Mahesh Mali — Software Engineer

🚀 𝙁𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝙗𝙪𝙞𝙡𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙥𝙤𝙣𝙨𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝙐𝙄𝙨 𝙩𝙤 𝙖𝙧𝙘𝙝𝙞𝙩𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙡𝙤𝙬-𝙡𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙮 𝙙𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙞𝙗𝙪𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙨𝙮𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙢𝙨 — my journey has been all about evolving into a developer who thrives at the intersection of software craftsmanship, performance, and innovation. At FlytBase, I’ve had the privilege of working on AI-native, drone-connected systems, solving problems where scale meets real-time responsiveness. Starting as a full-stack developer, I quickly gravitated toward backend engineering, where I now design and optimize systems for performance, observability, and reliability. 🧠𝙒𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙙𝙧𝙞𝙫𝙚𝙨 𝙢𝙚? - Architecting event-driven systems using NestJS, RabbitMQ, WebSockets - Building scalable APIs and microservices in Node.js - Exploring & building agentic systems and AI infrastructure - Leveraging AI to enable 10x developer workflows using RAG pipelines, memory-augmented tools, and autonomous coding agents - Designing solutions with monitorability-first (Dynatrace, DQL, logs/metrics/traces) 💡 Whether it’s contributing to open-source, mentoring juniors, or leading internal initiatives, I thrive in environments where ownership and curiosity are rewarded. 🔧 𝘾𝙤𝙧𝙚 𝙏𝙤𝙤𝙡𝙨 & 𝙎𝙠𝙞𝙡𝙡𝙨 NestJS, Node.js, MongoDB, Temporal, RabbitMQ, Angular, Docker, WebSockets, Dynatrace, CI/CD, FastAPI 🧠 𝘼𝙄 & 𝘼𝙜𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙘 𝙎𝙮𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙢 𝙎𝙠𝙞𝙡𝙡𝙨 - LangChain, LangGraph, RAG Pipelines, LLMs with Memory, Vector Databases (Weaviate, Qdrant) - Built multiple prototypes with LangChain & LangGraph to explore agent workflows and LLM-powered reasoning - Designed end-to-end RAG pipelines with persistent memory, enabling more context-aware applications 🏆𝙃𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙡𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩𝙨 - Solved 500+ DSA problems — a testament to my love for algorithms - Contributor at SSoC (Social Summer of Code) - Took lead on internal architecture revamp projects focused on performance, observability, and developer experience 👋 𝘐’𝘮 𝘢𝘭𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘦𝘹𝘤𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘳𝘴, 𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘷𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘣𝘶𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘢𝘴𝘵, 𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘴𝘺𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘮𝘴. 𝘓𝘦𝘵’𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘰𝘯 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘧𝘶𝘭!

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Backend Engineer specializing in Aerospace and AI-driven systems.

Location: Pune, Maharashtra, India

Experience: 3 yrs 2 mos

Skills

Backend Engineering
System Architecture
Quality Assurance
Devops
Software Development
Api Development

Career Highlights

Architected low-latency drone command systems.
Led development of multi-agent operational intelligence platforms.
Proficient in building scalable APIs and microservices.

Work Experience

FlytBase

SDE 2 (11 mos)

SDE 1 (2 yrs)

Social(Formerly Script Foundation)

Open Source Developer (2 mos)

AFour Technologies

Software Engineer Internship (3 mos)

Software Engineer Intern (1 mo)

Techvolt Software Coimbatore

Embedded Software intern (1 mo)

Education

Bachelor of Technology - BTech at COEP Technological University

HSC at A.D. Joshi Junior College

SSC at Yashwant Vidyalaya Bhose(k)

Mahesh Mali

Software Engineer

Pune, Maharashtra, India3 yrs 2 mos experience

Most Likely To SwitchAI ML Practitioner

Key Highlights

Architected low-latency drone command systems.
Led development of multi-agent operational intelligence platforms.
Proficient in building scalable APIs and microservices.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Backend Engineer specializing in Aerospace and AI-driven systems.

