Kasani Manikanta

Software Engineer

Hyderabad, India 1+ yrs exp 83 · Excellent

About

Full-Stack Software Engineer with hands-on experience building production applications using Python, FastAPI, React.js, and TypeScript, and integrating LLM APIs (Claude, LLaMA, Mistral) with prompt engineering into user-facing workflows. Skilled in scalable REST APIs, JWT-based secure authentication, and PostgreSQL-backed services deployed via Docker on AWS, with measurable performance gains — 30-40% backend throughput improvement and sub-second latency at 1,000+ daily requests. Owns features end-to-end (design, implementation, testing, monitoring) in agile, cross-functional teams, with strong CS fundamentals and a quick ability to pick up new AI frameworks.

Skills & Expertise (30)

Prompt Engineering Advanced

9.0/10

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LLM API Integration Advanced

9.0/10

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AI-Assisted Development Advanced

9.0/10

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Python Advanced

8.5/10

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FastAPI Advanced

8.5/10

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React.js Advanced

8.5/10

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Typescript Advanced

8.5/10

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JavaScript Advanced

8.5/10

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Agile Advanced

8.0/10

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Git Advanced

8.0/10

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LINUX Advanced

8.0/10

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AWS EC2 Advanced

8.0/10

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Docker Advanced

8.0/10

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Scrum Advanced

8.0/10

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JWT Advanced

8.0/10

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Role-based access control Advanced

8.0/10

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Unit & Integration Testing Advanced

8.0/10

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Code Review Advanced

8.0/10

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SQLAlchemy Advanced

8.0/10

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WebSockets Advanced

8.0/10

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REST APIs Advanced

8.0/10

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Structured Logging Advanced

7.5/10

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Health Checks Advanced

7.5/10

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MySql Advanced

7.5/10

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Postgresql Advanced

7.5/10

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Responsive UI Design Advanced

7.5/10

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Component Architecture Advanced

7.5/10

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Transactions Advanced

7.0/10

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Query Optimization Advanced

7.0/10

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Indexing Advanced

7.0/10

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Work Experience

Software Development Engineer

Independent Software Engineer

Jan 2025 - Present

Integrated LLM APIs (Claude, LLaMA, Mistral) with prompt engineering into production Python/FastAPI services, applying AI-assisted tooling (GitHub Copilot, Cursor AI) to accelerate development without compromising code quality. Collaborated with cross-functional stakeholders to scope features end-to-end — requirements analysis, technical design, implementation, and deployment — in an agile environment. Built and maintained React.js/TypeScript UI components alongside FastAPI backend services, integrating REST and WebSocket APIs to deliver responsive, real-time features to production. Applied SQL index analysis and query/ORM redesign to improve backend throughput by 30-40%, sustaining 1,000+ daily requests at sub-second latency. Secured REST endpoints with JWT-based authentication and role-based access control (RBAC); wrote unit and integration tests and participated in peer code reviews to keep code clean and maintainable. Monitored services using structured logging, distributed tracing, and health checks; triaged incidents and drove fixes to closure as part of an on-call rotation.