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2025•Full-Stack Platform Engineer•// SILVER MEDAL - INTER IIT 14.0

Velora

Real-time financial streaming engine & trading dashboard

Inter IIT 14.0
Competition
Silver Medal
Award
WebSockets + Kafka
Streaming
Next.js + Node
Platform
Built the entire frontend and backend platform for Velora, an AI-powered market intelligence system awarded Silver Medal at Inter IIT Tech Meet 14.0. Focused on low-latency WebSocket streaming, Kafka consumers, authentication, and the interactive Next.js trading dashboard.
Data flow simulation● OK
LIVE TICKERSSEC 10-K / 8-K
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KAFKA STREAMPATHWAY CONSUMER
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WEBSOCKETSSUB-SECOND ALERT
Node.jsExpressNext.jsApache KafkaWebSocketsPrismaMongoDBBetter-AuthPrometheusDockerGKE

Engineering notes

// 01Built the real-time Express backend and WebSocket pipeline (`ws`) pushing live NSE stock tickers and market alerts to client frontends.
// 02Implemented KafkaJS consumers with automatic connection recovery to ingest processed indicators and price streams from Pathway.
// 03Designed the Next.js trading dashboard with resizable panels for live charts, watchlists, portfolio positions, and an interactive streaming chatbot.
// 04Engineered authentication using Better-Auth with Google OAuth, paired with Prisma ORM for user accounts and MongoDB for historical time-series.
// 05Containerized services with Docker on Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) behind Nginx, exposing Prometheus metrics (`/metrics`) for system observability.