Shivang Raikar

Software Engineer

San Francisco, California, United States4 yrs 9 mos experience

Most Likely To SwitchAI ML Practitioner

Key Highlights

Expert in full-stack development with a focus on AI.
Proven track record in building scalable software solutions.
Strong background in machine learning and data analysis.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Full-Stack Software Engineer specializing in AI and data-driven applications.

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Skills

Core Skills

Full-stack DevelopmentSoftware DevelopmentArtificial Intelligence (ai)Data ScienceMachine LearningSoftware TestingAgile MethodologiesProject ManagementDatabase Development

Other Skills

PythonDjangoReactTypeScriptRAG pipelinesLLM capabilitiesPostgreSQLAWSData AnalysisRAG pipelineBackend servicesUI componentsAI-powered applicationsLLMsVector databases

About

Building Software @ Ohm. My role has evolved to encompass the development and optimization of software solutions, leveraging my background in Python, Java, full-stack development, data analysis, machine learning, and AI. The culmination of these skills has facilitated the creation of scalable systems that meet and exceed organizational goals, showcasing a steadfast commitment to excellence and a drive for continuous learning and improvement. Goal: Learn new technologies, skills, and collaborate with diverse, talented teams. Beyond coding, I am intrigued by business, management, philosophy, and music.

Experience

4 yrs 9 mos

Total Experience

8 mos

Average Tenure

1 yr 4 mos

Current Experience

Ohm

Software Engineer

Jan 2025 – Present · 1 yr 4 mos · San Francisco Bay Area · On-site

Building full-stack features across a Python/Django backend and React/TypeScript frontend, with a focus on reliability and performance at scale. Designed and shipped RAG pipelines and multi-agent systems that bring LLM capabilities into production workflows. Own end-to-end delivery across backend APIs, database modeling (PostgreSQL), and cloud infrastructure (AWS) — from architecture to deployment.
Built systems to capture data for clients/customers during inspections and on-site services that lead to better customer satisfaction and increases unit reliability for owners and manufacturers.

PythonDjangoReactTypeScriptRAG pipelinesLLM capabilities+4

Steam works studio

Software Engineer

Aug 2024 – Jan 2025 · 5 mos · Downingtown, Pennsylvania, United States · Remote

-- Contributed to full-stack feature development on an engineering team with focus on RAG pipeline for insurance and clinical bots. Worked across the stack building backend services and UI components, collaborating async across timezones. Focused on delivering clean, testable code with a short feedback loop between design and production.

RAG pipelineBackend servicesUI componentsFull-Stack DevelopmentSoftware Development

Headstarter

Software Engineer Fellow

Jun 2024 – Sep 2024 · 3 mos

-- Selected for an intensive AI engineering fellowship focused on shipping real products fast. Built and deployed multiple AI-powered applications over the course of the program, working with LLMs, vector databases, and modern full-stack tooling. Emphasis on rapid prototyping, user feedback loops, and taking ideas from zero to deployed.

AI-powered applicationsLLMsVector databasesArtificial Intelligence (AI)Software Development

Machine psychology @ umass boston

Research Software Engineer

Aug 2023 – Feb 2024 · 6 mos · Boston, Massachusetts, United States · Hybrid

-- Contributed to applied ML and NLP research at the intersection of human psychology and language models. Built infrastructure to support research experiments, processed and analyzed large datasets, and implemented models to study how AI systems behave and interact with human cognition. Bridged the gap between research insights and reproducible, engineered systems.

Machine LearningNatural Language Processing (NLP)Data ProcessingData Science

University of massachusetts

3 roles

Teaching Staff

Promoted

Jan 2023 – May 2023 · 4 mos

-- Graded assignments, and ran review sessions — essentially debugging other people's mental models before debugging code became the job.

Academic Tutor

Oct 2022 – Dec 2022 · 2 mos

Supported undergraduate students in Mathematics, and Physics coursework.

MathematicsPhysics

Teaching Staff

Sep 2022 – Dec 2022 · 3 mos

Crane payment innovations

Software Engineer Intern

Jun 2022 – Dec 2022 · 6 mos · Malvern, Pennsylvania, United States · On-site

-- Worked within an Agile development team on test automation and software quality for embedded payment systems. Wrote and maintained automated test suites, participated in sprint cycles, and contributed to QA pipelines for hardware-integrated software, learning fast in a domain where failures have physical consequences.

Test AutomationAgile MethodologiesSoftware Testing

Stealth startup

Full Stack Engineer

Sep 2018 – Mar 2020 · 1 yr 6 mos · Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

-- Early member of a founding-stage team building a full-stack product from the ground up to deal with business within the automobile domain including buying/selling parts. Owned database architecture and development, led key backend features, and wore multiple hats across engineering and project coordination. Gained hands-on experience with the messiness and momentum of zero-to-one product building.

Database architectureProject ManagementDatabase Development