Manish Khanal

Senior .NET Developer with 3+ years building and modernizing enterprise web applications on ASP.NET Core, Blazor Web Assembly, and PostgreSQL. Currently the lead technical owner for a client implementation of an enterprise Right-of-Way / real estate management platform, responsible for architecture decisions, complex SQL and EF Core query optimization, and production issue resolution. Reviews and approves work for a 3-person engineering team and serves as the primary technical point of contact for Project Managers, Business Analysts, and QA.

Comfortable working across the full stack, from PostgreSQL query tuning and EF Core data access to Blazor Web Assembly UI and OData API integration and incorporates AI-assisted development tools (GitHub Copilot / Claude) into daily coding, debugging, and documentation workflows.

Senior.NET Developer / Technical Lead at Flairsoft (2023 – Present)

Client: U.S. state Department of Transportation (Right-of-Way Management Platform). Serve as technical lead for a 3-person engineering team delivering a client implementation of a configurable enterprise Right-of-Way and real estate management platform built on ASP.NET Core, Blazor Web Assembly, EF Core, and PostgreSQL reviewing and assigning work, approving pull requests, and acting as the primary technical point of contact for Project Managers, Business Analysts, and QA. Own end-to-end technical delivery for the client account: translating business requirements into architecture and implementation decisions, building custom business rules and workflows, and supporting the application through production release and client acceptance.

• Diagnosing and resolving complex production issues independently, including Redis cache inconsistencies across multi-replica deployments, EF Core query translation failures, Docusign integration errors, and Okta SSO configuration issues
• Optimize PostgreSQL-backed Telerik reporting queries restructuring CTEs and eliminating correlated subqueries to fix reporting defects and improve query performance across a suite of compliance, financial, and land-management reports
• Design and implement business rule logics and APIs for governing land-rights, agreement/condemnation, and accounting transaction workflows, using correlated EXISTS-based validation patterns and OData query integration
• Designed and implemented the Accounting/1099-S component from scratch, adding core functionality for accounting transactions, voucher processing, and 1099-S reporting
• Incorporate AI-assisted tools (GitHub Copilot, Claude) into daily development workflow for code review support, debugging, and technical documentation, improving development speed without compromising code quality
• Delivered the first client implementation on this platform through to production and client acceptance; currently leading the implementation of a second client engagement
• Trained the support team to take ownership of the delivered platform, authoring documentation covering deployment procedures, commonly requested updates, and business/domain knowledge for newly developed modules — enabling a smooth handoff before transitioning to a second client engagement

Software Engineering Intern (Martian Internship) at Persistent Systems Ltd (2022-01 – 2022-06)

Completed an intensive 5-week technical training program covering Operating Systems, DBMS, C++, Computer Networks, Git, and Java, scoring above 90% on all assignments.

• Prepared data analysis reports summarizing key trends and findings for stakeholder decision-making

Bachelor of Technology in Computer Science – Madhav Institute of Technology and Science (2019-08 – 2023-06)

Senior Secondary in PCM – Anand Vihar School (2018-06 – 2019-06)

Secondary – Anand Vihar School (2016-06 – 2017-06)