Curriculum vitae

Résumé

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Kushal Patankar

Founding Engineer & System Architect

149.kush@gmail.comperitissimus.comgithub.com/peritissimuslinkedin.com/in/peritissimus

Experience

ZocaFounding Engineer

Nov 2024 — PresentPhoenix, Arizona (On-site)
  • Built automated social content generation powering 1,000+ local businesses.
  • Migrated infrastructure to Terraform, cutting deploys from 1.5 minutes to 1–4 seconds.
  • Introduced a message queue and worker architecture that unblocked independent feature deploys.
  • Led the TypeScript migration across the codebase and set the code review standards.

Deepmynd Innovative TechnologiesCo-Founder

May 2024 — PresentIndia
  • Building next-generation AI products for Indian consumers.

Brihaspati AICo-Founder

May 2024 — Nov 2024On-site
  • Implemented dynamic prompt engineering and context-aware memory retrieval, improving D7 retention by 20%.

DübverseFounding Engineer

Dec 2021 — Apr 2024Gurugram, India (On-site)
  • Architected an enterprise AI video dubbing platform processing 570,000+ hours of audio-video for 1M+ users.
  • Shipped 6,000+ production commits across eight codebases, supporting 40%+ B2B growth.

SimpleSoundsCo-Founder

Feb 2021 — Dec 2021Bengaluru, India (Remote)

CatrovaCerCo-Founder & CTO

Jan 2020 — Jan 2021Greater Chicago Area (Remote)

Skills

Languages
TypeScript, Python, Swift, Go, SQL
Backend
NestJS, FastAPI, Celery, Redis, PostgreSQL, message queues
Frontend
React, Next.js, Astro, SvelteKit, Three.js
Infrastructure
AWS, Terraform, Docker, LocalStack, CI/CD pipelines
Applied AI
LLM integration, prompt engineering, RAG, embeddings, Whisper

Education

Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur

2021

B.Tech