<rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>Hacker News: divsh17</title><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=divsh17</link><description>Hacker News RSS</description><docs>https://hnrss.org/</docs><generator>hnrss v2.1.1</generator><lastBuildDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2026 08:02:39 +0000</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://hnrss.org/user?id=divsh17" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"></atom:link><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by divsh17 in "Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (September 2026)"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Location: Bellevue, WA, USA<p>Remote: Yes. Prefer in person<p>Willing to relocate: YES<p>Technologies: Python, TypeScript, FastAPI, Next.js, React, PostgreSQL, pgvector, Redis, Apache Kafka, AWS, GCP, PyTorch, LLMs, RAG, Prompt Engineering<p>Résumé/CV: <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1dhWtipC3WauUodrj3K0abG8rZn5RjGcv/view?usp=sharing" rel="nofollow">https://drive.google.com/file/d/1dhWtipC3WauUodrj3K0abG8rZn5...</a><p>Email: divyanshusharma17.work@gmail.com<p>Links: <a href="https://divyanshusharma.com" rel="nofollow">https://divyanshusharma.com</a> | <a href="https://github.com/divyanshusharma1709" rel="nofollow">https://github.com/divyanshusharma1709</a><p>I am an AI/Full-stack Engineer with 3+ YoE focused on production AI pipelines, inference optimization, and high-precision RAG. Recently as a Founding Engineer at Cascade Intelligence (a16z speedrun), I re-architected a vector matching pipeline that tripled RFP match precision from 20% to 60%. I also built Elliot AI, a proactive companion utilizing hybrid RAG to guarantee <300ms context retrieval across 6+ months of history, and previously engineered an AI narration system for VR surgery syncing LLM inference with frame-accurate playback under 200ms latency.<p>My foundational infrastructure background includes scaling an async queue-based email system from 400K to 1.5M+ daily sends and driving $2.1M+ in annualized revenue impact through microservice A/B experimentation at Amazon. I am actively seeking senior or founding AI engineering roles to tackle massive system design challenges and build core agentic frameworks, and I require a STEM-OPT transfer (no sponsorship cost).</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2026 20:28:34 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49527711</link><dc:creator>divsh17</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49527711</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49527711</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by divsh17 in "Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (June 2026)"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Location: Bellevue, WA 
Remote: No
Willing to relocate: Yes (within the US)<p>Technologies: Python, TypeScript, FastAPI, Next.js, React, PostgreSQL, pgvector, Redis, Apache Kafka, AWS, Docker, PyTorch, LLMs, RAG, Prompt Engineering<p>Résumé/CV: <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1GN2xjvBOpnON2wI0Heud4uiAMujMG_2C/view" rel="nofollow">https://drive.google.com/file/d/1GN2xjvBOpnON2wI0Heud4uiAMuj...</a><p>Email: divyanshusharma17.work@gmail.com<p>Portfolio: <a href="https://divyanshusharma.com" rel="nofollow">https://divyanshusharma.com</a><p>AI/Full-stack Engineer with 3 years of experience across Amazon, NYU research, and high-growth startups. Currently building Elliot AI (<a href="https://elliotai.app" rel="nofollow">https://elliotai.app</a>), a production AI companion with hybrid RAG memory (pgvector + SQL scoring, <300ms retrieval across 6+ months of history), intent-based tool routing that cut LLM costs 68%, and voice I/O - serving 50+ daily active sessions.<p>Previously at Amazon, where I drove $2.1M+ in annualized revenue impact through A/B experimentation across microservices. Before that, scaled a startup's email platform from 400K to 1.5M+ daily sends. Published in IEEE ICIP 2021 on zero-shot action recognition.<p>Looking for AI engineer / applied AI / full-stack roles at startups building LLM-powered products. I've shipped RAG pipelines, inference optimization, and LLM-powered OCR in production. Need STEM-OPT (no sponsorship cost to employer).<p>GitHub: <a href="https://github.com/divyanshusharma1709" rel="nofollow">https://github.com/divyanshusharma1709</a></p>
