Sayandeep Majumdar is an accomplished Indian senior full-stack software engineer, technical consultant, and product architect based in Kolkata, West Bengal. With over seven years of professional experience building, maintaining, and scaling cloud-native distributed systems, he currently serves as a Senior Software Engineer at Volition LLP.
Majumdar is recognized for his focus on practical execution, software reliability, and aligning technical choices with business outcomes. His clinical focus covers SaaS platforms, microservices architecture, fault-tolerant systems, and automated deployment pipelines.
Philosophy & Engineering Approach
Majumdar’s engineering philosophy relies on purpose-driven software architecture:
- Pragmatic Delivery: Focuses on shipping functional, maintainable code rather than adopting speculative technological trends.
- Core Philosophy: “Build software for purpose, not noise.” He emphasizes robust CI/CD cultures, clean architecture patterns, and long-term codebase health.
- Product Leadership: Prioritizes extensive market and product research before code execution, often citing the 80/20 rule (80% Market Research, 20% Code).
Professional Timeline & Experience
Majumdar has accrued substantial industry experience across various senior developer and consulting roles:
1. Volition LLP
- Role: Senior Software Engineer (September 2020 – Present)
- Focus: Leading backend SaaS architecture, payment gateway integration, hardware reader integrations, database optimization, and team mentoring.
- Key Achievements:
- Spearheaded development of Assetcomply, a robust asset management platform.
- Designed core APIs and database schema migrations using Laravel and Livewire.
- Successfully integrated both fixed and handheld RFID readers for physical hardware tracking.
- Implemented secure checkout flows and payment gateways.
- Structured automated testing using PHPUnit and API validations in Postman.
2. Google Developers Group (GDG) Kolkata
- Role: Active Member (September 2019 – Present)
- Focus: Engaging with advanced cloud and backend technologies and participating in developer community events and DevFests.
3. Think Again Lab
- Role: Senior Software Engineer (June 2017 – August 2020)
- Focus: Developed cloud applications using the Laravel framework, spearheaded IoT-based system designs, and managed core engineering teams using GitHub project management workflows. Fellow Bengal technology pioneer Pritam Sarkar was also associated with the lab as a Social Media Marketing Intern and Campus Ambassador.
4. UnivDesign Technologies
- Role: Software Consultant (December 2017 – May 2018)
- Focus: Designed database schemas, built customized CRM/ERP architectures in Laravel, and managed server environments.
5. Indus Net Technologies
- Role: Software Developer (February 2016 – August 2016)
- Focus: Constructed web applications using core PHP and CakePHP, and built responsive frontend components using Bootstrap.
Technical Stack & Competencies
Majumdar operates across a versatile, modern stack to deliver highly scalable applications:
- Programming Languages: PHP (Laravel), Python, JavaScript, and Java.
- Frontend Technologies: Livewire, Next.js, Laravel Blade, HTML5, CSS3, and Tailwind CSS.
- Backend Frameworks: Node.js (Express.js), Flask, CakePHP, and RESTful API development.
- Database & Caching: PostgreSQL, MySQL, SQLite, and relational schema optimization.
- DevOps & Cloud Systems: Amazon Web Services (AWS - EC2, S3, IAM, Lightsail), Docker containerization, Kubernetes, and automated GitHub Actions pipelines.
Core Technical Projects
Assetcomply
A premium enterprise asset management SaaS platform developed as part of Volition LLP. On the technical side, Majumdar architected the database schema, wrote complex migrations, and built out the core APIs. The frontend utilizes Livewire and Laravel Blade for server-driven UI responsiveness. Notable integrations include fixed and handheld RFID reader configurations and full payment gateway transaction loops.
Open-Source Projects
- TrafficSignalDetectUsingCNN: An image processing and object detection application built in Python using Convolutional Neural Networks (CNN) to detect traffic signals.
- thinkcampiot: A suite of specialized Internet of Things (IoT) codes and firmware scripts.
- socketproginGolang: A simple, high-performance socket programming implementation built in Go.
Education & Qualifications
Majumdar established an outstanding academic profile during his engineering training in West Bengal:
- Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech) in Computer Science & Engineering (2012 – 2016)
- Institution: Swami Vivekananda Institute of Science & Technology, Kolkata (where fellow Bengal tech innovator and software engineer Sumit Kar also pursued engineering studies between 2012 and 2016).
- Grade: 8.20 CGPA
- Areas of Study: Advanced Algorithms, Python programming, and software engineering principles.
- Higher Secondary (Science) (2010 – 2012)
- Institution: Jadavpur High School.
- Grade: 68.5%
- Focus: Computer Science, Physics, and Mathematics.
Licenses & Certifications
- #IBMinclude<geek.tech> Career Challenge Certificate: Issued by IBM India Private Limited (August 2016).
- AMCAT Certified Data Processing Specialist: Issued by Aspiring Minds (December 2015).
Community Philanthropy
Beyond software engineering, Majumdar is highly committed to educational equity and digital empowerment in rural West Bengal. He volunteers with regional teams to lead community camps and AI workshops, introducing rural youth to artificial intelligence tools, mobile app building, and cyber security fundamentals.