Jose Chacko

Developer by background. Product thinker by instinct.

I turn real-world problems into usable products — combining product thinking, design, and hands-on engineering.

Now: Assistant Manager – Web Developer at PPFAS
Next: Exploring APM and Product Manager roles
Based: Mumbai, India

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Business impact at PPFAS

₹20+ lakh saved in fixed costs One combined figure across seven builds: websites, the Gift investment platform and portals I built.
₹10+ lakh saved in annual recurring cost Attributed jointly to the event-management system and the Career portal I built.

Read the PPFAS case study

What I bring

Product thinking, backed by the ability to build it

Each point below comes with the work that shows it.

Think

Product thinking

Scoping a first version, stating its limits, and designing with AI usage and infrastructure constraints in mind.

Evidence: SignBridge was scoped as a weekend-scale MVP/research prototype, and its README states that it is not a validated sign-language interpreter. In SYNAPSE I supported three AI providers, monthly token limits by plan and a bring-your-own-API-key option, with keys stored encrypted.
Build

Technical execution

Hands-on work across web applications, APIs, payment integrations and internal portals, from layout to deployment.

Evidence: At PPFAS I design website layouts and email templates in Figma and Photoshop before building them, and built a compliance and QC backend portal for uploads and staff management. I also built the SYNAPSE prototype hands-on, using Claude Code as an AI coding assistant (Next.js, NestJS, PostgreSQL, Redis); not deployed, no users.
Measure

Business impact

Cost savings and profit gains I can put a number on.

Evidence: At PPFAS, the two savings shown above. At Mansha Distributors LLP, pricing strategies I implemented increased net profit by 150%, from ₹100,000 to ₹250,000.

Case studies

Production work at PPFAS, plus two prototypes built hands-on

Each case study covers the problem, what was built and how far it got.

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Built at PPFAS

Building public websites, portals and internal tools at PPFAS – read case study

Includes management portals that let business teams manage workflows without depending on a separate tech team.

Built and launched gift.ppfas.com and wealth.ppfas.com
Gift investment platform, integrated with a third-party payment gateway, including international payments
Management portal for amc.ppfas.com, including job portal features

Status: Two public sites launched; internal portals in production use
When: Oct 2024 – Present
Role: Assistant Manager – Web Developer (since Apr 2026)
Cost saved: ₹20+ lakh in fixed costs, combined across seven builds; ₹10+ lakh in annual recurring cost

Implemented
Implemented — not verified live
Not built

Prototype · not deployed

SYNAPSE: an AI SaaS product prototype for LinkedIn personal branding – read case study

A full-stack prototype that surfaces trending topics in your professional niche and drafts three LinkedIn post variations in your voice.

Trends from Hacker News, Google News and LinkedIn hashtag feeds
Learns a writing-style profile from edits made to its drafts
Approval first: nothing is posted without an explicit publish or schedule action (publishing is implemented but not verified live)

Status: Prototype, not deployed, no users
When: May–June 2026
Role: Built the SYNAPSE prototype hands-on, using Claude Code as an AI coding assistant
Stack: Next.js, NestJS, PostgreSQL, Redis

Arm and hand landmarks for the sign FRIEND at frame 41 of 59: the left hand is tracked; the right hand is not detected and is shown as an empty ring at the wrist. — Left hand 33/59 Right hand 20/59 Landmarks from the INCLUDE dataset (AI4Bharat / IIT Madras), CC BY 4.0. Face points removed.

Research prototype

SignBridge: mapping spoken video to a sequence of Indian Sign Language concepts – read case study

An accessibility research prototype, documented stage by stage, including the experiments that failed.

Only 2 of its 209 signs are real sign clips; the other 207 are placeholder cards
On the sign HELLO, a reach-correction fix cut the avatar’s wrist-path error by about 85% versus the earlier approach; a later fix for arm clipping gave back part of that gain
On FRIEND, a sign where the hands touch, hand tracking found the right hand in only 34% of frames (local, uncommitted research)

Status: Research prototype, run locally; not deployed
When: August 2026
Role: Built the SignBridge prototype hands-on, using Claude Code as an AI coding assistant
Stack: FastAPI, faster-whisper, React, three.js, MediaPipe

Earlier projects

These include an e-commerce app for books (React, Node.js, MongoDB), a real-time multiplayer Mafia game and smaller web apps. See the projects page.

Experience

Where I work today

Full experience

Bachelor of Science in Computer Science 2018 – 2021
Data Analyst and Billing · Mansha Distributors LLP Jun 2021 – May 2022
Master of Computer Applications (MCA) 2022 – 2024
Professional Software Developer · Akbar Travels Feb 2024 – Sep 2024
PPFAS · Web Designer to Assistant Manager – Web Developer Oct 2024 – Present
Certification in Product Management with Applied AI Program · iHUB DivyaSampark, IIT Roorkee Currently enrolled

PPFAS

Oct 2024 – Present

Mumbai, India

Assistant Manager – Web Developer at PPFAS

Since April 2026. Earlier at PPFAS: Executive – Web Developer (April 2025 – March 2026) and Web Designer (October 2024 – March 2025).

I build websites and platforms, including the Gift investment platform, along with internal portals, backend tools and email templates used in production operations.

Built static pages and management portals that reduced dependency on the tech team; across seven builds, the combined fixed-cost saving is ₹20+ lakh.
Built an event-management system (QR scanning and door list) and a Career portal; ₹10+ lakh in annual recurring cost is attributed jointly to the two.

Earlier: Professional Software Developer at Akbar Travels (Feb 2024 – Sep 2024) · Data Analyst and Billing at Mansha Distributors LLP (Jun 2021 – May 2022).

Why product

Why I’m exploring product management roles

I started by building software, and over time I became more interested in the problems behind it. At PPFAS, business teams depended on a separate tech team to manage their workflows. I built static pages and management portals so they could manage those workflows themselves.

That is the part I want to do more of: working out why something should exist, who needs it and how the workflow should run. It is why I’m moving towards product management.

More about me

Hiring for an APM or PM role?

I’m exploring Associate Product Manager and Product Manager roles, and I’m glad to talk about products, problems and technology.

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