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Currently Senior Associate Technical Consultant at SAS Institute · Sydney

Janhav Khanna.

I build enterprise data systems

Software engineer working where code, statistics and finance intersect, at one of the world's largest analytics companies by day, and on two of my own products by night.

At SAS Institute I build PostgreSQL data systems for organisations like NAB, NDIA, IRD, MSD and Westpac. After hours I design and ship MonkeyLedger and LiveNearer. Both are live in production.

LOC Sydney, AU
ROLE Sr. Assoc. Technical Consultant · SAS
EDU BSc · UoA · 2022
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SE · 2026
Portrait of Janhav Khanna
/ Programmes I've contributed to NDIA · NAB · IRD · MSD · FMG · Westpac · and more
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Data architecture

PostgreSQL schemas, DDLs, migrations and pipelines for enterprise programmes.

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Analytics & visualisation

Board-ready dashboards, executive reporting, and SAS-platform delivery.

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Product engineering

Full-stack indie products shipped end-to-end and live in production.

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AI & tooling

Claude Code skills, Groq integrations, and AI-augmented workflow design.

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About me

The short version

I'm a software engineer based in Sydney, working at SAS Institute on enterprise data delivery: PostgreSQL architecture and schema design, board-ready dashboards and Excel-automation pipelines for organisations like NAB, NDIA, IRD, MSD and Westpac.

My degree is a conjoint in Computer Science, Statistics and Finance from the University of Auckland, a combination I chose deliberately, because the most interesting problems live where those three fields collide. Four Top Achiever Awards across the programme.

I find the small frictions everyone lives with, then I build them away.

Outside SAS I design and ship two products end-to-end. MonkeyLedger is an AI-augmented personal-finance app for AU and NZ. LiveNearer is a suburb-discovery platform scoring neighbourhoods by liveability across Australasia. Both are full-stack and live in production.

When I'm not coding I'm on a tennis court, in the kitchen, or out walking my Golden Retriever, Buddy.

now.md · ~/work/current
Active · May 2026

A snapshot of what I'm working on right now, refreshed each month.

Day job
PostgreSQL architecture & data delivery on SAS's flagship NZ programme
Shipping
MonkeyLedger v19 · personal finance for AU and NZ
Building
LiveNearer · suburb scoring across Australia and New Zealand
Researching
Polymarket BTC trading bot · LightGBM with HMM regime detection
Tooling
Authoring Claude Code skills for SEO, a11y, security and performance
Reading
Advances in Financial Machine Learning · López de Prado
Next cert
PMP · building on CAPM (2024)
Off-screen
Tennis · cooking · long walks with Buddy 🐕
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Yrs · Engineering
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UoA Top Achiever Awards
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Products in Production
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Industry Certifications
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Experience & education

2018 to 2026
Since 2026 Senior Assoc. Technical Consultant SAS Institute Sydney

Sydney chapter · enterprise data & indie products

Relocated from Auckland to Sydney. Continuing as a Senior Associate Technical Consultant on SAS's flagship NZ data programme. Scope: PostgreSQL architecture, schema design, board-ready dashboards, and Excel-automation pipelines for senior client stakeholders. Sustaining strong realisation across the year.

Recently engaged on the NAB account, covering user support, SharePoint administration, Oracle-to-SAS integration, and migration of mission-critical operational code across multiple financial departments.

Outside the day job: shipping MonkeyLedger v19, an AI-augmented personal-finance app for AU and NZ; scaling LiveNearer across Australian and New Zealand cities; and prototyping a production-grade Polymarket BTC trading system built on LightGBM with an 8-state HMM regime detector and triple-barrier labelling.

Also authoring a library of Claude Code skills for accessibility, SEO/GEO, security audit, web performance, and schema markup, packaged for reuse across projects.

PostgreSQL Oracle → SAS Integration SharePoint Code Migration Indie Products
2025 Senior Assoc. Technical Consultant SAS Institute

NDIA & FMG · technical consultant

Primary client: NDIA (National Disability Insurance Agency), Australia's largest social-services data platform. Wrapped up the FMG insurance automation programme. Scope spanned data architecture, visualisation and automation.

  • PostgreSQL management: schema architecture, DDL authoring, migrations across staging and production.
  • Production dashboards: board-ready data visualisation for senior stakeholders.
  • Excel automation: formula-driven suites and workbook pipelines replacing manual reporting.
  • Client artefacts: from raw data through to executive-ready outputs.
PostgreSQL Data Viz DDLs NDIA · FMG
2024 Enterprise Delivery Advisory

MSD, IRD & FMG · enterprise delivery

Primary clients: MSD and IRD. Kicked off the FMG insurance automation engagement late in the year.

  • Data quality: identifying, profiling and resolving data issues across enterprise datasets.
  • Data management: governing data standards and pipelines across staging and production environments.
  • Storage flow design: architecting how data moves, lands and is retained across both programmes.

Earned CAPM (Certified Associate in Project Management). Appointed to the AUT Computer & Mathematical Sciences Industry Advisory Board.

