Dewansh
Shukla
Startup-first engineer. Building core platforms, shipping mobile apps, and blending backend robustness with premium frontend design.
About
I'm a startup-first engineer obsessed with clean systems, fast execution, and unique UX.
Currently building core platforms from scratch, shipping mobile apps, and integrating Web3 tech.
I blend backend robustness with premium frontend design.
Experi
ence
Zapigo
Founding Engineer (Senior Software Engineer)
Bangalore, India
- Built and owned the complete backend from scratch, including auth and core platform services.
- Designed scalable APIs and system architecture; led end-to-end frontend delivery.
- Owned DevOps, CI/CD, infrastructure, and production deployments.
- Built and shipped the mobile app using React Native; worked closely with founders on product decisions.
Nova Benefits
Software Development Engineer - I
Bangalore, India
- Integrated PeopleStrong and Zoho People HRMS platforms to automate employee data fetching and endorsements.
- Engineered auto-endorsement integration that cut turnaround time from 1 month to 3 days.
- Built a cookie and consent management system and a user onboarding flow from scratch.
- Optimized CI/CD pipeline with merge queues; integrated Nuclei to surface sensitive data exposures across subdomains.
Open Financials (Unicorn)
Software Engineering Intern
Bangalore, India
- Contributed to backend migration from a PHP Laravel monolith to Golang microservices.
- Resolved bugs and performance bottlenecks across the core financial data pipeline.
Projects
Runner-up at the Google AI Hackathon (EaseMyTrip professional track). An AI travel concierge that maps 25+ user preferences — budget, pace, culinary tastes — into a narrative-driven, day-by-day itinerary using Gemini 2.5 via Vertex AI, enriched with real-time weather and Google Maps data.
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Achievements
Google AI Hackathon — Runner-Up
Runner-up in the professional track of Google's AI Hackathon for the EaseMyTrip problem statement. Built Tripy — an AI travel concierge using Gemini 2.5 and Vertex AI to synthesize 25+ user preferences into hyper-personalized, day-by-day itineraries.
Finalist and bounty winner at the Next-Video Build Hackathon by Encode Club. Won the NFTPort sponsor challenge ("Enrich your project with NFTs!") for building Stake-Play — a decentralized creator incentive platform using Livepeer for on-chain video transcoding.
Hackman V5 — Finalist
Finalist at Hackman V5, a competitive hackathon judged by a panel from Nokia and leading startups. Presented a full-stack solution and cleared multiple technical review rounds.