From first principles, one milestone at a time.

Startup Internship

Joined a startup internship and got my first exposure to production-grade infrastructure — working on authentication systems, backend development, and DevOps workflows.

• Auth & OPA
• Backend
• FluxCD
• Kubernetes

National-Level Recognition

Won a national-level hackathon at Tech-Symposium 2K26. A sprint that sharpened my confidence in product thinking, teamwork, and rapid problem-solving.

First AWS Production Deployment

Spent a month on AWS fundamentals, deployed ML workloads on EC2, and hosted a full-stack app on AWS for the first time — then capped the month by winning an international hackathon at PICT Pune.

• EC2
• ML deployment
• Full-stack on AWS

Entering the AI Space

Started exploring Generative AI and building AI-first applications around LLMs and retrieval-augmented generation — and decided to specialize in backend engineering.

• LLMs
• RAG
• AI-assisted workflows

Open-Source Milestone

Contributed to multiple open-source projects during Hacktoberfest, merging 6+ pull requests and earning the Super Contributor badge — my first real collaboration with maintainers.

• 6+ merged PRs
• Super Contributor
• Maintainer collaboration

Entering Cloud Computing

Created my first AWS account and received credits. Started exploring cloud services and building a foundation to experiment on later.

Discovering the Fundamentals

Realized that learning frameworks alone wouldn't make me a strong engineer. Shifted my focus toward the fundamentals — a decision that changed how I approach software.

• Programming fundamentals
• DSA
• Problem solving

First Steps Into Web Development

Built my first website with HTML and CSS and started exploring web development. My introduction to building products for the web.