Ashish Santikari

International Hochschule (IU) GmbH · Berlin, DE

• Led planning and delivery of multiple AI-powered learning systems using VueJS, Python, Fast API, RAG, