Open to Full-Stack + AI roles Hyderabad · Remote-ready

Full-Stack Engineer / Applied AI

I build full-stack products with AI built in.

I’m Lakshmi Ajay, a product-minded engineer with 2+ years of experience shipping web, mobile, backend, and AI-powered systems - from polished React interfaces to FastAPI services and cloud deployments.

  • 2+ Years shipping production software
  • UK + India remote delivery with global teams
  • 93% storage reduction in my current role
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Full-Stack Engineer + Applied AI

Available

I take products from interface to API to deployment, with AI used where it creates measurable value.

Frontend React · Next.js · React Native
Backend FastAPI · Node.js · PostgreSQL
AI Systems RAG · LangChain · LLM workflows
Cloud Azure · AWS · Docker · CI/CD
Recent production impact 352 MB 24 MB audio storage per song

About

I connect product thinking, systems engineering, and applied AI.

I work across the full product surface - interface, API, data, automation, and deployment - while keeping the user experience and business outcome in view.

01

Grounded in systems thinking

My Data Science and Artificial Intelligence foundation helps me reason about data, models, and software architecture as one connected system rather than isolated layers.

02

Built through production delivery

Client work across India and the UK taught me to own outcomes: clarify the problem, design the architecture, ship the product, debug production, and communicate clearly with stakeholders.

“I want the product to feel simple because the engineering underneath is thoughtful.”

03

AI where it earns its place

I use LLMs, retrieval, extraction, and automation to remove real work or unlock useful capability - never simply to add an AI label to a product.

How I Work

Technical range, paired with ownership and product judgment.

01

Structure before noise

I create calm in product ambiguity through architecture, documentation, APIs, and systems that stay easy to reason about as they grow.

02

Fast, but responsible

Client work across ERP, HR tech, mobile learning, and infra tooling has taught me to move quickly without sacrificing maintainability.

03

AI with purpose

I use AI where it reduces real work: parsing, automation, workflow acceleration, and product capability.

04

Calm execution under pressure

A steady, disciplined approach helps me stay focused through ambiguity, iteration, and delivery pressure.

Experience

Production work across the full stack.

Apr 2026 – Present

Shaale, Abhyas • Remote, Bangalore

App Developer Freelance

I optimize and maintain a production music application across Firebase-backed features, media delivery, and mobile releases.

  • Reduced AWS S3 audio storage per song from 352 MB to 24 MB - about 93% - saving nearly 164 GB across 500 songs.
  • Resolved production issues across playback queues, metadata synchronization, analytics, and Firebase features.
  • Supported Android and iOS releases with Expo EAS while shaping scalable mobile features and API integrations.

Aug 2025 – Feb 2026

Nexgen Tech Labs • Remote, UK

Software Engineer Contract

I built core modules for an AI-assisted Infrastructure-as-Code platform that automates Terraform generation and execution.

  • Developed scalable FastAPI services and REST APIs for provisioning, orchestration, and automation.
  • Built responsive React interfaces for infrastructure configuration, deployment workflows, and execution monitoring.
  • Integrated Clerk RBAC, designed PostgreSQL architecture, and deployed to Azure Web Apps through CI/CD pipelines.

Jun 2025 – Jul 2025

Prepstreak • Remote, UK

Full Stack React Native Developer Freelance

I developed a production-grade learning application with a React Native client, FastAPI services, and PostgreSQL.

  • Built an automated PDF-to-SQL pipeline that normalized unstructured SAT content.
  • Created AI-powered extraction workflows with Python, LangChain, LlamaIndex, OCR, and LLMs.
  • Automated ingestion with n8n and designed a backend ready for future product expansion.

Jan 2025 – May 2025

COS360 • Remote, Hyderabad

Full Stack Developer Freelance

I delivered a school ERP platform with scalable APIs, maintainable schema design, and automated release workflows.

  • Built the platform with React Native, FastAPI, PostgreSQL, and REST APIs.
  • Designed modular backend services and relational database schemas.
  • Configured CI/CD and documented APIs and deployments for long-term maintainability.

Feb 2024 – Oct 2024

QuickLeave • Hyderabad

Full Stack Web Developer Freelance

I built an HR leave management system focused on usability, workflow clarity, and production reliability.

  • Implemented secure authentication and multi-level approval workflows.
  • Developed responsive interfaces and backend APIs for a seamless user experience.
  • Reduced leave approval turnaround time by approximately 25%.

Jun 2023 – Aug 2023

Newmark • Hyderabad

Information Security Intern

I started from the security side of software, using Azure Sentinel, KQL, and automated playbooks to accelerate threat response.

  • Investigated incidents with log correlation and triage.
  • Wrote custom KQL detections for faster threat identification.
  • Automated response workflows to reduce incident response time.

Capabilities

A stack designed for end-to-end ownership.

Frontend

React, Next.js, React Native, Expo, TypeScript, Tailwind CSS, NativeWind

Backend & Data

FastAPI, Node.js, Express, PostgreSQL, MySQL, Supabase, Redis, REST APIs

AI & Automation

LLM applications, RAG, LangChain, LangGraph, LlamaIndex, vector search, AI agents

Cloud & Delivery

Azure, AWS, Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform, Firebase, GitHub Actions, CI/CD

Selected Work

Systems I’ve built, automated, and researched.

Featured project

DocuSpace

An LLM-powered platform for querying documents through chat, combining OCR, API design, and full-stack delivery into a focused knowledge interface.

Next.js FastAPI Ollama OCR
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Research + engineering

Deep Learning-Based IDS

Designed a GPU-accelerated LSTM-GRU intrusion detection model in PyTorch and explored multiple architectures to improve accuracy.

Python PyTorch Deep Learning

Browser productivity

Captain Tabs

I built a Chrome extension for intelligent tab management with cloud sync, smart grouping, duplicate detection, and persistent sessions.

Next.js JavaScript Supabase Chrome APIs

About Me

Beyond the code

Outside engineering, my background in Carnatic music and creative discipline reflects the same qualities I bring into software: discipline, patience, attention to detail, and long-term craft.

Credibility

Depth beyond the day-to-day build.

Beyond product work, I bring published research, academic strength, technical certifications, and achievements outside the classroom that reflect consistency and long-term craft.

Snapshot

A profile built across multiple dimensions

Research in cybersecurity, formal training in machine learning, strong academic performance, and recognized achievements in music and competition all reinforce the same story: disciplined growth.

2 published research contributions
8.72 CGPA in Data Science and AI
Hackathon + Arts technical and creative recognition

Achievements & Recognition

  • Winner, Smart India Hackathon internal round; qualified for nationals
  • Graded Carnatic Mridangam artist with performances at The Music Academy, IIT Kharagpur, and IIIT Hyderabad
  • Delivered multiple international freelance projects for UK-based clients in fully remote Agile teams

Academic Foundation

ICFAI Foundation for Higher Education

B.Tech in Data Science and Artificial Intelligence
Aug 2021 – Aug 2025 CGPA: 8.72

Contact

Let’s build something useful.

I’m open to Full-Stack Engineer and Applied AI opportunities where I can own meaningful product problems from interface to deployment.