Top Talent like Vedansh are on Pangea

Pangea, a YC company, connects companies with fractional talent. Fractional hiring allows companies to move faster and work with more specialized talent, while giving talent more flexibility and independence. If you are talent open to fractional work, apply here. If you’re a company looking for high-quality fractional talent, learn more here.

Vedansh Garg

AI & Machine Learning Engineer
Full-stack Engineer
DevOps & Infrastructure Engineer
AI-Native
Voice AI
AWS
Kubernetes
Docker
Node.js
CI/CD
TypeScript
FastAPI
Hiring
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Available for hire fromNegotiable
Fractional CTO and AI Engineer. Voice AI, AI agents, LLM apps. Built the world's largest coding bootcamp.
Vedansh is a CTO and AI engineer with 12 years of experience, the last 4 building AI agents and AI products at scale. He has taken 6+ products from zero to one. He founded Devsnest and ran the world's largest coding bootcamp, placing 2,000+ students at Google, Amazon, and Microsoft. Before that, he scaled HackerRank from 500K to 10M+ developers and was a Tech Lead at Casper and Owens Corning. As Fractional CTO: → Voice AI agents for Fortune 500 clients (3x cost reduction) → AI agents automating Amazon agency ops for 20+ agencies → AI writing tool with 500K+ users, $20K MRR → AI recruiter automating 50% of a human recruiter's job → AI legal drafting for Indian lawyers Time-zone overlap: 8 hrs with EST/CST, 6 hrs with PST/MST, Full UK & EU coverage. He thrives in ambiguity, ships fast, hires well, and turns ambiguous product ideas into working software. If you're building an AI product and need senior CTO-level thinking with hands-on engineering, let's talk.

Projects

ReachAll AI: Voice AI Platform for Fortune 500 Clients

Role: Fractional CTO. Voice AI platform deploying hundreds of agents across thousands of use cases at enterprise scale. • Led a team of 4 engineers building voice AI agents for Fortune 500 companies including Reliance • Reduced blue-collar onboarding cost by 3x through automated voice workflows • Architected concurrent calling infrastructure: thousands of simultaneous calls, <300ms latency, 99.99% uptime • Multilingual agents handling lead qualification, customer support, appointment booking, outbound calling, and AI call centers Skills: Voice AI, AI Agents, LLMs, System Architecture, Python, Real-time SystemsSee More

JetWriter AI: Browser AI Writing Assistant

Role: Fractional CTO. AI writing extension (formerly ChatGPT Writer). Scaled to 500,000+ users and $20K MRR. • Helped scale an AI-powered writing extension to 500,000+ users across Chrome, Edge, Brave, Opera, and Vivaldi. • Multi-model architecture (GPT-5, Claude, Gemini) with real-time text transformation, voice input, and Gmail learning. • Drove the product to $20K MRR within one year. • Built integrations with Gmail, Outlook, WhatsApp Web, LinkedIn, Slack, Freshdesk, and Zendesk. Skills: LLMs, Browser Extensions, Multi-model AI, Product Strategy, JavaScript.See More

Devsnest: World's Largest Coding Bootcamp (Founder, CEO and CTO)

Role: Co-Founder, CEO and CTO. Founded and ran the world's largest coding bootcamp. • Built a peer-learning bootcamp with 15,000+ users that placed 2,000+ students at Google, Microsoft, Amazon, Zoom, and more. • Cut bootcamp cost from $10,000 to $30,000 down to $10. A 1,000x reduction. Driven by automated assignments, assessments, and code reviews. • Designed peer-learning over Discord. Reached 30,000+ daily voice learning minutes. One of the most active Discord servers on the platform. • Built a fully automated virtual college: code sandboxes, leaderboard, 200+ problems and projects, automated reviews. • Operated as both CEO and CTO for 4.5 years. Owned product, engineering, hiring, and growth from zero. Skills: Edtech, Founder, CEO, CTO, Discord Bot Engineering, Automation, Product Strategy.See More

HackerRank: Scaled Developer Platform from 500K to 10M+ Users

Role: Senior Software Engineer (Tech Lead). Scaled HackerRank's developer community from 500K to 10M+ developers. • Scaled the developer community from 500K to 10M+ users. Led a team of 5. Rewrote APIs, optimized queries, added autoscaling. • Designed and shipped HackerRank Jobs as a microservice: a sourcing engine for 10M candidates and thousands of recruiters. HackerRank's first microservice. • Built a recommendation engine using item-item collaborative filtering. Increased retention by 20%. • Scaled the in-house mail system to 10M+ emails per day. Built A/B testing tools across cohorts. • Migrated the monolith from Rails 4 to Rails 5. Migrated two microservices from Rails 5 to Rails 6. Skills: Rails, Microservices, Recommendation Systems, Scaling, Team Leadership, Postgres.See More

