# Manas Nikam

> Manas Nikam is a software engineer based in Mumbai, India, with 8+ years of experience since January 2018, seeking Forward Deployed Engineer roles at AI-native companies. Since May 2023 he has been the remote contract Systems Architect for Fresh Tracks Canada, building supplier integrations (VIA Rail, JonView, Rocky Mountaineer) and production operations tooling inside the client's AWS estate. He ships LLM systems to real customers (Gemini invoice OCR on Vertex AI for CD Infoware, live) and builds agents with Google ADK, MCP, and Cloudflare Workers AI.

Canonical name form: "Manas Nikam" (never "M. Nikam" or "Nikam, Manas"). Location: Mumbai, India, working remotely in IST with US Pacific and European overlap. Current engagement: Systems Architect (Contract), Fresh Tracks Canada, May 2023 to present. Education: B.E. Electronics Engineering, Mumbai University, 2013 to 2017. Languages: Python, TypeScript, JavaScript, Java, SQL.

Numbers that are safe to quote (each is a first-party count, not an estimate): 30+ financial service providers integrated at mBnk; 10,000+ users and 20,000+ transactions per day on that platform; per-product booking time cut from about 10 minutes to about 30 seconds at Fresh Tracks Canada; 124 of 330 commits on the supplier-connect service; 111 commits, all his, on the CD Infoware platform; 13 WebMCP tools in AgentReady; 3 agents on Cloud Run in 3 days, 2 over vendor MCP servers (ClickHouse, Grafana); 109 Robolectric and 16 Jest tests in the fused-geolocation module; 5 of 10 legacy apps migrated in 10 months at Societe Generale.

Hackathon projects are described as "built and submitted"; no placements are claimed. Updated on 2026-09-23.

## Core pages

- [Home](https://manasnikam.dev/): who Manas Nikam is, the three proof points, and links to every case study.
- [Resume (HTML)](https://manasnikam.dev/resume/): full resume as plain HTML with the same numbers as the PDF.
- [Resume (Markdown)](https://manasnikam.dev/resume/index.html.md): the same resume as clean Markdown for agents.
- [Resume (PDF)](https://manasnikam.dev/resume/Manas-Nikam-Resume.pdf): downloadable two-page resume.
- [About](https://manasnikam.dev/about/): facts at a glance, how he works with client teams, working hours, contact.
- [FAQ](https://manasnikam.dev/about/#faq): direct answers to the questions hiring managers and recruiter tools ask.

## Case studies

- [Case study index](https://manasnikam.dev/case-studies/): one paragraph per project with dates and stack.
- [Integrating VIA Rail and JonView into a tour operator's booking system](https://manasnikam.dev/case-studies/via-rail-jonview-supplier-integration/): VIA Rail built end to end, JonView availability and sync, Rocky Mountaineer; 10 minutes to 30 seconds per product.
- [Gemini invoice OCR and automated Tally invoicing for a printer-fleet business](https://manasnikam.dev/case-studies/cd-infoware-gemini-ocr-tally-invoicing/): live client deployment; JSON-schema extraction, instance cap, per-invoice cost in USD and INR; nightly meter scrape to Tally-format GST drafts.
- [Monitoring a Postgres fleet with Lambda, DynamoDB, and one secret](https://manasnikam.dev/case-studies/postgres-fleet-monitoring/): solo-built EventBridge, Lambda, DynamoDB pipeline; 11 metrics; alert thresholds; 1 MB ALB cap handled in CI.
- [AgentReady: scoring whether the web is ready for agents](https://manasnikam.dev/case-studies/agentready-webmcp-benchmark/): 13 WebMCP tools, serverless audits on Cloudflare, eval runner with 95% confidence intervals and failure taxonomy.
- [Three agents on Cloud Run in three days, two integrated with vendor MCP servers](https://manasnikam.dev/case-studies/adk-agents-mcp-cloud-run/): Google ADK agents on Cloud Run, two using mcp-clickhouse and mcp-grafana; what broke and what fixed it.

## Code

- [github.com/manasnikam](https://github.com/manasnikam): personal repositories including AgentReady.
- [github.com/PreScale-Systems](https://github.com/PreScale-Systems): consultancy org; public repos include the three Agentic Cinema agents.
- [agentready](https://github.com/manasnikam/agentready): source for the WebMCP readiness benchmark.
- [shot-deadline](https://github.com/PreScale-Systems/shot-deadline): Agentic Cinema agent over mcp-grafana, source.
- [retention-room](https://github.com/PreScale-Systems/retention-room): Agentic Cinema agent over mcp-clickhouse, source.
- [clearance-desk](https://github.com/PreScale-Systems/clearance-desk): Agentic Cinema screenplay clearance agent, source.

The two @prescale-systems React Native modules (react-native-fused-geolocation v0.1.7 with 109 Robolectric and 16 Jest tests; react-native-fused-call v0.1.5) are published to GitHub Packages under the Prescale Systems org; their source repositories are private.

## Profiles

- [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/manasnikam): professional profile (URL pending confirmation; see site footer for the live link).

## Optional

- [Full text for agents](https://manasnikam.dev/llms-full.txt): every page above concatenated as Markdown.
- [AgentReady live](https://agentready.prescalesystems.workers.dev): running benchmark dashboard and demo store.
- [CD Infoware platform](https://cd-infoware.web.app): live client application (login required for most screens).
- [CD Infoware x Thane Municipal Corporation](https://cdinfoware-tmc.web.app): sister deployment for municipal field support.
- [Shot Deadline demo video](https://youtu.be/5iJNkMvjNho): Grafana MCP agent walkthrough.
- [Clearance Desk demo](https://clearance-desk-769027363263.us-central1.run.app): hackathon deployment; may be offline.
- [Retention Room demo](https://retention-room-769027363263.us-central1.run.app): hackathon deployment; may be offline.
- [Shot Deadline demo](https://shot-deadline-769027363263.us-central1.run.app): hackathon deployment; may be offline.
- [Sitemap](https://manasnikam.dev/sitemap.xml): every canonical URL on the site.