Experience
My professional journey across full-time, freelance, and research roles.
Now
Generative AI Engineer
Oct 2025 - PresentFull-timeBuilding AI agents and orchestrating them using our Covasant Agent Management Suite (CAMS). Currently, I am working with Motilal Oswal on automating back-office applications and workflows to enable unattended processing across financial billing and settlement operations.
Project: Zebra Companion
Phase 1 — MVP and Capability Demonstration
- Developed a multi-agent orchestration system using LangGraph with RAG, tool calling, and short and long term memory
- Built and deployed an async FastAPI service on Google Cloud (cloud agnostic), integrating Vertex AI and Google Datastores for scalable retrieval
- Implemented observability with LangFuse: token tracking, cost monitoring, latency analysis, and evaluation pipelines
- Designed reusable A2A-compliant agent frameworks for seamless sub-agent interaction
- Owned CI with automated unit and integration tests, achieving 80%+ coverage
- Mentored team, reviewed PRs, and established clean Git and documentation practices
Phase 2 — Optimisation, Scaling and Production Readiness
- Re-architected orchestration graph with short-circuiting paths to improve routing efficiency
- Introduced background workers for non-blocking tasks, reducing latency
- Led LLM cost optimisation, achieving ~75% reduction in inference cost
- Reduced latency by 85%, targeting 2–3s TTFT
- Enabled multilingual conversational capabilities
- Conducted LLM benchmarking for model selection and optimisation
- Refactored system to improve code quality, modularity, and maintainability
Project: Claude Code Plugin
- Built a Claude Code plugin integrating agent frameworks (LangGraph, CrewAI, AutoGen, Google ADK) with a centralized Control Tower and Agent Registry (CAMS)
- Designed an MCP-based architecture with tools to detect frameworks, analyze agent code, and generate minimal integration patches
- Automated onboarding via startup registration, metadata publishing (capabilities, model, tools), and env-based config
- Implemented LLM routing via LiteLLM proxy for unified observability, cost tracking, and governance
- Focused on developer experience with safe, reviewable diffs and idempotent, non-intrusive integrations
2026
Co-Founder & Chief Technology Officer
Oct 2025 - Jun 2026Self-employedBuilt AgentLens — a platform helping brands measure and improve visibility across AI assistants and answer engines.
- AI Visibility Audit Engine — Free scan showing how your brand appears (or doesn't) in AI-generated answers across major platforms
- AI Mention Intelligence — Track brand citations, competitor mentions, and citation gaps for high-intent buyer prompts
- Competitor Citation Benchmarking — Compare your share of voice against competitors and identify missed opportunities
- Actionable Fix Prioritization — Technical and content recommendations your team can ship in weekly sprints, not vague SEO advice
- Stakeholder-Ready Reports — Clean, shareable reports connecting AI visibility improvements to business outcomes
- GA4 AI Traffic Explorer — Free tool to build GA4 reports filtering AI-driven traffic, conversions, and purchase revenue
- Agency White-Label — Full white-label solution for digital marketing agencies to deliver AI visibility audits to clients
- Four Engines, One Score — Every scan rates AI crawler access, agent friendliness and brand mentions across ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity and Claude
Co-Founder
Mar 2026 - Jun 2026Self-employedBuilt DY Solutions — a consulting firm delivering end-to-end digital solutions across software, AI, and growth.
- Deliver high-impact software consulting and custom-built solutions tailored to real business needs
- Build and deploy AI-powered systems, automation scripts, and intelligent workflows
- Provide full-spectrum digital services including SEO, GEO, content strategy, and digital marketing
- Design and refine products with strong focus on UX, UI audits, and user-centric experiences
- Enable businesses to scale with robust, secure, and maintainable technology
- Act as a one-stop partner for everything digital — from idea to execution and optimisation
Clients
Autonomous Trading Systems
Built for a large quant trading firm from Hong Kong, operating across Hong Kong and Australia. Returns are confidential to the client.
