About

Shreyas Ponkshe

Lead Engineer at Velotio (an R Systems company), based in Pune. 10+ years in backend engineering and cloud platforms, now building agentic systems and GenAI applications. Co-founded two startups.

Personal

Backend engineer and two-time co-founder, based in Pune, India. I work mostly in TypeScript, Node.js, and Python, across AWS, GCP, and Azure.

My recent work is agentic systems and GenAI applications: RAG, evaluation, and agent orchestration. I build them the same way as any backend system, so they are reliable, observable, and cost-aware in production.

Co-founding Boltpics and Busflix meant owning the architecture and the infrastructure bill together. That still shapes how I decide what to build and what to buy.

What I Spend Time On

  • Agentic systems and GenAI applications, from architecture to production
  • RAG, vector search, tracing, and evaluation
  • MCP servers and agent orchestration
  • Backend services and APIs in Node.js, TypeScript, and Python
  • Cloud platforms across AWS, GCP, and Azure
  • Leading engineering teams and working directly with enterprise clients

Professional

Lead Engineer @ Velotio (an R Systems company)

Pune · Apr 2021 – Present

Lead engineer on enterprise client engagements, working directly with client teams from architecture through delivery.

  • Authored a custom MCP server deployed organization-wide
  • Leading a 15-engineer CPQ (configure-price-quote) team, building a unified CPQ platform for a global industrial manufacturer
  • Led an AI coaching chatbot from architecture to production using LangChain, LangGraph, and Gemini/Vertex AI: RAG over structured and unstructured data (FAISS, pgvector), Langfuse tracing, and an evaluation regression suite gating deployments on accuracy and latency
  • Led a 12-engineer Cloud Apps team within Pure Storage's IT GTM organization
  • Built a workflow scheduler on AWS Step Functions running 1,000+ workflows daily, and the analytics path from Kafka into Snowflake
  • Led backend engineering for screen-booking and media asset management software used in-house at a major streaming company, including approval workflows and Google Calendar and Airtable integrations
  • Led backend delivery on a digital evidence management platform for law enforcement: resumable uploads, duplicate detection, case workflows, and partner API integrations

Client Engagements

Generative AI & LLM

  • AceUp: AI coaching chatbot on LangChain, LangGraph, and Vertex AI, with RAG, Langfuse tracing, and an evaluation suite gating deployments

Enterprise Platforms

  • Global industrial manufacturer: Unified CPQ (configure-price-quote) platform, leading a 15-engineer team
  • Pure Storage: Cloud Apps team in IT GTM: a workflow scheduler on Step Functions, and Pure1 APIs serving Salesforce and Snowflake data

Media & Public Safety

  • Major streaming company: Screen-booking and media asset management software, with approval workflows and Google Calendar and Airtable integrations
  • iCrimeFighter: Digital evidence management for law enforcement: resumable uploads, duplicate detection, case workflows, and partner API integrations

Tech stack: TypeScript, Node.js, Python, LangChain, LangGraph, Vertex AI, pgvector, Langfuse, MCP, AWS Step Functions, Lambda, EKS, Kafka, Snowflake

Past Experience

Co-Founder & Lead Software Engineer @ Boltpics

Pune · Feb 2019 – Apr 2021

  • Co-founded and led engineering for a smart photo-distribution startup, growing it to ₹1 Cr (~$120K) revenue in two years
  • Designed the AWS architecture and facial-recognition pipeline, processing 1M+ images/day
  • Owned the technology end to end, including infrastructure cost

Tech stack: Node.js, AngularJS, Firebase, TensorFlow, AWS

Co-Founder & Software Engineer @ Busflix

Pune · Aug 2016 – Jan 2019

  • Built software/hardware WiFi infotainment systems for intercity buses: media servers, captive-portal connectivity, and OTA updates
  • Built the Raspberry Pi software framework and the link from the device fleet to the cloud, in Node.js
  • Implemented hardware locking, source-code protection, network throttling, and serial and I2C interfaces
  • Delivered Canstores, a retail marketplace with role-based dashboards for merchants, retailers, and buyers, plus iOS and Android apps in Ionic

Tech stack: Node.js, SQLite, AngularJS, Raspberry Pi, Linux, Ionic, AWS

Certifications

  • Claude Certified Architect - Foundations (CCA-F), Anthropic
  • AWS Certified Developer, Amazon Web Services

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Electronics & Telecommunications Engineering
Maharashtra Institute of Technology, Pune · 2012 - 2016
Selected work
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