Soham Kulkarni
I turn ideas into products and curiosity into code.
Exploring the intersection of software engineering, artificial intelligence, and the endless curiosity that fuels both.
Skills & Technologies
AI & LLM
Frontend
Backend
Data & Infrastructure
Cloud & DevOps
About
I got into programming because I loved solving problems. I stayed because software lets you turn ideas into something real.
I'm a Full-Stack Developer who enjoys building products from end to end — designing intuitive user experiences, developing scalable backend systems, and figuring out how all the pieces fit together. I enjoy working across the entire stack because every layer presents a different kind of challenge.
Lately, I've been spending a lot of time exploring AI. Not just using AI tools, but understanding how intelligent systems are built and how they can solve real-world problems. The intersection of software engineering and AI is where I'm most excited to grow.
When I'm not coding, I'm usually reading a book, exploring topics in physics and space, or working on side projects that started as "just a random idea" and somehow became a weekend obsession.
Work Experience
- Built scalable full-stack web applications with React/Next.js and Node.js across MongoDB and PostgreSQL.
- Architected event-driven automated notifications using BullMQ pipelines and a dual-database strategy.
- Developed a dynamic audience targeting module using a Segment Registry pattern to decouple configuration.
- Built and deployed Generative AI-powered internal tools integrating LLM APIs to improve productivity.
- Engineered and deployed a full-stack Wizard portal using React, Node.js, and MongoDB, resulting in a 33% increase in user engagement and improved platform stability.
- Organized and executed 5+ Web3 and Blockchain community events, driving 20-25% growth in community participation through strategic outreach initiatives.
- Delivered 5 core features end-to-end for a social media platform using React/Next.js and Node.js/Express.
- Optimized RESTful API performance by 20% through query refinement, response shaping, and middleware.
- Developed 2 custom Lightning Web Components (LWC) using Apex and JavaScript to streamline workflows.
- Earned the Apex Specialist Superbadge covering triggers, SOQL query optimization, and Apex architecture.
Education
Current Projects
A privacy-first AI knowledge ingestion & RAG search engine featuring hybrid vector-lexical retrieval (pgvector + BM25 with RRF fusion), 3D interactive knowledge graph visualization (Three.js), multi-source ingestion (Web, PDF, YouTube, GitHub, Notes), and BYOK encryption.
