Summary
Puncoz Nepal is a full-stack application engineer and architect with 11 years of experience helping startups and scale-ups turn fragile codebases into maintainable, scalable systems. Currently at Rakuten he’s leading a migration of a million-user PHP monolith to Java and Next.js microservices on Kubernetes, owning database design, CI/CD, and production reliability. He specializes in pragmatic, team-centered engineering—writing and reviewing code, mentoring developers, and embedding GitOps with Helm, ArgoCD and Jenkins so releases stop being scary. Past tech-lead roles in Japan and Nepal show a track record of shipping business-impacting features, not just closing tickets. He writes about real-world failures (including a high-reach post-mortem on a Next.js CVE) and keeps sharp by winning hackathons building fast AI-backed prototypes. If deployments break half the time or senior engineers are stuck firefighting, he focuses on the architectural fixes that unlock sustainable growth.
11 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Full Stack Web Development Certification, Computer Software Engineering, Full Stack Web Development Certification, Computer Software Engineering at Free Code Camp
Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.), Electronics and Communication, First Division, Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.), Electronics and Communication, First Division at Tribhuvan University, IOE, Pulchowk Campus
English, Nepali, Hindi