Hey, I'm Ankit Phondani!
Focused on building reliable, enterprise-grade backend systems where correctness and scale are first-class requirements.
I have a strong track record of owning production systems, designing stable public APIs, and navigating complex system migrations.
Available for hire, let's talk!
Selected Systems
Revido AI
A SaaS application for a post into short-form videos. Work focused on coordinating multi-process video rendering, sentiment-based audio / iamge handling, dynamic image composition, and running background generation jobs. Integrates with YouTube via OAuth to publish videos directly while handling the different authentication flows.
ScriptMotion
A backend service for generating short-form technical explainer videos programmatically. It grew out of noticing how repeatable many tech reels are, and wanting to see how far that process could be automated. ScriptMotion turns structured scripts into rendered videos by handling narration, captions, animations, and media composition, while controlling execution so rendering stays stable. The system is used to publish videos to a live Instagram tech channel, making it easy to experiment with formats and ideas without rebuilding everything by hand.
ViteServe
A VS Code extension built to simplify running modern dev servers inside legacy Create React App projects. The extension detects an existing CRA setup, installs and aligns dependencies automatically, and starts a Vite-based development server directly from the editor. The goal was to remove manual setup steps and make it easy to work with older codebases using a faster, modern dev workflow. The extension is actively used, with over 5,500 installs on the VS Code Marketplace.
BookHive
A backend-focused application for searching and exploring large book datasets. The core work involved importing the Goodreads dataset (over one million records) into MongoDB and building REST APIs in Go on top of it. I focused on indexing strategies and partial-match search so queries remained fast and predictable at scale.
Engineering Tenure
Okta (Auth0)
Owning the engineering lifecycle of enterprise-grade public APIs in the Auth management domain. Responsible for maintaining strict backward compatibility while improving system throughput.
Architecting multi-tenant data access layers with a focus on stable ordering and cursor-based synchronization for high-scale customers.
Managing production reliability through high-stakes on-call rotations and owning post-incident architectural remediation across core backend services.
Informatica
Worked on Cloud Data Marketplace, an enterprise product used to configure and operate data workflows across large customer environments. The work focused on building highly configurable product logic: modeling workflows and dependencies, implementing admin-driven configuration that controlled behavior across the application, and enforcing access control rules consistently. In my final year, I was the sole owner of the product within the team, responsible for feature changes, production issues, and overall stability.
Technical Philosophy
Correctness > Speed
In backend systems, a bug caught in production is orders of magnitude more expensive than a delayed feature. I prioritize robust type systems, comprehensive testing, and formal design reviews.
API First Design
The interface is the contract. Designing stable, backward-compatible, and well-documented public APIs is the foundation of trustworthy multi-tenant infrastructure.
Operational Excellence
Writing code is 20% of the job. The other 80% is ensuring it operates reliably at scale. I view observability, proactive monitoring, and post-mortems as core engineering requirements.
Systematic Tradeoffs
Every architectural choice is a tradeoff. I focus on understanding the constraints of CAP theorem, data consistency, and latency vs. throughput before committing to a stack.
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