From Dorm Room Hustles to Enterprise-Grade Systems
Building technical foundations for ambitious founders
My journey began in JNV Raipur's dorms, where I ran a comic book rental service at 12 - for profit. This early lesson in resourceful problem-solving became my north star (Now when I look back at it).
The Formative Years (2016-2019)
While pursuing Computer Science at NIT Raipur:
- Co-founded CodeVector Labs with friends, building AI based tech solutions for Startups, Enterprises and Govt Bodies, across the globe.
- Developed e-Paarvai for Tamil Nadu Govt - an AI-powered cataract detection system deployed through NHM workers. (Got NASSCOM gamechanger award in AI)
Professional Crucible (2019-2025)
Freelance Consulting Era
Built production systems for:
- Tejgyan Foundation: Scaled learning platform to 20k+ users built inhouse (Case Study coming soon)
- Bajaj Infraventures: Created role-based CRM/ERP for real estate management.
- CoFactory.AI: Streamlined data ingestion from eBay/Poshmark to Chrome extensions
Goldcast (2021-23) - As Founding Backend Engineer:
- Architected systems handling 50k+ concurrent live event users
- Took care of the Backend and DevOps.
- Conducted load tests simulating 10x traffic spikes
STGI (2023) - As Lead Engineer:
- Initiated TDD in the development process.
- Created org-wide cookiecutter template
Entrepreneurial Pivot: Launched CognifAI Health
- AI-driven mental health specialist matching platform
Current Chapter: Venture-Tech Innovation
At Astel Ventures (2024-Present):
- Built real-time investor matching system analyzing 60k+ profiles
- Developed LLM-powered deal flow tools adopted by 80% of investment teams
Why Founders Work With Me
Technical Philosophy Forged Through 5 Years:
- Security Enables Scale
(Proven in Goldcast’s infrastructure, Tejgyan Foundation;s inhouse architecture to handle 20K+ OTT users) - Legacy ≠ Liability
(Migrated the data for the past 2 decades in the new system with the architecture in mind to take us for at least a decade without any new change on the Data Warehousing) - Your Exit Strategy Matters
(Built handover teams for Tejgyan Foundation and others)
Technical Arsenal:
- Backend: Django (Expert) | Flask | FastAPI
- Frontend: React | Next | Vue
- DevOps: AWS (Pro) | Docker | Terraform
- AI: OpenAI/Claude Integration | NLP Pipelines
Let's Build Your Foundation
You handle the vision, I bring:
- 12+ production deployments across industries
- Zero vendor lock-in guarantee
Ideal Collaborators:
- Non-technical founders needing a fractional CTO
- Startups hitting scaling walls (50k+ users)
- Enterprises modernizing legacy systems
Let’s discuss your technical roadmap over chai - first round’s on me.
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Talks - Kuldeep Pisda
Collection of all my Sessions at various conferences across the globe.
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