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Full Stack Engineer on the early engineering team at an AI-first legal tech startup. I own features end to end — system design, implementation, testing, deployment — across Next.js, TypeScript, Google Cloud and Firebase.

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01 — About

Product-focused engineering,from architecture to deploy.

I build scalable web applications and cloud infrastructure at an AI-first legal tech startup, as a core member of the early engineering team. My work spans architecture, technology selection and the decisions that took the platform to production.

Day to day I work close to AI-driven backend systems built with FastAPI, LangChain and LangGraph, and I stay involved in architecture discussions, technical planning and mentoring inside a small, fast-moving team.

2+ yrs
Building in production
End to end
System design to deployment
Core
Early engineering team

Now

Role
Full Stack Engineer
Company
Blackcoat.ai
Based in
Gurugram, India
Focus
Next.js · TypeScript
02 — Stack

The technologiesI build with.

Grouped by category. Heavier borders mark what I reach for daily.

Frontend
Next.jsReactHTMLCSS
Languages
TypeScriptJavaScriptPythonSQLC/C++
AI / LLM
LangChainLangGraphPrompt Engineering
Cloud & DevOps
Google Cloud PlatformFirebaseDocker
Backend
FastAPINode.jsExpress.jsREST APIs
Databases
MongoDBFirestore
Tools
GitGitHubPostmanCursorWindsurfMCP
03 — Journey

From courseworkto core team.

Four milestones, education and work on one line. Select one to read the detail.

Core member of the early engineering team, contributing to product architecture, technology selection and key technical decisions.
Helped transition the platform from early prototype to a production-ready system through architectural and infrastructure improvements.
Designed and developed scalable frontend systems in Next.js and TypeScript, owning features end to end from system design to implementation, testing and deployment.
Built and maintained cloud infrastructure on Google Cloud Platform and Firebase, ensuring scalability and reliability.
Joined the early engineering team at an AI-first legal tech startup.
Worked across the product’s frontend systems and cloud infrastructure while the platform was still an early prototype.
Day-to-day stack: Next.js and TypeScript on the frontend, Google Cloud and Firebase for infrastructure.
Worked on backend and frontend components within a large, production-scale codebase serving enterprise clients.
Collaborated with senior engineers to analyse requirements and deliver scalable solutions.
Participated in code reviews, bug fixes and unit testing to improve overall code quality.
Four years of computer science foundations — systems, data, networks and AI — alongside project work in web and backend development.
Graduated in 2024 with a focus on backend systems, cloud and applied AI.
Coursework across data structures, algorithms, databases, operating systems, computer networks, machine learning, artificial intelligence and cloud computing.
05 — Contact

Let’s build somethingmeaningful.