong collaboration patterns like Scrum and lead development on team projects.…

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I’m Gokul Kalla, a Computer Science graduate (Swinburne University of Technology) and a skilled full-stack engineer with hands-on experience building high-performance web applications, dashboards, and AI-integrated platforms. I enjoy working across the stack—React, TypeScript, Node.js, Python, MongoDB, and AWS—while delivering production-grade solutions for real clients, including government bodies.

I’ve also worked on practical AI features end-to-end, including integrating LLMs via OpenRouter with guardrails and routing logic suitable for production use. Outside engineering, I value clear communication and reliability, contributing through UI/UX implementation, performance optimizations, CI/CD practices, and strong collaboration patterns like Scrum and lead development on team projects.

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Full Stack Engineer (Internship) at Techfrontier Incubator Programme, Swinburne University
December 1, 2024 - May 31, 2025
Built and enhanced AI and web application features for an incubator environment, focusing on full-stack delivery and integration-ready components. Worked on responsive front-end experiences and supported backend and API workflows to enable AI-powered user interactions.
Full Stack Engineer at Logikhaus AI Software Developer (Internship)
December 1, 2024 - May 31, 2025
Developed and expanded S-MAP, a government-funded AI tourism platform for Sarawak Tourism Board, using the MERN stack. Built an AI tourism assistant integrating OpenRouter (DeepSeek R1) via a custom Express proxy with domain-restricted system prompts, keyword-based content guardrails, primary/fallback model routing, and rate-limit retry handling. Delivered responsive websites and branding assets for clients with a focus on quality UI implementation and presentation-ready outputs.
Back-end / Full Stack Engineer (Project work) at Economic Pulse Live Demo (React 18 + TypeScript + Highcharts)
April 20, 2024 - May 31, 2025
Developed React-based dashboards visualizing Singapore’s key economic indicators (2018–2024) using Vite, with animated charts, dark/light mode, responsive design, and cross-browser compatibility. Improved page load performance by 40% via Python and Perl backend optimisations, and integrated payment flows using the HitPay gateway.
Freelance (MERN stack AI tourism platform / AI chatbot projects) at Freelance
February 1, 2024 - Present
Designed and developed a MERN-based AI tourism platform and chatbot for Sarawak Tourism Board, including multi-role authentication, D3.js dashboards, real-time navigation, and an AI assistant experience. Supported Scrum delivery as Lead Developer/Scrum Master and contributed to project showcases for government-funded work.
Banking Systems Support - Core Banking & Payments (Support) at Freelance / Project support
April 1, 2022 - Present
Supported production troubleshooting and root-cause analysis on Oracle FLEXCUBE core banking systems. Investigated WebLogic JMS/JNDI diagnostics and ISO 20022 payment file-processing issues (ACH/pacs.008) under guidance from a senior banking systems consultant, focusing on reliable payment operations.

Education

Bachelor of Computer Science at Swinburne University of Technology
January 11, 2030 - January 1, 2026

Qualifications

IBM DevOps and Software Engineering Professional Certificate
June 1, 2025 - September 24, 2026

Industry Experience

Software & Internet, Government, Financial Services, Education