Hi!
I'm
Navdeep Beniwal.

I’m a Melbourne-based software engineer who designs and builds reliable, user-centred products. I help teams move systems to the cloud, design for scale, and ship fast, well-crafted MVPs.

Recent builds

Shipping user-centred software.

2025 · Sought Software

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Cloud-native document platform

Moving a legacy document platform into a secure, AWS-native product.

2024 · AICarer

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Cross-platform health companion

Real-time mobile health monitoring across iOS and Android with live data streaming.

Experience

Roles that shaped my craft

  1. Jan 2025 – Present

    Brisbane, Australia

    Sought Software · Software Developer

    Where I learned to own product decisions end-to-end—taking an enterprise platform to AWS, tightening security, and shaping features with a founder from idea to ship.

  2. Oct 2024 – Feb 2025

    Brisbane, Australia

    AICarer · Contract Mobile Developer

    Built and refined real-time health-monitoring flows across iOS and Android, which taught me how to deliver dependable user experience under strict reliability and latency constraints.

  3. Jun 2024 – Aug 2024

    Melbourne, Australia

    Startmate · Student Fellow (Winter24)

    A crash course in speed, creativity, and experimentation that pushed me to prototype fast and think like a builder, not just an engineer.

  4. Mar 2021 – Feb 2022

    Bengaluru, India

    Manhattan Associates · Software Engineer

    My introduction to true scale—contributing to microservices and global retail systems where performance, clean design, and teamwork really mattered.

  5. Jul 2019 – Dec 2019

    Bengaluru, India

    Hewlett Packard Enterprise · Academic Intern

    Learned how data and automation can transform user experience, and how thoughtful engineering can ripple into meaningful customer impact.

  6. May 2019 – Jul 2019

    Singapore

    National University of Singapore · Academic Intern

    The role that sparked my interest in ML and experimentation—turning early, messy ideas into working prototypes.

Toolkit

Tools I use to ship.

Frontend

Clean & intuitive interfaces

I build fast, user-friendly UIs that stay simple even as products grow.

  • React
  • Next.js
  • TypeScript
  • JavaScript
  • HTML & CSS

Backend

Scalable & maintainable APIs

I create organised, reliable backends that make collaboration easier.

  • Node.js
  • Express
  • Django
  • Java
  • Python
  • REST APIs

Databases

Structed & future proof storage

I model and manage data in a way that keeps products flexible as they scale.

  • DynamoDB
  • SQL modelling
  • Migrations
  • Schema design

Cloud & DevOps

Local builds to production systems

I ship stable, automated deployments and cloud-native systems without adding any complexity.

  • AWS
  • DynamoDB
  • CloudFormation
  • Docker
  • GitHub Actions
  • Vercel

Quality

Shipping with confidence

I test early, automate often, and use observability to catch issues before users do.

  • JUnit
  • Jest
  • Cypress
  • Automation
  • Observability

Education

Learning in & beyond the classroom.

Master of Software Engineering

University of Melbourne 2022 – 2023

Melbourne, Australia

B.E. Computer Science

Vellore Institute of Technology 2016 – 2020

Vellore, India

Startmate Student Fellow

Community Winter 2024

Australia & New Zealand (remote cohort)

Let’s build

Have a product idea, a tough migration, or a team that needs creative momentum?

I’d love to hear about it—whether it’s a full-time role, freelance help, or a collaborative experiment.

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