Sandip Basnet
AWS Certified Solutions Architect & SRE Lead
AWS Certified Solutions Architect

Hi, I'm Sandip Basnet

Designing Distributed Architectures, PostgreSQL HA & High-Scale Infrastructure

AWS Certified Solutions Architect and Systems Reliability Lead based in Kathmandu, Nepal. Specializing in high-availability database clusters (Patroni/PostgreSQL), cloud-native microservices, automated ETL pipelines, and resilient distributed architectures.

Kathmandu, Nepal 🇳🇵
explorer.sandip@gmail.com
8+ Yrs
Engineering Experience
99.99%
Target DB Uptime
50k+
Open Source Downloads
10+
Technical Keynotes
Architecture Core Pillars

Architectural Capabilities & Specs

Engineering fault-tolerant cloud infrastructures, mission-critical PostgreSQL databases, and high-throughput data distribution engines.

Mission-Critical Relational Clustering

High-Availability & DB Infrastructure

Architecting fault-tolerant PostgreSQL clusters with automated master failover, zero-data-loss WAL archiving, and connection pool optimization.

Patroni + Etcd consensus cluster failover
pgBackRest differential S3 object storage backups
PgBouncer high-concurrency connection pooling
PostgreSQLPatroniEtcdpgBackRestPgBouncer
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Scalable Container & Infrastructure Automation

Cloud-Native & Microservices

Designing containerized microservice topologies with automated GitOps deployment, gRPC inter-service communication, and infrastructure-as-code.

Kubernetes declarative GitOps with ArgoCD & Helm
High-throughput gRPC & REST API service mesh
Terraform modular cloud infrastructure provisioning
KubernetesDockerTerraformArgoCDGo / Node.js
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Distributed ETL & Low-Latency Piping

Data Pipelines & Media Streaming

Engineering real-time data ingestion pipelines, vector feature extraction engines, and dynamic multi-bitrate HLS media streaming servers.

Low-latency HLS audio streaming & FFmpeg chunking
Parallel statistical feature extraction pipelines
Zero-dependency ESM metadata distribution
PythonFFmpegNode.js StreamsPandasScikit-Learn
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Full-Stack Distributed Observability

SRE & Telemetry Governance

Implementing end-to-end telemetry pipelines with Prometheus metrics, OpenTelemetry distributed tracing, Grafana alerts, and incident post-mortems.

Prometheus alert rules & Grafana operational dashboards
OpenTelemetry log & trace correlation across microservices
Blameless incident post-mortem & SLO management
PrometheusGrafanaOpenTelemetryLinux POSIXAnsible
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Professional Certification

Verified Certifications & Badges

Officially verified cloud architecture credentials and enterprise engineering accreditations.

AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate
Verified Credly Credentials

AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate

Issuer: Amazon Web Services Training and Certification

Earners of this certification have a comprehensive understanding of AWS services and technologies. Demonstrated ability to strategically design secure, scalable, resilient, efficient, and fault-tolerant distributed systems based on Well-Architected principles.

AWS Cloud ArchitectureDistributed Systems DesignHigh Availability & FailoverCloud SecurityCost Optimization
System Case Studies

System Architectures & Case Studies

Production system blueprints, high-availability database clusters, and open-source infrastructure tools.

devops

PostgreSQL High Availability Cluster Blueprint

Enterprise automation blueprint for PostgreSQL HA clustering, Patroni consensus failover, pgBackRest S3 backups, and Grafana telemetry.

99.99%Target Availability
<10sFailover Time
PostgreSQLPatroniEtcdAnsibleDockerPrometheusGrafana
opensource
120+ stars

info-nepal (NPM Metadata Distribution)

High-performance developer library delivering normalized geographical metadata for 77 districts, 7 provinces, and municipal divisions of Nepal.

1k+Weekly Downloads
0Runtime Dependencies
Node.jsTypeScriptNPMOpen SourceNepal GIS
backend

HLS Audio Streaming Server Architecture

High-performance HTTP Live Streaming (HLS) audio server leveraging Node.js streams and FFmpeg dynamic chunk transcoding.

<2sStreaming Latency
MinimalMemory Overhead
Node.jsHLSFFmpegStreamingExpressBuffer Piping
opensource

Systems Programming & POSIX C Reference

Comprehensive architectural tutorial repository for low-level memory allocation, pointer arithmetic, linked data structures, and POSIX system calls.

POSIX CCompilation Target
Valgrind CleanMemory Audit
CPOSIXSystem ProgrammingMemory ManagementValgrind
devops

Kubernetes GitOps & Observability Stack

Infrastructure-as-Code repository configuring Kubernetes cluster telemetry with Helm, ArgoCD, Prometheus, and OpenTelemetry.

GitOpsDeployment Workflow
OpenTelemetryTelemetry Standard
KubernetesHelmArgoCDOpenTelemetryTerraform
datascience

Feature Engineering & Data ETL Engine

Scalable Python data processing pipeline for large datasets, vector feature engineering, and automated validation metrics.

MultiprocessingExecution Mode
StrictSchema Validation
PythonPandasScikit-LearnETLData Pipelines
Career & Community

Professional Experience & Talks

Building reliable backend architectures and sharing engineering insights at global tech conferences.

2021 - Present
Kathmandu, Nepal

Senior Solution Architect / SRE Lead

Cherdung Info Tech

Leading cloud infrastructure design, high-availability database cluster operations, microservices architecture, and SRE incident governance.

