MANAN PATEL
Open to work
Manan Patel

Designingprecisedigitalspaces.

Associate Software Developer building stripped-back, high-performance web experiences.
Obsessed with structure, typography, and motion.

01 · Who I am

Building things
that matter.

I'm a software engineer who loves bridging the gap between design and engineering — crafting robust backend systems and intuitive, engaging frontends.

Currently at DRC Systems, building full-stack web applications with React, Next.js, Node.js and MongoDB.

I believe great software should feel invisible — reliable enough to be trusted, seamless enough to be forgotten.

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LocationGujarat, India
RoleAssociate Software Developer
CompanyDRC Systems
StatusOpen to work

02 · Tools of the trade

What I
work with.

ReactVue.jsNext.jsNode.jsExpressReduxMongoDBReactVue.jsNext.jsNode.jsExpressReduxMongoDB
MySQLJavaScriptTypeScriptHTMLCSSJavaSpring BootMySQLJavaScriptTypeScriptHTMLCSSJavaSpring Boot
KafkaRedisDockerPythonFastAPIKafkaRedisDockerPythonFastAPI
Frontend
ReactNext.jsVue.jsReduxTypeScriptHTML/CSS
Backend
Node.jsExpressJavaSpring BootPythonFastAPI
Database
MongoDBMySQLRedis
DevOps
DockerKafka

03 · Things I've built

Selected
projects.

Core Engineering & Systems

Pulsar
TypeScriptNode.jsPostgreSQLRedisNext.jsDockerWebSocketsPrisma

Architected and implemented a high-performance, fault-tolerant distributed job queue engine in TypeScript, utilizing a hybrid persistence layer (PostgreSQL + Redis) to achieve transactional safety and sub-millisecond task execution.

AegisFlow
FavouriteIn Development
Node.jsTypeScriptFastifyRedisPostgreSQLDockerReactReact Flow

A production-grade API Gateway and Traffic Orchestration Engine built from scratch in Node.js and TypeScript, featuring dynamic trie-based routing, sliding-window rate limiting, circuit breaking, and a real-time React control plane.

Roadmap
ReactNode.jsMongoDBD3.jsExpressTailwindCSS

A full-stack technical interview conducting platform featuring real-time collaborative code editing, multi-language remote compilation, WebRTC video proctoring, synchronized whiteboard canvas, and automated candidate monitoring.

Healzy
Next.jsExpressMySQLPrismaSocket.ioWebRTC

EazyHealthcare — A healthcare management system streamlining patient-doctor interactions, appointment scheduling, and medical record management.

Varsity
ReactNode.jsMongoDBRedisMongooseExpress

University Management System — A comprehensive system managing academic operations: student enrollment, course management, faculty assignments, and grade tracking.

Mini Projects & Utilities

Vibe

ReactReduxNode.jsMongoDB+2

Social Media Clone — A feature-rich social platform with real-time posting, user profiles, and a dynamic news feed.

Taskflow

ReactTypeScriptHTML5 DnDCSS Grid+1

Kanban Task Manager — A drag-and-drop task board inspired by Trello for organizing projects and team workflows.

Markbot

PythonOpenCVFace RecognitionJavaScript+1

Automatic Attendance System — An automated attendance tracking solution that streamlines classroom management using computer vision.

Driveway

JavaSpring BootMySQLThymeleaf+1

Car Rental System — A vehicle rental platform with booking management, real-time availability tracking, and secure user authentication.

PharmaSync

.NET CoreC#SQL ServerReact+2

A comprehensive medicine ordering and inventory synchronization portal built with .NET Core, offering real-time stock notifications and checkout pipelines.

04 · Where I work

Work
experience.

AssociateSoftwareDeveloper

DRC Systems2025 – Present

Building production-grade features across live client platforms — real-time collaborative editors, AI-powered document pipelines, streaming infrastructure, and high-throughput data processing systems. Working end-to-end across frontend architecture, state management, WebSocket/SSE infrastructure, and complex editor integrations.

Yjs CRDT collaborative editing with conflict-free syncCharacter-level AI offset reconciliation pipelineSSE-based embedding progress streamingResilient WebSocket layer with JWT refresh
Engineering Deliverables

Real-time Collaboration

YjsCRDTTiptapWebSocketsReact
What was built

Built a Google Docs-style collaborative editing system using Yjs CRDT + Tiptap, with live multi-user cursor tracking, presence indicators, @mentions, full version history with diff view, and one-click version restore.

Engineering challenge

Achieving true conflict-free synchronization across concurrent users while managing version snapshots, presence state, and diff computation — all without introducing perceptible latency or race conditions in the CRDT merge layer.

Outcome & impact

Enabled distributed teams to co-author documents simultaneously with zero merge conflicts, eliminating document versioning overhead across the entire collaboration workflow.

What was built

Redesigned the update propagation layer so mutations — creates, edits, status changes — instantly reflect across board, list, backlog, and all other module views without triggering redundant API refetches.

Engineering challenge

Maintaining a single consistent state layer across structurally different view representations (Kanban board, flat list, backlog tree) where each view had its own local data shape, while ensuring mutations propagated correctly to all without stale snapshots.

Outcome & impact

Eliminated the perceived lag on updates that users experienced and cut unnecessary network traffic — making the product feel significantly more responsive under real usage conditions.

04 · Let's work together

Have an idea.
Let's talk.