Production SaaS, built end to end — for founders and small teams

I build and ship
production SaaS —
solo.

I'm Akash Panwar. I build production SaaS for founders and small teams — multi-tenant architecture, real backends, role-based access, and the interface on top. One person owns the whole thing, so nothing falls between the handoffs.

Available now — taking on new projects.

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01 — About

A quiet obsession with getting the details right.

As founding engineer at TalentGPT I own a multi-tenant hiring platform end to end, from the MongoDB schema up to the React interface recruiters live in.

I write JavaScript and TypeScript by default, reach for Node, Express and MongoDB on the backend, and have shipped a fair few Shopify storefronts in Liquid when the brief called for commerce.

MCA, UPES Dehradun · BCA, Uttaranchal University

12+
projects shipped
3
SaaS platforms live
100%
end-to-end ownership
02 — Engagements

How we can work together.

Three ways in, depending on where you are. Every one of them ends with something running in production.

Fractional Founding Engineer

Ongoing engineering ownership, part-time.

For funded teams who need senior end-to-end capability without a full-time hire. Feature development, architecture decisions, keeping it alive.

  • 20–30 hrs/week
  • Monthly rolling
Monthly retainer · rolling
Check availability

Commerce Storefront

Shopify builds for brands that care how it looks.

Custom theme development in Liquid — editorial storefronts tuned for high-consideration products.

  • Theme customization
  • Custom sections
  • Launch
Project-based · fixed scope
Discuss a storefront

Not sure which fits? Tell me the problem and I'll scope it.

03 — Selected Work

Things I've built
and kept alive.

Recent partnerships. Each one designed, built, deployed, and maintained by me.

01SaaS · Founding Engineer · 2025

TalentGPT

Cuts the busywork out of hiring — recruiters run postings, candidates, and workflows from one place instead of juggling spreadsheets and inboxes. Built and shipped to production solo, on a true multi-tenant architecture that isolates every company's data on a single codebase.

Node.js Express MongoDB React TanStack Query RBAC
Challenge

Let many organizations run their own hiring on one platform, with candidate scoring and search that stay fast as data grows.

Architecture

Scalable Node, Express and MongoDB services with an ATS-style scoring and search system on server-side pagination, and a React front end on TanStack Router & Query with organization-level, role-based access.

Outcome

A multi-tenant hiring platform running in production, with every organization isolated on one codebase.

Live ↗
02SaaS Platform · Lead-Gen AI · 2025

realestateverifiedleads.ai

Puts real-estate teams in front of buyers who are actually ready — an AI lead-gen SaaS that connects them with voice-verified property buyers, with role-based access keeping each stage of the sales workflow in its lane. Live in production.

React Tailwind Framer Motion Vite MySQL Prisma RBAC
Challenge

Bridge mass digital outreach and precision sales conversions while insulating the sales floor from unverified noise.

Architecture

A React + Tailwind front end (Vite, Framer Motion) over a MySQL backend with Prisma and role-based access control, driving a 5-tier qualification flow so closers spend their time on genuine buyers.

Outcome

A five-tier qualification flow that keeps unverified leads away from the closers.

Live ↗
03SaaS Platform · Marine Reporting · 2025

iReportify

Turns hours of inspection paperwork into a few taps — marine engineers and supervisors capture, upload, and share image-based reports from anywhere at sea, no desk required. Live and in use by shipping professionals worldwide.

React Node.js Express MySQL Sequelize AWS S3
Challenge

Give teams on board a way to produce and share inspection reports instantly, from anywhere, without the usual paperwork drag.

Architecture

A React front end over a Node, Express and MySQL backend (Sequelize ORM) with AWS S3 for image storage, driving report generation, folder organization, and custom cover pages.

Outcome

Inspection reporting that happens on deck instead of at a desk, in use by shipping professionals worldwide.

Live ↗
04Shopify Storefront · Leather Brand · 2024

James Aston

Gave a premium leather house a storefront that sells the craft, not just the catalogue — vegetable-tanned, full-grain belts, bags, wallets and clutches. Custom Shopify build, live and taking orders.

Shopify Broadcast Theme Liquid JavaScript HTML CSS
Challenge

Sell a high-consideration luxury product across men's, women's and corporate-gifting lines without cheapening the brand.

Architecture

Built on the premium Broadcast theme, customised with bespoke Liquid sections for editorial collection stories and a layered product catalogue, with a checkout tuned for a luxury purchase.

Outcome

An editorial storefront that carries the brand from collection story through to checkout.

Live ↗
05Shopify Storefront · Furniture Brand · 2025

Furnicheer

Took a handcrafted solid-wood furniture brand online and selling across India and beyond — pooja mandirs, swings, and made-to-order pieces, with a storefront built to handle custom orders and nationwide shipping. Live and trading.

Shopify Dawn Theme Liquid JavaScript HTML CSS
Challenge

Present a heritage, made-to-order furniture catalog — across temples, swings, furniture and décor — in a storefront that feels as considered as the products.

Architecture

Built on the free Dawn theme, customised with Liquid for editorial category layouts, collection merchandising, and enquiry-driven flows for commissioned pieces.

Outcome

A storefront built to handle custom orders and nationwide shipping.

Live ↗
04 — Toolkit

The tools I reach for.

A stack I've refined over years of shipping — chosen for reliability, not novelty.

Languages

JavaScript TypeScript Python C++ SQL

Frontend

React Remix Tailwind CSS TanStack Query Zustand Redux Shadcn UI

Backend & Data

Node.js Express MongoDB SQL WebSockets Firebase REST APIs

Tools & Platforms

Git Shopify Liquid Postman VS Code Monaco esbuild
05 — How I work

Four stations, one bench.

Every project moves through the same rhythm — no step skipped, nothing rushed.

01
Scope

Understand the problem worth solving, then agree what is in and what is not.

02
Build

Schema, API, interface — assembled honestly, and proven before anyone else has to.

03
Ship

Into production, calmly — deployed, monitored, and actually in someone's hands.

04
Maintain

Stay on after launch. Most of what breaks does so in month three, not week one.

06 — The Journey

A path built one project at a time.

Oct 2025 — Present

Founding Engineer

TalentGPT · Remote

Building a job-portal SaaS from the ground up — scalable Node, Express and MongoDB services for listings, applications and users, ATS-style candidate filtering and search, and a React + TanStack front end with multi-tenant, role-based access. Server-side pagination and query tuning keep it fast as it grows.

Jan — Apr 2024

Project Intern

Phemesoft · IBM Mentorship

Built a machine-learning project under IBM mentorship, implementing k-means clustering to personalize song recommendations and lifting recommendation accuracy by 25%. Worked in Python with scikit-learn and TensorFlow.

Feb — May 2023

Frontend Developer Intern

Closetnerds · Remote

Responsive React work, and debugging that cut site downtime by 15%.

07 — Kind words

Notes from people I've built with.

"We handed over TalentGPT and got back a product, not a to-do list. The multi-tenant architecture still holds up, and he was around fixing the small stuff long after launch day."

Sahib Chawla · Founder, TalentGPT

"Our leather finally looks like our leather online. The storefront went live without drama, and asking for changes never felt like a negotiation."

Raj Kumar Ahuja · Founder, James Aston

"The idea was messy in my head and clear in the build. What stood out was how quickly he picked up what our sales teams actually do all day, then built for that."

Vijay Jamdar · Founder, realestateverifiedleads.ai
08 — Contact

Let's build
something lasting.

I take on a small number of projects at a time so each one gets my full attention. Tell me what you're working on.