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Akash Manoj

Software Engineer | AI & ML | Full Stack Dev | Embedded Systems

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Applied AI/ML + full-stack engineer taking systems from model and API to interface, automation, and physical hardware.

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AI / ML Full stack Robotics

Capability routing

Range, with a center of gravity.

Strongest in applied AI and product engineering; comfortable picking up whatever the system needs next. Select a circuit to inspect the working set.

ACTIVE / AI / ML

Applied model development, evaluation, retrieval, and deployment workflows.

  • Deep Learning
  • Fine-Tuning
  • Large Language Models
  • Model Training & Evaluation
  • Retrieval-Augmented Generation
  • Generative AI
  • Computer Vision
  • Gesture Recognition
  • MediaPipe
  • OpenCV
  • Real-Time Inference

Selected systems

Evidence over adjectives.

Legal retrieval, generative interfaces, gesture control, autonomous hardware, and agent memory: each project tests a different edge of the same engineering range.

P/01AI / ML

NYAYA - AI-Driven Research Engine for Law

A legal research engine that combines fine-tuned language models with retrieval-augmented generation to surface case precedents and structure findings for commercial-court workflows.

  • Python
  • Fine-tuned LLMs
  • RAG
  • FAISS
  • multi-qa-mpnet-base-dot-v1
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P/02Web product

RYO - AI-Powered Forms

A prompt-to-form product that turns structured LLM output into shareable React forms and helps owners query collected responses semantically.

  • React
  • Node.js
  • LLM
  • FAISS
  • Vector Search
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P/03Hardware

Drone Control with Gestures

An end-to-end computer-vision control system that translates hand gestures into real-time drone flight commands.

  • MediaPipe
  • TensorFlow/PyTorch
  • MAVLink
  • Pixhawk
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P/04Automation

Gesture Control for Your System

A real-time gesture application that converts tracked hand landmarks into configurable operating-system commands and shortcuts.

  • Python
  • MediaPipe
  • OpenCV
  • TensorFlow
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P/05Hardware

Autonomous RC Robot

An in-progress autonomous robot pairing a Raspberry Pi planning layer with an ESP32-C3 motor and safety controller.

  • Raspberry Pi
  • ESP32-C3
  • L298N
  • Serial
  • Bluetooth RSSI
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P/06Automation

Jarvis - Personal AI Assistant System

An in-progress personal AI system built around an agent and voice layer, a graph-based memory, browser automation, and an MCP skill ecosystem.

  • OpenClaw
  • Graphiti
  • Neo4j
  • MCP
  • WebRTC
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P/07Web product

SpotiFire

A web application that resolves Spotify playlists through YouTube search and a downloadable MP3-link service.

  • Spotify API
  • YouTube Data API v3
  • MP3 Link API
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Field history

Built in teams. Tested in reality.

Roles across AI engineering, machine learning, security, operations, marketing, and sponsorship, with outcomes kept attached to the work that produced them.

Jul 2024 - Jan 2025

Remote, India

Founding AI Engineer

Leapflow

  • Unified more than 12 business platforms through tool-using, agent-based workflows driven by natural-language requests.
  • Enabled dozens of automated workflows with a modular architecture for retrieving, processing, and coordinating data across services.
  • Reduced manual task handling by an estimated 40-50% in internal testing through end-to-end, cost-aware automation pipelines.

Generative AI / Python / Multi-agent systems / API integration

Dec 2023 - Present

Computer Security Specialist

Microsoft Innovations Club, VIT Chennai

  • Helped deliver and participate in CTFs and cybersecurity competitions as part of the club's cybersecurity team.
  • Strengthened practical security knowledge through active participation in cybersecurity workshops.

Cybersecurity / Kali Linux / CTFs

Aug 2025 - Oct 2025

Head of Sponsorship

Event Managers Club, VIT Chennai

  • Coordinated external partners and internal teams to secure sponsorship relationships for large-scale events.
  • Contributed to programs that collectively drew more than 1,000 attendees while maintaining smooth event delivery.

Sponsorship / Partner coordination / Management

Apr 2025 - Aug 2025

Head of Marketing

Event Managers Club, VIT Chennai

  • Led digital and offline campaigns that increased event reach and engagement to three times that of previous editions.
  • Helped grow the club's Instagram audience beyond 5,000 followers and supported turnout of more than 1,000 attendees across programs.

Marketing / Campaign planning / Team coordination

Mar 2024 - Aug 2025

Operations Team Member

Event Managers Club, VIT Chennai

  • Coordinated teams and external partners to keep large-scale event execution on schedule.
  • Supported the operational delivery of multiple programs that collectively reached more than 1,000 attendees.

Operations management / Event execution / Team coordination

May 2024 - Jul 2024

Kerala, India, On-site

Machine Learning Intern

Cabot Technology Solutions Inc.

  • Improved model accuracy and reliability by 10-15% through iterative performance analysis and tuning.
  • Evaluated more than 15 supervised and unsupervised algorithms against production-oriented use cases.
  • Prepared and analyzed datasets ranging from thousands to tens of thousands of records for model training and evaluation.
  • Tested multiple approaches for predicting doctor consultation times and advanced the strongest candidates toward production.

Machine learning / Model evaluation / Data preprocessing / Feature analysis

Open channel / direct

Bring me the hard part.

I’m interested in engineering work where applied intelligence has to become a reliable, useful product, especially when software needs to cross system boundaries.

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