Open to Backend / SDE & DevOps / Cloud roles · available June 2026
obtuse labs presents —

Utkarsh Vats.

Backend Engineer·Cloud / DevOps·

I build production software under Obtuse Labs — Django APIs, async pipelines, containerised services, and CI/CD on AWS. Currently shipping PulseNotify in production while pursuing AWS SAA-C03 and building the next batch of projects.

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28.4595° N, 77.0266° E · Delhi NCR, India · obtuse.in
About the Publisher

founder by day, engineer all night.

education · BTech IT, 2022 brand · Obtuse Labs focus · backend · cloud · devops cert · AWS SAA-C03 (June 2026) open to · Backend/SDE & DevOps roles
about the publisher

backend by trade,
cloud by choice.

I'm a BTech IT graduate (2022) who spent the last four years running a school in Delhi NCR while quietly building software on the side. I write Django + DRF backends, wire them up with Celery, Redis, and Postgres, and ship them on AWS behind Nginx with proper CI/CD.

Right now I'm interviewing on a dual track — Backend / SDE and DevOps / Cloud — with a clean trail of deployed production work to point to. Through Obtuse Labs, I'm building products in Indian edu-tech and legal-tech, and using the same infra to sharpen for the AWS SAA-C03.

4+
projects deployed & shipping
AWS
SAA-C03, sitting June 18
Pvt Ltd
incorporated entity
2026
interviewing Sep–Oct
~ current dispatches ~

things I'm building.

Products and infra under Obtuse Labs — solving real problems with clean engineering, deployed where it counts.

live in production
featured project

PulseNotify ↗

api.pulsenotify.obtuse.in

A production notification platform with flight-price tracking. Built as both a portfolio piece and a real, running service — end-to-end backend, infrastructure, and CI/CD.

  • API Schema -
    api.pulsenotify.obtuse.in/api/docs/
  • Django DRF backend with Celery Beat + Redis for scheduled async jobs
  • Travelpayouts API integration with a three-tier PriceService fallback chain
  • Airport model keyed by IATA + paginated AirportViewSet
  • Dockerised with Docker Compose · GitHub Actions CI/CD
  • Deployed on AWS EC2 behind Nginx with HTTPS
  • Next.js frontend in progress, deploying to Vercel
Django DRFCeleryRedisPostgreSQLDocker ComposeGitHub ActionsAWS EC2NginxNext.js
api.pulsenotify.obtuse.in
launching
April
2027
backend dev cohort

teaching the next wave of Indian backend engineers.

A 6-month weekend program teaching backend development from Python fundamentals through Docker deployment and monitoring.

PythonDjango + DRFDockerEducation
~ the toolkit ~

tools of the trade.

01

backend

Python Django DRF Celery Redis PostgreSQL REST APIs Async tasks
02

cloud & devops

AWS EC2 S3 RDS VPC IAM Lambda Docker Docker Compose Kubernetes Terraform GitHub Actions Linux
03

frontend

Next.js React Tailwind CSS JavaScript TypeScript
04

tools & workflow

Git WSL2 VS Code Postman Vercel

for recruiters & hiring managers.

I'm interviewing on a dual track. The work and stack are largely the same — what changes is the framing and the headline projects. Pick whichever fits the role you're hiring for.

available for June 2026 starts · Delhi NCR or remote
track - backend / cloud / devops

Resume

Django, DRF, Celery, Postgres, async pipelines, system design fundamentals. Deployment to production via AWS, Docker, CI/CD, Nginx, Kubernetes, Linux. Leads with PulseNotify, eLegalReader and CollabDocs.

Django + DRF Docker AWS CI/CD Celery PostgreSQL System Design REST APIs Nginx Terraform Kubernetes Linux GitHub Actions
PDF
utkarsh-vats_resume.pdf
one page · updated June 2026
download ↓
~ the printing house ~

built under a real entity.

obtuse labs —

Obtuse Labs

An identity for individual building software products in edu-tech, legal-tech, and developer education. From transfer certificates to legal document parsing to backend cohorts — shipping real products for real users.

Delhi NCR, India
~ letters to the editor ~

let's connect.

If you're hiring for backend, SDE, or cloud / DevOps roles — or want to talk infrastructure, Django, or Indian SaaS — I'd love to hear from you.

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GitHub

github.com/utkarsh-vats
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LinkedIn

linkedin.com/in/utkarsh-vats-2k
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Email

utkarsh.vats@obtuse.in