ML Engineer @ Sarvam AI
Samvaad
Jun 2026 โ Present
ML Engineer with 7+ years of experience architecting scalable systems, leading cross-functional teams, and overseeing full-cycle development. Expertise spans Payment Systems, Data Engineering, Infrastructure Automation, and advanced LLM Inference Engines.
From idea to production, emphasizing measurement, automation, and continuous optimization across AI infrastructure and full-stack systems.
Ship fast ยท Measure impact ยท Iterate continuously
Jun 2026 โ Present
LLM Inference & MLOps ยท 2025 โ Present
Full-Stack Platform Leadership ยท 2023 โ 2025
Led Payment Page engineering team. Reduced PureScript compile time by 6ร through strategic refactoring. Built DevTools application for payment flow verification.
Full-stack payments development. Improved Android render time by 66% with pre-rendering. Migrated data pipeline from Python to Haskell using Streamly.
Enhanced cross-platform framework performance by 10% through JS-Java bridge optimization.
High-throughput LLM serving inference engine
Structured generation for LLMs
Unified LLM proxy (700+ users)
KV cache optimization
Vector database for RAG systems
Local LLM deployment
Pune University โ Government College of Engineering and Research, Avasari (kd)
CGPA: 8.06 | 2015 โ 2019
ยฉ 2026 Shivam Ashtikar ยท Built with Astro