Founding Product Engineer, KIPIO
Founding product engineer at KIPIO, building an AI security product that protects sensitive data as teams adopt AI tools. Previously a Team Lead who mentored engineers while building Python microservices, asynchronous pipelines and AWS event-driven architectures. I work AI-first, with TDD and strict code review keeping quality high.
Kathmandu, Nepal
The problem, what I did, and the result.
AI security · Founding engineer
Problem: teams adopting AI tools risk leaking sensitive data through prompts and file uploads.
What I did: built the endpoint DLP agent as primary author, and rebuilt the policy engine as a standalone service on GCP.
Result: an agent that enforces admin-defined data policies on employee devices in real time.
Connectivity · Backend & leadership
Problem: drones and robots operating beyond visual line of sight need a link that can't drop and a position they can trust, but GPS is increasingly jammed and spoofed.
What I did: led the team that turned Elsight Positioning, GPS-independent geolocation built into Halo, from a proof of concept into a production product, then extended its design. Also built backend services across Halo's cloud and devices, including a newer 4G modem integration. Grew to Team Lead, also acting as tech lead and Scrum Master.
Result: Halo gained positioning that keeps working when GPS fails, plus support for newer 4G modem hardware, with features shipped end to end alongside product, QA, DevOps and support.
Healthcare · E-health
Problem: Jeevee's goal was to digitize health services in Nepal, from booking a doctor to buying health products, so patients no longer had to do everything in person.
What I did: built the core e-health backend from the initial design phase: online appointments for patients, doctor and schedule management for clinics, and vaccination bookings. Also built ordering and delivery for health products, payment integrations, and a blood request system that notifies matching donors.
Result: patients could book clinic and vaccination appointments online, order health products for delivery, and find matching blood donors, all on one platform.
Merged contributions to projects I use and care about.
Canonical · 9 merged PRs
Migrated test suites from unittest to pytest in the tool that initializes cloud instances across major cloud providers.
View PRsFeature · Merged
Added json_schema_extra support to schema version changes in Cadwyn, an API versioning library for FastAPI.
Google · Merged
Fixed handling of bad credential keyfiles in Google's GCP resource scanner.
View PRFrom managers, mentors and colleagues.
As a colleague and later as a Team Lead, he created an open and collaborative atmosphere where engineers felt heard, supported, and motivated. He never reaches for quick fixes without thoroughly understanding the root cause, system constraints, and long-term implications.
Manish joined the company as a fresher and soon after he joined the company, it was clear that he is an exceptionally talented and a very hard working developer.
I've seen him not only excel at building backend services but also DevOps, performance optimization of the application. He digs into the core of problems.
He has impressed us with his skills, analytical thinking and his eagerness to take on challenges. He is not afraid to bring out new ideas and try it out.
He is highly adaptable, encouraging, supportive, and an amazing programmer. I learned a lot from him as a person and as an engineer.
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Happy to connect about AI security, backend systems, Rust, Go or Python. Reach out any time.