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href=\"#writing\">Writing<\/a><a href=\"#contact\">Contact<\/a><\/nav><a class=\"nav-cta\" href=\"mailto:vaibhav.shakya786@gmail.com\">Let\u2019s talk <span aria-hidden=\"true\">\u2197<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/header><main id=\"main-content\"><section class=\"hero\" id=\"top\"><div class=\"wrap hero-grid\"><div class=\"hero-copy\"><div class=\"eyebrow\">Solutions Architect \u00b7 Engineering Lead<\/div><h1>Designing secure platforms.<br><em>Leading teams to ship them.<\/em><\/h1><p>I\u2019m Vaibhav Shakya \u2014 an architect-focused engineer with 8+ years across fintech, mobile, and backend systems. I connect system design with hands-on delivery, from early technical decisions through production.<\/p><div class=\"hero-tags\"><span class=\"tag\">Fintech platforms<\/span><span class=\"tag\">Mobile &amp; backend<\/span><span class=\"tag\">Security-first systems<\/span><span class=\"tag\">Technical leadership<\/span><\/div><div class=\"actions\"><a class=\"button button-primary\" href=\"#work\">Explore selected work <span aria-hidden=\"true\">&nbsp;\u2193<\/span><\/a><a class=\"button button-secondary\" href=\"mailto:vaibhav.shakya786@gmail.com\">Contact Vaibhav <span aria-hidden=\"true\">&nbsp;\u2197<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><aside class=\"hero-photo\" aria-label=\"Portrait of Vaibhav Shakya\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/vaibhavshakya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-12-24-at-3.20.32-PM.jpeg\" alt=\"Vaibhav Shakya\" width=\"1152\" height=\"1536\" fetchpriority=\"high\"><span class=\"photo-label\">Architecture \u00b7 Engineering \u00b7 Delivery<\/span><div class=\"photo-caption\"><span class=\"photo-dot\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span><span><b>Vaibhav Shakya<\/b><small>Solutions Architect \u00b7 Engineering Lead<\/small><\/span><\/div><\/aside><\/div><\/section><section class=\"metrics\" aria-label=\"Career highlights\"><div class=\"wrap metric-grid\"><div class=\"metric\"><strong>8+<\/strong><span>Years in software &amp; architecture<\/span><\/div><div class=\"metric\"><strong>20+<\/strong><span>Android &amp; web apps delivered<\/span><\/div><div class=\"metric\"><strong>15+<\/strong><span>B2B clients won through solutioning<\/span><\/div><div class=\"metric\"><strong>300+<\/strong><span>Students mentored<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/section><section class=\"section\" id=\"expertise\"><div class=\"wrap\"><div class=\"section-head\"><div class=\"section-kicker\">What I bring<\/div><h2 class=\"section-title\">Architecture that balances scale, security, and delivery.<\/h2><p class=\"section-lead\">I work across product, engineering, and operations to turn requirements into systems that teams can build, run, and evolve.<\/p><\/div><div class=\"expertise-grid\"><article class=\"expertise-card\"><div class=\"card-index\">01<\/div><h3>Platform &amp; solution architecture<\/h3><p>System design for multi-platform products, secure payment flows, API gateways, high-availability services, and integrations.<\/p><div class=\"mini-tags\"><span>System design<\/span><span>API architecture<\/span><span>High availability<\/span><\/div><\/article><article class=\"expertise-card\"><div class=\"card-index\">02<\/div><h3>Fintech security &amp; compliance<\/h3><p>Security-first engineering for KYC, lending, merchant and settlement journeys, with encryption, integrity controls, and fraud detection.<\/p><div class=\"mini-tags\"><span>Secure SDLC<\/span><span>PCI-DSS<\/span><span>RBI audits<\/span><\/div><\/article><article class=\"expertise-card\"><div class=\"card-index\">03<\/div><h3>Mobile &amp; backend engineering<\/h3><p>Native Android and iOS, React Native, Flutter, Node.js and Java \u2014 with a focus on performance, reliability, and maintainable systems.