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Engineering Manager

Anuj Rai

Engineering manager who still loves to build — leading teams and shipping products end to end, from Go and Python backends to React, Vue, Svelte, and Flutter.

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About

Turning ideas into software

I'm an engineering manager from Nepal who's still hands-on with code. I've led teams building large production systems — an airline reservation platform, real-time flight operations, a notification microservice for SMS, email, and push, plus HR and inventory systems — and I stay deep in the stack: Go, Python (FastAPI, Django), and PHP (Laravel, core PHP) on the back end, plus PostgreSQL, MySQL, MariaDB, Oracle, and Redis on the data side.

I've been writing code since 2012 and working professionally since 2019. On the client side it's React, Vue, Svelte, and Flutter, plus C# for desktop apps — and I'm currently learning Rust. I care about clean architecture, performance, and shipping things that actually work in production — from a 770M-row database migration to a Flutter app in the store.

I'm also a space nerd — astronomy and astrophysics have fascinated me since school, and that's where this site's blackhole and void identity comes from. There's a nice parallel between the two crafts: a well-designed core, like a blackhole, pulls everything around it into orbit.

14+

Years coding

Years professional

10+

Projects shipped

Currently based in Kathmandu, Nepal.

Skills

My tech stack

The tools and technologies I use to build products end to end.

Languages: GoPythonPHPJavaScriptTypeScriptC++DartSQL
Backend & Frameworks: FastAPIDjangoLaravelPHP (Core).NETREST APIsSingle Sign-On (SSO)
Frontend & Mobile: ReactRedux ToolkitVueSvelteFlutter
Tools & DevOps: Git & GitHubDockerLinux
Databases: PostgreSQLMySQLMariaDBOracleRedis
Desktop & Systems: C# (.NET)WailsRust (learning)

Projects

Things I've built

A selection of systems I've designed and shipped — from large data migrations to customer-facing platforms.

Oracle → PostgreSQL Migration Pipeline

Built a robust migration pipeline that moved 770M+ rows from Oracle to PostgreSQL across a completely different schema. ID mappings between source and target tables were cached in a ~10GB Redis cache, with 10 parallel readers feeding a transform stage and a single writer.

Go
PostgreSQL
Oracle
Redis

SMS, Email & Push Notification Microservice

Led a microservice handling SMS, email, and push notifications at scale — message templates, delivery queues, retries, and provider fallbacks so nothing gets lost.

Go
Redis
PostgreSQL

Airline Ticket Reservation System

An airline reservation system handling flight inventory and ticket booking end to end — with single sign-on (SSO) so customers and staff authenticate once across services.

PHP
Laravel
MySQL
SSO

Buddha Air — Customer-Facing Website & App

The customer-facing booking experience for Buddha Air — flight search, booking, and payment flows across the public website and mobile app.

PHP
Laravel
MySQL
Flutter

Real-Time Flight Operations System

Real-time system for tracking and managing flight operations, keeping ground and ops teams in sync.

Go
React
PostgreSQL

Inventory Management System

Inventory system covering stock tracking, purchase orders, and reporting for daily operations.

Python
Django
PostgreSQL

HR Management System (HRM)

HRM covering employee records, attendance, leave, and payroll workflows in one place.

Laravel
PHP
MySQL

HR Training Platform

Training management platform for planning sessions, tracking enrollments, and recording completions.

Vue
Django
MySQL

Hardware Data Sync Desktop App

A C# desktop application that syncs data from hardware devices into the APIs powering the HR and Rice Mill ERP systems — keeping on-premise device data flowing reliably into the backend.

C#
.NET
REST APIs

Developer Toolkit — Reverse Proxy, Terminals & Notes

An all-in-one developer toolkit I'm building with an IDE-like experience — a local reverse proxy server with TLS, local and SSH terminals, note keeping, a JSON editor, and dev-server management from the UI: start scripts, start/stop controls, and live logs. All in one desktop app.

