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Crew dossierfounder.json
callsign
chandu
role
entrepreneur & engineer
base
vizag, india
flight hours
10+ yrs
education
b.tech cse · jntuk
heading
ai / genai / llms
log 012016Zauba Corp
Fresh out of college, I landed at India's leading company-data platform and built the core company reports module plus the entire frontend and API stack for 1.2M+ companies and 1B+ shipment records. That's where I learned to think at scale.
1.2M+ companies · 1B+ shipment records
log 022019Tracknix
The hunger to build my own thing led to a tech consultancy that grew to deliver 100+ projects for clients across the globe. Shipping fast and owning outcomes became second nature.
100+ projects · 3 continents
log 032019Gustasi
In parallel, I joined a food-tech platform as frontend lead, scaling it from a handful of kitchens to 8,000+ partners across India while owning the whole frontend: web, vendor and admin dashboards, Android, iOS, and desktop POS.
8,000+ partner kitchens
log 042022CleverDrip
The itch to build products led to a performance marketing SaaS, built from the first line of code, now tracking 1M+ conversions across 100M+ clicks for 1,000+ businesses.
1M+ conversions · 1,000+ businesses
log 052023Sendjot
Alongside it, an email engine pushing 10M+ emails per hour on infrastructure I designed end-to-end, from the campaign builder down to the mail servers. Both products, from scratch.
10M+ emails per hour
Across all of these I've owned the entire stack end-to-end - websites, APIs, dashboards, mobile apps, all running at once for many clients. The common thread? I take ideas from zero to scale.
Operating profile
Ten years across MarTech, food-tech, and enterprise data. I write code, make product calls, close deals, and do whatever it takes to ship products people depend on daily.
Current heading
Currently diving deep into AI
Building AI-powered products, exploring LLMs and intelligent automation. The next generation of tech is here, and I'm building at the edge of it.
Years Building
10+
Projects Shipped
20+
Clients Served
50+
Value Generated
$100M+
02 // skills
Tools of the trade.
Real-time systems, multi-tenant architectures, and databases that scale. These are the tools that make it happen.
Arrays 04Channels 54
All 54 channels nominal
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Frontend & Mobile
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14 channels nominal
Building responsive, cross-platform UIs across multiple frameworks and mobile.
Array 02
Backend & Data
12
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12 channels nominal
APIs, databases, and data pipelines that handle millions of records reliably.
Array 03
AI
13
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13 channels nominal
Agentic systems, retrieval pipelines, and embeddings - built on frontier APIs and local models alike.
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Infrastructure
15
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15 channels nominal
Cloud-native deployments, monitoring, and the glue that keeps products running.
...and always learning. Always.
03 // projects
Systems I've shipped.
Systems I've designed and shipped, each one solving a real problem at scale.
www.cleverdrip.comlive
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01Performance marketing SaaS
CleverDrip
End-to-end affiliate and performance marketing platform. Real-time conversion tracking, affiliate network management, fraud detection, automated payouts, and white-label multi-tenant architecture, all built from zero.
02Food-tech platform for home chefs, cloud kitchens & restaurants
Gustasi
Restaurant and home-chef marketplace connecting independent cooks with customers across India. Built customer-facing apps, partner dashboards, menu management, real-time order systems, and cross-platform mobile apps.
Large-scale data platform providing 360° company reports, financial analytics, and trade data. Built modules handling company profiles for 1.2M+ businesses and USA import records spanning 1B+ shipments.
High-throughput email marketing platform engineered to send 10M+ emails per hour. Drag-and-drop campaign builder, subscriber management, real-time analytics dashboards, and automated drip sequences. Built to give growing businesses enterprise-grade email infrastructure without the enterprise price tag.
Smart lost-and-found platform using NFC tags to protect and recover valuables. Tag any item, and when found, anyone can scan it with a smartphone. No app needed. Includes smart lending with due-date reminders, ownership transfers, and privacy-first masked contact with end-to-end encryption.
Ideas I couldn't stop thinking about, so I built them.
mailengine.sendjot.comlive
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01Self-hosted email infrastructure powered by SendJot
MailEngine
A battle-tested, self-hosted email infrastructure that pushes 10M+ emails per hour on a single lightweight server. No bloated cloud stack, no per-email fees, no vendor lock-in. One command deploys a production-grade gateway with multi-IP rotation, real-time analytics, multi-tenant isolation, SMTP relay mode, intelligent bounce processing, and a 9-engine spam filter that keeps deliverability razor-sharp. Built for teams that refuse to rent their email pipeline.
Years of research & experience after lots of tests and trials combined to build fail-proof, stable, reliable, cost-effective, flexible mailing infrastructure
Curious about astrology, Combined my theoretical knowledge and technical expertise to built India's most powerful astrometry engine powered by NASA's Swiss Ephemeris for sub-arcsecond planetary position calculations. Generates precise birth charts (Kundli), Dasha timelines, and transit predictions, then feeds them into fine-tuned LLMs that answer deeply personal questions based on the user's unique chart.
India's first eco-engagement platform connecting people, organizations, and nature through technology. QR-coded plants, growth tracking via photo uploads, gamified EcoPoints and badges, community leaderboards. Features an AI-powered plant health tracker that detects diseases, recommends pesticides, and provides recovery tips. Turning tree planting into sustained engagement.
Native Android messaging engine that automates SMS and WhatsApp campaigns. Built for businesses that need to scale their messaging operations without manual intervention. Schedule, segment, and send across both channels from one app.
