The winding path

No straight line here. Geophysics to industrial software to SaaS to AI, and every turn added a trade.

Read below as a seismogram. The axis is real time, so the gaps are the real gaps; each arrival is a chapter, and how long it rings is how long it lasted.

Seismic record

7 events · 8 yr window

Aug 2019

Point event

The origin

M.Sc. Applied Geophysics

IIT Bombay08/2019 · Mumbai, MH

Characterising seismicity in the Lower Assam Valley. First time reading noise for signal was the whole job.

M 4.801 / 7
  • The origin — M.Sc. Applied Geophysics at IIT Bombay, 08/2019, Mumbai, MH. Focused on seismicity characterization and computational geophysics.
    • Dissertation on 'Characterizing the Local Seismicity in Lower Assam Valley'
  • Ch 01 · The toolmaker — Post Graduate Trainee at Emerson Innovation Center, 01/2020 — 02/2021, Pune, MH. Enhanced UI testing frameworks and geological data transfer plugins.
    • Developed in-house UI testing framework for RMS 3D modelling software
    • Enabled 100% accurate Well and WellPicks data transfer via Geolog plugin for RMS
    • Maintained legacy crash reporting service to identify and fix critical bugs
  • Ch 02 · The integrator — Software Engineer-1 at Emerson Export Engineering Center, 02/2021 — 07/2022, Pune, MH. Focused on RMS interoperability and testing infrastructure for industrial software.
    • Designed RESQML and ETP Connectors and implemented web components
    • Setup scaffolding for end-to-end testing using Cypress outside proprietary frameworks
  • Ch 03 · The product engineer — Full Stack Engineer at PyjamaHR, 08/2022 — 01/2026, Bangalore, KA. Led feature development for a global recruitment platform, focusing on automation and AI integration.
    • Implemented customer referral program generating 500+ leads for the platform
    • Architected robust timezone and job location support (Google Places API), increasing LinkedIn success rate by 40%
    • Lead frontend development for Job Boost, AI-Assessments, and RazorPay payments integration
    • Enabled screening of 2 million+ candidates through AI-Assessments journeys
    • Built in-house Resume annotation tool, improving parsing success by 34%
  • Ch 04 · The prototyper — Consultant Full Stack Engineer at Lemniscate Labs, 05/2024 — 07/2024, San Francisco, CA. Rapidly prototyped financial document management portals and mobile applications.
    • Developed MVP Insurance filing portal for US-based financial firms to manage documents
    • Delivered fully typesafe tech stack for React Native, Express.js, and tRPC prototyping
  • Ch 05 · The architect — Consultant Full Stack Engineer at Eat Cook Joy, 04/2025 — 01/2026, Austin, TX. Architected scalable chef-business tooling and managed product engineering workflows.
    • Architected location-based client-chef matching white-label capable multi-tenancy setup
    • Managed business requirements and PRDs to delegate tasks to engineering and QA teams
    • Built Customer Insights AI agent (Beta) to provide client retention insights for chef businesses
    • Reviewed application architecture for performance, security, UI/UX, and DX stability
  • Ch 06 · The AI engineer — Full Stack Engineer at Fan Pier Labs, 02/2026 — 03/2026, New York, NY. Building AI-driven tools and automation systems to enhance productivity and user health data access.
    • Developed Email label generator to automate deterministic and AI labels based on user prompts
    • Built Dashboard generation tool utilizing LLMs to generate and update dashboards using NLP and SQL
    • Created open source MyChart connector to help users access health data using MCP and OpenClaw
    • Built Fillout form webhook based email templating system for automated client communication
    • Architected internal email outreach system to automate lead generation using Claude Code

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