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Siddhant Bahuguna

@siddhantbahuguna

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Full-stack AI lead building scalable end-to-end products, from 0-to-1 to reliable distributed systems.

India

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What I'm looking for

I want to lead 0-to-1 builds and AI-powered products—shipping end-to-end features, scaling distributed backends, and improving engineering efficiency with a team that values speed and quality.

I’m a full-stack AI lead with 10+ years of experience building scalable, end-to-end solutions from scratch. I’ve led teams and engineered reliable distributed systems while driving engineering efficiency through thoughtful software development.

Most recently, I’ve been leading as Lead Engineer to scale Smart Meter Head End System (HES) and Python RAG systems, automating device deployment to fast-track customer rollouts. I also architected a unified React-Vite UI library and built scalable NestJS backend microservices.

Across startups and established financial services, I’ve shipped products end-to-end—from a Terrascope market launch (Product Carbon Footprint solution) to high-volume platforms like Freecharge’s Headless CMS and annotation/verification systems handling ~200,000 daily check actions. I enjoy turning complex domain requirements into fast, maintainable software, whether it’s API gateway orchestration, microservices aggregation, or edge object detection apps with matching analytics dashboards.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Lead Engineer

Kimbal

Sep 2025 - May 2026 (8 months)

Led a team of five engineers to scale the Head End System (HES) and Python RAG systems for smart meter processing of daily IoT commands. Automated end-to-end device deployment and engineered a unified React-Vite UI library with scalable backend microservices.

Python RAG IoT Distributed Systems React TypeScript NestJS PostgreSQL .NET Core MongoDB Docker AWS

Lead Fullstack Engineer

Terrascope

Oct 2023 - Sep 2025 (1 year 11 months)

Led end-to-end development and market launch of Terrascope's Product Carbon Footprint (PCF) solution from scratch. Mapped sustainability calculations across ingredients, supply chains, manufacturing, and shipping lifecycle to meet PACT compliance requirements.

RabbitMQ Kubernetes

Senior Software Engineer

MetaMap

Oct 2022 - Sep 2023 (11 months)

Developed and maintained a high-volume manual annotation and verification system for image, video, and document formats, handling ~200,000 daily check actions. Built dynamic queue routing to reduce processing bottlenecks and delivered React consoles backed by a NestJS API.

React TypeScript NestJS Verification

Senior Developer Engineer 2

Yaari

Oct 2021 - Oct 2022 (1 year)

Led development of a custom Node.js API gateway orchestration layer for a social commerce application. Aggregated microservices (inventory, orders, profiles) to deliver sub-100ms response times for web and mobile frontends.

Node API Gateway Microservices Orchestration Performance Optimization Inventory Orders Profiles Aggregation

Software Development Engineer

Freecharge

Feb 2020 - Oct 2021 (1 year 8 months)

Developed a custom high-performance headless CMS in React/Node.js/MongoDB to power dynamic promotional banners and marketing layouts across Freecharge apps. Revamped internal campaign and promo code portals for improved internal workflows.

React Node MongoDB Headless CMS Content Management Promotions And Campaigns

Full Stack Developer

Tripshire

Apr 2019 - Feb 2020 (10 months)

Built a custom B2B travel booking portal that aggregates Destination Management Companies and travel agencies. Reduced communication overhead by 40% and boosted transaction throughput.

Travel Agency Aggregation Destination Management Company

Full Stack Engineer

VisiLocl

Nov 2018 - Mar 2019 (4 months)

Served as a founding engineer to build a native Android tablet footfall tracking app running lightweight edge object detection models. Developed a corresponding React analytics dashboard.

Android Computer Vision React Dashboards Footfall Tracking

Web Developer

Camp K12

Jun 2016 - Sep 2018 (2 years 3 months)

Created and launched an immersive WebGL-based VR classroom scene builder and submission engine from scratch. Scaled the system to support 70,000+ students concurrently during national competitions.

WebGL VR Scene Builder Submission Engine