Tryo: Try-Before-You-Buy Fashion E-commerce

Role: Fractional CTO. Built the entire platform from zero. No tech, no team, no product when I joined. Tryo inverts standard e-commerce: customers order up to 10 items with zero upfront payment, a rider delivers in 60 minutes, customer tries items at the door, keeps what fits, returns the rest, and pays only for what's kept. • Hired 4 to 5 engineers, set up engineering practices, shipped consumer app, rider app, and backend in weeks. • Built bin-level inventory tracking: system knows the exact shelf each garment sits on (rider has to grab it in 60 minutes). • Designed a two-way dispatch engine tracking 6 steps per order. Rejected items are back on the shelf within the hour. • Built multi-warehouse routing and optimization: scaled to 10,000 orders/month across Bangalore, every delivery still under 60 minutes. • Built a two-way Shopify bridge: partial keeps, automatic refunds, restocking, and discounts handled automatically in the background. Skills: Django, Python, Shopify GraphQL, React Native, PostgreSQL, Redis, AWS.See More

Work History

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Fractional CTO — ReachAll AI

ReachAll AIVoice AI platform, enterprise-scale agent deployment Led a team of 4 engineers deploying hundreds of voice agents across thousands of use cases Built voice agents for Fortune 500 companies including Reliance — reduced onboarding costs by 3x Architected concurrent calling infrastructure: thousands of simultaneous calls, <300ms latency, 99.99% uptime
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CTO

Equal CollectiveJun 2024 - Nov 2025 • 1 yr 6 mosAI-native SaaS for Amazon e-commerce Led a team of 5 engineers building AI agents automating the entire workflow of Amazon agencies and D2C brands Built AI sales agents for outbound: prospect research, lead scoring, personalized outreach for 20+ agencies
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Founder, CEO & CTO — Devsnest

DevsnestMar 2020 - Jun 2024 • 4 yrs 4 mosWorld's largest coding bootcamp, built from zero 15,000+ students, 1,000x cost reduction ($30K → $10), 30K+ daily voice minutes on Discord Built the product, engineering team, community, and company from scratch. CEO & CTO for 4+ years. 2,000+ students placed at Google, Microsoft, Amazon, Zoom and more
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Tech Lead — Owens Corning (via Toptal)

Owens CorningJun 2024 - Dec 2025 • 1 yr 7 mosLed team of 5 across multiple platform initiatives. Replaced Excel workflows with in-app systems — 70% effort reduction.
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Tech Lead — Casper Sleep Inc (via Toptal)

Casper Sleep IncMay 2021 - Nov 2021 • 7 mosManaged eCommerce fulfillment across thousands of warehouses. Built EDI microservice. Reduced bug frequency by 72%.
H

Senior Software Engineer

HackerRankJul 2015 - Oct 2020 • 5 yrs 4 mosScaled platform from 500K to 10M+ developers. Led a team of 5. Built recommendation engine (collaborative filtering) — 20% retention increase Built Jobs microservice (sourcing for 10M candidates). Scaled email to 10M+/day. Migrated monolith Rails 4 → 5, two microservices Rails 5 → 6

Education

K

Krishna Institute of Engineering and Technology (KIET)

Bachelor's Degree, Computer ScienceAug 2011 - May 2015

How Pangea Works

Effortlessly discover top talent

We've distilled the candidate search from endless hours down to just a few minutes. Using Pangea's AI-powered search tools, you can find top fractional talent able to take on your next project. Our system looks at your company's niche and your needs to find the perfect match faster than any traditional hiring platform.

Start working with talent today

The top talent on Pangea is ready to get started with you right now. You can message or hire a candidate right from their profile page and start assigning work as soon as they respond. And the best part? Pangea's fractional contract structure lets you start small and ramp up as your needs change, keeping your costs manageable and your team's capabliities flexible.

Track work and invoices in one place

Assign tasks, track progress, and complete invoices all on Pangea. We've combined every part of the hiring process into one platform to eliminate the miscommunication that's unavoidable on other freelance platforms. We even send out 1099s to your contractors at the end of the year!