Data Quality Data Management Storage Flows CAPM AUT Advisory MSD · IRD · FMG
2023 Permanent Role SAS Institute

Westpac NZ · financial reporting automation

Internship converted to a permanent position. Primary client: Westpac NZ.

  • Financial reporting automation: designing and building automated reporting workflows across retail-banking pipelines.

Attained SAS Certified Specialist: Base Programming Using SAS 9.4.

Financial Reporting Automation SAS Certified Specialist Westpac NZ
2022 Graduation Industry Entry

Graduation & industry entry

Awarded Top Achiever in HCI and Computer Graphics. Internship at Billdr (fintech). Graduated and secured a permanent offer from SAS Institute.

Fintech Internship HCI
2021 Year 3 · UoA

Object-oriented systems & student leadership

Awarded Top Achiever in Object-Oriented Software Development. Elected Executive & Social Media Manager at UoA Esports (500+ members).

OO Software Dev UoA Esports Exec
2020 Year 2 · UoA

Finance conjoint added · broadening the lens

Added Finance as a third conjoint alongside Computer Science and Statistics. Awarded Top Achiever in Data Technologies and Economics. Joined UoA Esports social media team.

2019 Year 1 · UoA

University of Auckland · first year

Commenced BSc in Computer Science and Statistics. Awarded Top Achiever in Introduction to Software Fundamentals.

2018 High School

Macleans College · merit endorsement

Graduated with a Merit endorsement. Secured early entry into UoA's BSc in Computer Science and Statistics.

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Skills & tools

Engineering toolkit
Languages // daily
PythonCore
SQLCore
JavaCore
JavaScriptStrong
HTML / CSSCore
R / R MarkdownStrong
C / C++Familiar
Data & analytics // platform
SAS PlatformCore
PostgreSQLCore
Excel AutomationCore
Data VisualisationCore
DDL AuthoringStrong
XML / Data FormatsStrong
Statistics & MLStrong
Tools & practice // delivery
Git · GitHubCore
Claude Code · MCPCore
BootstrapStrong
Mapbox · OverpassStrong
Google Drive APIStrong
Project ManagementCore
Stakeholder ReportingCore
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Selected work

Things I've shipped
Live

MonkeyLedger

monkeyledger.com

Single-file personal-finance app with Google Drive sync and AI-augmented insights via Groq's API. Production-ready: rate limiting, API-key obfuscation, full legal disclosures, AU/NZ focus.

HTML JavaScript Google Drive API Groq AI
Visit site → v19 · 2026
Live

LiveNearer

livenearer.com

Suburb-discovery platform scoring neighbourhoods across Australia and New Zealand by amenity, transport and lifestyle factors. City pages live for Sydney, Melbourne, Perth and Auckland.

JavaScript Overpass API Mapbox AU/NZ
Visit site → 2026

Twitter Sentiment Engine

github.com/JanhavK

Custom NLP sentiment classifier built on Cambridge dictionary lexicons at ~85% accuracy. Integrated with the Twitter Developer API for live hashtag and timeline sentiment tracking.

Python NLP Twitter API
GitHub → ~85% acc

Number Plate Recognition

github.com/JanhavK

Computer-vision pipeline: greyscale, histogram stretching, mean blur, thresholding, morphological operations. DFS-based connected-components for plate localisation, then crop and OCR.

Python Image Processing Computer Vision
GitHub → UoA · 2021

/ Index of work

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Notes & references

A working log

A working log of what I'm building and the references I keep coming back to. Long-form essays land here as I write them. For now, each note links to the relevant artifact, repo, or live product.

/ Long-form essays in draft. Follow along on GitHub
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Awards & certifications

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SAS Certified Specialist
SAS Institute · 2023
SAS Certified Specialist: Base Programming
CAPM
PMI · 2024
CAPM: Project Management
Top Achiever Award
University of Auckland
Top Achiever: Software Fundamentals
Top Achiever Award
University of Auckland
Top Achiever: Data Technologies
Top Achiever Award
University of Auckland
Top Achiever: Object-Oriented Software
Top Achiever Award
University of Auckland
Top Achiever: HCI & Computer Graphics
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What I'm building toward

The long arc
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Solution architecture · at the data layer

Deepening expertise across the SAS platform toward AI-augmented, cloud-native enterprise systems. The long-term direction: solution architecture across data and fintech.

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Indie products · built to last

Growing MonkeyLedger and LiveNearer from side projects into real products with real users, designed and shipped end-to-end, to production standards.

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Project ownership · delivery-first

Building on CAPM toward PMP and broader project ownership: governance, client relationships and cross-functional delivery led by example.

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International chapter · Sydney & beyond

The Auckland-to-Sydney move opens Australia's fintech ecosystem, broader cross-border networks, and a path toward ANZ and global programmes.

/ 08 · Get in touch

Let's build something good.

Open to senior roles, product collaborations, and advisory conversations, especially in fintech, data infrastructure and product engineering. Replies are usually within 24 hours.

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