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Nikhil Gupta

AI Engineer & XR Innovator

gnikhil335@gmail.com
+91-8527353564
Portfolio: Autor AI (WIP)
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Professional Summary

An AI Engineer by day and an XR Engineer by night with extensive experience in designing scalable systems, building AI/ML-powered platforms, and exploring XR technologies. Proven expertise in backend optimization, system scalability, and immersive spatial applications. Passionate about leveraging AI to create impactful innovations.

Professional Summary

An AI Engineer by day and an XR Engineer by night with extensive experience in designing scalable systems, building AI/ML-powered platforms, and exploring XR technologies.

Core Expertise

  • Backend Optimization
  • System Scalability
  • AI/ML Platform Development

Specialized Skills

  • Immersive Spatial Applications
  • XR Technologies
  • AI Innovation

Work Experience

Entrepreneur in Residence | Antler

Jan 2024 – Present
Bengaluru, India
  • Selected for the 4th cohort of Antler India Residency (<1% acceptance rate)
  • Built cutting-edge SaaS products:
    • Autor AI: Ground-up LLM-powered SaaS platform for educational institutions
    • AutoXR: AI dev copilot for Vision Pro spatial applications
    • MaxR.tech: Developed Spatial AI agents for Vision Pro
  • Experimented with Gaussian Splatting and NeRFs for 3D environments

Software Engineer | Flipkart Health+

Feb 2022 – Dec 2022
Bengaluru, India

Scalable Backend Development

  • Scaled backend systems from 100 QPS to 500 QPS
  • Enabled service expansion across 20,000+ pin codes ( 50M business value)

Technical Achievements

  • Built serverless load-shedding system using AWS services
  • Engineered high-scale clickstream ingestion service in Go
  • Integrated CloudWatch monitoring for legacy systems
  • Developed pricing engine with Drools integration
  • Migrated legacy systems to AWS, improving performance 4x

Application Developer | Oracle

Sep 2020 – Jan 2022
Bengaluru, India
  • Developed RESTful web services for Oracle Cloud CPQ platform
  • Designed ML-based data visualization for Oracle CX Sales tools

AI/ML Research Intern | Quantiphi Analytics

Jul 2019 – Dec 2019
Mumbai, India
  • Optimized deep learning models, reducing inference time by 30%
  • Migrated APIs to gRPC, improving performance by 40%

Research Intern | Samsung R&D

May 2019 – Jul 2019
Noida, India
  • Developed Android app using TensorFlow Lite for SMS filtering

Skills & Technologies

Programming Languages

Go Python Java C/C++ JavaScript PHP

Technologies

TensorFlow PyTorch LangChain AWS GCP Unity Next.js

Specializations

LLMs AI/ML Model Optimization AR/VR Development

Continuously learning and adapting to new technologies

Achievements

Competitive Coding

  • 4 Amazon HackOn (2022)
    Rank 4 out of 20,000+ participants
  • 27 ACM-ICPC Gwalior Regional Round (2018)
    Rank 27 out of 3,000+ teams

Hackathons

  • 1 Microsoft Code.Fun.Do
    Winner, BITS Pilani (2018)
  • 4 Bengalathon
    National Top 4 (2018)
  • 8 Zeiss Lead Innovation Days
    Global Top 8, Vienna (2018)

Olympiads

  • 1 NTSE Scholar
    Haryana State Topper
  • 18 International Mathematics Olympiad
    International Rank 18 out of 250,000+
  • ✓ RMO Scholar
    Qualified for INMO

Education

Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS)

Bachelor of Engineering in Electrical and Electronics Engineering

Aug 2016 – July 2020

Pilani, India

Relevant Coursework

  • Data Structures and Algorithms
  • Object-Oriented Programming
  • Internet of Things
  • Operating Systems
  • Foundation of Data Science
  • Optimization
  • Information Retrieval
  • Number Theory
  • Discrete Structures for CS

Modern Delhi Public School (MDPS)

CBSE Senior Secondary

April 2015 – March 2016

Faridabad, India

94.8%
Full Scholarship

Research Projects

NAO Humanoid Robot & Brain-Computer Interface

Integration of cutting-edge technologies for advanced humanoid control systems

AlphaPose integration with Kinect depth sensing
EEG signal classification implementation
Robotics Computer Vision BCI

Zeiss Innovation Challenge

Global recognition for innovative AR/XR solutions

Selected as one of eight global participants
Presented innovative AR/XR ideas in Vienna
AR/XR Innovation Global Recognition

Leadership & Extracurricular

Positions of Responsibility

Chairman, Technical Committee

IEEE BITS Pilani Student Chapter

Apr 2018 – Feb 2019

Chief Programmer

Robocon Team, BITS Pilani

Aug 2016 – Jan 2018

Founding Team Member

DYBO (AR/VR/MR solutions)

2017

International Conferences

Zeiss Innovation Challenge

Presenter

Vienna, Austria (2018)

International Exposure

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Portfolio

Autor AI (WIP)