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Fractional CTO and AI Engineer. Voice AI, AI agents, LLM apps. Built the world's largest coding bootcamp.
Vedansh is a CTO and AI engineer with 12 years of experience, the last 4 building AI agents and AI products at scale. He has taken 6+ products from zero to one. He founded Devsnest and ran the world's largest coding bootcamp, placing 2,000+ students at Google, Amazon, and Microsoft. Before that, he scaled HackerRank from 500K to 10M+ developers and was a Tech Lead at Casper and Owens Corning. As Fractional CTO: → Voice AI agents for Fortune 500 clients (3x cost reduction) → AI agents automating Amazon agency ops for 20+ agencies → AI writing tool with 500K+ users, $20K MRR → AI recruiter automating 50% of a human recruiter's job → AI legal drafting for Indian lawyers Time-zone overlap: 8 hrs with EST/CST, 6 hrs with PST/MST, Full UK & EU coverage. He thrives in ambiguity, ships fast, hires well, and turns ambiguous product ideas into working software. If you're building an AI product and need senior CTO-level thinking with hands-on engineering, let's talk.

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Members of our team are available to help you speed through the hiring process.
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Top Talent like Vedansh are on Pangea

Pangea, a YC company, connects companies with fractional talent. Fractional hiring allows companies to move faster and work with more specialized talent, while giving talent more flexibility and independence. If you are talent open to fractional work, apply here. If you’re a company looking for high-quality fractional talent, learn more here.

Vedansh Garg

AI & Machine Learning Engineer
Full-stack Engineer
DevOps & Infrastructure Engineer
AI-Native
Voice AI
AWS
Kubernetes
Docker
Node.js
CI/CD
TypeScript
FastAPI
Hiring
Architecture
Available for hire fromNegotiable

Projects

ReachAll AI: Voice AI Platform for Fortune 500 Clients

Role: Fractional CTO. Voice AI platform deploying hundreds of agents across thousands of use cases at enterprise scale. • Led a team of 4 engineers building voice AI agents for Fortune 500 companies including Reliance • Reduced blue-collar onboarding cost by 3x through automated voice workflows • Architected concurrent calling infrastructure: thousands of simultaneous calls, <300ms latency, 99.99% uptime • Multilingual agents handling lead qualification, customer support, appointment booking, outbound calling, and AI call centers Skills: Voice AI, AI Agents, LLMs, System Architecture, Python, Real-time Systems

JetWriter AI: Browser AI Writing Assistant

Role: Fractional CTO. AI writing extension (formerly ChatGPT Writer). Scaled to 500,000+ users and $20K MRR. • Helped scale an AI-powered writing extension to 500,000+ users across Chrome, Edge, Brave, Opera, and Vivaldi. • Multi-model architecture (GPT-5, Claude, Gemini) with real-time text transformation, voice input, and Gmail learning. • Drove the product to $20K MRR within one year. • Built integrations with Gmail, Outlook, WhatsApp Web, LinkedIn, Slack, Freshdesk, and Zendesk. Skills: LLMs, Browser Extensions, Multi-model AI, Product Strategy, JavaScript.

Devsnest: World's Largest Coding Bootcamp (Founder, CEO and CTO)

Role: Co-Founder, CEO and CTO. Founded and ran the world's largest coding bootcamp. • Built a peer-learning bootcamp with 15,000+ users that placed 2,000+ students at Google, Microsoft, Amazon, Zoom, and more. • Cut bootcamp cost from $10,000 to $30,000 down to $10. A 1,000x reduction. Driven by automated assignments, assessments, and code reviews. • Designed peer-learning over Discord. Reached 30,000+ daily voice learning minutes. One of the most active Discord servers on the platform. • Built a fully automated virtual college: code sandboxes, leaderboard, 200+ problems and projects, automated reviews. • Operated as both CEO and CTO for 4.5 years. Owned product, engineering, hiring, and growth from zero. Skills: Edtech, Founder, CEO, CTO, Discord Bot Engineering, Automation, Product Strategy.

HackerRank: Scaled Developer Platform from 500K to 10M+ Users

Role: Senior Software Engineer (Tech Lead). Scaled HackerRank's developer community from 500K to 10M+ developers. • Scaled the developer community from 500K to 10M+ users. Led a team of 5. Rewrote APIs, optimized queries, added autoscaling. • Designed and shipped HackerRank Jobs as a microservice: a sourcing engine for 10M candidates and thousands of recruiters. HackerRank's first microservice. • Built a recommendation engine using item-item collaborative filtering. Increased retention by 20%. • Scaled the in-house mail system to 10M+ emails per day. Built A/B testing tools across cohorts. • Migrated the monolith from Rails 4 to Rails 5. Migrated two microservices from Rails 5 to Rails 6. Skills: Rails, Microservices, Recommendation Systems, Scaling, Team Leadership, Postgres.

