About Me

I am Arko Mandal, a software engineer focused on building products, platforms, and intelligent systems. My work spans Java backend engineering, modern frontend architecture, and AI-integrated applications, with an emphasis on simplicity, scalability, and long-term maintainability.

I enjoy taking ideas from concept to production, combining engineering discipline with product thinking to build software that solves real business problems and continues to evolve over time.

Professional Experience

Applications Development Senior Programmer

CITI · 2026 to Present

Driving Angular/React frontend architecture and Java backend engineering, while advancing AI-integrated capabilities and shaping scalable solution patterns across products.

IT Analyst

Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) · 2021 to 2025

Led full-stack delivery across Angular frontend and Java backend systems, strengthening platform architecture, engineering standards, and team-wide development practices.

Application Developer

Unified Infotech Private Limited · 2019 to 2021

Built full-stack applications, APIs, and web interfaces across multiple products, with focus on performance, maintainability, and delivery velocity.

Software Developer

Inqube Innoventures Private Limited · 2018 to 2019

Started my career building production-grade web applications with MongoDB, Express, Angular, and Node.js.

Education

Master of Computer Applications (MCA)

Techno India, Salt Lake · 2015 to 2018

Bachelor of Science in Computer Science

DCSA, Malda College · 2011 to 2015

Approach to Building

I believe strong products emerge from clear systems thinking, disciplined execution, and continuous refinement. My focus is to build software that is reliable in production, easy to maintain, and aligned with business goals rather than unnecessary complexity.

Here I document lessons from building software, engineering architecture, AI-integrated systems, and the ideas that shape my approach to technology.