Principal Consultant, Infrastructure & Full-stack Engineer

Ciju Cherian is a highly experienced consultant based in Bangalore, India, seeking short-term consulting engagements. They are open to remote work but not willing to relocate. Their expertise spans full-stack development with TypeScript/JavaScript and React, backend systems with Elixir, and significant infrastructure management using Terraform, including cloud migrations (GCP) and setting up production/staging environments for AI startups. They have a strong background in solving complex technical challenges, such as concurrency issues in Python. Ciju is also actively building a personal finance PWA (finbodhi.com) and has a keen interest in data visualizations and understanding complex problem domains. With prior experience as an Engineering Manager and running a consulting company (activesphere.com), they are adept at quickly learning new technologies and prefer projects involving exploration, visualizations, complex problem-solving, or those with active users. Their GitHub profile (https://github.com/ciju) and personal writings (https://ciju.in/writings) showcase their technical depth and analytical thinking.