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Skills

Core Skills

Backend EngineeringSystem ArchitectureQuality AssuranceDevopsSoftware DevelopmentApi Development

Other Skills

API TestingAnalytical SkillsAndroid DevelopmentAngularAnthropic ClaudeArtificial Intelligence (AI)AutomationBack-End Web DevelopmentBootstrapC (Programming Language)C++CI/CDCLICSS FlexboxCascading Style Sheets (CSS)

About

Experience

3 yrs 2 mos

Total Experience

1 yr 7 mos

Average Tenure

2 yrs 11 mos

Current Experience

Flytbase

2 roles

SDE 2

Promoted

Jul 2025 – Present · 11 mos · Pune, Maharashtra, India · On-site

Architected a globally distributed MQTT infrastructure (EMQX) to cut drone command latency from ~1700ms to ~150ms, ensuring reliable, low-latency remote operations across regions.
Led development of a multi-agent Operational Intelligence Platform, enabling agentic report generation and real-time video analytics (alert redriving, searchable video events) using LangGraph, FastAPI & Weaviate. Reduced manual report creation from 40 mins to <5 mins, boosting customer efficiency.
Built a 24×7 Agentic QA System, reducing test creation time from 3 days to 2–4 hours using custom-built frameworks and intelligent automation.
Engineered a hardware abstraction layer for integrating joysticks, thrust masters, and other peripherals into the web UI, enabling scalable control across diverse drone systems.

NestJSRabbitMQWebSocketsLangGraphFastAPIWeaviate+2

SDE 1

Jul 2023 – Jul 2025 · 2 yrs · Pune, Maharashtra, India · On-site

Led development of an advanced task scheduler, automating recurring drone operations and scaling execution from 10–12 manual flights to 30–35 autonomous missions daily.
Implemented RabbitMQ-based data streams and task queues, achieving 20ms performance for real-time operations and ensuring efficient processing of compute-heavy workloads.
Architected a modular backend using NestJS with Factory, Facade & Builder patterns, enabling seamless plug-in of new modules like third-party integration providers.
Owned end-to-end DevOps lifecycle, setting up CI/CD pipelines, Dockerized microservices, and Kubernetes-based deployments to ensure scalable, fault-tolerant infrastructure.
Built advanced CesiumJS integrations with reusable client libraries, enhancing 3D mapping capabilities and delivering a smoother user experience.

RabbitMQNestJSDockerKubernetesCesiumJSBackend Engineering+1

Social(formerly script foundation)

Open Source Developer

May 2023 – Jul 2023 · 2 mos · Remote

Open source contributor in Social Summer of Code by Hack2Skills and Social

Afour technologies

2 roles

Software Engineer Internship

Mar 2023 – Jun 2023 · 3 mos · Pune, Maharashtra, India · Hybrid

Proficient in utilizing Node.js and TypeScript to design and develop a robust EDI translation process, transforming X12 files into JSON format.
Skilled in employing JEST for comprehensive testing of EDI translation functions, adhering to a test-driven development methodology. Currently focusing on mapping EDIJSON to client JSON.

Node.jsTypeScriptJESTSoftware Development

Software Engineer Intern

Jun 2022 – Jul 2022 · 1 mo · Pune, Maharashtra, India

Responsible for design and development of REST-based API request body validator using NodeJs & ExpressJs with swagger-object-validator.
Analysed and improved the APIs which is used in the IMS system.
Tested developed APIs using Postman & swagger UI and worked with PostgreSQL database

Node.jsExpress.jsPostmanPostgreSQLAPI Development

Techvolt software coimbatore

Embedded Software intern

Sep 2021 – Oct 2021 · 1 mo · Coimbatore South, Tamil Nadu, India

Gained the following aspects while working with TechVolt in the Embedded System domain.
Designed, developed, modified, and debugged programs.
Engineered software components for automation hardware such as microcontrollers (8051, 8086,
and Arduino) and sensors.