Kshitiz Shrestha

Resume

Kshitiz Shrestha

Senior Software Engineer & Team Manager building backend systems and cloud architecture. Currently writing about the things I ship.

Reliability Award 2025, ReadyToWork Excellence · Tokyo, Japan

Election 2082 PortalPublic election information portal.

Experience

Senior Software Engineer & Junior Manager2022-02 - Present
readytowork, Inc. · Tokyo, Japan
  • Architect and build backend services and cloud infrastructure on AWS and GCP
  • Lead cross-functional engineering teams across product lines
  • Shipped the Election 2082 Portal (election.readytowork.jp)
  • Reduced API p99 latency by 60% via query optimization
  • Reliability Award 2025, ReadyToWork Excellence
GoNode.jsReactAWSGCPAKSDocker
Full Stack Developer2020-01 - 2022-02
Maven Solutions · United States · Remote
  • Built full-stack enterprise web applications end-to-end
  • Improved application performance by ~40% via profiling & caching
  • Implemented real-time features with WebSocket + Node.js event loop
  • Introduced unit + integration test coverage from 0% to 72%
ReactNode.jsTypeScriptMySQLMongoDB
PHP Developer2018-07 - 2020-12
Keroneva Design · Kathmandu, Nepal
  • Developed custom web applications and CMS solutions
  • Optimized database queries, eliminating N+1 query patterns
  • Built responsive UIs with vanilla JS & jQuery
PHPLaravelMySQLJavaScriptjQuery

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
RTW Star of May 2026ReadyToWork · May 2026
Huge congratulations to Kshitiz Shrestha, our RTW Star of May 2026! Your dedication, hard work, and passion have truly made an impact. Your contributions continue to inspire the team, and this recognition is so well deserved! Keep striving for excellence. Keep shining bright!
ReadyToWork
RTW Silent HeroReadyToWork · May 2024
Congratulations, Kshitiz Shrestha, our Silent Hero for the month of May 2024. Thank you again for all your contributions. Thank you to everyone for selecting our Silent Hero and for taking part in the all-hands meeting.
ReadyToWork
Silent Hero of the MonthReadyToWork · July 2023
Congratulations, Kshitiz Shrestha, our Silent Hero for the month of July 2023. We pride in your hard work and dedication to making every critical work a great success. As always, we are counting on you to go an extra mile. Thank you again for all your contributions.
ReadyToWork

Skills

Languages

JavaScriptTypeScriptGoPHPJavaPythonScalaC#Dart

Frameworks & libraries

ReactReact NativeVue.jsReduxNode.jsExpress.jsLaravelGinSpring

Cloud & infrastructure

AWS (EC2, S3, RDS, IAM, CodeDeploy)GCP (BigQuery, BigTable, Dataflow, Stackdriver)AKSDockerJenkins

Databases

MySQLPostgreSQLMongoDBGoogle Cloud Storage

Web & practices

HTML5CSS3BootstrapjQueryGraphQLWeb Accessibility

Also familiar with

LivewireSequelizeHibernateEloquentMongooseAJAXGitGitHubBitbucketVS CodeIntelliJNetBeansEclipseBazelcPanel