/now
What I'm doing right now.
A snapshot, not a résumé. Per the /now convention. Updated monthly.
Last updated · May 11, 2026
Shipping
- Backend services at Axxela — position-recon, order-ingestion, trader-dashboard rolling forward.
- v2 of this site — Phase 2 polish + Phase 3 kickoff this month.
Reading
- Designing Data-Intensive Applications (re-read, the Stream Processing chapter).
- Will Larson — An Elegant Puzzle (sampling, between projects).
Learning
- Tightening my SQL window-function vocabulary.
- Watching what Linear's engineering team writes about idempotency.
Looking for
- Senior backend / platform / trading-infra roles.
- Kolkata-based; remote, hybrid, or relocation considered.
- Open to selective contract work that doesn't conflict with Axxela.
Not doing
- Side projects that compete with Axxela for production time.
- Junior roles, contract-only-no-FT, web3 unless it's trading-related.
If something here matches a role you're hiring for — email me. I reply within 24h on weekdays.