Chirag Dave
Software Engineer: AI and Scalable Web Systems
I build fast, reliable systems and take them from idea → users → scale. I learn by deploying, not theorizing.
Experience
Grapevine Round1 AI: Software Engineering Intern (Backend & AI)
Working on AI-powered interview products used by tens of thousands of candidates.
- Redesigned and scaled the ReadyAI interview preparation platform (0 → 20K+ candidates), improving AI candidate evaluation latency and reliability.
- Migrated analytics from MongoDB to ClickHouse (~1M records) with zero downtime to unlock faster reporting and KPIs.
- Built and maintained AI interview agents, cron pipelines, scraping services, notification systems and recommendation systems (100+ merged PRs).
Open Source
FlowiseAI (33K+ ★): Contributor
Open-source low-code platform for building AI agents and LLM workflows.
- Added integrations for JinaAI and AlibabaTongyi model providers.
- Improved OpenAI integration reliability used across community flows.
OpenMS: Contributor
C++ library and tooling for mass spectrometry data processing.
- Fixed Streamlit workspace issues and extended workspace features to simplify MS workflows.
Featured Workview in detail on twitter >>
- HackScrapped
Scaled to 15K+ users in 30 days (#1 Peerlist). Automated discovery using Puppeteer + Redis.
- XpressPrints
Commercial e-commerce platform with automated print order lifecycle.
- Multithreaded Proxy Webserver (C)
Concurrent HTTP proxy using POSIX threads and socket programming.
Other Works
- Fitlog – AI fitness tracking over chat ·Live ·GitHub
- ChatX – Scalable real-time chat system (Redis Pub/Sub) ·Live ·GitHub
- EduConnect – Role-based academic platform with live messaging ·Live ·GitHub
- FitCheck.AI – Virtual try-on & AI styling (prototype) ·Live ·GitHub
- PCSB Xenia'25 – Techfest site (500+ registrations) ·Live
- NoteQ – Real-time collaborative rich text editor ·Live ·GitHub
- Invoice Doppelganger – ML-based invoice similarity checker ·GitHub
- MyTasks – Minimal auth-enabled Todo app ·Live ·GitHub
- Telegram Group Manager Bot – Full-featured moderation bot ·GitHub
Hackathons
I like building under pressure and tight constraints. Some of the hackathons I've shipped for:
Rockwell Automation Hackathon• March 2025Designed a scheduling algorithm for AGVs to execute all payloads in the schedule as quickly and efficiently as possible.
Synapse Cummins College Hackathon• March 2025Built a text translation web app with text-to-speech and speech-to-text using AI4Bharat models.
The Better Hacks Hackathon• February 2025Built a web app to help CTOs/CEOs with decision-making and team management from engineering signals.
GeekVishwa 2.0 VIIT Hackathon• February 2025Developed a virtual try-on site with styling recommendations and a marketplace.
MindSpark COEP Hackathon• October 2024Built a web app to scan prescriptions and set reminders in Google Calendar with Google Home integration.
NICE CoDay Hackathon• September 2024Solved EV charging station scheduling & infrastructure optimization challenge using Java-based backend.
- Innovation Cummins College Hackathon• April 2023
Built a waste management app with tracking, recycling flows, and dashboards for users and collectors.