Akshay Soner

Experience

Mechanical Engineering to Backend / AI Systems

Engineering breadth built through real transitions, not a single track.

  1. 07/2012 – 06/2016

    B.E. Mechanical Engineering

    Rungta College of Engineering & Technology (CSVTU), Bhilai — First Class. Foundation in systems thinking that carried into engineering work.

    Education

  2. Early career

    Operations

    Started in operations-focused roles before transitioning into software — brought a practical, process-first mindset into engineering work.

    Operations

  3. 06/2024 – 08/2025

    Software Developer, The CodeWise

    Pune (Onsite). Built AI-powered document parsing and summarization tools (LLMs, LangChain, Weaviate). Deployed scalable FastAPI backends with async SQLAlchemy, JWT auth, and external API integrations. Owned VPS deployments — Docker, NGINX, Portainer, CI/CD, domain/subdomain setups — and resolved production auth issues including cross-subdomain session handling.

    BackendAIInfrastructure

  4. 08/2025 – 11/2025

    AI Developer, Kaycomm Services

    Pune. Built the Semantic Engine powering search, recommendations, and content understanding for UrbanPillar and CornerSpaces. Also: an AI-driven workflow website builder, LLM data pipelines for content generation, Vastu analysis via floor-plan interpretation, and full-stack Docker + Portainer production infrastructure.

    AIBackendInfrastructure

  5. 12/2025 – Present

    AI Engineer II (Team Lead), Kaycomm Services

    Pune. Promoted to lead — same engineering scope (semantic engine, LLM data pipelines, production infrastructure) plus team leadership responsibility.

    AILeadershipBackendInfrastructure