Available for thoughtful engineering work

ANUJ BALMIKI / FULL STACK DEVELOPER

I build the systems behind useful products.

Full-stack developer with 3+ years building and running production systems end to end — from API and database design to deployment, monitoring, and applied AI.

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Selected experience

Segoma Imaging Technologies

Software Developer

Lead the in-house development team as the primary full-stack engineer, owning planning, code review, releases, and production operations.

  • —Own about 80% of a Django/DRF ERP used by 500+ people across 11 branches, covering HR, finance, diamond operations, QC, shipments, and reporting.
  • —Built and run the FastAPI supplier portal for 2,000+ diamond suppliers worldwide, with bookings, returns, pricing, shipments, and real-time tracking.
  • —Reduced ERP endpoint response times from tens of seconds to milliseconds — over 99% faster — by fixing severe ORM performance issues.
  • —Maintain five production servers and the Docker, Kubernetes, Nginx, GitLab CI/CD, S3, Cloudinary, Celery, MongoDB, and Redis stack behind them.
  • —Built a text-to-SQL MCP server using RAG over a 227-table schema and a SELECT-only guard, now used inside the ERP with a self-hosted Ollama model.
  • —Built deterministic invoice validation with OCR for scanned PDFs, checking 12 key fields and every stone across roughly 1,000 invoices per month.

HDFC Life

UAT Intern

Tested backend API responses against business requirements across critical insurance workflows.

  • —Identified and documented 15+ defects, then tracked fixes and validated them before production sign-off.

CyberSmith Secure

Backend & API Security Trainee

Applied secure backend practices across authentication, headers, input handling, and vulnerability assessment.

  • —Implemented JWT, HSTS, CSP, and X-Frame-Options; wrote remediation documentation used by the engineering team.
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Technical range

Backend

Python
Django
Django REST Framework
FastAPI
Pydantic
asyncio
Celery

Data

MySQL
MariaDB
MongoDB
Redis
Query optimisation
Indexing

Infrastructure

Docker
Kubernetes
Nginx
Linux
AWS EC2
AWS S3
GitLab CI/CD

AI / ML

RAG
MCP servers
Text-to-SQL
Ollama
Google Gemini
OCR
Tool calling

Frontend

Next.js
React
TypeScript
JavaScript
Jinja2
HTML
CSS

Quality

Pytest
Sentry
Structured logging
JWT
CSRF
Rate limiting
OpenAPI
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Projects

Buildit
AI-assisted ATS resume builder with dynamic sections, PDF export, JWT auth, and structured Gemini-powered rewriting.
Next.js
FastAPI
MongoDB
Gemini
View project
Supervision Chart Generator
Constraint-based Django scheduling system for 50+ college supervisors. Cut a fully manual workload by 95% and remains in production.
Django
MySQL
Python
Automation

CURRENTLY EXPLORING

Self-hosted AI, durable infrastructure, and better developer tooling.

At home I run a Linux server with Ollama, Docker, self-hosted services, and NAS storage — a practical playground for model behaviour, networking, and automation outside production constraints.

Let's connect

If you want to get in touch with me about something or just to say hi, reach out on social media or send me an email.