Open for consulting & advisory work
Solutions Architect & T-shaped engineer with 12+ years across healthcare, drug discovery, education, ERP, e-commerce and entertainment — designing end-to-end digital solutions that integrate people, process and technology.
12+
Years experience
6
Industries served
5
Certifications
What I do
Scalable, maintainable application architectures grounded in Domain-Driven Design, C4 modelling and evolutionary architecture — sized to fit lean teams and greenfield builds as well as legacy modernization.
End-to-end system design spanning cloud infrastructure, data flow and integration points, evaluated against the AWS Well-Architected Framework's six pillars for reliability, security and cost.
Strategic technology guidance — architecture reviews, technology standards, ADRs and modernization roadmaps — helping founders and engineering teams make confident, right-sized technical decisions.
Career highlights
Lead Engineer · Nov 2019 – Jan 2024
Led engineering for digital tools supporting a drug-discovery research pipeline for a Murrieta, California biosciences client — translating complex scientific workflows into reliable, well-architected software over a four-year engagement.
Solutions Architect · Dec 2023 – Present
Member of DART, Leapfrog's Technical Decision Authority and Architecture Review Board. Evaluate and approve solution architectures, run structured ARB reviews, enforce architectural guardrails aligned to the AWS Well-Architected Framework, and mentor the next generation of architects — across a portfolio that's roughly 70–80% greenfield and 30% brownfield.
Lead Engineer · Aug 2016 – Aug 2019
Led backend and frontend teams modernizing e-commerce and ERP platforms — moving monolithic Laravel/WordPress systems toward REST-based microservices, with Vue.js component frontends, Dockerized LEMP environments and disciplined Agile Scrum delivery.
About me
I'm Praneen, a Solutions Architect based in Lalitpur, Nepal, with 12+ years across healthcare, drug discovery, education, ERP, e-commerce and entertainment. I found software engineering fascinating enough to make it my profession — and I still get the most satisfaction from turning a rough idea into a working digital product.
As a member of DART — Leapfrog's Technical Decision Authority and Architecture Review Board — I evaluate solution architectures, run structured ARB reviews, and mentor the next generation of architects, using Domain-Driven Design, the C4 model, TOGAF and the AWS Well-Architected Framework, scaled to fit the team in front of me rather than applied for their own sake.
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Social proof
"Praneen and I worked on a project to create a collaborative workspace for digital health software tools. He has great Drupal skills and is a good communicator to quickly absorb client requirements and help chart out efficient solution options."
Sandeep Giri
Solutions Architect · Founder — Praneen's client
"I've worked with Praneen well over a year. He's very technically sound and a forward thinker and great team player. He's also a great leader — he sets the right examples and has garnered the trust and confidence of his team members, clients and all stakeholders."
Kritika Rajbhandari
Senior Account Manager, Leapfrog Technology — managed Praneen directly
"Working with Praneen has been a great experience. His leadership skills and technical expertise added significant value to one of the most complex projects we worked on together. His learning and growing attitude never failed to amaze me. Highly recommend."
Merina Shakya
AI Project Manager · Certified Scrum Master — worked on the same team
"I have come across very few talents who stand out like Praneen. His domain knowledge across languages, proactive communication and top-notch leadership have always proven him to be a lifesaver — as a member or a leader, Praneen earns my highest recommendation."
Bishal Vaidya
Director of Product Management, CSPO® — worked on the same team at IntroCept
Recommendations sourced from linkedin.com/in/praneen-shakya.
Thoughts
As an engineer, I get to ideate and digitize a lot of software systems right from their germination phase.
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Read on Medium →Notes from a panel discussion at a JS meetup held at FuseMachines in Kathmandu, Nepal.
Read on Medium →Get in touch
Have a product or idea that needs to be digitized, or an architecture that needs a second opinion? I'm open to consulting, advisory and architecture-review engagements — short or long-term.