Go
React
Redux Toolkit
Wails

Experience

Where I've worked

Engineering Manager

Jul 2026 — Present

VectorIQ (formerly Buddha Tech) — Lalitpur, Nepal

Go
Python
.NET

Leading the engineering team at VectorIQ — the company I joined as Buddha Tech in 2022 — owning products end to end, from architecture to production reliability.
Directing the airline reservation and customer-facing platforms — Buddha Air website and app, real-time flight operations, and the notification microservice.
Mentoring engineers through design and code reviews, planning releases, and keeping the team shipping.

Development Team Lead

Jul 2024 — Jun 2026

VectorIQ (formerly Buddha Tech) — Lalitpur, Nepal

Go
Python
PostgreSQL

Led the development team at Buddha Tech, now VectorIQ — planning sprints, reviewing code, and unblocking engineers day to day.
Owned architecture and technical decisions for the airline reservation and flight operations platforms.
Coordinated across backend, mobile, and QA teams to ship features end to end.

Full Stack Engineer

Jul 2022 — Jun 2024

Buddha Tech (now VectorIQ) — Kathmandu, Nepal

Python
.NET Framework
Go

Led the design and build of the SMS, email, and push notification microservice — templates, delivery queues, retries, and provider fallbacks.
Built the airline ticket reservation system with single sign-on (SSO), plus the Buddha Air customer-facing website and mobile app.
Built backend services and APIs in Python, Go, and .NET Framework.

Full Stack Developer

Jun 2019 — Present

Find All Nepal — Dang, Lumbini, Nepal

Flutter
Python

Build and maintain full-stack products with Flutter and Python — mobile apps, web frontends, and the backend APIs behind them.
Own the full lifecycle of features, from requirements through development and deployment.

Software Developer

Jun 2020 — Dec 2020

Everestwalk Groups — Kathmandu, Nepal · Remote

React.js
Flutter

Built web and mobile experiences with React.js and Flutter in a fully remote team.
Shipped features end to end, from frontend components to mobile app releases.

PHP & C++ Intern

Dec 2018 — Mar 2019

Segona Tech — Kupondole, Lalitpur, Nepal

Interned on production systems in PHP and C++, my first professional software role.
Learned the fundamentals of the craft on real codebases, from server-side PHP to compiled C++.

Self-taught Programmer

2012 — 2018

Personal projects

Started programming for myself in 2012 — building small projects to learn, long before it became a career.
Self-taught across Go, Python, PHP, and frontend frameworks, which later became the base of my professional stack.
Went professional in 2019 and never stopped building side projects since.

FAQ

Quick answers

Clear, direct answers to the questions people ask most.

An engineering manager and full-stack developer based in Kathmandu, Nepal. I have been writing code since 2012 and working professionally since 2019, leading teams that ship airline reservation systems, real-time flight operations, notification microservices, and HR platforms.

Go, Python (FastAPI, Django), and PHP (Laravel, core PHP) on the backend, plus C# and .NET for desktop apps; React, Vue, Svelte, and Flutter on the frontend and mobile; PostgreSQL, MySQL, MariaDB, Oracle, and Redis across the data layer; and I am currently learning Rust.

A 770M-row Oracle to PostgreSQL migration pipeline with a ~10GB Redis ID-mapping cache, an airline ticket reservation system with single sign-on and the customer-facing Buddha Air website and app, an SMS, email, and push notification microservice, and a C# desktop app that syncs hardware data into the HR and Rice Mill ERP APIs.

14+ years of coding overall, 7+ years working professionally, and 10+ projects shipped — from large-scale data migrations to customer-facing platforms.

The blackhole comes from a lifelong fascination with astronomy and astrophysics. A blackhole’s gravity is what holds everything in orbit around it — and it is a fitting metaphor for engineering: design a strong, well-architected core, and the teams, services, and products around it all orbit in harmony.

Contact

Let's build something together

I'm always open to new opportunities, interesting projects, or just a friendly chat about tech.

Based in Kathmandu, Nepal — happy to collaborate with teams anywhere in the world.

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