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Founding engineering
Your first technical partner. I own the platform end to end: architecture, the build and the first engineering hires.
- Core platform
- Architecture
- Observability
- Hiring loop
OngoingFull-time or contract
Suryanand, solutions architect and founding engineer who solves messy problems with software, in Pune and Dubai
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Taking on new problems
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Bring me the messy problem. I design the system, build it and stay until it works in production.
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Taking on new problems
Bring me the messy problem. I design the system, build it and stay until it works in production.
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Logistics
Pharma
Process equipment
Powder processing
Pharma
Automation
Freight
Agritech
Health
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EV
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CommerceTSystem designTCore platformsTTypeScriptTPythonTNext.jsTFastAPITPostgresTTemporalTLLM toolingTVoice AI
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[03] About
I've spent eight years untangling the messy first version of products, from ◇ Google logistics to an AI runtime built from a blank repo.
I care less about novelty and more about shipping the right thing: clear architecture, honest observability and code the next engineer can actually live with.
These days I build Agent Serve and Agent Live with the team at Valnora & Elric, and I've led plant-floor systems for Granules India, Syntegon, Sun Pharma and Azbil. I also share four Apache-2.0 tools at Valthrax and teach system design at bootcamp.suryanand.com.
Based inPune, IN · Dubai, UAE
Working asFull-time or contract
Studiovalthrax.com
System designCore platformsAI runtimesVoiceObservabilityTeaching
[▶] Videos
Short videos on how I think about problems, and walkthroughs of things I've built.
Next video in production
Next video in production
[04] Selected work
Valnora & Elric · Platform architecture
Agent Serve
An AI workspace where teams build, deploy and manage AI agents. I architected the platform and lead its engineering, from multi-tenant data to the agent runtime.
0modules: Chat, Workflows, Knowledge, Tables, Files, Logs
0ways to build agents: visually, in chat or in code
0workspace for agents, data and BI dashboards
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Relays on watch
Relay · revenue ops
Note ready
Approve
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Agent ServeProductPricingStoriesGet started
The AI workspace for teams.
Build, deploy and manage AI agents.
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Valnora & Elric · Platform architecture
Agent Serve
An AI workspace where teams build, deploy and manage AI agents. I architected the platform and lead its engineering, from multi-tenant data to the agent runtime.
Relays on watch
Relay · revenue ops
Note ready
Approve
Agent ServeProductPricingStoriesGet started
The AI workspace for teams.
Build, deploy and manage AI agents.
24361224
6modules: Chat, Workflows, Knowledge, Tables, Files, Logs
3ways to build agents: visually, in chat or in code
1workspace for agents, data and BI dashboards
Valnora & Elric · Real-time AI
Agent Live
A real-time AI copilot for sales calls: live guidance while the call is happening, playbooks and compliance checks, and an admin portal for managers.
Compliance check passed
Live call · discovery
Ask about budget
Next prompt
Agent LiveProductPricingStoriesGet started
A copilot on every sales call.
Live guidance, playbooks and compliance.
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3surfaces: desktop app, live service, admin portal
Liveguidance during the call, not after it
1playbook library shared by the whole team
EV mobility · Product build
Plugzee
An EV super app: find and reserve chargers, plan road trips with charging stops, book service and insurance, and pay from one wallet.
Charging complete · 80%
Plugzee Fast Charging · Kharadi
4 of 6 free
Reserve charger
PlugzeeProductPricingStoriesGet started
One app. Every mile.
Charging, trips, service and insurance.
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5journeys in one app: charge, service, buy, insure, travel
Livecharger availability and pricing on the map
1wallet and rewards across every journey
Pharma · Forward deployed delivery
Granules India
Lyophilization process intelligence: every freeze-dryer, cycle phase, alarm and batch record on one live screen, with the audit trail on.
Audit trail on
LYO-01 · primary drying
−38.2 °C
Open batch record
GranulesProductPricingStoriesGet started
Every freeze-dryer, on one live screen.
Cycles, alarms, SOPs and batch records.
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7cycle phases tracked, from loading to complete
7live readouts per lyophilizer
1screen for every freeze-dryer on the block
Process equipment · Forward deployed delivery
Syntegon
A fluid bed dryer digital twin: live sensor readings on a 3D model, drying curves, and an AI copilot that flags drift before it becomes a deviation.
Inlet 62 °C · outlet 38 °C
Copilot · drying curve
Drift +1.4 °C
Review
SyntegonProductPricingStoriesGet started
The dryer, live in 3D.
With an AI copilot on the curve.
24361224
3Dlive twin of the dryer
AIcopilot watching the drying curve
ARview for engineers on the floor
Powder processing · Forward deployed delivery
Hosokawa Micron
Process and equipment intelligence across milling and drying: 3D equipment, live parameters, health scores, CIP/SIP monitoring and reports.
CIP cycle complete
Mill 02 · health
92 / 100
Open work order
HosokawaProductPricingStoriesGet started
From the plant down to the bearing.
Milling and drying, on one model.