- Backend of a fully autonomous crypto trading system running scalping and hedging strategies, built to execute accurately, tolerate faults and run without manual intervention
- Scripts that read real-time sports news and place prediction-market positions on matches likely to end in a draw
- Contributed to improved operational efficiency, profitability and reliability
2025
Application Developer - Analyst
Feb 2025 - Oct 2025Full-timeSpearheaded the Generative AI initiative for the Institutional Servicing value stream at TIAA, driving ideation, use case identification, and architectural strategy across 300+ stakeholders.
- Spearheaded the Generative AI initiative for the Institutional Servicing value stream, driving ideation, use case identification, and architectural strategy across a team of 300+ stakeholders
- Investigated and resolved critical MongoDB replica set failover issues by implementing centralised retry logic, achieving 100% reduction in file processing failures during primary node elections
- Recognised with the 'All Star Award' for PI 25.1 for delivering high-impact solutions including innovation-driven automation tools, compliance-related enhancements for new SECURE Act provisions
Artificial Intelligence Engineer
Mar 2025 - Aug 2025FreelanceArchitected and deployed a large-scale RAG platform with ingestion pipelines handling 100GB+ of multimodal financial data and optimised vector database indexing.
- Architected and deployed a large-scale RAG platform handling 100GB+ of multimodal financial data (PDF, PPTX, XLSX, DOCX, CSV, images) with optimised vector database indexing
- Designed a multi-agentic framework inspired by ReAct-style reasoning, enabling dynamic orchestration across specialised agents for retrieval, financial analysis, and explainable outputs
- Implemented enterprise-grade cloud deployment on AWS using EKS, Bedrock, OpenSearch, DynamoDB, S3, ElastiCache, and CloudWatch — fully cloud-agnostic for portability
- Integrated advanced tool-calling workflows using MCP and A2A for multi-agent collaboration with real-time financial data via Yahoo Finance, Money Control, and Bloomberg APIs
- Delivered a conversational research platform for financial analysts with contextual uploads, persistent knowledge retention, workspace-specific sources, and citation-based search
Software Developer - Analyst
Jul 2024 - Feb 2025Full-timeSpearheaded AI-driven algorithms and optimisation solutions for financial planning capabilities, while resolving real-time production defects across microservices architecture.
- Spearheaded the development of an AI-driven algorithm to predict participant contributions using multi-dimensional data analysis — projected a potential 50% increase in AUM
- Designed and implemented a dynamic chunk-sizing algorithm for batch jobs, leveraging historical performance data to optimize resource utilization and eliminate OOM exceptions
- Resolved real-time production defects with minimal downtime, maintaining high system availability through effective cross-functional collaboration
- Analysed system performance metrics to identify bottlenecks and implemented optimisations that improved efficiency and reduced operational costs
2024
Software Developer - Trainee
Jul 2023 - Jun 2024Full-timeContributed to a large-scale project with over 90 microservices, focusing on design, development, and maintenance of scalable, high-performance, fault-tolerant services.
- Contributed to a large-scale project with over 90 microservices, focusing on design, development, and maintenance of scalable services
- Awarded the prestigious 'All Star Award' for PI 24.1 for resolving critical production issues and delivering key feature enhancements under tight deadlines
- Delivered features in compliance with stringent U.S. government regulations, maintaining 80%+ test coverage and adherence to best practices
- Led the seamless migration of client data and services from legacy to modern architecture — zero downtime, full data integrity and compliance
2023
Software Engineer
Jan 2023 - Jun 2023Full-timeCreated a headless e-commerce SaaS platform and transformed government-issued income tax return data into interactive UI forms for guided ITR filing.
- Created a headless e-commerce SaaS platform after evaluating Medusa.js, Saleor, Vendure, and Zoho — delivered qualitative and quantitative analysis to guide architecture
- Designed the database schema using Prisma ORM integrated with Supabase for secure authentication via Google and Facebook
- Transformed government-issued income tax return data into interactive UI forms that dynamically guide users through ITR filing
- Integrated with Zoho CRM, Zoho Books, and Zoho Desk to synchronize user data using webhooks, triggers, and RESTful APIs
Software Engineer
Jan 2023 - Jun 2023Full-timeBuilt a Next.js application for orthopaedic implant identification from X-rays, backed by a FastAPI service hosting seven deep learning models on AWS. In use at the hospital and by orthopaedic surgeons worldwide.
