Chandigarh, India

Manpreet Singhhe/him

MVP development for non-technical founders — from idea to launch.

Board of Advisors, FindStay LinkedIn findstay.in

About

A decade of engineering behind enterprise search and backend platforms, now pointed at building products end to end. I spent nine years at Grazitti Interactive — from software engineer to heading R&D — most of it on SearchUnify, designing Node.js backends, microservices and search infrastructure for enterprise customers.

In 2025 I founded FindStay, a WhatsApp-first platform for discovering PG accommodation in India. The premise is simple: no brokers, verified listings only, and a conversation instead of an app. It reached 1,500+ onboarded PG owners and a zero-brokerage model that students and parents actually trust. I now serve on its board of advisors.

What I care about is the join between the two: technology is only worth something when it removes a real, irritating human problem — and the interface usually matters more than the engine behind it.

Experience

FindStay

1 yr 4 mos · Chandigarh

Member of the Board of Advisors

Nov 2025 — Present
Remote
  • Strategic advisor to the founders and leadership team, focused on growth and governance.
  • Guide expansion planning and operational efficiency work across the business.

Founder

May 2025 — Nov 2025
Hybrid · Full-time
  • Defined the strategic vision for India's first WhatsApp-first PG discovery platform.
  • Built a two-sided marketplace and onboarded a network of 1,500+ PG owners across multiple sectors.
  • Pioneered WhatsApp request-to-owner lead sharing, cutting discovery time and lifting conversion by 40%+.
  • Introduced a zero-brokerage verified-listing model, and led field SPOCs, tele-counsellors and engineering as one team.

Grazitti Interactive

9 yrs 4 mos · Panchkula

Senior Manager

Apr 2025
On-site
  • Headed the R&D department — technical vision, innovation roadmap and execution strategy.
  • Solution authority for enterprise pre-sales, owning the full PoC lifecycle from discovery to close.
  • Led post-sales implementation delivery and mentored managers and technical leads.

Technical Manager

Jun 2021 — Apr 2025
  • Led multiple backend and platform engineering teams building the SearchUnify product line.
  • Owned technical strategy and system architecture for Node.js services — performance, scalability, security.
  • Drove code review, design review and CI/CD practice; mentored technical leads and senior engineers.

Technical Lead, SearchUnify

Jul 2019 — Jun 2021
  • Architected RESTful and event-driven APIs for enterprise-scale search integrations.
  • Designed microservices architectures — service communication, fault tolerance, deployment strategy.
  • Set backend architecture standards and coding guidelines across the engineering group.

Senior Software Engineer

Jan 2018 — Jun 2019

Software Engineer

Jan 2016 — Jan 2018
  • Built plugins, integrations and migration tooling for online community platforms — Khoros, Salesforce Communities, Jive and Vanilla Forums.

Click Labs

2 yrs · Chandigarh

Software Engineer

Jan 2014 — Dec 2015
  • Built .NET applications with WCF, MVC, MVVM and LINQ, and cross-platform mobile apps in Xamarin.
  • First serious work in Node.js — the event loop, async programming and real-time sockets.

SalesLabs

3 mos · Freelance

Freelance Software Developer

May 2013 — Jul 2013
  • Integrated Microsoft Outlook with a third-party emailing service, building custom workflows for sending and tracking.

What I build with

Backend
Node.js — Express.js, Sails.js, Hapi.js. REST and event-driven APIs, real-time systems, microservices.
Frontend
React, Next.js, Angular 6, AngularJS, with TailwindCSS and Bootstrap.
Data
MongoDB, PostgreSQL, MySQL, Redis.
Search
Elasticsearch, Solr and NLP-driven retrieval — a decade of it at SearchUnify.
AI & automation
LangChain, WhatsApp Cloud API, agentic automation for conversational product flows.
Infrastructure
Docker, Nginx, CI/CD pipelines, cloud storage.
System architecture Technical leadership People management Pre-sales & solutioning Salesforce Network security

What colleagues say

“I've been working with Manpreet for 6 years now, proud to say that he has been a pillar of support and an extraordinary team player. Great technically and fundamentally. Our journey of SearchUnify couldn't have been possible without him. He is Mr. dependable and now an amazing leader of a flourishing team.”

Bharat Sethi — Senior Product Manager, SearchUnify · December 2021

“Manpreet is an infinitely competent individual… always impressed by his ability to handle even the toughest clients effortlessly. That skill often takes years to develop, but it seemed to come perfectly naturally to him. He will always go that extra mile to deliver the projects within their deadlines.”

Paramvir Singh — Salesforce Technical Lead · January 2020

Education & credentials

B.Tech, Computer Science

Punjab Technical University · 2010–2014 · First division

Senior Secondary, Non-medical

Govt. Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 35 · 2008–2010 · First division

.NET Certification

NIIT Limited · 2012

Star Performer

Click Labs · 2015

PSEB Merit Scholarship

Ranked 1st in district, 16th in state · 2008

Volunteer

Youth Organisation Mohali, since 2012 · social services