24361224
3Dequipment viewer, plant down to the bearing
Liveparameters and equipment health scores
CIPand SIP cleaning cycles monitored
Pharma field maintenance · Forward deployed delivery
Sun Pharma
Field AI for on-site maintenance: smart glasses show the next step on the equipment, capture evidence and write the inspection report as technicians work.
Glasses paired
Inspection · step 4 of 9
Check seal
Next step
Sun PharmaProductPricingStoriesGet started
The next step, on the equipment.
Hands-free guidance and reports.
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ARstep guidance on the equipment itself
Autoinspection reports when the job ends
Liveremote session view for maintenance leads
Industrial automation · Forward deployed delivery
Azbil
On-site operations with AR: sign-in, pre-work compliance, guided execution, live data and evidence capture, ending in an audit-ready record, hands-free.
E-signature captured
Valve positioner · calibrate
Step 3 of 5
Sign off
AzbilProductPricingStoriesGet started
From sign-in to signed off.
Hands-free, with an audit-ready record.
24361224
ARhands-free field workflow on smart glasses
VoiceAI assistant for field engineers
2languages in one interface
Freight · Product build
Pegasus
A freight operating system: shipments, bookings, containers and exceptions in one command centre, with live tracking and AI insights on delay risk.
Customs hold cleared
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Delay risk high
Notify customer
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Every shipment, one command centre.
Live tracking and delay-risk insights.
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3modes tracked live: ocean, air and road
AIinsights on port congestion and delay risk
1command centre for every exception
[05] In numbers
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shipping software that runs in production
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built for, from Alphabet to Sun Pharma
X industries03
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from pharma lines and freight to fashion
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AR, 3D and digital-twin systems on the plant floor
[06] Services
Most engagements start with a 30-minute call and move right. Each frame is a separate engagement, so you can start anywhere.
Book a callthenonce it's liveat scale
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Solutions architecture
I map the business problem to a system: integrations, data flows, security and the build plan, written down before anyone writes code.
- Discovery workshops
- Reference architecture
- Integration design
- Security review
1–2 weeksFixed scope
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Forward deployed engineering
Embedded with the process owners, inside your IT and security rules, putting AI and data into production against a business target.
- On-site discovery
- Systems integration
- AI in production
- Team handover
30-day sprintOutcome-based
# Frame 04
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0→1 product builds
From a back-of-napkin idea to something people use in production, in about two weeks, without a rewrite later.
- Product scoping
- MVP build
- Deploy and monitoring
- Handoff docs
~14-day sprintFixed scope
[07] Process
01Days 1–2
Discover
I sit with the people who'll use it and write down the one outcome that matters, with a number next to it.
02Days 3–4
Architect
03Days 5–12
Build
04Days 13–14
Ship
[08] Testimonials
Four founders, four threads. Resolve them if you've read enough.
Start a projectAS
Ananya SharmaSaaS founder, Pune
◇ SaaS“Two weeks from Figma to a working app. We shipped to users on the call right after handoff.”
1 reply · Suryanand
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Ishan KapoorCTO, PaymentFlow
◇ PaymentFlow“Our junior devs picked up the code without one question. That alone was worth it.”
1 reply · Suryanand
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Priya DesaiHealthtech founder
◇ Healthtech“Three other devs gave up on this build. Suryanand had it live in two weeks.”
1 reply · Suryanand
RM
Ravi MehtaFounder
◇ Seed-stage“We launched on day 12. Closed our seed round on day 19.”
1 reply · Suryanand
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$ pip install pressmark
✓ pressmark 0.1 installed
$ pressmark eval --min-pass-rate 0.9
✓ 47/50 prompts passed
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◇ Cue, 3 modes
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r2r-care.pngSunday project: a CSV fixer with no login. 500+ people a week now.
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Murmur: sub-second voice, every stage swappable.Suryanand · note
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[10] Teaching
Self-paced video courses for backend engineers and interview candidates. Structured modules, no filler.
Browse all coursesNode, AWS and System Design
Interview-ready Node.js, AWS fundamentals and cloud system design, built for backend engineers cracking offers.
System Design in Depth
Architecture layer by layer: clients to services to queues to databases, reasoning through real designs.
Database Architecture
Sharding, read replicas and the patterns that show up at data scale. New modules as the syllabus grows.
[11] Questions
The questions I get on almost every first call. If yours isn't here, email me; I answer every one.
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The messy ones where software, data and operations meet: AI platforms, real-time voice, plant-floor and field systems, and products that need to go from zero to production. I've solved these for pharma, process-equipment, freight and EV companies.
[12] Next step
Building somethingfrom zero?Text · 104Let's ship it.
Tell me what's slow, broken or stuck. I reply within one working day with a first idea of how I'd solve it.
Local time● online
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Pune. I reply within one working day, usually faster.
Version history v26.10
v26.10Portfolio rebuilt as a design file
v26.10Case studies: Agent Serve, Agent Live and six plant-floor builds
v26.04Added Cue to the open-source shelf
v26.04New Teaching section with the bootcamp
v26.03Founding-engineer redesign