- Built a user-friendly Next.js application using reusable Mantine UI components for medical implant identification
- Created a FastAPI backend with implant identification APIs and deployed seven deep learning models on AWS, specialised by joint: knee, ankle, shoulder, wrist and elbow
- Implemented two-factor authentication (2FA), JWT-based session management, and password recovery
- Integrated Supabase (BaaS) to track user activity and uploads for future analytics and monitoring
2022
Application Developer Intern
Jun 2022 - Jul 2022Full-timeDeveloped a recruitment management system with dynamic interviewer assignment and hierarchy-based performance tracking.
- Developed the user interface for a recruitment system allowing employees to populate hiring workflows with preferred candidates
- Implemented algorithms to dynamically assign interviewers to candidates across different hiring lifecycle stages
- Designed an abstraction layer based on employee hierarchy to manage storage, updates, and display of interview performance metrics
- Improved code quality and scalability by applying design patterns and adhering to SOLID principles
Technical Team Lead
Apr 2022 - Jun 2022Full-timeLed a development team through interviews, onboarding, mentorship, and milestone-based delivery for client web application.
- Conducted interviews and evaluations to onboard candidates based on qualifications and experience
- Mentored junior team members by delegating tasks that developed their technical competencies
- Broke down project requirements and assigned responsibilities based on individual strengths to meet client objectives
- Managed ongoing work through regular check-ins, constructive feedback, and milestone-based progress validation
Programming and Research Analyst
Jan 2022 - Jun 2022ResearchConducted research on early diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease using 3D convolutional neural networks on FDG-PET brain scans.
- Conducted research on early diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease to prevent progression into dementia
- Performed empirical analysis using 18F-FDG PET tracer-based 3D axial scans sourced from the ADNI repository
- Applied preprocessing — thresholding, voxel normalization, and volume reduction on DICOM scans prior to augmentation
- Developed a 3D CNN achieving 92.31% accuracy across CN, MCI and AD, and 94.79%, 93.28% and 96.91% on the AD vs CN, CN vs MCI and MCI vs AD pairs (DeepPET-3D, SSRN 2022)
- Co-authored four further papers with the lab: MRI denoising with U-Net and dysarthria detection with CNN-LSTM (both IEEE ICAST 2022), retinal exudate segmentation with R2 U-Net (TechRxiv) and breast tumour classification with EEF-Net (SSRN)
2021
Software Developer
Jun 2021 - Aug 2021Full-timeDesigned wireframe-to-JSON configuration pipelines and built React-Redux frontends for automated Excel report processing.
- Designed wireframes that allowed employees to build configuration blueprints, converted into JSON schema
- Implemented a Python-based data pipeline to transform JSON schemas into automated operations
- Developed Pandas-based functions that reduced error rates by ~67% on large-scale datasets
- Built a React-Redux frontend application to streamline pipeline creation for multiple Excel formats
Frontend Web Developer
May 2021 - Jul 2021Full-timeDesigned and developed landing pages for a social media management platform with automated cross-platform scheduling.
- Designed UI screens for a social media management platform supporting post scheduling and performance analytics
- Translated UI designs into responsive, interactive landing pages using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript
- Integrated APIs to enable dynamic features and personalise the experience for authenticated users
- Built scripts using multi-threading to automate scheduling of posts, likes, and comments across Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn
Frontend Developer
Feb 2021 - Apr 2021Full-timeIdeated and built the theme website for Symphony 2021, the university's annual cultural festival.
- Ideated and launched the central theme for Symphony 2021, the university's annual cultural festival
- Collaborated cross-functionally to design wireframes and mockups using theme-aligned color palettes and typography
- Implemented creative strategies to ensure a fully responsive website across devices and screen sizes
- Designed and integrated intuitive registration forms for student participation including live-streamed events