📍 Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India • 🚀 Full Stack Developer @ Udaanworks • 💻 Python, TypeScript, FastAPI & Next.js
⭐ Welcome to my engineering hub! Explore my distributed systems, open-source work, and intelligent data systems below. ⭐
name: Prachi Zala
current_role: Full Stack Developer @ Udaanworks 🚀
education: Bachelor of Computer Applications (BCA) @ Shanti Business School, Ahmedabad (CGPA: 9.12)
role: Full Stack Developer | Distributed Backend & Modern Frontend Engineer
focus_areas: [Distributed Backend, Modern Frontend, FastAPI, Next.js, Python, TypeScript, GraphRAG]
open_source: Contributor @ Starlette (FastAPI Core - RFC 9110 Compliance)
hackathons: 6x Team Leader (SIH Internal 🥈, HACKCULT '26, Hackbriven, VORTEX 2K26, SOU)
core_stack: [Python, TypeScript, FastAPI, Next.js 14, Celery, Redis, Docker Compose, PostgreSQL]
current_learning: [High-Concurrency Distributed Systems, Event-Driven Architecture, Micro-Frontends]- ⚡ Distributed Systems & Async Architecture: Architected distributed-task-engine — a production-grade asynchronous task execution engine engineered with Redis
SETNXclient-side enqueue idempotency, Celery worker crash recovery (task_reject_on_worker_lost), SQLAlchemy 2.0 async connection pooling, and 100% automated GitHub Actions CI/CD. - 🌐 Open-Source Core Contributor: Contributed to encode/starlette (the foundational ASGI framework powering FastAPI) fixing RFC 9110 compliant CORS preflight header handling on empty responses.
- 🚨 Mobile & Real-Time Edge Systems: Engineered PulseSync — an offline-first real-time emergency & field ops dispatch engine built with Flutter, FastAPI, WebSockets, local SQLite persistence, and Redis geospatial radius indexing.
- 🧘 Native Android & On-Device NLP: Developed Mental Health Tracker — an offline-first privacy-focused mindfulness suite featuring a pure-Java on-device Cognitive Distortion (CBT) and sentiment analysis engine with automated CI/CD and JUnit testing.
- 🧠 GenAI & Graph Reasoning: Designed Enterprise Knowledge Copilot — Knowledge Graph RAG combining Neo4j multi-hop relationship traversals with PostgreSQL (
pgvector) dense embeddings and Reciprocal Rank Fusion (RRF). - 📊 Data Analytics & Applied ML: Proven track record in predictive analytics and data storytelling with Pandas, NumPy, XGBoost, and Streamlit, including workforce intelligence modeling across 3,550+ shifts (attendance-data-analytics).
- 👥 Hackathon Leadership Track Record (6× Team Leader):
- 🥈 Smart India Hackathon (SIH 2026): Team Leader of 6-member squad (Team CyberForge) to 2nd Place (58/60) in internal college hackathon.
- ⚡ HACKCULT '26 (IIT Gandhinagar × NxtWave): Team Leader of Team Believers • built Dharohar 4D (3D Heritage Digital Twin platform).
- 🏆 Hackbriven Hackathon (Ahmedabad): Team Leader at premier National-Level Hackathon • built Qoneqt (ContentOS workflow engine).
- 🎯 Silver Oak University (SOU) Mini Hackathon: Team Leader • built MathSprint (real-time multiplayer classroom speed-math battle arena).
- 🌐 VORTEX 2K26 Global AI Innovation Hackathon: Team Leader (Team Eklavya).
- 🚀 VOYAGEHACK 4.0: Team Leader driving sprint architecture and technical execution.
- 🎯 Professional Status: Full Stack Developer at Udaanworks, actively engineering distributed backends, modern Next.js frontends, and open-source systems.
🚀 Full Stack Developer — UdaanworksNov 2026 – Present • Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India Engineering distributed backend architectures and modern full-stack web platforms using Python, TypeScript, FastAPI, and Next.js.
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High-concurrency asynchronous task execution engine built for production reliability. Engineered with client-side enqueue idempotency via Redis SETNX, Celery crash resilience ( Tech: |
Real-time incident dispatch and coordination engine for emergency first responders. Features offline-first local SQLite caching with bi-directional delta synchronization, sub-second WebSocket telemetry, and geospatial proximity radius dispatching. Tech: |
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Enterprise-grade Knowledge Graph RAG Copilot combining PostgreSQL (pgvector) dense embeddings with Neo4j multi-hop graph traversals and Reciprocal Rank Fusion (RRF) for hallucination-free factual reasoning with local Ollama containers. Tech: |
Mobile and web attendance platform combining Haversine GPS geofencing (100m perimeter) with facial feature matching (OpenCV) to prevent proxy check-ins. Features offline punch queue and 35 automated Pytest tests. Tech: |
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Workforce intelligence study on 3,550 shifts. Features a predictive XGBoost classifier (ROC-AUC 0.908) forecasting severe late arrivals and an interactive Streamlit HR simulator demonstrating a 67.8% tardiness reduction via a 15-min grace window. Tech: |
Real-time multiplayer classroom math battle arena where students solve speed questions under a server-synced clock. Engineered with a server-authoritative anti-cheat scoring engine and dual Firebase RTDB + smart polling sync. Tech: |
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Privacy-first native Android mindfulness and mood journaling suite built with pure Java. Features a zero-cloud on-device Cognitive Distortion (CBT) clinical detector that evaluates journal entries across 5 distortion patterns with live therapeutic reframing prompts, animated 4-7-8 & Box breathing visualizers, and automated CI/CD. Tech: |
Interactive 3D digital twin platform for Indian historical monuments built during HACKCULT '26 (IIT Gandhinagar × NxtWave). Features real-time WebGL rendering, architectural time-scrubbing, multilingual AI audio guides, and virtual artifact restoration. Tech: |
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Educational performance modeling system predicting student exam scores with Ordinary Least Squares (OLS) regression, study factor sensitivity analysis, and real-time Streamlit simulation. Tech: |
Continuous sentiment analysis and mental wellness tracker evaluating reflections with negation inversion, intensifier scaling, and 60-day moving average emotional trajectories. Tech: |
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Commercial financial intelligence platform tracking 24 months of multi-department expenses, operating burn rates, unit profit margins, and predictive linear revenue forecasting. Tech: |
Intelligent conversational tutor and programming assistant with multi-turn memory pruning, specialized mentor personas, and dual-mode execution (local offline engine or live cloud LLM API). Tech: |
Whether you want to discuss Distributed Systems, Python architectures, high-scale engineering, or open-source collaboration — feel free to reach out!
