A terminal to practice high-stakes architectural decisions in a risk-free environment — building the judgment that defines senior engineering.
Next.jsTypeScriptFastAPIAgentic AI
Forward Deployed Engineer at Lyzr AI · Bengaluru, India
Rahul Rawat
I build backend and AI systems — the parts that have to be correct, fast, and hold up under load.
Currently working on production AI infrastructure and multi-agent systems. I care about clean architecture, thoughtful APIs, and shipping things that last.
01Stack
Tools I reach for.
A pragmatic toolkit across the full stack, with a bias toward backend, data, and applied AI.
Frontend
Next.jsReactTypeScriptTailwind
Backend
Node.jsFastAPIPythonGo
Data
PostgreSQLMongoDBClickHouseRedisSQL
Infra
AWSGCPDockerVercelFirebase
AI
LLMsLangChainRAGAgentsVector Search
02Selected work
Things I've built.
A self-improving RAG platform — hybrid retrieval, automated evaluation agents, A/B testing, and knowledge graphs that continuously optimize answer quality.
Next.jsFastAPIPostgreSQLQdrantAgentic AI
A zero-dependency document understanding engine in Go — parses PDF, DOCX, XLSX, PPTX and scanned images into AI-native JSON, with built-in OCR, page images, and retrieval-ready RAG chunks. #1 pure-code parser on ParseBench.
GoNext.jsOCRRAGDocument AI
An interactive system design learning platform — MDX lessons, live architecture diagrams, flashcards and quizzes covering networking, databases, scaling and distributed systems.
Next.jsMDXReact FlowTypeScript
Personal finance tracker with expense analytics, monthly budgets, and Splitwise-style bill splitting with simplified settle-up.
Next.jsMongoDBAuth.jsZod
Civic issue reporting platform letting citizens report and track local issues with geospatial data.
GolangNext.jsMongoDB
Farm-to-business marketplace optimizing trade between farmers and buyers.
Next.jsPostgreSQLPrisma
03Career
Where I've worked.
Jun 2026 — Present
Forward Deployed Full-Stack Engineer · Lyzr AI
Working directly with customers to design, build, and ship production AI systems end to end — from backend infrastructure to the interfaces on top of it.
Dec 2025 — May 2026
Backend Engineer Intern · Lyzr AI
Architected production-ready AI infrastructure and multi-agent orchestration systems.
04Activity
What I've been shipping.
05Writing
Notes on systems & software.
Let's connect
Let's build something worth shipping.
Whether it's a backend that needs to scale, an AI system to design, or just a good conversation about engineering — I'd love to hear from you.