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Hi, I’m a hands-on AI Engineer who loves turning complex problems into scalable, real-world solutions. I thrive in small, high-ownership teams where I can define problems, prototype rapidly, and ship features that drive measurable business value. My work spans end-to-end ML platforms, multi-agent orchestration, and AI-powered products, always with a customer-focused mindset and a bias for practical impact. I enjoy mentoring juniors and peers, building high-velocity engineering cultures, and collaborating with product, design, and business teams to translate research into investor-ready and customer-facing outcomes. I’m passionate about shipping robust architectures, improving experimentation workflows, and delivering delightful, data-driven experiences at scale.…Hi, I’m a hands-on AI Engineer who loves turning complex problems into scalable, real-world solutions. I thrive in small, high-ownership teams where I can define problems, prototype rapidly, and ship features that drive measurable business value. My work spans end-to-end ML platforms, multi-agent orchestration, and AI-powered products, always with a customer-focused mindset and a bias for practical impact. I enjoy mentoring juniors and peers, building high-velocity engineering cultures, and collaborating with product, design, and business teams to translate research into investor-ready and customer-facing outcomes. I’m passionate about shipping robust architectures, improving experimentation workflows, and delivering delightful, data-driven experiences at scale.

Saishashank Balaji

AI Engineer, Data Scientist, AI Strategy Consultant

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Hi, I’m a hands-on AI Engineer who loves turning complex problems into scalable, real-world solutions. I thrive in small, high-ownership teams where I can define problems, prototype rapidly, and ship features that drive measurable business value. My work spans end-to-end ML platforms, multi-agent orchestration, and AI-powered products, always with a customer-focused mindset and a bias for practical impact. I enjoy mentoring juniors and peers, building high-velocity engineering cultures, and collaborating with product, design, and business teams to translate research into investor-ready and customer-facing outcomes. I’m passionate about shipping robust architectures, improving experimentation workflows, and delivering delightful, data-driven experiences at scale.…Hi, I’m a hands-on AI Engineer who loves turning complex problems into scalable, real-world solutions. I thrive in small, high-ownership teams where I can define problems, prototype rapidly, and ship features that drive measurable business value. My work spans end-to-end ML platforms, multi-agent orchestration, and AI-powered products, always with a customer-focused mindset and a bias for practical impact. I enjoy mentoring juniors and peers, building high-velocity engineering cultures, and collaborating with product, design, and business teams to translate research into investor-ready and customer-facing outcomes. I’m passionate about shipping robust architectures, improving experimentation workflows, and delivering delightful, data-driven experiences at scale.

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Hi, I’m a hands-on AI Engineer who loves turning complex problems into scalable, real-world solutions. I thrive in small, high-ownership teams where I can define problems, prototype rapidly, and ship features that drive measurable business value. My work spans end-to-end ML platforms, multi-agent orchestration, and AI-powered products, always with a customer-focused mindset and a bias for practical impact.

I enjoy mentoring juniors and peers, building high-velocity engineering cultures, and collaborating with product, design, and business teams to translate research into investor-ready and customer-facing outcomes. I’m passionate about shipping robust architectures, improving experimentation workflows, and delivering delightful, data-driven experiences at scale.

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Work Experience

Lead AI Engineer at IndyRIOT

January 1, 2025 - September 30, 2025

Led the launch of IndyInsights, an AI analytics add-on powered by LLMs, driving over $300K ARR in upsells. Built a GPT-4 chat bot with RAG and analytics (FastAPI + Cloud Run), optimizing onboarding and support time by 10x. Designed a multilingual moderation system (text + image models) to meet compliance benchmarks and reduce costs. Architected an AI-first CRM platform using Crew AI and Lang Chain, automating onboarding workflows for sales ops at scale.

AI Engineer at Nexro

October 1, 2023 - December 31, 2024

Architected and shipped Nexro’s flagship ML forecasting platform, delivering high-accuracy time-series forecasts using Patch TST and NB-EATS, containerized with Docker and deployed on Vertex AI for real-time inference. Built a hybrid recommendation engine (embeddings + ANN search) to identify new market clusters and increase artist monetization. Led a Crew AI-based multi-agent simulation framework to generate marketing and brand strategy briefs, reducing planning cycles from 3 days to 2 hours. Partnered with commercial and product teams to translate ML results into investor materials and board-ready dashboards for fundraising and exits. Mentored juniors and interns, driving code quality and establishing a high-velocity AI engineering culture.

Doctoral Researcher (AI & Haptics) at University of Agder

February 1, 2021 - September 30, 2023

Built state-of-the-art AI wearable haptic systems integrating on-device ML with multimodal sensor inputs; advanced prototype to TRL-5 under EU Horizon Europe. Managed four funded work packages and supervised master's students; research was published and presented at IEEE IROS-AN and Springer CCIS with translational impact for clinicians and industry partners.

Computer Vision Engineer at Daan Tech

February 1, 2020 - September 30, 2020

Deployed a real-time defect-detection system (YOLO + OpenCV) on edge devices for drones, automating inspection and improving yield by over 10%. Delivered a PyQt-based operator interface and trained production teams to operate the system.