summary

Product-focused engineer with full-stack expertise, passionate about building impactful AI, SaaS, and platform products. Proven experience founding and leading technical initiatives, shipping scalable web applications, and optimizing UX for thousands of users. Adept at rapid prototyping, collaborating across disciplines, and taking products from zero-to-one. Skilled in TypeScript, React/Next.js, and cloud infra, with a track record of accelerating hiring, analytics, and real-time systems for startups and global teams.

Skills

Frontend Product Engineering

Advanced
  • React
  • Next.js
  • TypeScript
  • Modern JavaScript
  • UI Architecture
  • Component Design
  • State Management
  • Performance Optimization
  • Responsive Design
  • Accessibility

Product & UX

Advanced
  • User Experience (UX)
  • UI/UX Design
  • Figma
  • Workflow Optimization
  • Human-Centered Design
  • Rapid Prototyping
  • Usability Testing

AI Product Integration

Intermediate
  • OpenAI APIs
  • AI-Driven UX
  • Prompt Engineering
  • Conversational Interfaces
  • Real-time Applications

Cloud & DevOps

Intermediate
  • AWS Basics (EC2, S3, CloudFront)
  • GCP
  • CI/CD Pipelines
  • Docker
  • Deployment Automation

Collaboration & Product Delivery

Intermediate
  • Product Management
  • Agile Delivery
  • Team Collaboration
  • Cross-functional Communication
  • Documentation
  • Stakeholder Alignment

Work Experience (9)

Feb 2025 - Current
Product Engineer
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India https://getmerlin.in

Driving product engineering initiatives for Merlin AI, focused on seamless AI integration and next-gen chat experiences.

  • Shipped ChatGPT Imports UI, enabling 10,000+ users to migrate chat history smoothly.

  • Launched project-based chat history pages, improving user navigation and increasing session retention by 15%.

  • Revamped the Model Selector, boosting model adoption by 80% and improving user satisfaction scores by 30%.

  • Led development of a prompt enhancement feature, improving real-time UX for 2M+ users by bridging backend streaming with a responsive frontend.

Jan 2025 - Feb 2025
Software Engineer
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India https://getsaral.com

Built core features and internal tools improving efficiency and decision-making for influencer campaigns.

  • Delivered revamped dashboard—reduced onboarding and insight delivery time by 30%.

  • Engineered a multi-select drag-and-drop feature for campaign management, increasing ops efficiency by 40% for large-scale campaigns.

  • Built a content submission system to streamline influencer-brand collaboration, reducing content approval times by 60%.

  • Enhanced real-time campaign metric tracking, empowering managers with data to improve campaign ROI by up to 20%.

Jun 2024 - Dec 2024
Founding Product Engineer
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India https://proofofskill.org

Architected and launched a decentralized skill validation protocol, revolutionizing unbiased, transparent candidate evaluation for tech hiring.

  • Led MVP development for validators, candidates, and recruiters.

  • Designed and implemented a voting-based consensus algorithm to ensure fair and transparent skill validation across a network of 150+ validators.

  • Built proctored assessment workflow with real-time streaming, cutting time-to-interview by 50%.

  • Launched recruiter dashboard with skill heatmaps, driving smarter hiring for 20+ partners.

  • Scaled cloud infra (EC2, NGINX, PM2, Next.js) to support 5000+ actions on the platform.

Feb 2024 - May 2024
Independent Contractor
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India https://milindmishra.com

Delivered AI-powered products for hiring and skills validation as an independent engineer.

  • Built recruiter analytics platform with advanced candidate search.

  • Engineered an AI-powered quiz system with Vercel AI SDK and OpenAI.

  • Deployed scalable Next.js UIs with AI workflow integration.

Aug 2023 - Jan 2024
Software Engineer
Remote https://www.linkedin.com/company/startuphire

Prototyped and launched candidate pipeline tools to accelerate startup hiring workflows.

  • Led team to prototype recruiting pipeline, reducing manual work for hiring managers by 40%.

  • Integrated multiple job boards into a unified platform, saving recruiters an average of 5 hours per week.

Feb 2023 - Jul 2023
Research Assistant
Hsinchu, Taiwan https://www.nycu.edu.tw/

Built and optimized indoor positioning system interfaces for a cutting-edge IoT research project.

  • Developed a frontend for an MQTT-powered indoor positioning platform to visualize real-time data from IoT devices.

  • Enhanced UWB positioning accuracy from 20cm to under 10cm—significantly improving research outcomes.

  • Enabled 3D real-time visualization of tracking data for production ready factories and research labs.

Jul 2022 - Jan 2023
Software Engineer
Hsinchu, Taiwan https://www.locusconnect.com/

Developed core 3D visualization and internal infra tools for proprietary IoT positioning solutions.

  • Produced frontend for 3D positioning platform, supporting live deployments.

  • Created and maintained the marketing site for B2B outreach.

  • Dockerized and maintained internal services, achieving 99.9% uptime and cutting deployment times by 80%.

May 2022 - Jun 2022
UX Designer
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India https://www.ineuron.ai/

Designed intuitive user experiences and managed design systems for ed-tech platforms.

  • Created user flows for hiring and onboarding.

  • Managed a scalable design system, increasing developer velocity by 30%.

  • Crafted marketing collateral for two campaign launches, contributing to a 20% increase in lead generation.

Jan 2022 - Apr 2022
Technical Writer
Remote https://www.plusklass.com/

Authored and curated technical content for HTML/CSS/JS modules, driving learning impact for novices.

  • Created beginner-friendly learning content adopted by 2,000+ new users.

  • Structured and reviewed curriculum, improving student course completion rates by 40%.

Projects (3)

AI Roadmap Generator
https://airoadmapgenerator.com
  • Generated over 250 roadmaps and reached 5,600+ unique visitors within months of launch.

  • Features real-time topic-to-roadmap generation with highly interactive visualizations, empowering rapid self-learning.

  • Recognized as a successful project launch on Peerlist; highlighted for exceptional product execution.

  • Includes privacy-friendly, shareable roadmaps and book recommendations, all built with scalable, privacy-first engineering.

  • Led frontend, LLM integration, and roadmap visualization; orchestrated team-wide product improvements.

Sideprojects Directory
https://sideprojects.directory
  • Indexed dozens of unique side projects, driving organic discovery and supporting project-based hiring.

  • Enabled GitHub-based auto-profile import, reducing project onboarding to seconds.

  • Facilitated connections between early-stage engineers, makers, and hiring managers.

  • Improved open-source visibility, with multiple projects receiving new contributors through directory exposure.

JSON Visualizer
https://jsonvisualiser.com
  • Adopted by hundreds of developers for production debugging and API integration.

  • Supports large dataset rendering and deep tree navigation; praised for performance vs. other online tools.

  • Open-source and extensible, referenced as a recommended resource in developer forums.

  • Designed intuitive UI for both technical and non-technical users, reducing time to diagnose data issues.

Education (2)

2023 - 2023
Short Term Research Program
Computer Software Engineering
National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University
2018 - 2022
Bachelor of Engineering
Electronics and Communication
Visvesvaraya Technological University

Certificates

Next.js App Router Fundamentals
Vercel
Animations on the Web
animations.dev
AI for React Developers
LinkedIn Learning
React: Design Patterns
LinkedIn Learning
React: State Management
LinkedIn Learning
React (Basic)
HackerRank

References

“ 100% AGREE! Also, the way team has launched the project is commendable. This is by far the most successful project launch on Peerlist ”
Akash Bhadange