Kartik Sawant

CEO

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India7 yrs 6 mos experience

AI ML PractitionerHighly Stable

Key Highlights

Expert in cloud architecture and AI-driven solutions.
Proven leadership in mentoring and team management.
Significant experience in backend engineering and system optimization.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Backend Engineer specializing in Fintech and AI-driven SaaS solutions.

Contact

kartik@avoca.ai LinkedIn

Skills

Core Skills

Cloud ArchitectureAi-driven SolutionsBackend Engineering

Other Skills

AWSAWS LambdaAdobe PhotoshopAmazon Web Services (AWS)AnsibleBashC++Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)DockerElastic Stack (ELK)FastAPIFlutterGitGoogle Cloud Platform (GCP)Grafana

About

Software Development Engineer with 4+ years of experience designing, building, and optimizing large-scale distributed systems. Specialized in cloud architecture, API performance, and AI-driven solutions. Proven leadership in mentoring teams, scaling infrastructure, and driving impactful product development. Passionate about backend engineering, system optimization, and emerging AI technologies.

Experience

Avoca

Engineering

May 2025 – Present · 10 mos · New York, United States · Remote

Building AI Workforce for service businesses

Hyperverge

4 roles

Software Development Engineer 3

Apr 2025 – May 2025 · 1 mo

Software Development Engineer 2

Promoted

Apr 2023 – Mar 2025 · 1 yr 11 mos

1. Architected and developed an industry-first cloud-based CKYC upload system.
2. Designed and launched "HyperTuring Lex," a no-code platform utilizing LLMs for entity extraction from unstructured documents.
3. Optimized GPU-based AI model deployment using the Triton Inference Server.
4. Contributed to campus recruitment initiatives, both virtually and on-site.
5. Led comprehensive vulnerability assessment and penetration testing (VAPT) for all products in collaboration with a third-party vendor.
6. Achieved significant reduction in 5xx API errors through continuous efforts.
7. Led sprint planning and requirement gathering for a team of 4 members, collaborating with product and AI teams.

Triton Inference ServerFastAPINode.jsPythonAWS LambdaKubernetes+3

Software Development Engineer 1

Jul 2021 – Mar 2023 · 1 yr 8 mos

1. Designed and developed HyperTuring, a no-code platform for training AI models for entity extraction and classification of KYC documents, including a benchmarking portal.
2. Managed OCR, Liveness, and Facematch services, handling 3 million daily API calls, ensuring high stability and availability crucial for company operations.
3. Utilized Packer and Ansible to create hardened AMIs for service deployment.
4. Architected a real-time health check system for database check APIs.
5. Spearheaded the rapid migration of the Aadhaar OKYC Scrapper to the new UIDAI website, maintaining backward compatibility and achieving one of the swiftest market transitions.
6. Engineered a scalable Global KYC wrapper stack, extracting OCR fields from 132+ countries and 400+ documents, and utilizing advanced face liveness and matching algorithms to deliver actionable insights.
7. Mentored interns, fostering a culture of skill development.

Amazon Web Services (AWS)Node.jsDockerPythonJavaScriptElastic Stack (ELK)+4

Software Development Engineer Intern

Jan 2021 – Jun 2021 · 5 mos

1. Developed an OCR stack for processing USA KYC documents.
2. Developed a strategic landing page for the company’s US-facing website.
3. Built a Generic OCR system by generalizing in-house AI models.
4. Developed a POC for offline facial recognition technology to identify criminals boarding ships.

Node.jsWeb DevelopmentJavaScript