Remote: Yes, US hours

Willing to relocate: No

Technologies: Python, Go, Node.js, TypeScript, Java, React, Next.js, GCP, K8s, Terraform, Temporal

Résumé: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1n_ND_GJbajELPmjggrhMkg5a...

Email: praveen4463@gmail.com

17 yrs shipping software, always remote.

- Engineer #2 at Galaxy (NYC AI startup, Oct 25–May 26). Galaxy got acquired; acquirer isn't keeping India based contractors.

- Founding engineer at Grub Direct (food delivery + POS, 2023–25): Java Spring backend, React Native.

- Frontend at Gumroad (2020–21).

- Built outomated.com solo to $200k lifetime revenue (Global X ETFs, Boxabl among customers).

Looking for a founding eng or senior backend role. Contractor / EOR / freelance, all fine. Available immediately.

All of us have been implementing things through manual logic so far. For example, If I need to find patterns in some given data, I'd write some regex, extend it over time to cover more possible inputs and it would just work with the frequent updates to code. Think it in AI way. I'd build a model, train it with sample inputs and outputs and over time it'd be able to learn the patterns by itself without having the modify or extend the code. Sounds fascinating to me. People want things like these, that don't require a dedicated dev to maintain themselves, that run on itself, just like a business that runs on autopilot.

Try to stay strong and think how can you make something easier for someone else and build it. You don't necessarily have to work for someone else to be able to make a living. And even if you have to, don't think AI is not for you. Apply it (theoretically) on what you're doing, maybe you can find some ways to do something lot easier than what that is. Hope it helps.