About Me
Hello,
I am Ashok Dey, a software engineer with a decade of experience turning ideas into scalable applications that drive business impact and solve meaningful problems. I began as a full-stack engineer and transitioned into a backend specialist, building everything from MVPs to large-scale systems across the cloud, distributed architectures, and polyglot databases.
Driven by curiosity, I dive into system internals to understand not just how things work, but why they’re designed that way. Currently, exploring the software-hardware boundary. This site reflects my ongoing experiments and continuous learning.
TL;DR
Expertise & Interests
- Product & Platform: Driving products from concept and MVP to robust, highly scalable enterprise-grade platforms.
- Cloud & Architecture: Crafting cloud-native architectures on AWS/GCP using Node.js and Golang.
- Leadership & Mentorship: Building and guiding development teams, fostering a culture of technical excellence and growth.
- Always Learning: Continuously exploring the internals of computer systems, databases, and operating systems.
Communities
I was actively associated with multiple tech communities of NCR region of India, focussed on JavaScript and Go. One of my most prominent contributions was with JSLovers. I have successfully organized 10+ events and in addition to organizing, I’ve delivered 20+ technical talks across a wide range of topics.
Some of the most memorable sessions include:
| Year | Venue | Talk Title |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Urban Company | Webpack: Inside Out! |
| 2018 | Social Cops | GraphQL Alongside REST |
| 2019 | Grofers | Diving into Golang |
| 2019 | 91Springboard | Unit Testing & CI/CD in Node.js |
| 2019 | Microsoft | Getting Started with Open Source Contributions |
| 2019 | GoMechanic | Node.js Internals |
Open Source
Open source has played a foundational role in both my personal and professional journey. From Linux and Git to Arduino, these community-driven projects have redefined what’s possible in technology and learning. Today’s world heavily relies on Open Source and this will further explode with time.
Milestones
- 2016: Created Knaxus to promote open source coding & application development
- 2018: Created ShredX to host monthly open source application development events
- 2019: Led a group of 15 enthusiasts and helped them win the HackOctoberFest of 2019
- 2020: My Github repo, problem-solving-javascript crossed 1000 stars
Highlights
- 2006: Got first PC and experimented with a variety of OS installations from Windows XP, Vista, Mint to Fedora.
- 2008: Discovered PC Gaming and excelled in the Need For Speed, Battlefield & Call of Duty franchise.
- 2010: Took up part time OS repair works locally and also helped 25+ high school groups with IP projects.
- 2012: Built my first Gaming Rig, still functional and in use today.
- 2013: Ventured into Electronics with Arduino, built a robotic car and learned core hardware programming concepts.
- 2015: Hosted self designed (Photoshop CS14) website at ashokdey.in. Also took on freelance web design projects for local clients.
- 2016: Deployed first major project qurious.xyz, got 148 users from different parts of the globe.
- 2017: Joined Kisan Network as a Software Engineer. [Node.js, MySQL, jQuery]
- 2018: Shipped Classplus from idea to application and scaled it to 30k users. [MERN, AWS, CI/CD]
- 2019: In Daalchini built the platform, designed crons & reporting pipelines, crafted security systems, and optimized databases which scaled the system to handle 10k transactions per hour. [MERN, AWS, DevOps]
- 2020: Got into photography and media editing. Check out Pexels!
- 2021: Shipped Noice (Spotify for Indonesia), built & managed 12+ microservices, implemented polyglot storage, and explored distributed systems. [MERN, GCP, Mongo, DevOps]
- 2022: Promoted to Tech Lead at Noice; led multiple cross-functional squads. Experienced the scale of 3.5k req/s and solved critical & challenging issues at scale. Delivered an image processing pipeline that saved 20% data per user and improved Lighthouse score by 40%. [Management, Leadership, Go, ClickHouse, DevOps]
- 2023: Upgraded the gaming rig to a beast, Casper. Revived PC gaming and re-learning electronics.
- 2024: Joined Infocusp, collaborating with Fortune 500 clients to ship globally impactful products. [Go, Kotlin, gRPC, GraphQL, Terraform, GCP, Monorepos, Bazel]
More detailed career timeline and certifications are listed on LinkedIn
Contact
If you are looking for a consultant or a mentor, the best way to reach me is either on Twitter or via email.
Have a good day!