If you’re reading this, I’m probably hunched over my laptop like this.
I am a backend dev. i keep doing sidequests :)
High agency builder obsessed with Open Source.
- Team Lead(Backend) @ freeCodeCamp Spring 2026 Cohort: Leading a team of 9 developers and architected the foundational NestJS backend, implementing scalable, prod-ready features and CI/CD workflows. check out the project here!
- Actively contributing to codebases I admire, including PostHog, Grafana, Apache Airflow, and various startups.
- Architecting a fault-tolerant webhook delivery engine from scratch.
- Taught Backend Development on freeCodeCamp (world's largest coding YT channel).
- CFG (Code First Girls) Ambassador!
- Languages: JavaScript, TypeScript, Python
- Frameworks/DBs: NestJS, Django, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Redis
- DevOps/Tools: Docker, Celery, CI/CD, Drizzle, Git
reach me at: shivanialive2007@gmail.com


