My Work Experience

Joined Apideck—a real-time unified API provider with 100+ customers and 200+ app integrations—as one of 2 people running marketing at a 15-person startup. Report directly to the founder.

Three hats: DevRel, Solutions Architect, Software Engineer.

The numbers:

• 10% increase in sign-ups from content alone
• 30% organic growth

What I do:

• Lead client demos and technical consultations as forward-facing engineer
• Write developer-centric content that actually converts
• Contribute to marketing strategy and GTM planning
• Build and maintain the marketing website

Joined as the first and only DevRel hire for SWIRL, an open-source federated search engine. Built the entire developer marketing function from zero.

The numbers:

• GitHub: 16 → 2,800+ stars (hit Trending page)
• Website: ~300 visitors/month → 500K+/year
• Newsletter: 20 → 500+ subscribers
• Slack community: 20 → 300+ members
• YouTube: 0 → 5K+ views

What I did:

• Wrote 100+ technical blogs, tutorials, and documentation
• Rebuilt the website from slow WordPress to Next.js/MDX/Tailwind (100 SEO score, 90+ Lighthouse performance)
• Rewrote the GitHub README for clarity and conversion
• Created video content, podcasts, and demo walkthroughs
• Ran Hacktoberfest 2023 and community webinars
• Got SWIRL featured in KM World Magazine

Joined TCS as a Systems Engineer and got placed on an AON Insurance project serving APAC. Started as a frontend dev, quickly became de facto tech lead—running daily stand ups with the client’s Head of Product, owning sprint planning, and doing demos.

The numbers:

• Applications shipped: 6 (2 greenfield, 4 major enhancements)
• Users served: ~500 across APAC
• Client satisfaction: 90% CSAT
• Team members onboarded: 7 (TCS + client)
• Junior engineers mentored: 3

What I did:

• Led sprint planning and feature estimation directly with AON’s Head of Product
• Coordinated cross-regional team of 6–9 engineers (India + Australia)
• Consolidated two legacy portals into one unified platform for insurance document workflows
• Built Angular frontends with PrimeNG and NgRx; developed Spring Boot APIs with SQL backends
• Created onboarding documentation, architecture walkthroughs, and ran 1:1s for new hires
• Mentored juniors through pair programming and code reviews

I started Resume Matcher in 2020 because I was frustrated watching people pay $200/year for tools like JobScan and Rezi.ai when the core problem—optimizing resumes for ATS systems—could be solved with open-source software. Five years later, it’s scaled to 100K+ clones and a 2,400-member Discord community.

What I shipped:

• Full-stack rewrite (Dec 2025) migrating from a Python script to a production-grade app using Python, FastAPI, Next.js, Tailwind CSS, and LiteLLM
• 100+ LLM provider support via LiteLLM, allowing users to bring their own API keys or run completely locally with Ollama (no data sent externally)
• PDF parsing (Markitdown), backend PDF generation (Playwright), and keyword optimization to ensure resumes pass ATS filters
• Master resume → tailored resume flow: users upload a base resume + job description, the tool generates an optimized version, then they edit in a built-in resume builder and download ATS-friendly PDFs

Tech Stack: Python, FastAPI, Next.js, Tailwind CSS, GitKeep (DB), LiteLLM, Ollama, Playwright, Markitdown Beyond code:

• Managed 300+ issues/PRs using automation tools (Cubic for code review)
• Built product roadmap based on community feedback (e.g., local-first privacy with Ollama)
• Accepted into Vercel OSS Program 2025 for free hosting, infrastructure credits, and support
• Received emails from users worldwide (US, China, India) reporting successful job interviews after using the tool

• Designed and developed the podcast website, focusing on user engagement and content discovery.
• Created technical and marketing content (writing, video editing) and implemented SEO/growth strategies, increasing traffic and listener base.

• Built and scaled a remote developer community from zero to 5,000+ members across Discord and GitHub through consistent technical content creation and engagement strategies
• Led a team of 6 to organize and execute Git Commit Show, a remote conference attracting 3,000+ attendees, managing speaker logistics, event tracks, and platform operations
• Designed and delivered technical workshops, tutorials, and documentation to drive community participation and onboarding
• Moderated discussions, provided technical support, and built sample projects to maintain active community engagement

• Guided three students through their open-source projects, ensuring successful completion.
• Facilitated communication between students and organization leadership.

• Mentor for Google Season of Docs, guiding a technical writer in creating documentation for Weaviate, an open-source vector database.

• Authored technical blogs on AI tools, dev-tools, Python, and product development, generating 320K+ views primarily on DEV.to.
• Recognized as DEV.to “Author of the Year 2023” for high-quality technical content.
• Focused on sharing practical insights with product engineers and technical founders.