Senior Full Stack Engineer & Indie Hacker
Passionate about creating innovative, scalable solutions
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I'm James Kulu, a Senior Full Stack Engineer and Indie Hacker with over four years of experience building production-grade software across Nepal and international teams. I currently work at Varicon, where I engineer scalable REST APIs and microservices with Django and FastAPI, manage cloud deployments, and deliver AI-powered features built on RAG and Agentic AI.
Before Varicon, I worked at Outcode Software LLC in the USA on platforms like StackUp, Hello Sugar, and EventFlo, and at InfoDevelopers in Nepal, where I built a loan management application used by Agricultural Bank Ltd. That mix of finance, e-commerce, edtech, and cloud products taught me to move fast without breaking things.
I care about clean architecture, well-tested code, and products people actually enjoy using. When I'm not shipping software, I'm making music on YouTube, exploring new AI tooling, or writing tools like a protein calculator and an online compass under my web tools collection.
My core strengths
The areas where I deliver the most value
Backend Engineering
Scalable RESTful APIs and microservices with Django, Flask, FastAPI, and Express.js.
Cloud & DevOps
Deploying on AWS and Azure with Docker, Nginx, and fully automated CI/CD pipelines.
AI & Machine Learning
GenAI applications using Retrieval-Augmented Generation and Agentic AI workflows.
Data Systems
Designing schemas and queries for PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, and Redis.