Deepak Kaushal

Senior Software Developer

Marketplace Expert · Sharetribe Specialist · AI Code Auditor · Full-Stack Engineer

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Professional Summary

Senior Software Developer and Marketplace Expert with 6+ years of experience shipping marketplace platforms serving 20,000+ live users, full-stack web applications, and AI-powered products. Specializing in marketplace development on Sharetribe Flex or custom-built from scratch — plus React, Next.js, Node.js, and Shopify. Experienced integrating LLM APIs — OpenAI, Anthropic Claude, and Google Gemini — to deliver intelligent features including AI assistants, content generation, and semantic search. Also specializes in auditing and remediating AI-generated code (Cursor, ChatGPT, Claude, Copilot) for security vulnerabilities, scalability issues, and production readiness. Proven record of architecting and shipping production-ready solutions from concept to deployment — on time and at scale.

Work Experience

Senior Software Developer

Devscrew.co India

Apr 2024 – May 2026

Chandigarh, India

Shipped Rareboots — a football boots marketplace with 20,000+ live users — delivering multi-step checkout, GoShippo shipping webhooks, wallet system, custom Stripe payout crons, and location-based search surfacing nearby providers to buyers based on their region
Built Niliance NIL athlete marketplace end-to-end across 5 user types: per-type signup and listing edit flows, custom search & filter, bulk user/listing creation, Stripe-powered chat purchases, and a transaction layer with milestone tracking and multi-dimensional filters
Modernised Tutulist dancewear marketplace — migrated the full legacy codebase to a new web template, rebuilt Transaction Pages, and delivered a custom analytics Dashboard from scratch
Engineered Upwork-style milestone transaction flows across multiple platforms: per-milestone payments, accept/reject/request-changes cycles, and real-time project progress tracking
Shipped 20+ marketplace projects integrating GoShippo, EasyPost webhooks, AWS S3 media pipelines, offer/counter-offer flows, Shopify checkout extensions, and live in-place editing with image cropping

Associate Software Developer → Software Developer

Innovative Code Labs Pvt. Ltd.

Feb 2022 – Mar 2024

Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar, Punjab, India

Engineered InsightGig reverse marketplace — designed the full transaction layer including live Socket.io in-transaction chat, real-time notifications, and role-based firm portal for multi-member provider–customer workflows
Built AI-powered Brief Creator and Proposal Generator — integrating LLM APIs with Python microservices — enabling users to auto-generate project deliverables directly inside the transaction flow
Built a Sharetribe Flex booking marketplace with daily availability calendar, custom Stripe checkout, and a bespoke multi-step booking and confirmation engine
Promoted from Associate to Software Developer within 12 months, taking full ownership of end-to-end feature delivery across multiple concurrent client projects

Freelance Software Developer

Self-Employed

2020 – Feb 2022

Remote

Delivered MERN stack and PostgreSQL projects for multiple clients — spanning REST API design, authentication systems, database architecture, and full-stack feature development
Built an automated image moderation pipeline using third-party APIs to detect, flag, and filter user-generated content before it reached production
Integrated Stripe and other payment gateways across client sites — owning checkout flows, webhook verification, and transaction record-keeping end to end
Independently scoped, built, and shipped projects end-to-end — managing client relationships, estimating timelines, and delivering production deployments without team support

Frontend

React.jsNext.jsTypeScriptJavaScriptTailwind CSSGraphQLHTML5CSS3Framer Motion

Backend

Node.jsExpress.jsPythonDjangoMongoDBPostgreSQLREST APIsFirebaseSocket.ioRedis

Tools & Platforms

Git & GitHubAWS S3DockerVercelShopifySharetribe FlexOpenAI APIAnthropic Claude APIGemini APICursor AIGitHub CopilotFigmaJira

Education

Bachelor of Technology — Computer Science and Engineering

Shoolini University

2015 – 2019 · Solan, Himachal Pradesh, India

Languages

EnglishProfessional

HindiNative