Hi, I'm Darpan Kattel
Computer Engineer, Programmer & Cloud Solutions Architect
// Software Engineer crafting scalable solutions and cloud architectures from Nepal
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// My professional journey and work experience
Software Engineer
CurrentNiural AI
Working on Niural, a SaaS application helping large-scale organizations from 150+ countries in PEO, Payrolls and more.
Re-architected the payroll engine into an async, state-machine pipeline — scaling runs from 200 to 2,000+ employees
Built event-driven benefits-enrollment integrations with third-party providers, webhooks and cron fallbacks
Owned integrations end to end — scoping with product and design, and coordinating with partner teams across time zones
Shipped MCP servers over the payroll system so AI agents could answer questions from live data
Raised legacy code quality with unit tests on financial calculations, API versioning and pre-commit gates
Backend Developer
TechTrain Pvt. Ltd.
Led and delivered multiple large-scale platforms for (semi)government agencies with secure, reliable, and scalable backend systems.
Led backend delivery of GIS and data platforms for (semi-)government agencies at >99.9% uptime
Designed Django, GeoDjango and PostGIS architectures with REST contracts for React and Next.js clients
Improved API performance ~30% and made spatial queries nearly 2× faster through indexing and caching
Built a real-time AWS IoT Core ingestion pipeline with >99.9% message delivery on Timestream
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Software Development
Django | FastAPI | Python
I am a backend developer. I develop webapps, APIs, and services. I use Django as a backend tool, and also have experience with web frameworks like Flask and FastAPI.
Cloud Solutions
AWS
I can develop cloud solutions and design architectures using AWS services. I have experience in deploying applications on the cloud and managing cloud resources.
Frontend Development
React | Next.js | JavaScript
My expertise is in backend development, but I also work on frontend development. I develop user interfaces and applications using React.js, Next.js, and other frontend technologies.
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Programming Languages
Frameworks
Databases
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// My educational journey and academic background
+2 (SLC)
2020 ADDevi Secondary School, Jhapa
CompletedBachelor's in Computer Engineering
Apr, 2021 ADIOE, Purwanchal Campus, Dharan
StartedBachelor's in Computer Engineering
Apr, 2022 ADIOE, Pulchowk Campus, Lalitpur
ContinuedBachelor's in Computer Engineering
Apr, 2025 ADIOE, Pulchowk Campus, Lalitpur
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Hackathon Winner
Led a team to victory with Talkspace, a mental health solution, competing against seniors, in ACES TECHFEST 4.0 Hackathon – Winner 🏆
2022Team Leadership
Successfully led 7 major projects from conception; engaging with the clients, to deployment, consisting of government, semi-government and private projects.
2022-2025Cloud Solutions Architect
Certified in AWS cloud services and architecture design, Solutions Architect – Associate SAA-C03. Gained hands-on experience in designing cloud architectures.
2025Let's Work Together
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