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Krishna Dahale
Krishna Dahale

engineer builder
occasional founder writer.

I build things, mostly software and sometimes companies, from wherever I happen to be. Below is the map of where that's gone, and where it lands next.

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The journey so far
2020–2024
Mysuru, India

Where it began

B.E, Information Science & Engineering · 8.4 CGPA

Four years at The National Institute of Engineering. Most of the real learning happened off the syllabus.

  • Ran three remote internships at once, alongside a full course load.
  • Built across product, backend, freelancing and teaching.
  • Certified in Java, Spring Boot, Data Science, GenAI and Big Data.
2022 · 2023–2024
Delhi, India

NbliK & Tuitioned

Product Intern → Python & ML Tutor · remote

Two Delhi chapters, both remote. First building product, then teaching it.

NBLIKBuilt Amplitude dashboards and shipped a Streak feature from idea to QA. Dug into user behaviour, retention and competitor research to steer the roadmap.
TUITIONEDTaught Python, ML and Big Data to 6–7 learners across the US, UK and India. Wrote the course and notebooks from scratch, tailored to each learner.
Amplitude · Google Analytics · MySQL · Python · scikit-learn
2022–2023
Mumbai, India

Mikado Solutions

Junior Developer · remote

The grind chapter. This is where I learned to actually ship.

  • Built client apps in Java, Spring Boot, MongoDB and MySQL on a live delivery team.
  • Developed core modules for an internal LMS on Spring Boot microservices, with DRM.
  • Co-taught C and Java to junior batches alongside delivery.
  • Wrote technical blogs and built WordPress and Magento sites on the side.
Java · Spring Boot · Node.js · Docker · MongoDB · MySQL
2023–now
Bengaluru, India

meraai · Nokia · HPE

Software Development Intern → Project Trainee → Software Engineer - 1

The longest chapter, three companies deep.

MERAAIProduction Kafka and Pub/Sub behind a B2B backend, as the only backend intern.
NOKIAA Python tool that auto-creates Jira tickets. ~50 automated, a recurring chore gone.
HPEBuilt and deployed agentic AI on the private AI cloud: NeMoClaw, Hermes and LiveKit voice agents shipped end to end with Docker, Kubernetes, Helm and MCP, on a Llama 3.1 and Mistral layer. Built GenAI and RAG pipelines, and ran a 15+ model computer-vision study across face restoration, super-resolution and 3D generation.
Backend · Agentic AI · GenAI · Python · RAG · MCP · PyTorch · Kubernetes · Helm · Kafka
Jul 2025–Apr 2026
Ahmedabad, India

MetricAI

Co-founder & CTO · remote

Built the money layer for AI agents, from first commit to first customers.

  • Led product and engineering from a blank repo to a FastAPI proxy and billing layer for OpenAI, Claude, Gemini and Grok.
  • Built an India-first, UPI-native outcome billing system with four evaluation methods and guardrails against runaway spend.
  • Created the Financial Cockpit with Claude-powered rule setup, testing and revenue simulations.
  • Published the SDK and shipped on GCP with Firebase, PostgreSQL, Razorpay and production API keys.
  • Closed 2 paying customers, earned Nvidia x AWS credits and reached final incubation rounds at IIT Bombay and IIT Mandi.
Python · FastAPI · Docker · GCP · PostgreSQL · Firebase · Razorpay · Claude API · React · Next.js
Feb–Jun 2026
Netherlands

NeuralFinance

Freelance Engineer & Educator · remote

Wore every hat. Built the product, taught the course, ran the channel.

  • Built NeuralFinance from scratch: React front end, FastAPI back end, on Netlify.
  • Designed and taught a 4-week Agentic AI for Finance course, 4 batches across the UK, EU, India and the Middle East.
  • Scripted and voiced AI Shorts, the channel's top-performing format, and ran a founder interview series.
React · FastAPI · Python · Netlify · Canva
May–Aug 2026
United States

Roshopp

Product Specialist, Product & Design · remote

Early team at a new accessories brand preparing to launch. Owned product strategy, pricing, sourcing and the launch plan for the first product.

  • Built a scoring framework to decide what to launch, and backed a premium bag-protection product.
  • Worked out the full cost and pricing, from making and shipping to import duties, into a launch budget and retail price.
  • Sourced suppliers (3 shortlisted factories, formal quotes, samples first) and the shipping partner (compared 6, chose ShipBob).
  • Designed RoshGuide, a guided shopping quiz, and a step-by-step design playbook with AI prompt templates.
Figma · ChatGPT · FLUX.2 · Nano Banana · D5 Render
Fall 2026 → here
Trier, Germany

MSc, Data Science

Universität Trier · beside Luxembourg

Where I'm headed next. A Master's in Data Science at the University of Trier in western Germany, right on the Luxembourg border. Open to working-student roles, internships and startup builds across Europe.

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beyond the code

B.01 · CONTRIBUTOR

Open source, upstream

Contributed 6 PRs to ChatHPE Atlas, improving its agentic and ADK workflows.

B.03 · TEACHING

Complex ideas, made usable

Built courses and taught Python, ML, Big Data and Agentic AI to learners and professionals across the US, UK, EU, India and the Middle East.

B.04 · INDEPENDENT

AI/ML, on call

I take on selective freelance builds across AI, ML and agentic systems, usually where the brief is ambitious and the path is not obvious yet.

B.05 · PRODUCT

Architecture to cap table

Beyond the engineering, I work the product and business layer: decision frameworks, unit economics, sourcing, and getting something from zero to launch. Both as a co-founder and as an early product hire.

B.06 · ON STAGE

Built it. Then pitched it.

Presented MetricAI at the AI India Impact Summit in Delhi, then took it through incubator conversations after the IIT Bombay E-Summit finals.

B.07 · INVENTION

2 patents submitted

Two patent submissions at HPE, one in image processing and another on the cloud domain front.

B.08 · WRITING

Notes from the build

I write about what I build, break and learn. Technical sometimes, personal when it needs to be. Read Confused Writer ↗

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next.

next pin · Trier · fall 2026

The map's next pin is Trier. I'm moving to Germany in fall 2026 for a Master's in Data Science, right on the Luxembourg border.

Alongside it I'm looking for working-student roles, internships and startup collaborations across Europe. If you're building something early and want a builder, or just someone to argue with about agent architectures over coffee, that's my kind of conversation.

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