Summary
Akash Chhetri is a Head of Engineering based in the Netherlands with 8 years of experience building scalable, production-ready SaaS platforms across frontend and backend stacks. He specializes in Node.js and TypeScript backends and React/Next.js frontends, with a pragmatic focus on performance, maintainability, and avoiding over-engineering. Akash has led major platform modernizations—most notably migrating a legacy tax-filing system to a React architecture that improved usability and aided an acquisition—and has delivered backend-heavy systems that boosted operational efficiency. He combines hands-on coding with agile leadership as a Scrum Master, mentoring teams and aligning technical decisions with business outcomes. Open to conversations on SaaS architecture and engineering leadership, he prefers clarity and execution over noise when scaling products.
8 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
The Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU)