Shivaji Chalise's Resume

Shivaji Chalise

Detail-oriented Software Engineer dedicated to building high-quality applications.

Kathmandu, Nepal

About

Full-Stack Developer with 3+ years of experience designing and developing scalable, efficient, and user-friendly applications. Skilled in both front-end and back-end technologies, including databases, APIs, and system architecture, ensuring secure and optimized data processing. Passionate about building high-performance, reliable, and maintainable solutions.

Work Experience

Wolfmatrix

Jul 2025 - Present

Backend Engineer

  • Work across a mixed stack including PHP (Core, CodeIgniter, Laravel), React, and React Native to maintain and enhance a large-scale production system.
  • Implement client-requested features using CodeIgniter and React, integrating modern UI modules into the existing MVC architecture.
  • Integrate third-party APIs, including DHL, UPS, FedEx, USPS, and Google Distance Matrix, to extend system functionality and support client workflows.
  • Gradually migrate legacy Core PHP and Smarty code to modern implementations, applying careful regression control to avoid disrupting critical workflows.
  • Improve performance, security, and scalability by addressing technical debt, such as backend-driven UI logic, inefficient data structures, and excessive external API calls, through caching and optimization strategies.
  • Maintain and update multiple React Native applications by upgrading dependencies and reworking breaking changes required to meet new Android policies, such as the 16 KB page size limit.
  • Monitor and resolve production issues in React Native applications using Sentry logs, ensuring stability and reliability across all apps.
  • Hybrid
  • PHP
  • React
  • React Native

Mantra IT Solution

Sep 2024 - Jun 2025

Backend Engineer

  • Designed and developed RESTful APIs for marketplace, supporting mobile app integration for marketplace access and transactions.
  • Built an admin dashboard for marketplace management, featuring multi-campaign management, order tracking, subsidy module, and automated invoice and purchase order generation.
  • Developed a dynamic form builder with APIs, allowing admins to create customizable forms for real-time rendering in the mobile app, reducing delivery time by 80% by eliminating the need for app rebuilds.
  • Created an order summary and analytics section, providing insights into sales performance and marketplace activity.
  • Optimized API performance and security, resulting in faster response times and improved data protection.
  • Implemented a CI/CD pipeline, automating deployment processes.
  • On Site
  • PHP
  • Laravel

Zerone Technology

Jan 2023 - Aug 2024

Software Developer

  • Developed admin dashboard for an Event Management application that allows organizers to create and manage events, tickets, participants efficiently.
  • Implemented automated certificate generation module for dynamic certificate creation.
  • Designed and integrated a discount and coupon logic, enabling organizers to create customizable early-bird discounts, and special offers for event registrations.
  • Integrated payment gateways, enabling secure online transactions for event registrations and ticket purchases.
  • Developed and maintained a Content Management System (CMS) to enhance content creation and management processes.
  • Maintained and improved existing projects, ensuring stability and functionality.
  • On Site
  • PHP
  • Laravel
  • React
  • Bootstrap CSS

Zerone Technology

Oct 2019 - Nov 2019

Intern

  • Interned as a web developer.
  • Gained proficiency in JavaScript, PHP/Laravel while working on various web development tasks.
  • On Site
  • PHP
  • Laravel

Education

Gandaki College of Engineering and Science

2019 - 2024
Bachelor's Degree in Software Engineering

Pokhara Engineering College

2016 - 2019
Diploma in Computer Engineering

Skills

  • PHP/Laravel
  • JavaScript
  • TypeScript
  • Node.js
  • Express.js
  • MySQL
  • Tailwind CSS
  • Bootstrap CSS
  • Go

Side projects

Blockure

Platform for blockchain certificate generation and validation.

  • TypeScript
  • React
  • Tailwind CSS
  • MongoDB
  • Node.js
  • Solidity
  • Web3

Event Mate

An event management web app.

  • PHP
  • Laravel
  • React
  • Inertia
  • MySQL

Validator

A lightweight, expressive, and extensible validation library for Go, inspired by Laravel’s Validator.

  • Go

RSS Aggregator

A RSS Aggregator.

  • Go
  • SQLc
  • PostgreSQL
  • Goose

Snippy Snapy Suu

A code snippet web app.

  • TypeScript
  • React
  • Tailwind CSS
  • Node.js
  • Express.js
  • PostgreSQL

Bola na bola

A dead simple real time chat application.

  • TypeScript
  • React
  • Tailwind CSS
  • Node.js
  • Express.js
  • Socket.io
  • PostgreSQL

Rays Motors

Website for ISUZU vehicle showroom.

  • React
  • Styled Components

Forex

Console applicate to consume Nepal Rastra Bank's Foreign Exchange Rates API.

  • Rust

Go TCP

A very simple multi-user chat server.

  • Go

NRB Forex

A laravel package to consume Nepal Rastra Bank's forex api.

  • PHP

Nepal Data

A laravel package to get Nepal data (Provinces, Districts, Municipalities).

  • PHP