Pratik Salunkhe

About Pratik Salunkhe

Results-driven Software Development Engineer with end-to-end experience in fullstack development, distributed systems, applied AI, and cloud-native solutions. Proven track record of bootstrapping AI-first products (custom LLMs, Bedrock integrations, intelligent web crawlers), leading large-scale migrations (1M+ LOC from Python 2 → 3, Go upgrades), and delivering massive performance improvements (SQL queries reduced from 30s → 3s, batch jobs from 16h → 3h, cutting production costs by 50%).Recognized with multiple engineering awards including PEKO Star & Spotlight Engineer at Workspan, and 1st Prizes at Smart India Hackathon & Technext Hackathon for innovative, real-world solutions. Skilled at mentoring teams, conducting learning sessions, and driving AI adoption across engineering workflows (Copilot, Claude, Cursor) to enhance productivity and accelerate delivery.Highly adaptable in both startup and enterprise settings, with experience working directly with CTOs, leadership, and PMs to align technology with business goals. Passionate about solving complex challenges at scale, building impactful products, and continuously exploring advancements in applied AI, distributed computing, and system optimization.

Experience

1. Sde Iii

   WorkSpan

   Mar 2025 — Present · Bangalore Urban, IN

   Bootstrapped a new AI product (AITeammates) from the ground up, collaborating with PMs and customers to define market requirements and deliver a chat assistant powered by custom LLMs trained on internal knowledge documents.Developed hybrid knowledge system blending internal content via AWS Bedrock with real-time web search via Perplexity API, enabling refined, context-aware responses.Built a scalable web crawler to ingest static HTML pages, refine content using Claude LLM models, and support parallel crawling (5 pages at once) with recursive child-link discovery.Engineered ingestion pipelines for large documents into AWS Bedrock, including tracking for ingestion status, experimentation with parsing and chunking strategies, and evaluation of model suitability based on real customer use cases.Integrated Nylas APIs for on-demand meeting scheduling with partners, adding AI-generated email templates, notetakers, and transcription features.Worked fullstack (Angular, PSQL, AWS Lambda, S3) to deliver UI components, backend services, and data pipelines for the product.Enabled company-wide AI adoption by mentoring junior developers on effective use of Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, and Cursor, automating repetitive tasks, generating boilerplate code, writing unit tests, and performing PR reviews with AI assistance.Contributed to pivoting Workspan into an AI-first company, improving team efficiency and accelerating delivery through applied AI practices.

Education

• University of Mumbai

  Bachelor's degree, Computer Engineering

  2015 — 2019