Marketplace for recurring local deliveries - tiffin, meal boxes, milk, fruit boxes, vegetables, laundry and drinking water - from verified neighbourhood vendors. Browse without signing in, request a plan, then pause or resume it yourself instead of calling the vendor. Runs in any browser, and payment goes straight to the vendor with nothing taken in between.
From enterprise data to co-founding SaaS. Each role shaped how I build today.
2019 - PresentVizag, India
Co-Founder & Director
@ Tracknix Technologies
Co-founded a full-service tech consultancy that took businesses from zero online presence to fully operational digital brands. Shipped 100+ projects across 3 continents - web apps, mobile apps, e-commerce stores, SaaS platforms, cab booking systems, real estate portals, and 30+ business websites. Not just code - the whole package: design, development, deployment, domains, SEO, and digital marketing. Every client got the end-to-end treatment.
Scaled to 100+ clients across India, Dubai, Bahrain, Canada, North America, South America, and South Africa - delivering 20+ custom web/mobile apps and 30+ business websites
Shipped 12 industry-specific platforms spanning cab booking, real estate, e-commerce, matrimony, accounting, and edtech
Drove 10+ digital services per client on average - design, development, hosting, SEO, email marketing, and growth strategy
Web ApplicationsMobile ApplicationsDesktop ApplicationsBackend ServicesMarketing ServicesDomain & HostingEmail MarketingDigital MarketingSEOCMSDesignDevOpsConsultingAdvisory
Built a performance marketing SaaS from scratch. From the first line of code to 1,000+ businesses and 1M+ tracked conversions. Wearing every hat: product, architecture, infrastructure, and growth. Learning that building the product is the easy part, building the business is the real challenge.
Architected a real-time conversion tracking platform handling 100M+ clicks across global campaigns
Built affiliate network management with fraud detection, reducing invalid traffic by 60%
Designed multi-tenant white-label system with custom branding and domain support
Implemented automated commission calculations with multi-currency payout processing
Lead engineer on a food-tech platform that connects home chefs with customers. Scaled the tech from a handful of kitchens to 8,000+ partners across India. Built customer apps, partner dashboards, and the backend that ties it all together. A small team that punches way above its weight.
Built scalable web applications for customer and partner experiences serving 8,000+ home kitchens
Developed cross-platform mobile apps using Ionic, reaching both iOS and Android markets
Designed partner onboarding flows, menu management, and real-time order systems, Desktop POS
Led frontend architecture decisions across all platforms
My first real engineering job after college. Worked on enterprise-scale data products, building modules that handled company reports for 1.2M+ businesses and import data for 1B+ shipments. This is where I learned to think about data at scale and build APIs that other businesses depend on.
Developed 360° company reports module covering 1.2+ million Indian companies
Built subscription-based APIs for business financial information and analytics
Engineered USA Import data module processing 1 billion+ shipment records
Worked with NoSQL databases (OrientDB) and search engines (Apache Solr) at scale
JavaScriptPHPMySQLOrientDBApache SolrREST APIs
The best work is still ahead.
05 // achievements
Awards & recognition.
From hackathon wins to national press coverage. Point at a star to trace its class.
Three times articles published about me and my projects in India's leading newspapers - Deccan Chronicle, The Hindu & Eenadu.
Press & hackathons
citation02
Two-Time Best Employee
Recognized twice as the best employee at Zauba Corp during tenure in 2016 and 2017.
Recognition
citation03
Global Rank #1 - HackerRank
Secured 1st position worldwide in Bot Save Princess 1 & 2 challenges on HackerRank in 2015.
Competitions
citation04
Best Web Application - CSI
Won Best Web Application award from Computer Society of India (CSI) at the national-level Project Expo.
Leadership
citation05
Hackathon Winner - doma.IN.ception
Won the doma.IN.ception hackathon for fastest and best application, conducted by Sunrise Startups, Visakhapatnam.
Press & hackathons
citation06
National Web Contest Winner
Team win for building an application for social cause, conducted by DQ Labs and Millennium Software Solutions, Vizag.
Competitions
citation07
24-Hour Hackathon Champion
Won first prize in 24-hour KODEFEST hackathon conducted by Inspire ITS, Hyderabad.
Recognition
citation08
Web Apps Club Head
Headed the Web Apps Club for 2 consecutive years (2014–2016) at AITAM, mentoring peers and organizing technical events.
Leadership
Some wins are personal, some are team efforts. All shaped who I am today.
06 // testimonials
What people say.
From colleagues and collaborators I've had the privilege of working with.
Transmissions received03 / 03 decoded
SIG 01CDR · inboundlock
“Chandu built our entire tracking infrastructure from scratch. The platform handles millions of conversions now and it just works. He thinks like a founder, not just an engineer.”
CleverDripCo-Founder·Business partner, 4+ years
SIG 02GST · inboundlock
“He handled our entire frontend stack from first line of code to expanding it to 8,000+ partners. He single handedly built our Web, Vendor and Admin Dashboards, Android, IOS, Desktop POS and Printing Services. What impressed me most was he is more than an engineer, his entrepreneurial mindset and ability to think like a founder is what sets him apart. He is a true professional.”
GustasiFounder·Cross-functional partner
SIG 03ZBA · inboundlock
“When you give Chandu a problem, he doesn't just code a solution. He asks the right questions about why it matters. That's what separates good engineers from great ones.”
Zauba CorpFounder·Former colleague
Receiver open
08 // contact
Let's build great things together.
Are you building something exciting? Love to hear it. Open to collaborate.