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Pulkit Kumar

Education

Manipal Institute of Technology

2023 - 2027

B.Tech in Electrical and Electronics Engineering

Experience

Founding Engineer @ Fettle

2025 - Present

  • Architected distributed voice AI agents for high-concurrency hospital customer experience.
  • Implemented SIP trunking with LiveKit and optimized real-time inference using PyTorch & TorchRec.
  • Owned the entire DevOps lifecycle, deploying scalable backends with FastAPI and Kubernetes.

Founder @ Guaq AI

Dec 2025 - Present

  • Built agentic solutions for hospitality, real estate, and finance, scaling to 6+ clients with ~$8K MRR in 6 months.
  • Automated lead generation, content creation, and compliance workflows utilizing large language models.

AI Engineer @ Teachafy Labs

Aug 2025 - Nov 2025

  • Developed Google ADK-based agentic orchestration and WhatsApp business chatbots to inject natural language workflows into ERP platforms, saving 5000+ hrs/week across 17+ clients.
  • Deployed RAG workflows for compliance intelligence using Pinecone + OpenAI Assistant API with semantic Redis caching.

System Engineer @ SolarMobil

2024 - Present

  • Engineered a high-performance race strategy engine for solar EVs.
  • Developed low-level drivers for Arm Cortex M7-based ECUs and implemented FreeRTOS for deterministic scheduling.
  • Built a real-time digital twin integrating weather APIs and GIS elevation data using InfluxDB and Grafana.

Embedded Software Engineer @ Symbionic

May 2025 - Jul 2025

  • Developed drivers for ESP32 cores and designed a signal acquisition pipeline for multi-channel EMG/EEG sensing.
  • Deployed a multimodal edge AI pipeline using LSTM + transformer encoders on the Jetson platform.

Co-Founder @ FoodSwipe

Jan 2025 - Jun 2025

  • Outsourced food choices to content-based & collaborative recommender systems.
  • A/B testing rated positive customer experience at 85%+.

Machine Learning Engineer @ DCPR AI

Jul 2024 - Dec 2024

  • Leveraged n8n to build agentic RAG-based LLM workflows around Urban Planning regulation utilizing Redis, Cohere, LiteLLM, OpenAI, Twilio & FireStore.
  • Automated data ingestion pipelines, reducing TTM by 81% and leading to 45%+ MoM growth.

Embedded Engineer @ Krop AI

Sep 2024 - Nov 2024

  • Designed hardware systems, wrote DMA drivers for AtlasScientific precision sensing probes, and automated initialization subroutines for ESP32-based autonomous agritech modules.
  • Built the computer vision pipeline for a Jetson Nano, training a crop health monitoring model to 93.47% accuracy.

Software Engineer @ MTTN

Sep 2024 - Nov 2024

  • Developed web & native applications utilizing AWS ELB, NextJS, Spring Boot, and Kubernetes.
  • Supported 260K+ MAU by reducing downtime and streamlining content workflows.

SoC Design Intern @ CoreEL Technologies

May 2024 - Jul 2024

  • Developed RTL2GDSII design of high-speed CAN bus & I2C controllers using Verilog.
  • Simulated on a Virtex 7 FPGA and gained hands-on experience with ASIC design flows (STA, PPA, floorplanning).

Community Engagement Intern @ Open Horizon Robotics

Aug 2023 - Jan 2024

  • Generated over $35k+ in sponsorships and onboarded 18+ collaborators.
  • Drove 52% YoY growth by showcasing the value proposition of the robotics open-source community.

UI/UX Designer @ GramHealth

Sep 2023 - Nov 2023

  • Designed high-fidelity wireframes for healthcare apps, increasing user satisfaction by 20 points.

Freelance Web Developer @ GigsWall

Jun 2025 - Present

  • Provided web design & UX research for European and US clients, helping scale online presence and customer engagement.

UI/UX & Branding Lead @ Kraftr

Jul 2023 - Dec 2023

  • Created brand guidelines, visual communication, and social media content using Adobe Creative Suite and Figma.
  • Secured a term sheet worth $100k by developing investor decks and communicating with VCs.

Social Media Manager @ Manipal Updates

Aug 2023 - Oct 2023

  • Designed social media marketing content, resulting in a 78% increase in footfall and a 55% rise in revenue for client restaurants.

Hardware Lead (Volunteer) @ MOSS

2023 - Present

  • Led community building around the OpenLane and SkyWater130 stack, hosting 4+ workshops.
  • Contributed to Arduino's LiquidCrystal library for unconventional 5x10 character displays.

Core Committee (Volunteer) @ Manipal Hackathon

2024

  • Developed full-stack developer management portals scaling to 35k+ DAU.
  • Led performance optimization efforts, optimizing FCP by over 68%.

Web Developer Intern @ MyCaptain

Aug 2021

  • Designed and built a responsive webapp using React, Apollo GraphQL, and Next.js.

Branding & Audio Editor @ The Teen Business Podcast

Aug 2020

  • Edited over 30 episodes reaching 30,000+ views using Adobe Premiere Pro, After Effects, and DaVinci Resolve.

Certifications

  • AWS Certified Solutions Architect
  • IC2 SSCP
  • Graphic Design Specialization — California Institute of Arts
  • Deep Learning Specialization — Stanford / DeepLearning.AI
  • UI/UX Design Specialization — California Institute of Arts
  • Frontend Developer Specialization — Meta
  • IT Automation Using Python — Google

Research & Publications

  • Technical validation of a multimodal emotion-adaptive biofeedback system for autonomic regulation
    Scientific Reports (Springer Nature, Q1) — Deployed multimodal edge AI pipeline using LSTM + transformer encoders on Jetson/ESP32 platforms.
  • Physics-Informed Stochastic Receding Horizon Control for Autonomous Energy Management in Solar Racing
    IEEE VTC (A*) — Leveraged stochastic receding horizon control for SoC optimization.
  • Patents Filed
    Adaptive EV Interface, Long-Range Telemetry for Solar EVs, and Automated Robotic Solar Cleaning (2025).

Technical Skills

  • Languages: C/C++, Python, TypeScript, Verilog, Java
  • Embedded & Hardware: STM32, FreeRTOS, Arm Cortex, FPGA (Vivado), ASIC Flow, UVM
  • AI & Inference: PyTorch, Agentic AI, DSP, LiveKit, Edge AI
  • Cloud & DevOps: Kubernetes, Docker, FastAPI, AWS, InfluxDB