  • Architected PostgreSQL HA cluster with Patroni and Etcd, maintaining 99.99% database uptime SLA across enterprise applications.
  • Engineered transition from legacy monolithic backends to containerized Kubernetes microservices managed via automated CI/CD.
  • Optimized query performance and connection pooling, boosting system request throughput by over 40%.
  • Established SRE operational procedures, observability dashboards (Prometheus/Grafana), and post-mortem incident reviews.
PostgreSQLPatroniKubernetesDockerGoNode.jsPrometheusTerraform
2018 - 2021
Kathmandu, Nepal

Software Engineer - Systems & Data

Fusemachines

Designed scalable data processing pipelines, backend microservices for AI platforms, and analytical data stores.

  • Built automated ETL pipelines processing millions of daily data events for machine learning products.
  • Engineered high-performance RESTful and gRPC microservices in Python and Node.js.
  • Optimized database indexing and vector storage pipelines to cut model inference response latencies.
PythonPandasScikit-LearnPostgreSQLFastAPIAWSDocker
2023
Kathmandu, Nepal

Conference Speaker - Relational Database Reliability

PostgreSQL Conference Nepal

Delivered technical keynote on scaling PostgreSQL clusters, connection pool tuning, and failover automation in production.

  • Presented empirical benchmarks comparing PgBouncer connection pooling against raw database connections.
  • Demonstrated real-time Patroni failover execution and active-standby database replication diagnostics.
PostgreSQLDatabase TuningSREPatroniKeynote Speaker
2019 - 2022
Nepal

Conference Speaker & Tech Contributor

WordCamp Nepal

Spoke on modern web architecture, server-side caching strategies, and open-source software engineering.

  • Conducted technical masterclasses on server performance optimization and custom extensibility architecture.
  • Mentored software engineers on open-source package distribution and technical governance.
Open SourceWeb ArchitecturePerformance Optimization
Technical Competency Matrix

Architectural Tech Matrix

Domain readiness, system scopes, and infrastructure tech stack governance verified in production environments.

Database Reliability & Storage

Fault-tolerant data architecture, high-availability clustering, and performance tuning.

PostgreSQL (Patroni, Replication, Tuning)
Enterprise HA ClustersProduction Lead
PgBouncer & Connection Pooling
High-Concurrency AppsCluster Operator
Redis & Distributed Caching
Low-Latency CachingCluster Operator
pgBackRest & Disaster Recovery
Zero-Data-Loss BackupsProduction Lead
Production Environment VerifiedVerified Architecture

Distributed Systems & Cloud

Microservices orchestration, containerization, and infrastructure-as-code.

Kubernetes & Helm
Multi-Cluster DeploymentsCluster Operator
Docker & Container Security
Microservice DeliveryProduction Lead
Go (Golang) & Node.js / TS
High-Throughput ServicesProduction Lead
Terraform & AWS Cloud
Infrastructure as CodeGovernance
Production Environment VerifiedVerified Architecture

SRE & Telemetry Governance

End-to-end monitoring, alerting, tracing, and incident post-mortem leadership.

Prometheus & Grafana
Metrics & Custom AlertingProduction Lead
OpenTelemetry & Tracing
Distributed Trace CorrelationGovernance
Linux Administration & Bash
Kernel & POSIX TuningProduction Lead
GitOps & CI/CD Pipelines
Automated Release PipelineProduction Lead
Production Environment VerifiedVerified Architecture

Data Pipelines & Open Source

Data processing engines, package authoring, and machine learning infrastructure.

NPM Package Engineering
50k+ Public DownloadsPackage Author
Python / Pandas / Scikit-Learn
ETL & Feature ExtractionProduction Lead
FFmpeg & HLS Streaming
Adaptive Media PipingPackage Author
Production Environment VerifiedVerified Architecture
Open Source Spotlight

Featured Open Source Packages

Author of open-source packages and developer tutorials powering applications across Nepal and globally.

NPM Public Package

info-nepal

A lightweight, zero-dependency Node.js/TypeScript metadata library providing complete administrative divisions of Nepal (77 districts, 7 provinces, zones) with dual English & Devanagari language support.

npm install info-nepal
example.tsTypeScript / ESM
import { getDistricts, getProvincesByLang } from 'info-nepal';

// Fetch all 77 districts with English and Devanagari script
const districts = getDistricts();
console.log(districts[0]); 
// Output: { id: 1, name: "Kathmandu", devanagari: "काठमाडौँ", province: "Bagmati" }

// Get provinces formatted in Nepali
const provinces = getProvincesByLang('np');
console.log(provinces);
Engineering Writing & Technical Insights

Technical Blogs

Deep dives into Google Cloud Platform (GCP), Serverless architectures, FinOps cost savings, Kubernetes, and high-availability database reliability.

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Systems Telemetry & CLI

Architectural Interactive Console

Query architecture blueprints, database specs, and engineering background via interactive terminal commands.

sandip@sandip-pc:~$architecture10:10:26 AM
SYSTEM ARCHITECTURE PILLARS: 1. DB Reliability : PostgreSQL HA (Patroni/Etcd, 99.99% Uptime, pgBackRest) 2. Distributed Systems: Kubernetes, Docker, Terraform IaC, Go/Node microservices 3. Data & Streaming : HLS media transcode, Python ETL feature extraction 4. SRE Telemetry : Prometheus, Grafana, OpenTelemetry, Incident Post-mortems
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Let's Build Something Reliable Together

Available for SRE consulting, high-availability PostgreSQL architecture, backend development, or conference keynotes.

Contact Details

Feel free to drop a message or reach out directly for architecture reviews, consulting, or technical advisory.

Direct Email
explorer.sandip@gmail.com
Location
Kathmandu, Nepal 🇳🇵
Typically responds within 24 hours (NPT Timezone).
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