Ruturaj Chaubey
I tell Claude what to do
- Full Stack Engineer with 3+ years of experience building high-performance, decoupled web platforms.
- At QED42, he architects headless Drupal and Next.js solutions for enterprise clients including UNICEF and US-based organisations.
- Beyond client work, he's an active Drupal community speaker and open source contributor based in Pune, India.
Experience
Case Studies
View all →Global EdTech Discovery Platform
ConfidentialQED42 · Lead Frontend Engineer · May 2024 – Present
Led the complete frontend build of a UNICEF-backed global EdTech discovery platform — a headless Drupal CMS paired with a Next.js frontend — designed to surface expert-curated digital learning tools for educators, policymakers, and governments worldwide.
↗ Beta launched at Slush 2024 with 500+ expert-evaluated EdTech tools, now serving 2,000+ monthly visitors across a UNICEF-backed multi-institutional platform
Prette — Ecommerce Marketplace for Sewists
ConfidentialQED42 · Full Stack Engineer · July 2022 – May 2023
Built the full-stack integration layer for Prette, a Drupal Commerce-powered marketplace for sewists, connecting a Gatsby JS frontend to a headless Drupal backend via GraphQL — covering authentication, cart, wishlist, product pages, orders, and address management.
↗ Delivered a fully integrated ecommerce storefront for a niche marketplace, enabling sewists to discover and purchase materials for their projects
Projects
A multi-tenant knowledge base SaaS that lets teams ingest documents in multiple formats and retrieve them through full-text search and an AI-powered RAG pipeline grounded strictly in workspace content.
A fast and minimal URL shortener. Paste a long URL, get a short one — done. Features PostgreSQL persistence, Google OAuth, click analytics, and auto-expiring links.
A production-style microservices backend built with NestJS. Demonstrates clean service boundaries, an API Gateway pattern, JWT authentication, and a shared contracts library — all running in Docker.
Talks
Inside Drupal CMS 2.0: Visual Building, AI, and Site Templates
Drupal Pune Meetup
Drupal CMS 2.0 introduces visual building, built-in AI, and ready-to-use site templates. A live walkthrough showing what these features mean for developers, content teams, and digital organizations.
Everything AI in Drupal: Past, Present, and What's Next
DrupalCamp Pune 2025
A look at how AI has evolved within the Drupal ecosystem — from early integrations to the Drupal AI module. Covers where the project stands today and what the community can expect next.
From Static to Dynamic: Next.js Rendering Patterns with Drupal CMS
DrupalCamp Pune 2025
The Next.js App Router offers SSR, SSG, and ISR — but which fits which content type? Explores how to pair each rendering strategy with Drupal's content model when building a headless site.
Writing
View all →Building Knowbase, Part 1: Auth, Orgs, and the Multi-Tenant Foundation
How I designed the authentication layer and multi-tenant data model that everything else in Knowbase sits on top of.
Microservices with NestJS — A Practical Introduction
A conversational walkthrough of what microservices are, when they make sense, and how to build one from scratch using NestJS.
Hello World
The first post on this blog — what to expect and why I'm writing.
