Akriti Keswani

Akriti Keswani

I'm a software engineer passionate about creating elegant solutions to complex problems. Specializing in developer education and content creation, I help engineers understand and implement modern data and AI technologies. When I'm not coding or creating content, you can find me playing guitar or creating artwork.

Work Experience

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Developer Advocate

AssemblyAI • May 2025 - July 2025

At AssemblyAI, I:

  • Led go-to-market for voice agent builders through hackathons, demos, and platform integrations - dogfooded streaming API to hundreds via Vapi collaboration
  • Grew developer ecosystem via Discord, social media, and partnerships while leading newsletter read by 200,000+ developers
  • Maintained developer content across YouTube, docs, and educational resources aligned with competitive positioning
  • Built real-time demos showcasing low-latency streaming API advantages for speed and accuracy
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Developer Relations Engineer

Airbyte • October 2024 - May 2025

At Airbyte, I led developer advocacy initiatives that empowered engineers across the data and AI ecosystem to build sophisticated data pipelines. As a part of my role, I

  • Architected AI demo applications that reduced implementation time from weeks to minutes using vector databases, RAG, and LLM integrations
  • Led in-person workshops that converted 30% of attendees into daily active users on our cloud platform
  • Created reference applications enabling engineers to launch AI pipelines in minutes with Python and Next.js
  • Conducted technical meetups resulting in 400+ signups and measurable platform adoption
  • Authored technical blog posts and end-to-end coding tutorials that generated thousands of views and reached 10K+ monthly developers
  • Designed optimized data workflows that processed structured and unstructured data with minimal configuration
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Software Developer

BlackRock - Aladdin Product Group • Aug 2022 - September 2024

As part of the Aladdin team at BlackRock, I contributed to building and maintaining their end-to-end investment management and operations platform. Specifically, I

  • Integrated gRPC framework to streamline client-server interactions for an internal messaging system, optimizing communication for 15+ Aladdin Engineering software teams.
  • Built & maintained 20+ Spring Boot microservices to refine cash allocation logic in rebalanced ETF baskets, increasing liquidity and improving financial outcomes.
  • Implemented a proof of concept using LangChain, OpenAI's API and basic RAG to give context-based responses regarding internal brokerage documents.
  • Product Management Rotation: Served as a key liaison between developers and ETF portfolio managers, streamlining feature prioritization and technical explanations, reducing daily meetings by 20% daily.

Projects

Side Projects

iPaaS Chatbot

Built a LlamaIndex RAG chatbot in Next.js to connect to your Google Drive and Slack, ingesting certain documents using iPaaS tools (integration).

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Ethereum Monitor

Monitor for ethereum balance using ethers.js & TypeScript.

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MoodMatch

An app that infers a person's music taste from their Spotify library and liked songs, then suggests music based on mood preferences and keywords typed in. Uses RAG to create personalized recommendations.

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Reverie

A journaling app that takes into consideration your personality traits through a series of quizzes and gives you insights based on metrics associating them with themes in your entries.

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Passion Projects

doctors.fyi

Built an app for doctors to use AI scribes with voice-to-text dictation software that incorporates ICD-10 and CPT codes for improved accuracy in EMR system notes, leading to fewer billing and coding errors.

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Open Mics in San Francisco

Performing at local venues for guitar and singing. Regularly participate in the vibrant San Francisco music scene, sharing original compositions and covers at community gatherings.

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