About Me
Hey 👋, welcome. I’m Ashok Dey, a software engineer with over a decade of experience turning ideas into scalable applications that drive business impact and solve meaningful problems.
Over the years, I’ve built a strong foundation across the frontend, backend, and cloud, while also leading efficient, high-performing engineering teams. My work now spans backend engineering, distributed systems, polyglot databases, and infrastructure. Building everything from MVPs to large-scale, resilient platforms.
What drives me is curiosity. It keeps pushing me into system internals, not just to understand how things work, but why they were designed that way.That same drive is now pulling me deeper into the world of silicon, slowly peeling back the layers between software and hardware. This site is a reflection of my off-hour experiments, where learning never really stops.
Expertise & Interests
- Product & Platform: Driving products from concept and MVP to robust, highly scalable enterprise-grade platforms.
- Cloud & Architecture: Crafting cloud-native architectures on AWS/GCP using Node.js and Golang.
- Leadership & Mentorship: Building and guiding development teams, fostering a culture of technical excellence and growth.
- Always Learning: Continuously exploring the internals of computer systems, databases, and operating systems.
Communities
I was actively associated with multiple tech communities of NCR region of India, focussed on JavaScript and Go. One of my most prominent contributions was with JSLovers. I have successfully organized 10+ events and in addition to organizing, I’ve delivered 20+ technical talks across a wide range of topics.
Some of the most memorable sessions include:
| Year | Venue | Talk Title |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Urban Company | Webpack: Inside Out! |
| 2018 | Social Cops | GraphQL Alongside REST |
| 2019 | Grofers | Diving into Golang |
| 2019 | 91Springboard | Unit Testing & CI/CD in Node.js |
| 2019 | Microsoft | Getting Started with Open Source Contributions |
| 2019 | GoMechanic | Node.js Internals |
Open Source
Open source has played a foundational role in both my personal and professional journey. From Linux and Git to Arduino, these community-driven projects have redefined what’s possible in technology and learning. Today’s world heavily relies on Open Source and this will further explode with time.
Milestones
- 2016: Created Knaxus to promote open source coding & application development
- 2018: Created ShredX to host monthly open source application development events
- 2019: Led a group of 15 enthusiasts and helped them win the HackOctoberFest of 2019
- 2020: My Github repo, problem-solving-javascript crossed 1000 stars
Highlights
- 2006: Got first PC and experimented with a variety of OS installations from Windows XP, Vista, Mint to Fedora.
- 2008: Discovered PC Gaming and excelled in the Need For Speed, Battlefield & Call of Duty franchise.
- 2010: Took up part time OS repair works locally and helped 25+ high school groups with IP projects.
- 2012: Built my first Gaming Rig, still functional and in use today.
- 2013: Ventured into Electronics with Arduino, built a robotic car and learned core hardware programming concepts.
- 2015: Hosted self designed (Photoshop CS14) website at ashokdey.in. Also took on freelance web design projects for local clients.
- 2016: Deployed first major project qurious.xyz, got 148 users from different parts of the globe.
- 2017: Joined Kisan Network as a Software Engineer. [Node.js, MySQL, jQuery]
- 2018: Shipped Classplus from idea to application and scaled it to 30k users. [MERN, AWS, CI/CD]
- 2019: In Daalchini built the platform, designed crons & reporting pipelines, crafted security systems, and optimized databases which scaled the system to handle 10k transactions per hour. [MERN, AWS, DevOps]
- 2020: Got into photography and media editing. Check out Pexels!
- 2021: Shipped Noice (Spotify for Indonesia), built & managed 12+ microservices, implemented polyglot storage, and explored distributed systems. [MERN, GCP, Mongo, DevOps]
- 2022: Promoted to Tech Lead at Noice; led multiple cross-functional squads. Experienced the scale of 3.5k req/s and solved critical & challenging issues at scale. Delivered an image processing pipeline that saved 20% data per user and improved Lighthouse score by 40%. [Management, Leadership, Go, ClickHouse, DevOps]
- 2023: Upgraded the initial gaming rig to a beast. Revived PC gaming and re-learning electronics.
- 2024: Joined Infocusp, collaborating with Fortune 500 clients to ship globally impactful products. [Go, Kotlin, gRPC, GraphQL, Terraform, GCP, Monorepos, Bazel, Buck]
More detailed career timeline and certifications are listed on LinkedIn
Contact
If you are looking for a consultant or a mentor, the best way to reach me is either on Twitter or via email.
Have a good day!