Basant Mandal
Senior Full Stack Engineer with 9+ years of experience architecting scalable, high-availability systems (Node.js, TypeScript, Docker, MySQL, and GitHub Actions). Proven track record in orchestrating production-grade Ubuntu environments, driving zero-downtime CI/CD pipelines with robust process automation, and optimizing MySQL database performance for high-concurrency platforms.
Engineering Experience
Senior Web Engineer
Oct 2020 — Present- Lead Software Engineer building scalable backend systems, cloud infrastructure, and modern web applications using Node.js, Next.js, TypeScript, Docker, and Azure. I leverage AI tools like Claude, Gemini, and Antigravity to accelerate development, improve code quality, automate workflows, and strengthen architecture and code reviews.
- Architected highly concurrent, highly available platforms achieving 99.9% uptime and enabling zero-downtime deployments using GitHub Actions, Docker, Azure Web Apps, and Azure Container Registry.
- Improved MySQL performance by 40% through query optimization, strategic indexing, and database normalization, using EXPLAIN, Performance Schema, and Slow Query Log to identify and eliminate performance bottlenecks.
- Built production-ready Next.js + TypeScript applications with DaisyUI, achieving 90+ Lighthouse scores, and developed a bidirectional integration layer between BigCommerce and Node.js to synchronize product data, updates, and inventory across both systems.
- Managed mission critical Adobe Commerce (Magento) cloud infrastructure, CI/CD pipelines, security updates, and custom extension development.
- Active Adobe Commerce Partner and open-source contributor.
Web Developer
Aug 2017 — Sept 2020- Collaborated on full-stack development (PHP/MySQL) for a Food Delivery Web App and hybrid mobile app development using Ionic 3 & Angular 7.
- Migrated legacy systems to modern PHP frameworks (CodeIgniter 3), substantially improving maintainability and scalability.
- Executed SEO optimization strategies using white-hat techniques to improve search engine rankings and increase organic traffic.
Selected Open Source
Sanitizes storefront queries to mitigate SQL injection risks and enhance catalog lookup speeds.
PHP · Magento 2Admin-managed Content Security Policy configuration module for dynamic policy enforcement.
PHP · SecurityLightweight, optimized PHP 8.x Docker base images pre-configured for high-throughput ecommerce.
Docker · PHP · LinuxAutomated Bash tooling for routine maintenance, old kernel trimming, and package cache cleanup.
Bash · DevOps