saqlain@bangalore:~$ cat about.ymlname: Saqlain Ahmed P
role: Forward Deployed Engineer @ Plivo
education: B.E. Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning, DSCE Bangalore (2022–2026) · CGPA 9.25
focus: [voice-ai, rag, agentic-systems, cloud-native, full-stack]
exploring: [web3, iot, cloud-native infra]
wins: 8 hackathons · 1st in debate, seminar & extempore
scholar: Linux Foundation (2023, 2026) · Google × IBM Quantum (QubitxQubit)
off-duty: movies · gaming · community meetups
ask-me: AI · ML · GenAI · DevOps · InfoSec · Data Science
status: open to collaborations ✦| Role | Where | When | Highlights | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🟢 | Forward Deployed Engineer | Plivo | Feb 2026 – now | AI IVR platform and agentic query-resolution chatbot · internal RAG knowledge system + n8n automations (+25% EDA efficiency) · benchmarked 8 voice AI vendors on real PSTN calls |
| ⚪ | Product Dev & Engineering Intern | Kroolo AI | Jul – Nov 2025 | Policy analyzer & generator from scratch (40+ policies, 90%+ accuracy, −40% review time) · Enterprise Search (−30% response time) |
| ⚪ | Prompt Engineering Intern | GetCreatr AI | May – Jul 2025 | Shipped 5 end-to-end AI apps, $3,000+ client revenue |
 CodeCity Your repo as a living city while an AI agent works on it. JS · Canvas · Claude Code hooks
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 GitClaw AI PR reviewer with OTel traces, signed audit log and 5-LLM fallback. Node · Anthropic SDK · OTel
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 FounderMap · live ↗ Global index of grants and accelerators, curated by LLM agents. Next.js · Python · Groq
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 Resume-Forge · live ↗ Offline, ATS-safe résumé builder with 32 formats. React · TS · Capacitor
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 IDDC Degradation contracts compiled and enforced at runtime. Go · Kubernetes · Prometheus
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 PoliGap AI contract and compliance gap analysis with cited clauses. FastAPI · Next.js · Portkey
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also shipped → Pishani · SafeClick · Architectural AI · NewsPod · Speech Spam Detector · DevGuardian · all repos ↗
| Languages | |
| AI / ML | OpenAI Anthropic Gemini Groq n8n ChromaDB |
| Frontend | |
| Backend | |
| Cloud & DevOps | |
| Data | |
| Design & IoT |
🏆 Hackathons: 8 wins
| Event | Result | When |
|---|---|---|
| AI Agents Quiz · BTW | 🥇 Winner | Aug 2026 |
| Nano Hackathon w/ GitHub Copilot | 🥇 Winner | Dec 2025 |
| Kaspersky × MAHE Hackathon | 🥇 Winner | Nov 2025 |
| CodeRush · Genesis (DSCE) | 🥇 Winner | Sep 2025 |
| Future of Work × Kroolo Hackathon | 🥇 Winner | Jun 2025 |
| Case-Study Contest · WeSrijan (Welingkar) | 🥇 Winner | Apr 2025 |
| GetCreatr Vibe-Coding Showdown | 🥇 Winner | Mar 2025 |
| Inter-continental AI Agents Hackathon × August AI | 🥇 Winner | Nov 2024 |
🎓 Scholarships & startup programs
- Shubhra Kar Linux Foundation Scholar (2023, 2026)
- Google × IBM × QubitxQubit Quantum Computing Scholar (2023)
- AI-ML Campus Scholarship, DSCE (2023)
- Algorand India Accelerator, finalist · Conquest (BITS Pilani), finalist · Xartup Fellowship, finalist
📜 Certifications
