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Ravi Kumar

Founding Engineer | Backend & Full-Stack | AI/MCP

Summary

Founding Engineer with 5+ years taking products from 0→1 and owning architecture, release, and production operation. Built backend and real-time platforms serving 30K+ users and 80K+ orders at <200ms P95 with 99.9% uptime. Combines product ownership with backend/platform depth and practical AI/MCP infrastructure.

Professional Experience

Voltvave Innovations Pvt Ltd Mar 2025 - Jul 2026

Founding Engineer

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Zoober

Multi-segment commerce platform

  • Architected and launched Zoober from 0→1, owning the product ecosystem, backend architecture, mobile/web releases, cloud infrastructure, and production operations; achieved 99.9% uptime.
  • Designed backend architecture with geospatial discovery, REST APIs, and real-time WebSocket updates for order lifecycle and rider-location synchronization.
  • Owned customer, merchant, rider, admin, CRM, and operations applications across Android, iOS, web, and desktop, including end-to-end release cycles.
  • Built multi-segment commerce flows and integrated payment gateways, delivery providers, ERP systems, and third-party services with webhook verification and idempotent order processing.

Internal Tool: MCPVave

Cross-platform MCP client and internal AI platform

  • Built a Model Context Protocol (MCP) client enabling LLM-to-data workflows over SSE/STDIO across 6 platforms.
  • Created shared MCP and LLM-provider packages to support internal AI workflows.
  • Enabled internal AI capabilities for inventory, reporting, forecasting, support, and ordering workflows.
TingTing Aug 2022 - Mar 2025

Founding Engineer

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Multi-store grocery delivery platform

35+ Stores 80K+ Orders 30K+ Users ₹1.5Cr+ GMV 99.9% Uptime
  • Architected and operated the Node.js backend processing 80K+ orders at <200ms P95, with real-time WebSocket updates and AWS/GCP deployment pipelines.
  • Owned the end-to-end application ecosystem for customers, merchants, riders, and operations across Android, iOS, web, and desktop.
  • Built ERP inventory synchronization for 35+ stores and designed reliable fulfillment workflows across the platform.
  • Integrated payment gateways, delivery providers, ERP systems, and third-party commerce services with webhook verification and idempotent order processing.
  • Designed order-state, rider-assignment, and operational-alerting systems for reliable fulfillment across 35+ stores.
Workrush Jun 2021 - Aug 2022

Software Engineer (Remote)

workrush.co.uk

  • Built and shipped consumer Flutter applications, delivering 15+ releases across Android and iOS.
  • Contributed backend APIs, production debugging, specifications, and release planning in a distributed UK–India team.

Technical Skills

Backend:Node.js, Express, NestJS, FastAPI, REST APIs, WebSockets, Microservices, Event-Driven Architecture
Mobile & Frontend:Flutter, BLoC, Hive, iOS, Android, Cross-Platform, React, Next.js, Tailwind CSS, Responsive UI
Databases:PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Redis, Valkey, PostGIS, Prisma, Query Optimization
System Design:Kafka, BullMQ, Distributed Systems, Real-Time Processing, High Availability
Cloud & Infra:AWS (EC2, S3, CloudFront), GCP, OCI, Docker, NGINX, Linux, CI/CD
AI & Agent Infra:Model Context Protocol (MCP), LLM Integration, SSE, STDIO, Claude, GPT, Gemini
Languages:JavaScript, TypeScript, Python, Dart
Dev Tools:Git, GitHub, Claude Code, GitHub Copilot

Selected Projects

Tredye Aug 2025 - Jan 2026

Real-Time Monitoring Dashboard | Event-Driven Microservices Architecture

Stack: Python, FastAPI, Kafka, PostgreSQL, Redis, Next.js

  • Architected a 12-service event-driven system that ingests, processes, detects, and alerts on live market data at <50ms end-to-end latency.
  • Used Kafka, Redis, PostgreSQL, and WebSockets to provide resilient real-time processing, persistence, and alert delivery.
Open NotifierMay 2026 - Jun 2026

Self-Hostable, Multi-Tenant Notification Infrastructure

Stack: Node.js, TypeScript, PostgreSQL, BullMQ, Valkey, MCP

  • Built a self-hostable, multi-tenant push-notification platform with MCP support for AI-agent initiated notification workflows.
  • Designed stateless API, MCP, and worker processes with BullMQ/Valkey asynchronous delivery and independent horizontal scaling.
GrihaHomesApr 2026 - Jun 2026

Agent-Centric Property Listing Platform | Geo Search + AI Chat

Stack: NestJS, Next.js, PostgreSQL, PostGIS, Redis, Claude AI, MCP, Docker, OCI ARM

  • Built full-stack property listing platform with NestJS + Prisma, PostGIS geo-search, and Next.js — visit booking lifecycle, role-based access, and SMS OTP auth.
  • Integrated Claude AI via Model Context Protocol (MCP) for natural-language property search and conversational AI chat; deployed on OCI ARM with Docker — zero infra cost, scalable to 50K+ users.

Open Source

flutter_lucide & flutter_lucide_animated Jan 2024 - Present
4K Weekly DL 6 Platforms

Cross-Platform Flutter Icon Packages

  • Publish and maintain two cross-platform Flutter icon packages.
  • flutter_lucide_animated is featured in the lucide-animated ecosystem.

Education

Bachelor of Technology — National Institute of Technology, Allahabad 2017 - 2021

Languages

Hindi (Native) | English (Professional)