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<p>Applied to the Software Engineer III - Cloud Platform role!</p>
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<p>Sounds pretty fun! Applied</p>
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<p>Hi! Went through the blog, and wanted to email, but I can't seem to send any emails to hiring [at] anterior.com. Is the email address still up?</p>
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<p>Location: Bellevue, WA
Remote: No<p>Willing to relocate: Yes (within the US)<p>Technologies: Python, TypeScript, FastAPI, Next.js, React, PostgreSQL, pgvector, Redis, Apache Kafka, AWS, Docker, PyTorch, LLMs, RAG, Prompt Engineering<p>Résumé/CV: <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1GN2xjvBOpnON2wI0Heud4uiAMujMG_2C/view?usp=sharing" rel="nofollow">https://drive.google.com/file/d/1GN2xjvBOpnON2wI0Heud4uiAMuj...</a><p>Email: divyanshusharma17.work@gmail.com<p>Portfolio: <a href="https://divyanshusharma.com" rel="nofollow">https://divyanshusharma.com</a><p>AI/Full-stack Engineer with 3 years of experience across Amazon, NYU research, and high-growth startups. Currently building Elliot AI (<a href="https://elliotai.app" rel="nofollow">https://elliotai.app</a>), a production AI companion with hybrid RAG memory (pgvector + SQL scoring, <300ms retrieval across 6+ months of history), intent-based tool routing that cut LLM costs 68%, and voice I/O - serving 50+ daily active sessions.<p>Previously at Amazon, where I drove $2.1M+ in annualized revenue impact through A/B experimentation across microservices. Before that, scaled a startup's email platform from 400K to 1.5M+ daily sends. Published in IEEE ICIP 2021 on zero-shot action recognition.<p>Looking for AI engineer / applied AI / full-stack roles at startups building LLM-powered products. I've shipped RAG pipelines, inference optimization, and LLM-powered OCR in production. Need STEM-OPT (no sponsorship cost to employer).<p>GitHub: <a href="https://github.com/divyanshusharma1709" rel="nofollow">https://github.com/divyanshusharma1709</a></p>
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<p>I'm working on something similar, which is directly relevant to Hyperspell. Applied and reached out at the email!</p>
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<p>Is 4+ YoE a hard requirement? (3.5 yrs here)</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 06 Apr 2026 17:21:56 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47663944</link><dc:creator>divsh17</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47663944</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47663944</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by divsh17 in "Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (April 2026)"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Location: Bellevue, WA<p>Remote: No<p>Willing to relocate: Yes (within the US)<p>Technologies: Python, TypeScript, FastAPI, Next.js, React, PostgreSQL, pgvector, Redis, Apache Kafka, AWS, Docker, PyTorch, LLMs, RAG, Prompt Engineering<p>Résumé/CV: <a href="https://divyanshusharma.com" rel="nofollow">https://divyanshusharma.com</a><p>Email: divyanshusharma17.work@gmail.com<p>AI Engineer with 3 years of experience across Amazon, NYU research, and high-growth startups. Currently building Elliot AI (<a href="https://elliotai.app" rel="nofollow">https://elliotai.app</a>), a production AI companion with hybrid RAG memory (pgvector + SQL scoring, <300ms retrieval across 6+ months of history), intent-based tool routing that cut LLM costs 68%, and voice I/O - serving 50+ daily active sessions.<p>Previously at Amazon, where I drove $2.1M+ in annualized revenue impact through A/B experimentation across microservices. Before that, scaled a startup's email platform from 400K to 1.5M+ daily sends. Published in IEEE ICIP 2021 on zero-shot action recognition.<p>Looking for AI engineer / applied AI / full-stack AI roles at startups building LLM-powered products. I've shipped RAG pipelines, inference optimization, and LLM-powered OCR in production. Need STEM-OPT (no sponsorship cost to employer).<p>GitHub: <a href="https://github.com/divyanshusharma1709" rel="nofollow">https://github.com/divyanshusharma1709</a></p>
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