Sameer Gautam
Software Engineering Lead | NLP Researcher | Backend Developer
sameergautam.cse@gmail.com · +977 9867108788 · Kathmandu, Nepal · linkedin.com/in/sameergautam
Professional Summary
Results-driven Software Engineering Lead with 8+ years of experience architecting scalable backend systems, leading cross-functional teams, and applying NLP/ML research to real-world products. Proven track record delivering mission-critical platforms for government agencies and enterprise clients across Nepal and internationally.
Professional Experience
Head of Software EngineeringApril 2025 – Present
Beyond TechKathmandu, Nepal
- Lead architecture and engineering strategy for the company's SaaS product portfolio
- Manage a team of 12 engineers across backend, frontend, and DevOps disciplines
- Drive adoption of microservices patterns, CI/CD pipelines, and infrastructure-as-code
- Oversee technical hiring, mentoring, and quarterly OKR planning
Senior Software EngineerJune 2024 – April 2025
Ministry of Industry, Commerce and SuppliesKathmandu, Nepal
- Designed and delivered the national HRMS platform for the Australian Embassy (Kathmandu)
- Built RESTful APIs in Laravel handling 50,000+ employee records with role-based access control
- Integrated biometric attendance hardware with the web platform via low-latency middleware
- Coordinated directly with embassy stakeholders to gather requirements and conduct UAT
Software Engineer & NLP Researcher2017 – 2024
Ask Hub NepalKathmandu, Nepal
- Built and maintained HIDCL Business Intelligence dashboard serving C-level executives
- Conducted NLP research on Nepali language processing — morphological analysis and text classification
- Developed data pipelines ingesting heterogeneous government datasets into a unified analytics layer
- Delivered 3 enterprise web applications using Laravel, Vue.js, and PostgreSQL
Teaching Experience
Lecturer — Computer Science2023 – 2024
Thapathali Engineering Campus
Data Structures & Algorithms · Database Management Systems
Lecturer — Information Technology2020 – 2023
Rupandehi Campus
Web Technologies · Operating Systems · Computer Networks
IT Instructor2019 – 2021
Little Star Higher Secondary School
Computer Fundamentals · Office Applications
Key Projects
HRMS Platform — Australian Embassy Kathmandu(Laravel · MySQL · Vue.js · REST API · RBAC)Full-featured human resource management system for the Australian Embassy with attendance integration, payroll, leave management, and reporting modules.
HIDCL Business Intelligence Solution(Laravel · PostgreSQL · Chart.js · ETL Pipelines)Executive dashboard aggregating operational KPIs from multiple data sources for the Hydroelectricity Investment and Development Company Limited.
AI Thesis — Nepali NLP Toolkit(Python · NLTK · spaCy · FastAPI · TensorFlow)Research project building morphological analysis, named entity recognition, and text classification models for the Nepali language corpus.
Education
M.Sc. in Informatics2023 – Present
Thapathali Engineering Campus, Tribhuvan University
Thesis: NLP approaches for low-resource Nepali language processing
B.Tech in Computer Science & Engineering2013 – 2017
BVC Engineering College, JNTU Kakinada, India
First Class Honours
Technical Skills
Languages:PHP, Python, JavaScript / TypeScript, SQL, Bash
Frameworks & Libraries:Laravel, Next.js, React, Vue.js, FastAPI, TensorFlow
DevOps & Data:Docker, GitHub Actions, MySQL, PostgreSQL, Redis, Nginx
AI & Research:NLP, Text Classification, Named Entity Recognition, spaCy, NLTK
Core Strengths:System Architecture, Team Leadership, Agile / Scrum, API Design, Technical Mentoring