Shivam Honrao
shivamhonrao2002@gmail.com · github.com/ShivamH1 · x.com/shivam_honrao · linkedin.com/in/shivam-honrao
summary
Software Engineer with 2+ years of experience building enterprise SaaS and AI-native applications. Experienced in taking products from idea to production across frontend, backend, and AI systems. Strong background in building user-facing products, real-time systems, AI agents, and developer tools with a product-first mindset. Passionate about creating AI software that automates repetitive workflows through practical engineering rather than relying on specific frameworks.
skills
languages: TypeScript, JavaScript, Python
frontend: Next.js (App Router, RSC), React.js, Redux (RTK), Zustand, TailwindCSS
backend: Node.js, BunJS, FastAPI, Express, Elysia, Hono, WebSockets, REST, SSE
ai / ml: AI Agents, Agentic Workflows, LangGraph, LangChain, Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), Prompt Engineering, Context Engineering, Voice AI, LLM Integration (OpenAI, Anthropic Claude, Google Gemini)
databases: PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Redis
ORMs: Prisma, Drizzle
tools: Git, Docker, Vercel, CI/CD, Nginx, AWS, Vitest, Postman, Figma, Jira
experience
Freelance Software Engineer · Excello Circuits · June 2026 - June 2026
- Redesigned and developed the company's marketing website with a strong focus on responsive design and cross-device compatibility.
- Converted Figma designs into a pixel-perfect, responsive website while maintaining accessibility and consistent UI behavior across screen sizes. Improved the user experience by implementing a mobile-first interface.
Founding Software Engineer · Kiwi Group · Feb 2026 — June 2026
- Architected and shipped an end-to-end Event Booking Application from scratch, owning system design, backend API, and frontend, establishing the foundational engineering stack for the company's first customer-facing product.
- Co-designed an AI Agent Network platform for open multi-agent collaboration, implementing the inter-agent communication layer and defining the agent-discovery protocol that enables heterogeneous agents to coordinate on shared tasks.
- As the founding engineer, defined coding standards, CI/CD pipeline, and infrastructure decisions that now serve as the blueprint for the entire engineering organisation.
Software Engineer (promoted from Frontend Engineer) · miniOrange · Sep 2024 — Dec 2025
- IAM Modernization & Micro-Frontends: Architected a micro-frontend service for the flagship Identity & Access Management (IAM) product, migrating legacy JSP pages to Next.js. Implemented React Server Components (RSC) to move sensitive business logic to the server, effectively hiding API endpoints and source code from the client-side to harden system security.
- Security Workflow Engineering: Designed a complex, multi-step authentication recovery system supporting Email, Phone, and TOTP/2FA. Built a state-driven multi-form architecture that ensured secure credential resetting while maintaining a seamless user experience.
- Platform Unification (Full-Stack): A full-stack initiative to unify the company’s Data Loss Prevention (DLP) and Mobile Device Management (MDM) platforms into a single, cohesive dashboard.
- Performance & Frontend Architecture: Directed the frontend architecture for a new Web Agency product, leveraging React.js and TypeScript to achieve a 20% faster page load and 15% higher user engagement through strategic code-splitting and ISR (Incremental Static Regeneration).
- Developer Velocity: Refactored core React codebases into reusable component libraries with strict TypeScript typing, which reduced feature development time by 40% and minimized production runtime errors.
- Mentorship & Leadership: Mentored two interns in best coding practices and software development methodologies, conducted code reviews for two projects to ensure high-quality standards, and facilitated Scrum meetings to promote collaboration and agile practices within the development team.
Software Development Engineer Intern · Bluestock Fintech · June 2024 — July 2024
- Built a FastAPI + React financial dashboard pipeline that improved data-processing response time by 30%.
- Implemented a WebSocket / long-poll hybrid feed for live IPO and startup news, keeping B2B clients' dashboards current without manual refresh.
selected projects
education
B.E. in Computer Science & Engineering (CGPA: 8.0) · University of Pune, India · 2024
- Avishkar Hackathon Winner 2x Times.
- Represented Team at University and District Level.
Diploma in Electrical Engineering (Score: 9.0) · Cusrow Wadia Institute of Technology, Pune, India · 2021