<\/p><div class=\"mini-tags\"><span>Android \/ iOS<\/span><span>Node.js<\/span><span>Java \/ Kotlin<\/span><\/div><\/article><article class=\"expertise-card\"><div class=\"card-index\">04<\/div><h3>Technical leadership<\/h3><p>Architecture reviews, technical designs and RUDs, estimation, cross-team alignment, code quality, and mentoring.<\/p><div class=\"mini-tags\"><span>Engineering strategy<\/span><span>Technical documentation<\/span><span>Mentoring<\/span><\/div><\/article><article class=\"expertise-card\"><div class=\"card-index\">05<\/div><h3>Cloud &amp; delivery foundations<\/h3><p>Practical experience with AWS, CI\/CD, observability, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, and the operating needs of production services.<\/p><div class=\"mini-tags\"><span>AWS<\/span><span>CI\/CD<\/span><span>PostgreSQL \/ MongoDB<\/span><\/div><\/article><article class=\"expertise-card\"><div class=\"card-index\">06<\/div><h3>AI-enabled product work<\/h3><p>Experience integrating conversational AI into mobile products and continuing to build depth in agentic AI systems.<\/p><div class=\"mini-tags\"><span>Dialogflow<\/span><span>Agentic AI<\/span><span>Product integration<\/span><\/div><\/article><\/div><\/div><\/section><section class=\"section alt\" id=\"work\"><div class=\"wrap\"><div class=\"section-head\"><div class=\"section-kicker\">Selected work<\/div><h2 class=\"section-title\">From high-volume fintech to products built from zero.<\/h2><p class=\"section-lead\">A selection of architecture, engineering, and product work across fintech, SaaS, commerce, and creator tools.<\/p><\/div><div class=\"work-grid\"><article class=\"work-card\"><div class=\"work-type\">Fintech \u00b7 Innoviti Technologies<\/div><h3>Secure merchant and payment platforms<\/h3><p>Worked across KYC, lending, merchant lifecycle, settlement, and custom POS integrations on a platform supporting millions of transactions. Recent backend work includes a product price-matching service and operational workflows.<\/p><div class=\"outcome\"><span>~30% less manual price analysis<\/span><span>~15% faster backend response<\/span><span>~30% faster app load<\/span><\/div><\/article><article class=\"work-card\"><div class=\"work-type\">Product studio \u00b7 Mn Labs<\/div><h3>Architecture and delivery from idea to launch<\/h3><p>Co-founded Mn Labs and led technical direction and full-cycle product development across 20+ Android and web applications, while partnering with clients and building distributed teams.<\/p><div class=\"outcome\"><span>20+ apps delivered<\/span><span>15+ B2B clients<\/span><span>300+ learners mentored<\/span><\/div><a class=\"work-link\" href=\"http:\/\/mnlabs.in\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Visit Mn Labs <span aria-hidden=\"true\">\u2197<\/span><\/a><\/article><article class=\"work-card\"><div class=\"work-type\">Commerce \u00b7 HyperHut<\/div><h3>Commerce platform and payment workflows<\/h3><p>Co-founded HyperHut and built its e-commerce platform with a Node.js backend, web frontend, payment gateway integration, and order workflows \u2014 alongside early growth and marketing work.<\/p><div class=\"outcome\"><span>Full-stack product delivery<\/span><span>Payments &amp; orders<\/span><span>Co-founder<\/span><\/div><a class=\"work-link\" href=\"http:\/\/hyperhut.in\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Visit HyperHut <span aria-hidden=\"true\">\u2197<\/span><\/a><\/article><article class=\"work-card\"><div class=\"work-type\">Creator tools \u00b7 ProjektOne<\/div><h3>OneLink for music creators<\/h3><p>Led the end-to-end development of ProjektOne, from platform architecture and backend APIs through frontend experience and deployment pipelines.