Avishkar Dandge

Backend Infrastructure Engineer | Web3 & AI Systems Specialist

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About

Results-driven Backend Engineer with a proven track record of shipping 4 production systems across high-concurrency platforms, AI, payments, and regulated financial domains. Expert in building scalable, secure infrastructure and optimizing distributed systems for peak performance, including pioneering blockchain-enabled content authentication. Seeking to leverage deep backend expertise and a 'rogue' problem-solving approach to drive innovation in Web3 infrastructure and founder-led crypto startups.

Work Experience

Backend Infrastructure Consultant (Contract via NMD Pvt. Ltd.)

Fantasy Sports Platform

Jan 2024 - Jun 2025

Led the design and implementation of core backend architecture for a high-throughput real-money fantasy cricket platform, managing critical user onboarding, KYC, match data, and secure payment processing.

  • Processed over ₹8 Crore ($1M) in entry fees and daily payouts, integrating with secure payment gateways like Razorpay & Cashfree.
  • Engineered and deployed FastAPI + PostgreSQL microservices on AWS (ECS, RDS, S3) with robust GitHub Actions CI/CD pipelines, ensuring high availability and rapid feature delivery.
  • Scaled platform infrastructure to support 10K+ concurrent users during IPL season peaks, maintaining sub-second response times for critical transactions.
  • Mentored junior developers and open-sourced a simulated infrastructure (fantasy-infra-sim), fostering team growth and community contribution.

Co-founder & MLOps Engineer

BabelLabsAI

Jan 2023 - Dec 2023

Co-founded and led MLOps engineering for BabelLabsAI, developing a scalable multimodal dubbing pipeline and pioneering on-chain content authentication for AI-generated media.

  • Architected and deployed a scalable multimodal dubbing pipeline (Whisper→TTS→Wave2Lip) on AWS, enabling end-to-end AI video generation.
  • Implemented content hash authentication on Solana for AI-generated media, establishing verifiable provenance for digital assets.
  • Containerized the entire dubbing pipeline and automated video generation using reproducible job queues, enhancing system reliability and efficiency.
  • Engaged leading AI engineers and showcased product demos on Twitter (@BabelLabsAI), driving early adoption and community interest.

Backend Engineering Intern

NMD Pvt. Ltd.

Jun 2022 - Dec 2022

Contributed as a Backend Engineering Intern, launching critical microservices and optimizing core financial systems for enhanced performance and reliability.

  • Developed and launched a KYC microservice, alongside AI chatbots and payment gateway integrations, supporting MVPs across travel, banking, and healthcare sectors.
  • Refactored the core wallet service to an asynchronous processing model, reducing transaction latency by 40% and streamlining deployment processes.

Projects

VITALIt

Jan 2023 - Dec 2024

An open-source Hospital Management System designed to offer a resilient, offline-first alternative to traditional clinic software in low-resource environments.

GeoMine

Jan 2023 - Dec 2024

A Dockerized NLP pipeline engineered to extract and geolocate mining project entities from unstructured PDF documents using advanced AI models.

Griptape Open-Source Contribution

Jan 2023 - Dec 2024

Contributed to Griptape, an open-source project focused on enhancing LLM agent security and data privacy.

DevKraft Community Leadership

Jan 2023 - Dec 2024

Founded and scaled DevKraft, a technical community focused on empowering student developers through training and hackathons.

Multi-Domain Hackathon Achievements

Jan 2022 - Dec 2024

Secured significant team prizes in competitive hackathons focused on cutting-edge backend infrastructure, agent pipelines, and real-time systems.

Languages

English

Skills

Languages

  • Python
  • JavaScript
  • TypeScript
  • Rust
  • Bash
  • SQL

Frameworks & Tools

  • FastAPI
  • Next.js
  • Tailwind CSS
  • LangChain
  • Terraform
  • SQLAlchemy

Cloud & DevOps

  • AWS (ECS, Lambda, RDS, S3)
  • Docker
  • Docker Compose
  • GitHub Actions
  • Nginx
  • CI/CD

Datastores

  • PostgreSQL
  • SQLite
  • Redis

Blockchain & Web3

  • Solana
  • Content Hashing
  • Distributed Systems
  • Decentralized Architecture
  • On-chain Authentication