# About Prathmesh Vhatkar

**Role:** Full Stack Engineer focused on Applied AI  
**Location:** Pune, India  
**Email:** [psv2522@gmail.com](mailto:psv2522@gmail.com)  
**Website:** [https://psv2522.com](https://psv2522.com)  

## Overview

Prathmesh Vhatkar is a Full Stack Engineer focused on Applied AI, based in Pune, India. He builds production AI SaaS applications, LLM tools, high-performance web applications, and scalable cloud architectures.

With a Bachelor of Technology in Computer Engineering from COEP Technological University, he works across the full stack — from responsive React interfaces to resilient backends on Node.js, Python, PostgreSQL, and AWS.

## Engineering Experience

### Clonio | Full Stack Engineer
**Period:** September 2025 - June 2026 (Remote)

Sole Full Stack Engineer on a production AI content-generation SaaS platform built with TypeScript, React, Next.js, tRPC, Drizzle ORM, and PostgreSQL, serving **10,000+ users** and **2,000+ subscribers**.

- Reduced active CPU time by **95%** by replacing polling with signed Replicate and RunPod webhooks, using TanStack Query for asynchronous generation-job tracking.
- Built serverless video infrastructure with AWS Lambda, Remotion, Amazon S3, and CloudFront, powering **18,000+ AI video renders** with private assets and signed CDN delivery.
- Evaluated and integrated multimodal AI models, balancing output quality, inference cost, and performance as product requirements evolved.
- Integrated a Stripe-based merchant-of-record platform for subscription management, connecting billing and payment workflows with the subscription lifecycle.
- Instrumented product workflows with PostHog to track user behavior and feature usage and inform product improvements.
- Automated Resend email workflows for payment confirmations, failed transactions, and product updates.

### Proof of Skill | Frontend Engineer
**Period:** May 2025 - September 2025 (Mumbai, India · On-site)

Built candidate recording and recruiter screening workflows at Proof of Skill.

- Migrated candidate screen and camera recording from direct S3 uploads to **Amazon IVS** using TypeScript and the IVS Web Broadcast SDK, with per-assignment channels and upload retries.
- Built a responsive, swipe-based recruiter app with Next.js, React, Framer Motion, and TanStack Query for candidate screening, comparison, and contact workflows.
- Worked with the design team to translate Figma specifications into responsive interfaces, maintaining consistency across layouts, components, and interaction states through rapid release cycles.

### Freelance AI & GovTech | Full Stack Engineer
**Period:** January 2025 - May 2025 (Remote)

Delivered an AI email and calendar client and a role-based event accreditation platform for Government of Meghalaya operations.

- Built an AI-first email and calendar client with Next.js, TypeScript, Gmail API, Google Calendar and Meet APIs, Gemini, PostgreSQL, Drizzle ORM, and pgvector, enabling inbox RAG, AI replies, and integrated scheduling.
- Delivered a role-based FIFA accreditation platform for Government of Meghalaya event operations using React, Drizzle ORM, Better Auth, and Sharp, generating **1,500+ IDs**.

## Open Source

### Roo Code (4 merged PRs)
**Repository:** [https://github.com/RooCodeInc/Roo-Code](https://github.com/RooCodeInc/Roo-Code)

Contributed four merged React and TypeScript PRs to Roo Code, fixing settings overflow and improving dropdown consistency, theme compatibility, and chat-input focus states.

## Core Competencies

### Frontend
React, Next.js, TypeScript, JavaScript, TailwindCSS

### Backend & Data
Node.js, Python, Java, PostgreSQL, Redis, Prisma, Drizzle, tRPC, Stripe

### AI & LLM
LangChain, Vercel AI SDK, OpenAI, Anthropic, Replicate, MCP

### Cloud & DevOps
AWS, Docker, Vercel

## Education

- **COEP Technological University** (2020 - 2024)
  Bachelor of Technology in Computer Engineering | https://www.coeptech.ac.in/

## Connect

- [Book a 15-Minute Intro Call](https://cal.com/psv2522/15min)
- [Send an Email](mailto:psv2522@gmail.com)
- **GitHub:** [https://github.com/psv2522](https://github.com/psv2522)
- **LinkedIn:** [https://linkedin.com/in/psv2522](https://linkedin.com/in/psv2522)
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- **Resume:** [https://drive.google.com/file/d/18XrsPBJRa2Q7mJ1KPTecsp7tJKeAYsQQ/view?usp=sharing](https://drive.google.com/file/d/18XrsPBJRa2Q7mJ1KPTecsp7tJKeAYsQQ/view?usp=sharing)