AI Systems · Backend · Infrastructure · Performance
Computer Science, KJ Somaiya School of Engineering · Mumbai, India · Class of 2028
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I’m Shantanav, a computer science student and engineer interested in what happens behind useful AI products: agent workflows, retrieval and evaluation, backend services, data movement, and the runtime that makes software fast and reliable.
I’ve built multi-service AI products, contributed fixes to established open source projects, and worked on a Rust and WebAssembly rendering pipeline that reduced render latency by 40%. I’m deliberately going deeper into core machine learning, operating-system internals, networking, and performance engineering.
| 40% lower render latency |
7 merged upstream PRs |
4 open contributions |
3 hackathon podium results |
| Area | The work I’m drawn to |
|---|---|
| AI systems | Agent orchestration, retrieval pipelines, asynchronous inference, and evaluation |
| Backend and infrastructure | Services, queues, databases, event flows, deployment, and observability |
| Systems and performance | Rust, WebAssembly, GPU execution, Linux, and understanding costs below the API |
| Product engineering | Turning an idea into a usable tool with a clear interface and dependable behavior |
| Result | Event | Project or track |
|---|---|---|
| 1st place | ETH Mumbai 2026 | BitGo DeFi · VCR Protocol |
| 2nd place | ETH Mumbai 2026 | Base AIx Onchain · VCR Protocol |
| 2nd place | Solana Blitz V7 | Among 300+ international teams |
The two ETH Mumbai results were earned with Team OmShantyOm for VCR Protocol.
I enjoy working in established codebases where a small, well-tested change can improve behavior for many downstream users. The snapshot below reflects the PRs listed here; statuses were checked on 26 September 2026.
Merged upstream · 7 pull requests
- #1257 Retain usage metadata when later streaming chunks omit it.
- #1258 Propagate external cancellation through workflow execution.
- #1259 Respect the configured isolation scope for remote agents.
- gVisor #14083 Include a generated changelog in the Debian
runscpackage. - ORAS #2184 Publish stable rolling tags for container releases.
- Hugo #15148 Resolve the
staticcheckexecutable aftergo install. - Vello #1807 Document public Cargo features.
Open contributions · 4 pull requests
- ORAS #2191 Add multi-platform selection to
oras cp, including referrer preservation for the selected platform. - kind #4268 Add a local Markdown lint target and changed-file CI workflow.
- Kubeflow Testing #1087 Add a reusable Kind-cluster GitHub Action for test workflows.
- Google ADK Go #1256 Recover stale database sessions, with a two-writer regression test.
Browse all my public pull requests
| Area | Tools and concepts |
|---|---|
| Languages | Python, Go, Rust, TypeScript, JavaScript, C, C++, Dart, Solidity |
| AI and retrieval | LangGraph, RAG, embeddings, vector search, agent workflows, evaluation |
| Backend | FastAPI, NestJS, Node.js, asynchronous workers, REST, gRPC |
| Data | PostgreSQL, Redis, MongoDB, Qdrant, Chroma |
| Systems and infrastructure | Linux, Rust and WebAssembly, WGSL and WebGPU, Docker, Kubernetes, GitHub Actions |
| Product surfaces | React, Flutter, TypeScript |
I’m happy to talk about AI systems, backend and infrastructure work, or a concrete open source issue.