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Kartikeya

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A 20 year-old developer from India who loves building products, apps, and solutions. Currently an SDE 1 at 1000xDevs building agentic products like Save8.ai (40K+ downloads), while shipping my own indie products on the side — from AI apps to agent backends.

Work Experience.

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1000xdevs

October 2025 – Present

SDE 1

Core-built Save8.ai, an agentic marketplace (40K+ downloads) — backend agent + scraping pipeline, Razorpay gift card marketplace, and a dynamic linking system for referrals. Also shipped Bartr (NestJS, React Native), Astronode (LangGraph + vector DB), and an ops admin portal (Django, Next.js).

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Starkins Solutions

February 2025 – May 2025

Full Stack Developer Intern

Led a 4-member team to deliver 3+ full-stack apps, including KisanMartTools (Flutter/Express.js) and the Social DC portfolio platform, managing end-to-end deployment on a private VPS.

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Native Farmers

June 2024 – September 2024

App Developer Intern

Developed mobile applications to connect farmers with consumers, implementing user-friendly interfaces and core app functionality.

Projects.

MirrorCutWIP

  • AI haircut preview — see a new cut on your own photo before you sit in the chair
  • Generates a barber-ready instruction card so the barber knows exactly what to do
  • Web-first with credit-pack monetization; Next.js + NestJS + Supabase + Replicate
Next.jsNestJSSupabaseReplicateTypeScript

QuickValid.AI

  • AI startup-validation app on Play Store — 120+ users, 40+ DAU, first paying customers ($3 MRR)
  • LangGraph + NestJS engine runs risk, market & competitor analysis in parallel, grounded with Tavily + store scrapers, streamed via SSE
  • Credit-based IAP with Google Play Billing — server-verified purchase tokens, credits granted in Firestore transactions
FlutterNestJSLangGraphFirebaseGeminiTavily
  • Open-source autonomous AI agent connecting Slack to Jira — creates tickets, assigns owners, transitions status
  • Semantic ticket search with pgvector; custom agent orchestration (tool registry, runner, memory) on Gemini function calling
  • Tenant-scoped multi-workspace setup with Slack/Jira OAuth 2.0 and AES-256-GCM token encryption
NestJSTypeScriptGeminiPostgreSQLpgvectorDrizzle ORM

Grounded RAG Assistant

  • End-to-end RAG pipeline: heading-based chunking, nomic-embed-text via Ollama, ChromaDB, Qwen answers with inline citations
  • Passed a 12-question eval suite — grounding, conflicting sources, refusals, ambiguity and prompt-injection defense
PythonFastAPIOllamaQwenChromaDB

Achievements.

  • 1st Place – College MicroProject Hackathon

    2024

    Secured first place among 200+ competing teams by developing an innovative solution that demonstrated exceptional technical execution and problem-solving capabilities.

  • 2nd Place – Zenith 2024 Hackathon

    2024

    Achieved runner-up position among 150+ teams, showcasing advanced development skills and creative approach to solving real-world challenges.

  • 3rd Place – Zignas 2023 Hackathon

    2023

    Placed third among 200+ teams, demonstrating strong technical fundamentals and collaborative team dynamics under competitive pressure.

  • Core Member – GDSC MLRIT

    2023 - 2024

    Mentored 150+ students in mobile development through 'Flutter Fire' workshop. Organized and led major community events including Cloud Jam and Hacktoberfest, fostering developer growth and collaboration.

Education.

  • MLR Institute of Technology

    2022 – 2026

    B.Tech in Computer Science & Machine Learning • 8.12 CGPA • Hyderabad, Telangana

  • Sri Chaitanya Junior College

    2020 – 2022

    Intermediate (Class XII) • MPC Stream • 95.4%

Let's work together.

I'm always interested in new opportunities and exciting projects. Whether you have a project in mind or just want to chat about tech, I'd love to hear from you.

Currently available for freelance work and full‑time opportunities

Response time: Usually within 24 hours

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