Experience

A timeline of building, researching, and shipping. Newest first.

Mar 2026 – Present

SF, California, USA

Software Development Engineer (SDE)

Tejas AI (YC W25)

Building WhatsApp-based sales and career AI agents with persistent conversational memory (Mem0)
Engineered a highly efficient daily scraping infrastructure for large-scale data extraction and aggregation.
Integrated OpenSearch for low-latency querying of vast datasets, powering real-time profile retrieval and matching for the AI agents.

Dec 2024 – Dec 2025

Hyderabad, India

Co-founded AuraX, a fashion-tech startup funded by IIIT-Hyderabad's CIE incubator.
Led research on diffusion models for virtual try-on (VTO), achieving quality that outperformed Google, Stable Diffusion, and leading Indian startups in benchmark comparisons.
Signed commercial deals with Aditya Birla Fashion Group and multiple brands under Mensa Brands.
Architected scalable backend and deployment infrastructure on AWS and ShaktiCloud, optimizing inference latency for production workloads.
Closed the company as the space became hyper-competitive with big players entering, combined with limited remaining runway.

Dec 2023 – Feb 2025

Remote

Conducted research on Mixture of Experts (MoE) LLM models for advanced AI applications.
Developed tools like learncode (interactive eduAI content) and eduAI (AI agent for course materials) to enhance student learning experience.
Scaled techos.synthailabs to 11,000 registered students in India, demonstrating strong community engagement and educational impact.
Co-founded OpenCodeDevelopers (OCD) society, guiding 800+ students to accelerate CP/DSA learning from 6 to 2 months, achieving organic growth.

July 2024 – Dec 2024

Columbus, Ohio

Utilized DevOps practices with Docker to streamline development and deployment processes
Implemented code obfuscation techniques to secure code, mitigating risks of code leakage and improving security for public deployment.
Contributed to the development of TublianOS, optimizing system performance and enhancing user experience
Completed an intensive masterclass in System Design, gaining insights into designing scalable, resilient systems using best practices and industry standards, applicable to real-world projects, taking google's search engine architecture as an example.

March 2024 – June 2024

Kyoto, Japan

Stealth

Dec. 2023 – April 2024

Columbus, Ohio

Actively contributed to multiple open source projects, mentoring over 20 emerging developers and fostering a collaborative environment.
Collaborated on the development of DevDocGenie, a RAG-based AI chatbot, improving documentation access and user interaction by 35%.
Engaged in reverse engineering initiatives, replicating functionalities such as Samsung's live translation during calls, contributing to a 25% increase in project efficiency.

April 2023 – Sept 2023

Remote

Led a team of six for a Global Educational event with a USD 30,000 budget.
Developed essential project management documents such as RACI Matrix and Risk Register.
Consistently achieved or surpassed project deadlines.
Cultivated a collaborative and motivated team environment.