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RojilShrestha
Assistant VP of Product & Engineering, building scalable IPTV, billing, ads and infrastructure platforms, and leading the teams that ship them.
- Currently
- AVP · Product & Engineering
- Based in
- Kathmandu, Nepal
Featured Platform
NetTV, IPTV at national scale
01 About
Engineer first. Leader by practice.
Product thinker throughout.
Experienced Full Stack Software Engineer skilled in JavaScript, React.js, and Node.js, with expertise in IPTV solutions, eBilling, Ads Platforms, and analytics systems. Focused on improving operational efficiency and supporting data driven decision making. Proven leadership in managing cross functional teams, setting strategic goals, and ensuring high quality standards.
From writing PHP as an intern in 2017 to leading product and engineering at Genius Systems, through team lead, lecturer, instructor, COO and AVP, the common thread has stayed the same: ship systems that hold up in production, and grow the people who build them.
- Agile delivery with team lead and project management ownership
- Highly interactive front ends for web and TV applications, shipped through CI/CD
- Test driven development: comprehensive suites, early bug detection, iterative refactoring
- Progressive Web Applications in classic and SPA stacks
- Third party integrations: Firebase, AWS and many more
- AI assisted software delivery: from prompt engineering and agentic workflows to production ready implementation
02 Journey
From code to leadership.
11 roles since 2017: engineering, teaching and leadership, in the order they were earned.
Assistant VP of Product & Engineering · Genius Systems
Leading the product development process end to end, from ideation to launch, ensuring alignment with business goals and technical excellence, with seamless integration across engineering and operations.
- Drive product strategy and manage cross functional teams aligned with company objectives
- Own the product lifecycle from ideation to launch and ongoing enhancement
- Mentor junior team members, fostering a culture of innovation and technical excellence
- Agile delivery with extensive use of Jira for smooth implementation and timely delivery
Chief Operating Officer · Kush Technologies
Leading operational strategy and execution at Kush Tech Nepal, aligning teams, technology, and business priorities so the company scales efficiently while maintaining delivery excellence.
- Oversee daily operations and optimize resource utilization
- Strengthen cross functional collaboration and delivery systems
- Support high quality project delivery, training programs, and product initiatives
Project Supervisor · Aryan School of Engineering & Management
Mentored students through every step of their projects, from ideation to final reports, as technical advisor on AI/ML builds using Python, Django, Flask, React.js, Node.js, Pandas, and Scikit-learn.
MERN / React JS Instructor · TechAxis
Provided the skills and knowledge needed for professional web development with the MERN stack.
MERN / React JS Instructor · Kumari Job
Empowered students to excel in React.js and the MERN stack through clear, engaging instruction and practical insights for the constantly evolving tech industry.
Lecturer · Kantipur City College
Guided students in academic and career aspirations; prepared and delivered lectures, tutorials and workshops in software development and engineering.
Senior Software Engineer & Team Lead · Nepdroid Innovations
Designed and built web applications with JavaScript, React JS and Node JS; instructed front end (HTML, CSS, JS), React JS, Node JS and MERN stack cohorts.
Lecturer · College of Information Technology and Engineering
Prepared and delivered lectures, tutorials, workshops, and seminars; collaborated with fellow academics to improve teaching methods and expand the knowledge base.
Software Developer · WorldLink Communications
Built applications as a PHP developer working alongside React JS and Node JS.
Software Developer · HimalayanTechies
Developed applications as a PHP developer.
Software Developer Intern · Bent Ray Technologies
Internship focused on the Yii2 framework, MySQL and PHP.
03 Selected Work
Platforms that run businesses.
NetTV
One of the leading IPTV solutions in the Nepali market: package management, subscription management, reseller management, analytics, advertisement, reporting and many more.
Run a full IPTV business, packages, subscriptions, resellers, ads and reporting, as one coherent platform across web and TV devices.
Read the case studyGERP eBilling
Electronic billing software listed with the Internal Revenue Department (IRD) of the Government of Nepal, in full compliance with the Electronic Billing Directives 2074. A web based system that automates billing and invoice generation with respect to applicable taxes, managing reporting, finance and sales efficiently, deployable in the cloud or on premises.
Automate invoice generation under the strict requirements of Nepal's Electronic Billing Directives 2074 while staying flexible enough for any organization.
Read the case studyDataWorld
A data center and digital infrastructure platform focused on secure, scalable, and highly available infrastructure, including data center connectivity, network infrastructure, fiber connectivity, and core and edge architecture.
Read the case studyUnderground
A fiber optic network planning and infrastructure management platform for designing, managing, and documenting underground telecom networks, including fiber routes, topology, cores, tubes, splicing, and connectivity.
Read the case studyBasantapur
A network of sites for Basantapur Durbar Square, a UNESCO World Heritage Site in the heart of Kathmandu: a cultural gallery hub for the square's history and monuments, alongside dedicated sites for the businesses operating within it, a multi-stall food court, a heritage Newari cafe, and a Dhaka textile store.
Read the case studyPlates
04 Trust
Worked with.
05 Capabilities
The stack, end to end.
Frontend
Interfaces for the web and the living room, built to survive a decade of devices.
Backend & Data
The services and stores behind subscriptions, invoices and ad delivery.
DevOps & Quality
Pipelines and tests that make releases boring, which is the point.
Product & Leadership
Turning business goals into roadmaps, teams and shipped increments.
AI Assisted Delivery
Prompt engineering and agentic workflows, taken through to production code.
Platforms
The domains the work actually lives in: IPTV, OTT, billing and ads.
06 Leadership
Not just shipping code, shipping teams.
Team leadership
Managing cross functional teams at Genius Systems since 2019, setting strategic goals, aligning engineering with company objectives, and keeping quality standards high.
Mentorship & training
University lecturer, MERN stack instructor and project supervisor: hundreds of hours teaching React, Node and engineering practice, and mentoring junior engineers into strong ones.
Product ownership
Owning the product lifecycle from ideation to launch: strategy, roadmap, delivery and continuous enhancement, with Agile and Jira as the operating system.
Architecture & delivery
Hands on architecture for IPTV, eBilling, ads and analytics platforms, plus the CI/CD, testing and operational discipline that gets them shipped and keeps them up.
07 Philosophy
How I decide.
Six principles. Every one of them earned on a platform that had to stay up.
Build for scale, not hype.
Platforms that bill a country or stream to a living room can't chase trends. Every architecture decision starts from load, failure and growth.
Keep architecture understandable.
A system a new engineer can reason about in a week is worth more than a clever one only its author can operate.
Ship with quality.
Tests, CI/CD and review discipline aren't overhead, they're the reason releases are boring, and boring releases are the goal.
Automate repetitive work.
If a person does it twice a day, it belongs in a pipeline. People are for judgment, not repetition.
Make teams stronger, not dependent.
Years of teaching MERN cohorts and mentoring engineers taught me the same lesson: leadership that creates dependency isn't leadership.
Technology should solve business problems.
IPTV packages, IRD compliant invoices, ad delivery: the stack only matters when it moves an operational or revenue needle.
08 Foundations
Education & certifications.
Education
Nagarjuna College of IT
Bachelor of Information Management (B.I.M)
United Academy
H.S.E.B
Everest Secondary Boarding School
S.L.C
Certifications
09 Contact
Have a complex product to build?
Discuss a project or just want to say hi, my inbox is open for all.