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Manav Lade

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Full-stack software engineer building AI-driven, scalable web applications.

India

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What I'm looking for

I seek roles building AI-driven full-stack products where I can own end-to-end features, work cross-functionally, and grow in technical leadership.

I am a full-stack software engineer with hands-on experience architecting and delivering AI-driven web applications that prioritize scalability, performance, and user experience. I combine Java, JavaScript/TypeScript, modern frameworks, and cloud-native tooling to ship production-ready products.

I've led end-to-end development for startup and product projects — building landing pages, admin consoles, and multi-role platforms with Next.js, Node.js, MongoDB, Pinecone, and GenAI integrations. Notable achievements include designing semantic search and RAG-powered assistants, integrating analytics and payment systems, and improving user engagement through SEO and tracking.

I work well directly with stakeholders and cross-functional teams, owning deployments and delivering features rapidly using Agile practices, CI/CD, containerization, and robust system design principles. I focus on pragmatic, secure solutions that drive measurable product impact.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Current

Founding Engineer

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Illusion AI

Aug 2025 - Present (10 months)

Architected and launched a cloud-native full-stack AI platform in under 4 weeks as Founding Engineer.
Diagnosed critical performance bottlenecks via structured logging, improved REST API response times 12× (1200ms → 100ms) and reduced AI latency 6× ( 12s → 2s) through a RAG pipeline (LangChain + Pinecone + Gemini API).
Implemented OTP auth, rate limiting and security aware back-end design patterns

Next.js Node MongoDB Pinecone GenAI Docker MongoDB Atlas

Software Developer Intern

Aim2Excel

Nov 2024 - Jul 2025 (8 months)

Led full-stack development of early.fit, a production HealthTech platform scaled to 10,000+ users, drove client-facing requirement gathering.
Collaborated with UX/UI designers to deliver intuitive user experiences.
Owned end-to-end deployment, hosting, and domain management at shruttibose.com,

Next.js TypeScript Tanstack Query Shadcn Ui SEO Google Tag Manager Razorpay Zoom MongoDB Node NestJS ExpressJS

Education

Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework

Vidyavardhini's College of Engineering and Technology

Bachelor of Engineering, Computer Science and Engineering (Data Science)

2022 - 2025

Grade: SGPI 7.2

Bachelor of Engineering in Computer Science and Engineering (Data Science) completed with SGPI 7.2 in May 2025, focusing on software engineering and data-driven applications.