Ashwin Sathian

Full-Stack Engineer • SaaS Architecture

About

Engineering leader with 7+ years building and scaling SaaS platforms serving thousands of users and millions of records, contributing to ~$1B+ in GTV. I specialize in Angular, Next.js, NestJS, and MongoDB, and care deeply about clean architecture, multi-tenancy, RBAC, and reliable CI/CD. I’ve delivered consistent sub-200 ms query paths, accelerated release cadence by ~1.5×, and led cross-functional teams to land business-critical features pragmatically.

Skills

Frontend

Backend

Database

Languages

Cloud & DevOps

Tools

Experience

Lead Engineer • Penny Software

Jan 2024 – Aug 2925

  • Drove platform architecture for a modular procurement SaaS (millions of records; ~$1B+ GTV).
  • Established Angular + NestJS + MongoDB patterns delivering consistent sub-200 ms queries.
  • Hardened multi-tenant security and standardized enterprise-grade RBAC.
  • Mentored a ~12-member team; uplifted code quality and review rigor.

Product Specialist • Penny Software

Apr 2022 – Dec 2023

  • Owned feature lifecycles end-to-end with business-aligned delivery.
  • Optimized APIs and queries, improving response times 40%+ and speeding releases by ~1.5×.
  • Coordinated across engineering, QA, and product for iterative wins.

Full Stack Developer • Penny Software

Jun 2020 – Mar 2022

  • Shipped features across the stack with high uptime and reliability.
  • Improved frontend scalability via modularization and lazy-loading.

Senior Full Stack Developer • Manaraah

Jan 2020 – Jun 2020

  • Built and deployed cloud-native business applications.
  • Translated requirements into robust, maintainable implementations.

Software Development Engineer • WeCP

Jan 2019 – Jan 2020

  • Contributed to a SaaS assessments platform at scale.
  • Streamlined onboarding and mentored interns/junior developers.

Junior Programmer • Reubro International

Aug 2018 – Jan 2019

  • Delivered improvements to a flagship SaaS product.

Education

National Institute of Technology Calicut

B.Tech., Electronics & Communication Engineering2014 – 2018

Indian School Darsait

Class XII (PCM + CS)2012 – 2014

Indian School Darsait

Class X2010 – 2012

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