Tryo: Try-Before-You-Buy Fashion E-commerce

Role: Fractional CTO. Built the entire platform from zero. No tech, no team, no product when I joined. Tryo inverts standard e-commerce: customers order up to 10 items with zero upfront payment, a rider delivers in 60 minutes, customer tries items at the door, keeps what fits, returns the rest, and pays only for what's kept. • Hired 4 to 5 engineers, set up engineering practices, shipped consumer app, rider app, and backend in weeks. • Built bin-level inventory tracking: system knows the exact shelf each garment sits on (rider has to grab it in 60 minutes). • Designed a two-way dispatch engine tracking 6 steps per order. Rejected items are back on the shelf within the hour. • Built multi-warehouse routing and optimization: scaled to 10,000 orders/month across Bangalore, every delivery still under 60 minutes. • Built a two-way Shopify bridge: partial keeps, automatic refunds, restocking, and discounts handled automatically in the background. Skills: Django, Python, Shopify GraphQL, React Native, PostgreSQL, Redis, AWS.

Work History

R

Fractional CTO — ReachAll AI

ReachAll AIVoice AI platform, enterprise-scale agent deployment Led a team of 4 engineers deploying hundreds of voice agents across thousands of use cases Built voice agents for Fortune 500 companies including Reliance — reduced onboarding costs by 3x Architected concurrent calling infrastructure: thousands of simultaneous calls, <300ms latency, 99.99% uptime
E

CTO

Equal CollectiveJun 2024 - Nov 2025 • 1 yr 6 mosAI-native SaaS for Amazon e-commerce Led a team of 5 engineers building AI agents automating the entire workflow of Amazon agencies and D2C brands Built AI sales agents for outbound: prospect research, lead scoring, personalized outreach for 20+ agencies
D

Founder, CEO & CTO — Devsnest

DevsnestMar 2020 - Jun 2024 • 4 yrs 4 mosWorld's largest coding bootcamp, built from zero 15,000+ students, 1,000x cost reduction ($30K → $10), 30K+ daily voice minutes on Discord Built the product, engineering team, community, and company from scratch. CEO & CTO for 4+ years. 2,000+ students placed at Google, Microsoft, Amazon, Zoom and more
O

Tech Lead — Owens Corning (via Toptal)

Owens CorningJun 2024 - Dec 2025 • 1 yr 7 mosLed team of 5 across multiple platform initiatives. Replaced Excel workflows with in-app systems — 70% effort reduction.
C

Tech Lead — Casper Sleep Inc (via Toptal)

Casper Sleep IncMay 2021 - Nov 2021 • 7 mosManaged eCommerce fulfillment across thousands of warehouses. Built EDI microservice. Reduced bug frequency by 72%.
H

Senior Software Engineer

HackerRankJul 2015 - Oct 2020 • 5 yrs 4 mosScaled platform from 500K to 10M+ developers. Led a team of 5. Built recommendation engine (collaborative filtering) — 20% retention increase Built Jobs microservice (sourcing for 10M candidates). Scaled email to 10M+/day. Migrated monolith Rails 4 → 5, two microservices Rails 5 → 6

Education

K

Krishna Institute of Engineering and Technology (KIET)

Bachelor's Degree, Computer ScienceAug 2011 - May 2015

How Pangea Works

Effortlessly discover top talent

We've distilled the candidate search from endless hours down to just a few minutes. Using Pangea's AI-powered search tools, you can find top fractional talent able to take on your next project. Our system looks at your company's niche and your needs to find the perfect match faster than any traditional hiring platform.

Start working with talent today

The top talent on Pangea is ready to get started with you right now. You can message or hire a candidate right from their profile page and start assigning work as soon as they respond. And the best part? Pangea's fractional contract structure lets you start small and ramp up as your needs change, keeping your costs manageable and your team's capabliities flexible.

Track work and invoices in one place

Assign tasks, track progress, and complete invoices all on Pangea. We've combined every part of the hiring process into one platform to eliminate the miscommunication that's unavoidable on other freelance platforms. We even send out 1099s to your contractors at the end of the year!

Talk with a Talent Expert

Members of our team are available to help you speed through the hiring process.
Available Now
Book a Call
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