Darshan Turakhia

CEO

Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India11 yrs 9 mos experience

Highly Stable

Key Highlights

12 years of experience in building user-centric products.
Expertise in full-stack development with a focus on AI/ML integration.
Proven track record in managing engineering teams and projects.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a SaaS-focused full-stack engineer with expertise in AI/ML and team management.

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Skills

Core Skills

ReactJavascriptPython

Other Skills

React.jsPython3FlaskAWSS3ElasticSearchGrafanaPostgresDockerDigitalOceanFigma (Software)Pandas (Software)FastAPIDocker ProductsAmazon Web Services (AWS)

About

12 years building products people actually use. I'm a full-stack engineer specializing in React, Next.js, Python, and distributed systems. Currently Lead Engineer at Rheo AI, building AI-powered operations management platforms. What I work on: -> Full-stack applications (React / Next.js frontend, Python + Node.js backend) -> High-performance systems at scale (Redis, Elasticsearch, PostgreSQL, AWS) -> Engineering teams of 5-15 people across product and infrastructure -> Bridging product vision and technical execution I document real production problems, architecture decisions, and lessons learned at darshanturakhia.com/blog - the stuff that doesn't show up in tutorials. Currently focused on: AI/ML integration in production systems, real-time data pipelines, and fast React applications. Let's connect if you're working on interesting engineering challenges.

Experience

11 yrs 9 mos

Total Experience

3 yrs 1 mo

Average Tenure

1 yr 5 mos

Current Experience

Rheo ai

2 roles

Lead Engineer

Dec 2024 – Present · 1 yr 5 mos · On-site

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Engineering Manager (Software Applications)

Oct 2019 – Dec 2024 · 5 yrs 2 mos · On-site

Project Rheo AI (2019 – Present) - A US based computer-vision based AI/ML product suited majorly for the medium to large sized manufacturing plants.
Product development to enable identify inefficiencies in the manufacturing plants with a top-down approach, saving time and effort contributing to a saving of millions of dollars for their customers.
Tools & Technologies: Python3 (Flask), ReactJS, AWS, S3, ElasticSearch, Grafana, Postgres, Docker
Managing the end -to-end Project Management to custom build the product from scratch and work on all the major components involved in the product.
Steered the implementation of major components and features involved in the product viz.,

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Techtinium

2 roles

Engineering Manager

Promoted

Apr 2023 – Dec 2024 · 1 yr 8 mos · Greater Chennai Area

Lead Software Engineer

Aug 2019 – Apr 2023 · 3 yrs 8 mos · Greater Chennai Area

Spearheaded the seamless transitioning of Appsolutes entire business operations to Techtinium, Chennai.
Leading a 7-member team comprising of Senior Software Engineers & Software Engineers, for planning, designing and developing the solutions for Techtinium as a Lead Software Developer.
Highly skilled in conceptualizing, developing and operationalizing projects effectively.
Pioneered in executing end-to-end project management inclusive of gathering the detailed requirements in terms of all specifications, estimation and planned, designed and developed the solutions.
Well versed in developing key critical features for the product and guiding the team for the same.
Managing day-to-day operations of Service Delivery, Incident Management, Production Deployment, Service Level Management, Business Continuity, Availability Management, and Process Improvement.
Familiar with DevOps practices like Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery and ensuring the quality of application updates and infrastructure changes while maintaining an optimum experience for end users.
Hiring, training and retaining the right talent from across the industry in a highly competitive market.
Provided direction and motivation to the team and imparted continuous coaching & training on Product and Process Development.

The appsolutes

Full-stack Developer

Sep 2015 – Aug 2019 · 3 yrs 11 mos · Chennai

Proved entrepreneurial mindset as a Partner & Co-Founder for The Appsolutes, a Service Based Company @Chennai.
Led a 10-member team, provided strategic direction and articulated the organization’s vision in multiple roles with the end-to-end responsibility inclusive of IT, Business Development Services, Project planning, budget planning, operations, Security, Innovation and efficiency improvement
Coordinated with the client in gathering the requirements, planning, designing and developing the same.
Managed multiple projects and teams with a specialization in driving COE’s for IT Application Development & Maintenance, Infra-Delivery, Service Delivery, and Technology Operations with 24 x 7 support models.
Well-versed in all phases of the project life cycle with a strong emphasis on delivery and ROI and has a proven track record is implementing state-of-the-art technology solutions & building strong technical teams.

Tata consultancy services

Asst. System Engineer

Aug 2014 – Sep 2015 · 1 yr 1 mo

Played multiple roles from a Quality Tester to Quality Analyst as an Assistant System Engineer,
Analyzed and scoped out the best automation tools basis the clients' requirements.
Created automation scripts to run on multiple devices simultaneously.