Avishkar Dandge

Backend Infrastructure Engineer | Web3 & AI Systems Specialist
Pune, IN.

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

Fantasy Sports Platform
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Backend Infrastructure Consultant (Contract via NMD Pvt. Ltd.)

Summary

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.

Highlights

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.

BabelLabsAI
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Co-founder & MLOps Engineer

Summary

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

Highlights

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.

NMD Pvt. Ltd.
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Backend Engineering Intern

Summary

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

Highlights

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.

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.

Projects

VITALIt

Summary

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

GeoMine

Summary

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

Griptape Open-Source Contribution

Summary

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

DevKraft Community Leadership

Summary

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

Multi-Domain Hackathon Achievements

Summary

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