Deepak Mahat

• Designed and developed an AI-powered NAATI CCL exam preparation platform using Laravel, React.js, and MySQL, operating fully autonomously with minimal manual oversight.
• Integrated Azure Speech-to-Text/Text-to-Speech, OpenAI LLM, and Gemini LLM APIs to enable intelligent training data generation, analysis and personalized student feedback.
• Implemented Stripe-based payment processing to support secure and scalable transactions.
• Led continuous feature enhancements, deployment, and maintenance on a self-hosted Linux VPS environment.
• Successfully supported 1,000+ students and facilitated 15,000+ practice sessions to date.

• Led maintenance and bug-fixing efforts for an enterprise-grade CMS (Joomla, Knockout.js) used by large insurance and construction management organisations.
• Investigated complex production issues across legacy and modern components, delivering reliable fixes with minimal service disruption
• Improved maintainability of a long-running codebase by refactoring high-risk areas and stabilising critical workflows

• Led end-to-end delivery of bank account verification system using Laravel and Vue.js, owning architecture, release planning, and quality.
• Translated Figma designs into reusable Vue components and accessible UI, coordinating directly with designer and CEO.
• Integrated Stripe subscriptions/payments and Open Banking (bankstatements.com.au) based account verification.

• Architected and delivered multi-cloud REST APIs and CLI tools (FastAPI (with swagger), Python) for AWS, GCP, and Azure storage provisioning with automated security policies, versioning, and latency monitoring.
• Designed and deployed serverless function automation endpoints with VPC integration, concurrency control, and fault-tolerant error handling.
• Implemented a standards-based authentication framework using OAuth2 and JWT, ensuring secure client access across services.
• Collaborated with cross-functional teams to define requirements, improve API usability, and support ongoing system enhancements.

• Led the development of a responsible lending portal (RLP) to improve compliance and UX (Laravel, React).
• Automated decision metrics creation process, boosting sales efficiency. (jQuery, CodeIgniter, MySQL)
• Implemented bank connection monitoring pages for real-time insights. - https://bankstatements.com.au
• Maintained 2,000+ unit tests for reliability.
• Developed and maintained bank account scrapers using selenium and puppeteer. (PHP, node.js)
• Developed REST API end points within legacy system to expose the functionalities for RLP development.
• Designed and implemented new data format standard for client delivery from RLP
• Used AWS infrastructure including CloudWatch, CI/CD pipelines, S3, EC2 with load balancers, and RDS databases.
• Ensured all deliveries passes regular pentesting and complies with strict security compliance policies for financial data.
• Worked closely with support staff and clients to resolve support tickets.
• Provided on-call support for one week per month.

• Developed and deployed Laravel/VueJS SaaS applications with embedded monitoring and alerting to ensure uptime and performance.
• Clarified client requirements, managed overseas teams of 4 developers, and oversaw end-to-end delivery of software applications.
• Full stack development based on clients' requirements, including:
  • Real Estate Portal: BuySellLease (Laravel, jQuery, MySQL)
  • Logistics Tracker https://track.bluetongueintl.com.au (Laravel, Blade, MySQL)
  • Crypto-Based Reward System https://barteos.org (Wordpress, Laravel, jQuery, MySQL)
  • Landing Pages and Crypto Redeem System (WordPress, Custom Plugin)

• Designed and implemented a digital signage solution for Drishya Digital Network.
• Managed infrastructure planning, cost estimation, and hardware selection, including visiting a Chinese manufacturing plant and contract negotiations.
• Mentored junior developers and technical staff on best practices and operational tasks.

• Led a team of overseas developers(4-8) to deliver software solutions for partner businesses in Sydney.
• Built custom WordPress plugins (PHP/MySQL) for specific business needs.
• Implemented Python Scrapy crawlers for efficient data scraping.
• Developed a GUI desktop application (C#, WPF, Python, XPath, PostgreSQL) for semi-automating Scrapy crawler code generation.

• Designed and Implemented multi-tier software application for monitoring kiosk usage, transactions, and troubleshooting (Python, PostgreSQL, PHP).
• Managed API integration, testing, and certification with third-party providers (EPAY, Blackhawk, Quest Payment, Scala digital signage and Gaming loyalty platforms).
• Participated in contract negotiation and Telstra IPWAN network implementation for real-time kiosk connectivity.
• Facilitated the installation of kiosks in 10 RSL clubs, ensuring a smooth trial and expansion phase.

• Translated medical research papers into robust software algorithms.
• Developed real-time data acquisition and analysis software for MBNW & FOT devices (C#, MATLAB).
• Built specialized audio players for sleep studies and double-blinding tools for research accuracy.

Personal Projects (mobile & web apps)

• My Invoices - Purchase invoice scanner and management
  • https://myinvoices.mahat.au - Flutter, Laravel, MySQL
• Larahook - Webhook.site alternative
  • https://github.com/meepak/larahook
  • Live at https://raralabs.com.au - Laravel, MySQL
• My Path - Vector path animation mobile app
  • https://github.com/meepak/yavpa - React Native
• Find Associate - mobile App to match people with common business interest
  • https://github.com/meepak/connect - React Native, Firebase

Education

PG Program in AI and ML: Business Applications  UT Austin | 2023-2024

Master of Software Engineering Studies  UTS Sydney | 2007-2009

Graduate Diploma of Information Technology  IIBIT Sydney | 2008

Bachelor of Electronics Engineering  TU, IOE Nepal | 2001-2005