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Sandesh Gadal.Backend & IoT developer, from the database to the device.

Available for workLead developer at Hexa LabsBharatpur, Nepal · NPT

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Selected work

Things I've shipped

Laravel backends with React or Android on top: a farming app, a college journal platform, a storefront for the shop where I started, and an NFC attendance system.

github.com/Sandesh-Gadal/Aabhaa
Screenshot of Aabhaa

Product · Android

Aabhaa

A farming assistant that puts local weather, crop recommendations and soil NPK readings in one app.

What I did

  • Built the Android client in Java, backed by a Laravel API and Firebase
  • Combined a third-party weather feed with soil nutrient data to drive the recommendations
  • Java
  • Android
  • Laravel
  • Firebase
  • REST
Sourcecode for Aabhaa

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Experience

Where I've worked

8 roles since 2021, from a repair bench in Chitwan to leading an IoT build. Some ran side by side.

  1. 2026

    Project Manager / Lead Developer, Hexa Labs

    (current role)

    • Lead development of an automatic milk collection system
    • Design how the milk analysers connect, and bring their readings into the system
    • Own third-party integrations and run the project day to day

  2. 2025

    Backend Developer, Loopix Creations

    Part-time (current role)

    • Architect an MIS platform end to end: system design, database schema and backend logic
    • Build REST APIs in Laravel and tune slow MySQL queries
    • Deploy and maintain services across hybrid hosting

  3. 2024

    Backend Developer Intern, OCEM

    3 mo

    • Built React and Tailwind UI components connected to Laravel services
    • Improved the responsiveness of existing pages
    • Shipped through a GitLab merge-request review flow

  4. 2024

    Web Development Intern, Encryptix

    2 mo · Remote

    • Built small projects and UI components in semantic HTML, CSS and JavaScript

  5. 2024

    Admin Lead, Code for Change

    1 yr term · Community

    • Planned and ran logistics for workshops and tech programmes
    • Coordinated volunteers and external partners

  6. 2024

    General Member, Code for Change

    1 yr · Community

    • Contributed to community projects and helped run workshops

  7. 2023

    Web Developer, Self-employed

    1 yr 4 mo · Freelance

    • Delivered Laravel and React sites for clients, from scoping to deployment
    • Handled client communication through to handover

  8. 2021

    Computer Service Technician, Chitwan Computer

    2 yr 6 mo

    • Diagnosed and repaired hardware and software faults
    • Installed and maintained operating systems for customers

Toolbox

The whole stack

I build systems end to end: the database underneath, the API in the middle, the interface people click, and the devices out in the field. Here's what I use at each layer.

What people click

Interface

Daily

  • React
  • TypeScript
  • Tailwind CSS

Comfortable

  • Bootstrap

Business logic

Server & APIs

Daily

  • PHP
  • Laravel
  • REST API design

Comfortable

  • Node.js

Where it lives

Data

Daily

  • MySQL

Comfortable

  • PostgreSQL
  • Firebase

How it ships

Infra & tooling

Daily

  • Git

Comfortable

  • Linux
  • Docker

Learning

  • CI/CD pipelines
  • Kubernetes
  • Terraform
  • Ansible
  • AWS

Out in the world

Devices

Daily

  • IoT device integration

Comfortable

  • NFC readers
  • Java (Android)

Writing

Field notes

Plain-language write-ups of what I build and test, and the things I found harder to learn than they should have been.

About

Trace the fault to its source

I started out repairing computers at Chitwan Computer, a shop in Chitwan whose website I later built. That job taught me the habit I still work by: trace the fault to its source before touching anything.

Today I work across the stack: Laravel, MySQL and API design on the back end, React on the front, and at Hexa Labs, the milk analysers that report into the system. I care about schemas that still make sense a year later, queries that hold up under load, and deployments someone else can repeat. Next, I'm going deeper on DevOps: containers, infrastructure as code and CI.

Outside work, I served as Admin Lead at Code for Change for the 2024–25 term, organising workshops for students getting into tech. I also write tutorials when something was harder to learn than it should have been.

Currently
Lead Developer @ Hexa Labs
Part-time
Backend Developer @ Loopix Creations
Focus
APIs, databases, IoT integrations
Community
Code for Change (Admin Lead 2024–25)
Based in
Bharatpur, Chitwan (UTC+5:45)
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FAQ

Before you ask

What kind of work do you take on?
Backend work in Laravel and MySQL: schema design, REST APIs, slow-query fixes and deployment. I also connect physical devices to those backends; I've put milk analysers and NFC card readers into production systems. If you need a Laravel developer in Nepal whose backend has to take data from hardware, that's my strongest fit.
Are you available for freelance, contract or full-time work?
Yes, all three. I work remotely, or on-site if you're in Chitwan.
What time zone do you work in?
Nepal Time, UTC+5:45. My afternoon overlaps the European morning: 14:00 in Bharatpur is 09:15 in Berlin in winter.
Can you connect hardware we already have to a web system?
That's most of my current job at Hexa Labs. Send me the device model and how it outputs data, and I'll tell you what the integration involves.
Do you only do backend?
Backend is my focus. I build the React front end too when a project needs one, as with the journal platform and the Chitwan Computer storefront.

Contact

Got a system to build?

I'm open to full-time roles, contracts and freelance work on Laravel, APIs, databases and device integrations, remote or on-site in Chitwan. Tell me what you're building; I usually reply within a day, Nepal time.

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