Manas.
I architect systems that power travel experiences for millions. Currently building the core platform at Headout.
Building software that
moves the world.
I'm a polyglot engineer who thrives at the intersection of performance and scale. I lead backend engineering at Headout, where our systems serve millions of travelers booking experiences across 80+ cities worldwide.
From building trading platforms at Wissen Technology to designing the backbone of a global marketplace, I've spent my career making complex distributed systems feel effortless.
BMS College of Engineering, Bengaluru — Information Science & Engineering.
Engineering
Served
Impacted
Where I've
made an impact.
Lead Software Engineer
Headout- Lead engineering on the core platform (Calipso) — the backbone serving all user-facing APIs across web, mobile, and partner clients
- Architect scalable systems for products, real-time inventory, bookings, and cancellations handling millions of daily requests
- Drive technical strategy, system design reviews, and mentor engineers across the organization
- Deep work with Kotlin, Spring Boot, jOOQ, Kafka, Kubernetes, and MySQL at serious scale
Software Engineer
Wissen Technology- Built backend services for trading applications with auto-purchase and real-time redemption engines
- Developed cross-platform mobile apps and a full-stack interview management system from scratch
- Created data sourcing, validation, and transformation pipelines for financial data
My technical
toolkit.
Backend
Kotlin, Java, Spring Boot, jOOQ, Hibernate, gRPC, REST APIs, Microservices
Infrastructure
Kubernetes, Docker, Kafka, AWS (SQS, S3, EC2), Gradle, Jenkins, CI/CD
Data
MySQL, MongoDB, Redis, BigQuery, Flyway Migrations, Query Optimization
Frontend
React, TypeScript, React Native, JavaScript, Next.js, HTML/CSS
Let's build
something great.
Whether it's a new opportunity, a collaboration, or just a conversation about distributed systems — I'm all ears.
manas.rishav@gmail.com