Shashank Agarwal

Software Developer
Remote, US.

About

Highly accomplished Software Developer with a strong track record in building and scaling innovative products for diverse companies, including successful startups. Proven expertise in leading technical initiatives, securing seed funding as a Founding Engineer, and scaling backend systems to support tens of thousands of monthly active users. Specializes in advanced AI/Generative AI development, microservices architecture, and full-stack solutions that drive significant business outcomes and efficiency.

Work

Agentsy.ai
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Founding Engineer / Senior Software Developer

Summary

As Founding Engineer at Agentsy.ai, led critical product development and architectural initiatives, directly contributing to securing seed funding and acceptance into a top AI accelerator.

Highlights

Secured Agentsy.ai's acceptance into Buildclub.ai, Australia's largest AI accelerator, validating product innovation and market potential.

Played a pivotal role as Founding Engineer in securing seed funding for Agentsy.ai, accelerating product development and market entry.

Architected and implemented a robust microservices-based backend, enhancing scalability and modularity for the core AI model.

Reduced AI model hallucinations by 50% through advanced prompt engineering, significantly improving output accuracy and reliability.

Engineered Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) pipelines for vector databases, optimizing data retrieval and enhancing AI agent performance.

Code Rustlers
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Full Stack Developer / Freelancer

Summary

As a Full Stack Developer at Code Rustlers, developed and scaled diverse SaaS products, including generative AI solutions and high-traffic mobile applications, for a broad client base.

Highlights

Scaled a mobile application to achieve hundreds of thousands of monthly active users, thousands of daily active users, and tens of thousands of weekly downloads.

Developed Puppeteer.js-based browser automations, resulting in a 90% reduction in client data acquisition costs.

Engineered AI-based voice agents with a voice orchestration layer, reducing latency by 300ms and improving user interaction handling.

Built and managed backend systems for multiple SaaS products, including architecting an AI SDR solution that automates sales development roles.

Created generative AI-based SaaS products in Python and JavaScript/Node.js, leveraging RAG and vector databases for solutions like PDF-based chat.

Education

Vellore Institute of Technology

Bachelors of Technology

Information Technology

Skills

Programming Languages & Frameworks

Node.js, Python, Django, React.js, JavaScript.

AI & Machine Learning

Generative AI Development, Langchain, RAG Pipelines, Vector Databases, LLM based function calling, Prompt Engineering, AI Agents, Stable Diffusion, Midjourney, DALL-E 2.

Software Architecture & Development

Full Stack Development, Backend Development, Microservices Architecture, SaaS Product Development, Mobile Application Development, MVP Development, Browser Automations (Puppeteer.js), Chrome Extensions.