<\/p><div class=\"outcome\"><span>End-to-end architecture<\/span><span>APIs &amp; product delivery<\/span><span>Open project<\/span><\/div><a class=\"work-link\" href=\"http:\/\/projektone.in\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Visit ProjektOne <span aria-hidden=\"true\">\u2197<\/span><\/a><\/article><\/div><\/div><\/section><section class=\"section\" id=\"experience\"><div class=\"wrap\"><div class=\"section-head\"><div class=\"section-kicker\">Experience<\/div><h2 class=\"section-title\">Hands-on engineering, growing into architecture and leadership.<\/h2><\/div><div class=\"timeline\"><article class=\"role\"><div class=\"role-date\">Feb 2026 \u2014 Present<\/div><div><h3>Backend Developer<\/h3><div class=\"org\">Innoviti Technologies \u00b7 Fintech<\/div><p>Building Node.js and MongoDB services, improving merchant and operations workflows, and developing secure backend capabilities for high-volume payment platforms.<\/p><\/div><\/article><article class=\"role\"><div class=\"role-date\">Apr 2022 \u2014 Jan 2026<\/div><div><h3>Senior Software Engineer \u2014 Mobile Applications<\/h3><div class=\"org\">Innoviti Technologies \u00b7 Fintech<\/div><p>Delivered Android, iOS, and React Native applications for KYC, lending, onboarding, and payments; led custom POS integrations and security improvements.<\/p><\/div><\/article><article class=\"role\"><div class=\"role-date\">Dec 2021 \u2014 Apr 2022<\/div><div><h3>Consumer Apps Engineering<\/h3><div class=\"org\">Maven Cluster \u00b7 Consumer products<\/div><p>Built Flutter features and improved real-time communication reliability across matchmaking and pet-transport applications.<\/p><\/div><\/article><article class=\"role\"><div class=\"role-date\">Oct 2017 \u2014 Dec 2021<\/div><div><h3>Co-founder<\/h3><div class=\"org\">Mn Labs \u00b7 EdTech &amp; SaaS<\/div><p>Owned architecture, stack decisions, product delivery, client solutioning, and distributed team development across a portfolio of applications.<\/p><\/div><\/article><article class=\"role\"><div class=\"role-date\">2018 \u2014 2021 \u00b7 Concurrent<\/div><div><h3>Co-founder &amp; Full Stack Developer<\/h3><div class=\"org\">HyperHut \u00b7 E-commerce<\/div><p>Built the e-commerce product and payment\/order workflows, and contributed to early customer acquisition and growth.<\/p><\/div><\/article><\/div><\/div><\/section><section class=\"section alt\"><div class=\"wrap\"><div class=\"section-head\"><div class=\"section-kicker\">Technical foundation<\/div><h2 class=\"section-title\">Breadth across the stack. Depth where systems need it.<\/h2><\/div><div class=\"foundation-grid\"><article class=\"foundation-card\"><h3>Architecture &amp; engineering<\/h3><p>System design, multi-platform architecture, secure payments, API gateways, high availability, observability, performance, and secure SDLC.<\/p><div class=\"foundation-list\"><span>Kotlin \u00b7 Java<\/span><span>Node.js \u00b7 Express<\/span><span>Android \u00b7 iOS<\/span><span>React Native \u00b7 Flutter<\/span><span>PostgreSQL \u00b7 MongoDB<\/span><span>AWS \u00b7 CI\/CD<\/span><\/div><\/article><article class=\"foundation-card\"><h3>Education &amp; certifications<\/h3><p>MBA in Entrepreneurship and B.E. in Computer Science, with continued learning across cloud, cybersecurity, project delivery, and agentic AI.<\/p><div class=\"foundation-list\"><span>MBA \u00b7 Entrepreneurship<\/span><span>B.E. \u00b7 Computer Science<\/span><span>Google Cybersecurity<\/span><span>Google Cloud Data Analytics<\/span><span>IBM Agentic AI<\/span><span>Agile Project Management<\/span><\/div><\/article><\/div><\/div><\/section><section class=\"section\" id=\"writing\"><div class=\"wrap\"><div class=\"section-head\"><div class=\"section-kicker\">Writing &amp; learning<\/div><h2 class=\"section-title\">Sharing what I learn while building.