Resume

Kshitiz Shrestha

Senior Software Engineer & Team Manager with 8+ years building backend systems and cloud infrastructure on AWS. Writing about the systems I ship in production.

Reliability Award 2025, ReadyToWork Excellence · Tokyo, Japan

Election 2082 PortalPublic election information portal.

Experience

Senior Software Engineer & Team Manager2022-02 - Present

readytowork, Inc. · Tokyo, Japan

Architected and deployed production infrastructure on AWS (Lambda, EC2, load balancers, S3, CloudFront, RDS, Route 53)
Led the team, planning and delivering projects within deadlines
Built full-stack apps with Next.js, React, tRPC, Supabase, React Admin, and MUI
Built backend services in Go (Gin), PHP (Laravel), and Node.js (Express, NestJS, Fastify)
Automated data scraping with Python and Puppeteer, delivering CSV reports to Slack
Integrated headless WordPress and Moveable CMS, including a custom Laravel SSO plugin
Built real-time features with Firebase and background processing with queues and cron jobs
Shipped the Election 2082 Portal (election.readytowork.jp)
Reliability Award 2025, ReadyToWork Excellence

AWSGoGinNode.jsNestJSFastifyNext.jsReactLaravelPHPFirebaseDocker

Full Stack Developer2020-01 - 2022-02

Maven Solutions · United States · Remote

Built full-stack apps with Next.js, React, tRPC, Supabase, React Admin, and MUI
Built backend services with PHP (Laravel) and Node.js (Express, NestJS, Fastify)
Managed AWS infrastructure (EC2, load balancers, S3, CloudFront, RDS, Route 53)
Led the team, planning and delivering projects within deadlines
Automated data scraping with Python and Puppeteer, delivering CSV reports to Slack
Integrated headless WordPress and Moveable CMS, including a custom Laravel SSO plugin
Built real-time features with Firebase and background processing with queues and cron jobs

Next.jsReactLaravelPHPNode.jsNestJSFastifyAWSFirebaseDocker

PHP Developer2018-07 - 2020-12

Keroneva Design · Kathmandu, Nepal

Started as an HTML/CSS design intern, then moved into backend development
Learned Laravel and contributed backend development to multiple government projects
Built interactive UIs with Livewire and jQuery
Set up email automation workflows

LaravelPHPLivewirejQueryHTMLCSSMySQL

Education

Kantipur Engineering College
B.E. Computer Engineering
2014 - 2018 · Tribhuvan University
Golden Gate Int'l College
Physical Sciences (+2)
2012 - 2014 · HSEB Nepal

Awards & recognition

Top award · 2025Excellence in Reliability AwardReadyToWork Excellence · Tokyo, Japan

This award celebrates consistent dependability, accountability, and the ability to be trusted without hesitation. Kshitiz Shrestha has repeatedly demonstrated a strong sense of ownership, timely delivery, and unwavering support for the team, qualities that make a real difference in our day-to-day work. Thank you for being someone the team can always rely on. Your commitment and consistency truly set the standard for excellence.

Team Management, ReadyToWork