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Kiran Das

Edmonton,Canada

Summary

Senior Full Stack Engineer and Founder with 10+ years of experience building complex, scalable applications across startup and enterprise environments. As a technical co-founder, I’ve led end-to-end product development while owning go-to-market, investor engagement, hiring, and team management. Deep expertise in React, Next.js, Node.js, Mongo, and GCP, with a track record of shipping secure, performant, and user-centric platforms.

Overview

10
10
years of professional experience

Work History

Co-Founder & CTO

Reload
Edmonton, Alberta
01.2025 - Current
  • Built an interoperable payment wallet for AI agents from scratch using TypeScript, Node.js, MongoDB, GKE, and Next.js.
  • Developed developer APIs, stored-value digital wallet system, and a secure OAuth 2.0 flow enabling third-party agent integrations from scratch.
  • Led architecture, DevOps, and internal tooling across the stack.
  • Also drove founder-level functions: GTM, early sales, fundraising, and cross-functional leadership.

Co-Founder & CTO

Emerge
Edmonton, Alberta
10.2023 - 12.2024
  • Created autonomous AI agents for automating B2B partnerships using TypeScript, LangChain, and LangGraph.
  • Built full-stack systems with Next.js, Node.js, MongoDB, Firebase, RTK Query, and deployed in GKE.
  • Ran discovery with users, prioritized roadmap, and led product and engineering execution.

Senior Full Stack Developer

Telus Digital
Edmonton, Alberta
12.2022 - 10.2023
  • Led a team of 8 delivering an enterprise billing and rewards system for Telus, one of Canada’s largest telcos.
  • Built high-traffic applications with TypeScript, React, Redux, Node.js, MongoDB, Contentful, Jest and Redis.
  • Integrated API gateways (Kong), SSO, and conducted performance optimization.
  • Mentored engineers and led delivery sprints.
  • Did code reviews and improvements with other developers.

Senior Full Stack Developer

Architech
Toronto, Canada
01.2019 - 12.2022
  • Worked for Architech's top client Telus Digital on the Rewards project.
  • Used React, Redux, Contentful, Jest and Node.js.
  • Maintained 100% test coverage.
  • Worked on a team of 5 and delivered production-ready features in collaboration with QA and design.
  • Got hired directly to Telus Digital based on performance.

Full Stack Developer

ClientDesk Inc.
Toronto, Canada
09.2015 - 12.2018
  • Built core platform features for Insurance Agent & Intermediary Management Dashboard.
  • Used React-Redux, Node-Express and Mongo as the core tech-stack.
  • Took initial concepts and developed project plans. Gathered and defined customer requirements to develop clear specifications for project plans.
  • Did integration with various legacy Insurance Broker Management Systems.

Education

Post Graduate Diploma - Mobile Application Development

Lambton College
Toronto
05.2016

Bachelor of Science - Computer Applications

Mahatma Gandhi University
Kerala, India
05.2012

Skills

  • Frontend: React, Nextjs, TanStack Query, Redux, TypeScript, JavaScript
  • Backend: Nodejs, Express, REST APIs
  • Database: MongoDB
  • Cloud / DevOps: Google Cloud, GKE, Firebase, ArgoCD, Jenkins, Github Actions
  • AI Tools: LangChain, LangGraph

Timeline

Co-Founder & CTO

Reload
01.2025 - Current

Co-Founder & CTO

Emerge
10.2023 - 12.2024

Senior Full Stack Developer

Telus Digital
12.2022 - 10.2023

Senior Full Stack Developer

Architech
01.2019 - 12.2022

Full Stack Developer

ClientDesk Inc.
09.2015 - 12.2018

Post Graduate Diploma - Mobile Application Development

Lambton College

Bachelor of Science - Computer Applications

Mahatma Gandhi University
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