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Recruiter Dossier · 90 seconds

Kalyanam Dewri

Product & systems engineer building intelligent infrastructure across AI, autonomy, and high-performance software.

CS @ Arizona State University · Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering · Open to roles in AI products, systems, autonomy, and high-performance infrastructure.

01 · Hard Metrics

170M

records / day

Data infrastructure

8.7M

msgs / sec

Matching engine

87µs

p99 latency

Hot path

28k

nightly tests

Autonomy regressions

83→95%

grounded resolution

AI assistant

38%

lower inference $

Production AI

2.1×

throughput

Spark / Arrow

14×

hackathon wins

Rapid-response builds

22

open-source PRs

Public engineering

3.92

GPA

ASU CS

02 · Identity in 5 lines

  • AI product engineer. RAG, tool-calling, eval harnesses. Built recruiter / candidate assistants serving 11k+ weekly interactions.
  • Systems / performance engineer. C++ matching engine at 8.7M msgs/sec, 87µs p99. eBPF, perf, hugepages, core pinning, lock-free data structures.
  • Autonomy researcher. ROS2 / CUDA / V2X consistency models. Built BELIV Lab's nightly replay harness — 28k tests, 97 → 11 min reproduction.
  • Data infrastructure. Spark / Arrow / Kafka / Flink. 140 TB/month transformation pipelines, 170M records / day quality dashboards.
  • Founder / hackathon operator. Founder, Assam Ice Tea by Dewri's. 14× hackathon wins across 18 events. ASU News-confirmed $10K Devils Invent + DASSH winner.

03 · Experience

2026CitadelSoftware engineering — systems
2025ParadoxAI product engineering
2024GoDaddyPlatform engineering
2024Blue YonderData infrastructure
2024–2025BELIV Lab @ ASUAutonomy research engineering
2025RoadTwinFounding engineer — perception & V2X
2025–2026Canyon ExchangeMatching engine — C++ / Linux
2024–Assam Ice Tea by Dewri'sFounder

04 · Selected Work

C++ · Low-latency systems · Linux

Canyon Exchange

A from-scratch matching engine that moves 8.7M messages per second at 87µs p99 — the crown jewel for systems / trading roles.

ROS2 · CUDA · V2X · Connected vehicles

RoadTwin

Replay simulator and consistency models for camera, lidar, and V2X streams under packet loss and sensor desync.

ROS2 · C++ · Connected-vehicle perception

BELIV Replay Harness

Cut nightly scenario reproduction across 28k tests from 97 minutes to 11 minutes for ASU's connected-vehicle research lab.

RAG · Tool-calling · Evals · Production AI

AI Assistant Platform

Eval-driven recruiter / candidate assistant flows: grounded resolution 83% → 95%, latency −34%, inference spend −38%.

Spark · Arrow · Kafka · Flink · 140 TB / mo

Blue Yonder Data Observatory

Throughput +2.1×, compute cost −27% across 140 TB/month transformation pipelines; SLO dashboards over 170M records / day.

AI on CCTV + radar · Devils Invent / DASSH winner

Live Emergency Response System

Top $10K prize at the 2023 Devils Invent + DASSH hackathon: AI in CCTV streams and radar mapping for first responders.

Curated 5 from 18 events · 14× hackathon wins

Hackathon War Room

Health Insurance 4 Dummies, SeaSweeper, MindGlow, PowerBrain, Zone Rouge — rapid-response engineering across AI, robotics, public safety, and sustainability.

05 · Stack

Languages

C++ · Python · TypeScript · Go · Rust · Java · CUDA C++ · SQL

Systems & data

Linux · Kafka · Flink · Spark · Arrow · Postgres · Redis · eBPF · perf · io_uring · hugepages · OpenTelemetry

AI & autonomy

PyTorch · ROS2 · CUDA · TensorRT · LangChain · pgvector · evals · RAG · tool-calling

06 · Public proof

  • ASU Directory — Computer Science / Software Engineering, expertise areas: AI, neural networks, computer vision, HCI, ML, robotics, software engineering.
  • ASU News — Malindo team, top $10K prize at the 2023 Devils Invent + DASSH hackathon. Live Emergency Response System using AI in CCTV streams + radar mapping for first responders.
  • Devpost — 4 projects, 18 hackathons, 8 achievements. Health Insurance 4 Dummies, SeaSweeper, MindGlow, PowerBrain.
  • GitHub — Canyon-Exchange, RoadTwin, ROS2 replay tooling, RAG / eval demos.
  • Assam Ice Tea by Dewri's · LinkedIn — Founder, food and beverage manufacturing. “Steeped in Heritage. Served with Elegance.”

“The engineer in the room when the system has to work.”

For deeper proof, open the immersive lab. For a faster signal, email me.