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Praveen Raj Srivastav

Backend Engineer · 3rd Year CSE @ NMIT, Bengaluru

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Praveen Raj Srivastav
Backend & Fullstack Developer · ECE @ NMIT, Bengaluru
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+91 9693154149 github.com/praveen24sriv linkedin Bangalore, India
Education
B.E. in Electronics & Communication Engineering Aug 2023 — May 2027
Nitte Meenakshi Institute of Technology, Bengaluru · CGPA: 9.26/10
DAV Public School, Hehal 2020 — 2022
Class 12 (CBSE): 90% · Class 10 (CBSE): 93.4% · Ranchi, India
Experience
Open Source Contributor — Palisadoes Foundation (Talawa API) 2025
Backend & Testing Engineer · Remote
  • Authored 40+ unit & integration tests using Vitest/Jest for a production TypeScript/GraphQL API, achieving 90%+ code coverage and reducing CI regression failures by ~60%.
  • Reviewed 10+ pull requests, resolved 5+ critical bugs, and shipped 3 backend features on a TypeScript + GraphQL + Node.js codebase; containerized via Docker with GitHub Actions CI/CD.
Full Stack Developer Intern — Shopto AI 2025
Bangalore, India
  • Engineered a MERN-stack Restaurant POS managing 5+ concurrent order streams, reducing manual billing errors by ~40% and cutting order-to-kitchen dispatch latency by ~30%.
  • Optimized 4 high-traffic REST APIs with Redux Toolkit state management and server-side caching, improving average response time by ~35% under peak concurrent load.
Projects
Nexus — Video Hosting Backend Node.js · Express.js · MongoDB · Cloudinary · JWT
  • Architected a multi-entity backend across 6+ Mongoose schemas (users, videos, subscriptions, playlists) with JWT auth (Access/Refresh tokens + HTTP-only cookies), achieving zero auth vulnerabilities in testing.
  • Built 8+ MongoDB aggregation pipelines for real-time analytics; integrated Multer + Cloudinary middlewares reducing media upload processing time by ~50%.
Zentry — Production-Grade Blogging Platform React · Redux Toolkit · Tailwind · Appwrite
  • Scalable platform for 1,000+ users with 3-tier RBAC, real-time editing, and Appwrite OAuth; architected 15+ reusable components reducing feature development time by ~40%.
  • Improved page load performance by ~25% via SEO-optimized slug routing and lazy loading; enforced 100% form schema validation using React Hook Form across all 5+ submission flows.
Achievements
  • 1st Prize — IIT Hyderabad Founders Forum: Won top honors among 200+ national participants.
  • 1st Runner-Up — IIT Madras Boardroom Competition: Placed 2nd out of 50+ teams.
  • 1st Runner-Up — I-Solve Hackathon (Bangalore Traffic Police): 2nd out of 80+ teams in a 24-hour sprint.
  • Finalist — KPIT K-Impact 2025: Peltier-based EV battery thermal-management system.
  • Intel Unnati Industrial Training: Fine-tuned 2 LLMs for CPU-based inference, ~85% response accuracy.
Skills
TypeScript JavaScript Java GraphQL React.js Redux Toolkit Tailwind CSS Node.js Express.js MongoDB DrizzleORM Docker Kubernetes GitHub Actions Vitest Jest Appwrite Cloudinary