SOFTWARE ENGINEER
Santhosh Sivan
I build scalable web products, SaaS applications, data-driven systems, and AI-enabled tools.
Currently working across frontend, backend, databases, reporting, and product engineering.
RECENT WORK
01
Analytics & Reporting Platform
REPORTING & ANALYTICS
CONTRIBUTION
Reporting migration · Superset integration · Embedded dashboards · RLS · Saved Views API · SQL/report debugging
STACK
SQL · Apache Superset · Next.js · APIs · Snowflake
02
Internal Analytics AI Assistant
AI & INTERNAL TOOLING
CONTRIBUTION
Report investigation · Data exploration · Internal support tooling
STACK
Superset MCP · Google AI · Next.js
EXPERIENCE
2024 — PRESENT
RunLoyal
Full Stack Engineer
Driving the development of complex SaaS features, reporting infrastructure, and AI-enabled internal tools.
- Migrated business-critical reports from myDBR to Apache Superset, reducing report response times to 2–4s for weekly data, 6–8s for monthly data, and ~10s for yearly data.
- Built custom dashboards for reports by aggregating API data, with persistent layouts and tenant-aware RLS, while resolving SSO and production reporting issues across workflows.
2021 — 2024
Jobin & Jismi
Full Stack Engineer
Responsible for architecting and delivering critical business systems for diverse industrial domains.
- Built a sales-driven SaaS platform supporting shareable catalog-to-approval workflows for sales teams.
- Developed data-driven dashboards by integrating multiple APIs and engineered an ephemeral album-sharing system with a 24-hour expiration using Redis TTL.
- Owned Next.js + TypeScript frontend development, delivering reusable components, complex multi-step workflows, API integrations, deployment, and production support.
TECHNICAL EXPERTISE
FRONTEND
React · Next.js · Vue · TypeScript · JavaScript Tailwind CSS · Redux · Zustand
BACKEND
Node.js · NestJS · Express
DATABASES
PostgreSQL · MySQL · MongoDB · Supabase · Prisma
DATA & REPORTING
SQL · Apache Superset · Snowflake
ARCHITECTURE
Multi-tenancy · RBAC · Microservices · APIs
INFRASTRUCTURE
Docker · Vercel · AWS · CI/CD
AI
MCPs · Google APIs · LangChain
ACHIEVEMENTS
Winner – PMI Kerala Award 2024
Recognized for developing a jewelry manufacturing platform achieving 82% faster reconciliation and 100% material traceability.
Enterprise-grade NetSuite ERP Extension
Delivered an enterprise-grade extension within a 28-day timeline, ensuring rapid client adoption and seamless integration.
PHOTOGRAPHY
Outside of software, I spend time photographing people, places, and moments around me. A small collection exploring light and form.
HOW I WORK
01 — BUILD FOR THE PRODUCT
Engineering decisions should solve real product problems, not simply demonstrate technical complexity.
02 — KEEP SYSTEMS UNDERSTANDABLE
Good architecture should make future development easier, not make the system impressive on a diagram.
03 — AUTOMATE REPETITIVE WORK
If a recurring workflow can be simplified through APIs, automation, or AI, I look for a better system.
04 — CARE ABOUT THE DETAILS
Performance, usability, edge cases, and maintainability matter just as much as getting the feature working.
ABOUT
I'm a Full Stack Engineer who likes understanding how things work from end to end.
Over the last 3+ years, I've worked on everything from product interfaces and backend APIs to databases, multi-tenant SaaS systems, reporting platforms, and AI-assisted tools.
I enjoy the parts of engineering where things get complicated turning unclear requirements into practical systems, connecting different pieces of a product, and figuring out how to make them work better.
LET'S BUILD SOMETHING.
I'm open to interesting engineering problems, product-focused teams, and opportunities to build useful software.