<\/h2><\/div><div class=\"medium-grid\"><a class=\"medium-card\" href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/@vaibhav.shakya786\/putting-a-control-plane-between-the-llm-and-the-bank-architecture-for-governed-ai-execution-2c66bf41b28f\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img class=\"medium-cover\" src=\"https:\/\/media2.dev.to\/dynamic\/image\/width=1000,height=420,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto\/https%3A%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Farticles%2Fon6207y7ib043qodkhee.png\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"><div class=\"medium-content\"><span class=\"medium-topic\">AI \u00b7 Financial architecture<\/span><h3>Putting a Control Plane Between the LLM and the Bank<\/h3><p>Architecture for governed AI execution in financial workflows.<\/p><span class=\"medium-read\">Read article <span aria-hidden=\"true\">\u2197<\/span><\/div><\/span><\/a><a class=\"medium-card\" href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/@vaibhav.shakya786\/your-ai-agent-needs-an-iam-strategy-too-least-privilege-design-for-autonomous-financial-systems-9f54da7b8b28\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img class=\"medium-cover\" src=\"https:\/\/media2.dev.to\/dynamic\/image\/width=1000,height=420,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto\/https%3A%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Farticles%2Faphjgz579rsqs44d2iwm.png\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"><div class=\"medium-content\"><span class=\"medium-topic\">IAM \u00b7 Agentic systems<\/span><h3>Your AI Agent Needs an IAM Strategy Too<\/h3><p>Least-privilege design for autonomous financial systems.<\/p><span class=\"medium-read\">Read article <span aria-hidden=\"true\">\u2197<\/span><\/div><\/span><\/a><a class=\"medium-card\" href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/@vaibhav.shakya786\/designing-fintech-for-the-day-everything-fails-cyberattacks-outages-dependencies-and-recovery-62ac25e7b2e4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img class=\"medium-cover\" src=\"https:\/\/media2.dev.to\/dynamic\/image\/width=1000,height=420,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto\/https%3A%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Farticles%2F8ab27nbk77f0gmesm0qs.png\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"><div class=\"medium-content\"><span class=\"medium-topic\">Fintech \u00b7 Resilience<\/span><h3>Designing FinTech for the Day Everything Fails<\/h3><p>Planning for cyberattacks, outages, dependencies, and recovery.<\/p><span class=\"medium-read\">Read article <span aria-hidden=\"true\">\u2197<\/span><\/div><\/span><\/a><\/div><div class=\"medium-all\"><a class=\"writing-link\" href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/@vaibhav.shakya786\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">View all articles on Medium \u2197<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/section><section class=\"section alt\" id=\"contact\"><div class=\"wrap\"><div class=\"contact-panel\"><div class=\"section-kicker\">Get in touch<\/div><h2>Let\u2019s design the next system well.<\/h2><p>Open to conversations about solution architecture, engineering leadership, secure fintech platforms, and complex product delivery.<\/p><div class=\"actions\"><a class=\"button button-primary\" href=\"mailto:vaibhav.shakya786@gmail.com\">Email Vaibhav <span aria-hidden=\"true\">&nbsp;\u2197<\/span><\/a><\/div><div class=\"contact-details\"><a href=\"mailto:vaibhav.shakya786@gmail.com\">vaibhav.shakya786@gmail.com<\/a><a href=\"tel:8518984240\">8518984240<\/a><span>Indore, India<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><\/main><footer class=\"site-footer\"><div class=\"wrap footer-inner\"><span>\u00a9 Vaibhav Shakya \u00b7 Solutions Architect &amp; 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