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01 // about

Why I build.

Five systems, ten years, one thread. Read the log, or point at a body on the chart.

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HEADING · AI / LLMSZAUBA CORP2016 · 1.2M+ companies · 1B+ shipment recordsTRACKNIX2019 · 100+ projects · 3 continentsGUSTASI2019 · 8,000+ partner kitchensCLEVERDRIP2022 · 1M+ conversions · 1,000+ businessesSENDJOT2023 · 10M+ emails per hour
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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.

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Hover, tab or tap any channel to probe it. Arrow keys walk an array, click pins a channel, Esc releases it.

Array 01

Frontend & Mobile

14

ch

Building responsive, cross-platform UIs across multiple frameworks and mobile.

Array 02

Backend & Data

12

ch

APIs, databases, and data pipelines that handle millions of records reliably.

Array 03

AI

13

ch

Agentic systems, retrieval pipelines, and embeddings - built on frontier APIs and local models alike.

Array 04

Infrastructure

15

ch

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
CleverDrip — Performance marketing SaaS

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.

1M+

Conversions tracked

100M+

Clicks processed

1,000+

Businesses

60%

Fraud reduction

AngularNode.jsSpring BootReactPostgreSQLMongoDBAWS
www.gustasi.comlive
Gustasi — Food-tech platform for home chefs, cloud kitchens & restaurants

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.

8,000+

Partner kitchens

100K+

Orders processed

100+

POS Integrations

$2M+

Customer Revenue

AngularVueTypeScriptElectronSpring BootIonicCordovaCapacitorMongoDBAWSWebiOSAndroidDesktop
www.zaubacorp.comlive
Zauba Data Analytics & Reports — Enterprise business intelligence at scale

03Enterprise business intelligence at scale

Zauba Data Analytics & Reports

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.

1.2M+

Companies indexed

1B+

Shipment records

$5M+

Revenue

200K+

Users

JavaScriptPHPMySQLOrientDBApache SolrREST APIs
localshipped
Sendjot — Email marketing for growing businesses

04Email marketing for growing businesses

Sendjot

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.

10M+

Emails / hour

1000+

Campaigns

15+

Servers

50+

Businesses

AngularNode.jsMongoDBAWSSpring BootPostgreSQLMySQLMicroservicesDovecotPostfixLinux
www.nfcfind.comlive
NFCFind — NFC-powered lost & found platform

05NFC-powered lost & found platform

NFCFind

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.

50K+

Active users

98%

Return rate

10K+

Items protected

Zero

Data breaches

Next.jsReactNode.jsNFCTypeScriptMySQLAndroid NativeIOS NativeAWSFirebase
Flight log · summary10 entries

That's what's live, and I'm always shipping.

10+

Years shipping

20+

Client projects

3

Products co-founded

03.1 // ventures

Passion projects.

Ideas I couldn't stop thinking about, so I built them.

mailengine.sendjot.comlive
MailEngine — Self-hosted email infrastructure powered by SendJot

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

10M+

Emails/hour

<10 min

Setup time

10+

Deployments

98%+

Inbox rate

LinuxPythonBashSMTPDNSIP RotationAnalytics
vediqastro.comlive
VedIQ Astro — AI meets ancient Vedic wisdom

02AI meets ancient Vedic wisdom

VedIQ Astro

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.

700+

Users

3000+

AI Analysis

4000+

Birth Charts

4.6/5.0

Rating

AI/LLMAstrometry EngineSwiss EphemerisAstro ToolsNext.jsReactRazorpayPWA
vruksha360.comlive
Vruksha360 — Born out of love for nature

03Born out of love for nature

Vruksha360

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.

Vruksha Vision

AI Powered

GPS Tracking

Every Plant

50k+

Points Earned

150+

Nature Enthusiasts

Next.jsReactAI/LLMQR CardsMobile-firstAnalyticsGamificationLeaderboards
txtpilot.applive
TxtPilot — Smart messaging on autopilot

04Smart messaging on autopilot

TxtPilot

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.

2

Channels

Android

Platform

SMS + WhatsApp

Automation

100+

Campaigns

AndroidJavaSMS APIWhatsApp APISQLite
nearsubs.comlive
NearSubs — Local subscriptions, no app needed

05Local subscriptions, no app needed

NearSubs

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.

Next.jsReactMobile-firstAnalytics

04 // experience

How I got here.

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
Tracknix Technologies website
2022 - PresentVizag, India

Co-Founder

@ CleverDrip

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
TypeScriptNode.jsReactMongoDBAWSRedis
CleverDrip website
2019 - 2024Hyderabad, India

Frontend Lead

@ Gustasi

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
AngularVue.jsTypeScriptNode.jsIonicCapacitorMongoDBElectronAWSMySQLSpringboot
2016 - 2018Bangalore, India

Full Stack Web Developer

@ Zauba Corp

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.

Press & hackathons · 02Recognition · 02Competitions · 02Leadership · 02
citation01

Featured in National Press

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-FounderBusiness 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.”
GustasiFounderCross-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 CorpFounderFormer colleague
Receiver open

08 // contact

Let's build great things
together.

Are you building something exciting? Love to hear it. Open to collaborate.

Actively exploring roles
Co-founding (SaaS) | Technical leadership | Consulting
When I'm away from the keyboard, you'll find me/travelling/biking/reading/long drives/chasing dawn & dusks/exploring space tech
When I'm away from the keyboard, you'll find me/travelling/biking/reading/long drives/chasing dawn & dusks/exploring space tech