Snehasish Nayak
Snehasish Nayak

Developer & Operational Lead

Building Better Systems, Leading Better Outcomes

I bring technology, operations, automation, and leadership together to build practical solutions and make complex work simpler.

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Practice

I work at the intersection of operations, technology, automation, and AI, building systems that make work simpler and scale better.

Operations & Delivery

Building and running teams, processes, and delivery systems that keep complex work moving.

Automation & Systems

Turning repetitive, messy work into reliable systems through automation, technology, and better processes.

AI & Digital Transformation

Applying AI and technology to improve how people work, make decisions, and scale operations.

Experience

A record of the roles, responsibilities, and experience that have shaped my career.

Accenture Operations

Project Manager / Operational Lead | 2025 - Present

  • Lead technology and operations delivery across teams.
  • Own delivery, governance, performance, risks, and continuous improvement.
  • Work across digital asset management, technology, and business operations.

Senior Developer / Operational Lead | 2022 - 2025

  • Led technology and operational delivery.
  • Managed teams, quality, productivity, and stakeholder coordination.
  • Drove process improvements and automation.

Developer | 2020 - 2022

  • Worked on application development, maintenance, troubleshooting, and production support.
  • Supported technology, digital operations, and business processes.

National Informatics Centre

Programmer | 2016 - 2020

  • Developed and maintained applications for government and e-governance initiatives.
  • Worked across programming, databases, testing, deployment, and production support.

Skills

The skills I’ve built across operations, technology, automation, leadership, and AI.

Digital Asset Management & Content Technology

90%

Strongest professional technical area, with extensive experience in Digital Asset Management, enterprise content platforms, content workflows, metadata, and digital content operations.

Web Development & Web Architecture

75%

Strong practical understanding of modern web development and SaaS architecture, including Next.js, APIs, authentication, custom domains, multi-tenancy, frontend/backend architecture, and web deployment.

AI & Automation

80%

Strong applied experience with LLMs, AI coding tools, agentic development, OpenRouter, local models, and AI-assisted automation. The strength is primarily in applying AI to real-world workflows rather than AI research or ML engineering.

Cloud Infrastructure & DevOps

65%

Solid hands-on experience with VPS infrastructure, Docker, Coolify, Caddy, Traefik, Cloudflare, DNS, SSL/TLS, Vercel, Hetzner, and troubleshooting production deployment issues.

Databases & Backend Systems

60%

Good practical understanding of PostgreSQL, Supabase, APIs, database migrations, backend configuration, environment management, and performance troubleshooting, with less depth in specialised database engineering and distributed systems.

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