Senior Software Engineer
Amal Chandran
I design and ship scalable, production-grade systems — backend-first, frontend-fluent.
Senior Software Engineer with 5+ years building full-stack products across edtech, web3, food tech, proptech and more. I specialize in serverless backends, GraphQL and Hasura, and lead teams from system design through delivery.
Backend & Architecture
Frontend
Infrastructure & DevOps
Integrations
Projects.
EdTech
Music Learning Platform
A music learning platform with tiered subscriptions, one-time purchases, creator revenue sharing, live sessions and progress tracking.
Food Tech
B2B Food-Delivery Aggregator
A unified platform letting restaurants and cloud kitchens manage orders, menus and promotions across multiple third-party delivery partners.
Web3
Multi-Chain NFT Marketplace
An NFT marketplace letting artists showcase work across multiple blockchains, unifying data from several external marketplaces.
SaaS
Virtual Office Collaboration Suite
A virtual in-office environment with task management, a 3D office space, calendar and real-time audio/video collaboration.
AI · SaaS
Draftly
An AI-powered platform and Chrome extension that helps professionals grow their LinkedIn presence with smart suggestions and analytics.
Marketing Site
Timberyard
A high-performance, SEO-optimized lead-generation website for a digital agency, with a headless CMS and motion design.
PropTech
Short-Stay Apartment Booking Platform
A booking platform with self check-in/out and electronic-lock access via a mobile app.
SaaS
Collective Decision-Making Platform
A platform for groups to propose solutions and select the best through structured discussion and voting, with real-time sync.
Marketing Tech
Lead-Gen Campaign Builder
A campaign tool with a dynamic form designer, embeddable via script or link, for collecting and using lead data.
Campaign Mgmt
Sports Campaign Management Platform
A campaign platform supporting sports initiatives — maintained and modernized as a legacy product.
Where I've worked.
RaftLabs
Nov 2020 – Present
Senior Software Engineer
Lead engineer across multiple client products — system design, scalable serverless/GraphQL backends, third-party integrations, and team leadership.
Timberyard
Jun 2025 – Aug 2025
Software Engineering Consultant
Built a high-performance, SEO-optimized agency website with a headless CMS and motion design.
Prepfully
Jun 2020 – Sep 2020
Full Stack Engineer
Developed and maintained web applications across the stack.
Earlier experience
PrepTick
Aug 2019 – May 2020
Software Engineer Intern
Built features across a React + PostgreSQL web platform.
CashPositive
Sep 2018 – Nov 2018
Software Development Intern
Contributed React-based features to the product frontend.
Hasura
Dec 2016 – Mar 2017
Software Development InternNotable
Early internship at Hasura — the GraphQL platform I now specialize in professionally.
Education
College of Engineering, Poonjar
B.Tech, Computer Science · 2016 – 2020