Experience & Education | Mansi Mahant

Staff Software Engineer & System Architect

Current

Apex Digital Labs

Full-timeSan Francisco, CA (Hybrid)

2024-03 — Present

Leading core architecture for enterprise cloud platforms, directing microservices migrations, and establishing engineering standards across 4 squads. Mentoring senior engineers and spearheading technical roadmaps.

Responsibilities

Architected Next.js and Node.js microservices handling 20M+ daily active requests with 99.99% availability.
Designed zero-trust edge authorization layer using WebAssembly and Cloudflare Workers, cutting origin latency by 35%.
Spearheaded automated CI/CD pipelines reducing deployment lead time from 2 days to 15 minutes.
Mentored 12 software engineers across full-stack TypeScript, Go, and cloud infrastructure best practices.

Achievements

Reduced overall cloud infrastructure annual spending by $320,000 through automated pod scaling and query optimization.
Awarded Technical Leadership Award for zero-downtime database migration of 40M customer records.

TypeScriptNext.jsNode.jsGoKubernetesCloudflare WorkersGraphQLPostgreSQL

Senior Full-Stack Engineer

Vortex Cloud Infrastructure

Full-timeSan Francisco, CA

2022-06 — 2024-02

Engineered real-time telemetry dashboards and cloud observability tools for Kubernetes operations teams. Built scalable backend APIs and high-density WebGL frontend consoles.

Responsibilities

Developed high-density React & WebGL monitoring dashboard displaying 10,000 active cluster node metrics in real time.
Built Golang ingestion pipelines streaming 50,000 metric events per second into TimescaleDB and ClickHouse.
Implemented OAuth2 and SAML single sign-on (SSO) integration for enterprise enterprise customers.

Achievements

Accelerated customer incident MTTR by 40% with unified real-time alert correlation views.

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Lead Creative Technologist & UI Engineer

Synthetix AI Systems

Full-timeSan Jose, CA (Remote)

2021-01 — 2022-05

Bridged AI research and frontend design by building node-based visual workflow editors for autonomous LLM agents and computer vision models.

Responsibilities

Built drag-and-drop workflow editor using React Flow and TypeScript for building complex AI multi-agent graph flows.
Constructed Python FastAPI backend server managing asynchronous vector searches in Qdrant and OpenAI model completions.
Created custom WebGL particle shaders for real-time visualization of high-dimensional vector embeddings.

Achievements

Published open-source AI agent workflow builder gaining 4,500+ GitHub stars.

React Flow

Senior Frontend Developer & UI Designer

Lumina Interactive Studio

Full-timeOakland, CA

2019-08 — 2020-12

Crafted high-end editorial web experiences, interactive 3D product showcases, and dynamic brand platforms for Fortune 500 technology clients.

Responsibilities

Developed interactive 3D WebGL experiences using Three.js and GSAP smooth scroll animations.
Engineered reusable design systems and component libraries in React and Storybook with strict accessibility compliance.
Optimized Web Vitals performance across 15 client sites, achieving consistent 95+ Lighthouse scores.

Achievements

Won 3 Awwwards Site of the Day accolades for outstanding creative technical web design.

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Full-Stack Software Engineer

Quantum Byte Solutions

Full-timeSan Jose, CA

2018-02 — 2019-07

Developed RESTful microservices, customer portals, and automated billing integrations for a fast-growing B2B enterprise software provider.

Responsibilities

Built Node.js Express REST APIs and connected PostgreSQL database migrations for billing systems.
Integrated Stripe Payment Gateway for automated recurring subscriptions and revenue reporting.
Maintained React single-page application frontend with Redux state management.

Achievements

Refactored legacy monolith into Node.js microservices, improving deployment frequency from monthly to daily.

Node.js

Master of Science (M.S.) in Computer Science & Software Systems

University of California, Berkeley

2016-09 — 2018-05

Advanced specialization in Distributed Systems, Cloud Architecture, Database Systems, and Computer Graphics.

Highlights

Graduated with High Honors (GPA 3.92/4.00).
Master's Thesis: Distributed Consensus in Ultra-Low Latency Edge Environments.
Graduate Research Assistant in Cloud Systems Lab.

AWS Certified Solutions Architect — Professional in Cloud Architecture & Infrastructure

Amazon Web Services (AWS)

2024-01 — 2027-01

Advanced technical certification validating expertise in designing distributed cloud systems on AWS.

Highlights

Passed with score of 940/1000.
Validated skills in multi-account AWS organization setup, VPC peering, and disaster recovery.

Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) in Container Orchestration & DevOps

Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF)

2023-05 — 2026-05

Hands-on performance-based certification for installing, configuring, and managing Kubernetes production clusters.

Highlights

Mastered pod networking, RBAC policies, storage classes, and cluster troubleshooting.

Google Cloud Certified Professional Cloud Architect in Google Cloud Architecture

Google Cloud Platform (GCP)

2023-11 — 2025-11

Professional certification proving ability to design, develop, and manage robust GCP solutions.

Highlights

Demonstrated proficiency in BigQuery, GKE, Cloud Spanner, and IAM security.

Professional Experience & Education

Experience

Staff Software Engineer & System Architect

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Senior Full-Stack Engineer

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Lead Creative Technologist & UI Engineer

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Senior Frontend Developer & UI Designer

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Full-Stack Software Engineer

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Education & Certifications

Master of Science (M.S.) in Computer Science & Software Systems

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Bachelor of Science (B.S.) in Computer Science

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AWS Certified Solutions Architect — Professional in Cloud Architecture & Infrastructure

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Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) in Container Orchestration & DevOps

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Google Cloud Certified Professional Cloud Architect in Google Cloud Architecture

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