Forward Deployed Engineer · Enterprise AI · Founder

I build AI Systems

I build enterprise AI platforms, agentic workflows, and production-grade backend systems. Currently a Forward Deployed Engineer delivering AI applications on Palantir Foundry while building products from 0→1.

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The work I focus on

01

AI & RAG systems

Retrieval-augmented generation over real documents: vector search with FAISS, OpenAI APIs and LangChain, tuned for fast, accurate answers in production.

02

0 → 1 product builds

Taking products from scratch to shipped - POS systems, ERPs, dashboards and offline installers used by real businesses.

03

Systems & APIs

Django and Node services, IAM, payments and invoicing, and the microservices that hold a product together - built from scratch and run at scale.

04

Founding & leading

Founding products and leading early engineering teams - from the first hire to shipping, as I did building Fossip with a team of 6+.

A track record of shipping

Oct 2025 - Present

Forward Deployed Engineer

Echos

Building on Palantir Foundry as a forward deployed engineer - working hands-on with customers to model their data, build operational applications, and deploy solutions that turn real-world problems into shipped software.

Aug 2022 - Oct 2025

SDE 2

Attentive AI

Built BeamGPT, a RAG-based system for construction blueprints that cut manual analysis time by 70% at 90%+ accuracy. Designed a Django IAM package from scratch now securing 1000+ users across 6+ microservices, and shipped core modules - IAM, user management, payments & invoices, inventory - for the Accelerate platform.

2021 - 2022

Founder

Fossip

Founded and led a team of 6+ engineers building a full-stack restaurant management platform used by 100+ restaurants in Gurgaon - Android, iOS and web apps for POS, QR-based ordering, delivery and dine-in. Cut average order handling time by 30% with real-time kitchen and staff sync.

Jun 2021 - Aug 2022

SDE 1

Bijak

Worked on ChargeERP, a subscription ERP for agricultural traders built on Meteor.js. Built and shipped an offline Windows installer that grew customer acquisition 60% MoM, and developed the analytics dashboard - usage and event metrics, subscriptions, and IAM roles - from scratch.

Certifications

Claude Certified Architect - Foundations

Deep Dive: Building Your First Pipeline

March 10, 2026

Deep Dive: Creating Your First Ontology

March 12, 2026

Deep Dive: Building Your First Application

March 12, 2026

Things I've built

BeamGPT

2024
RAG system for construction blueprints

A domain-specific RAG system that lets users query construction blueprints in natural language. Parsed 10,000+ pages with PyMuPDF into MongoDB and ran semantic search over FAISS - sub-1.2s responses with 90%+ reported accuracy, scaling to 500MB files and multi-turn conversations.

RAG · FAISS · OpenAI · MongoDB

Fossip

2021 - 2022
Founder · Restaurant management platform

Founded and led a team of 6+ engineers building Android, iOS and web apps for a full-stack restaurant platform used by 100+ restaurants in Gurgaon - POS, QR-based ordering, delivery and dine-in. Cut average order handling time by 30% with real-time kitchen and staff sync.

POS · QR ordering · Android / iOS / Web

Building AI that solves operational problems.

I'm a Forward Deployed Engineer specializing in enterprise AI, Palantir Foundry, distributed systems, and product engineering. I work directly with customers to transform operational workflows into production AI applications. Previously, as an SDE‑2 at Attentive AI, I built BeamGPT, platform services, IAM infrastructure, and AI-powered products used in production. I hold a B.Tech. in Computer Science.

Before that I founded Fossip, a restaurant platform used by 100+ restaurants, and built ERP and dashboard products at Bijak. I care most about systems that are simple to reason about and hold up under real load - and I'm always building something new on the side.

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Writing

Palantir Foundry, enterprise AI, the things I build, and whatever else I end up writing about.

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Building something ambitious?

If you're building AI products, enterprise software, or a startup that needs strong engineering, I'd love to connect.