[ available · remote · hubli / bangalore ]

Full-Stack
Engineer
for hire.

10+ years shipping platforms, infrastructure, and AI systems. Founding engineer at Hashnode. I build things that scale past the demo.

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Girish Patil
Senior Full-Stack Engineer
Hubli / Bangalore · India · Remote
Now

Freelancing. Building PropLinker on the side. Turns Instagram Reels into property listings using an AI pipeline I built from scratch.

Before

Founding engineer at Hashnode. Joined during the Q&A pivot and stayed through 1M+ monthly active users. Owned infra, security, and half the product.

Also

Rock climbing. Long hikes. Strong opinions on system design. Usually replies the same day.

// worked with
HashnodeIndiahikes
// written for
Browserless
[ what i do ]

Services

01
Full-Stack DevelopmentEnd-to-end web apps from architecture to launch: TypeScript, Next.js, Node.js, databases, auth, payments.
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02
Platform & InfrastructureSelf-hosted deployments, Docker, Cloudflare, CI/CD, secrets management. Cut costs, gain control.
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03
AI & AutomationRAG pipelines, LLM integrations, vector search, async worker queues. Production-grade, not demos.
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04
E-commerce & SaaSHeadless commerce with Medusa.js, payment integrations, subscription flows, multi-tenant SaaS platforms.
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05
API & IntegrationsGraphQL, REST, webhooks, Meta/Instagram API, GitHub integrations, third-party service glue.
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[ by the numbers ]

Built for scale.

10+
Years building
Full-stack systems in production since 2014. Still maintaining some of them.
1M+
Monthly active users
On platforms I've helped architect, build, and scale from zero.
80%
Infra cost reduction
Migrated indiahikes.com off Vercel to self-hosted Cloudflare. Real savings.
3
Live SaaS products
Shipped end-to-end: architecture, auth, payments, deployment, and ops.
[ selected work ]

Projects

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Indiahikes · 2024–Present
Infra Migration
Moved indiahikes.com off Vercel to a self-hosted Cloudflare deployment. Built Redis caching for Prismic CMS. Shipped a full rentals platform with Medusa.js.
↓ 80% infrastructure cost
Hashnode · 2018–2023
Founding Engineer
Joined during the pivot from Q&A to developer blogging. Scaled to 1M+ MAU. Built GitHub integrations, AWS Kinesis analytics, and the security program.
0 → 1M+ monthly active users
PropLinker · 2026
Solo SaaS
Instagram Reels → property listings. Async pipeline: yt-dlp + ffmpeg + Gemini transcription + pgvector RAG. Meta webhook auto-DMs.
Live · 3 broker accounts
[ let's build ]

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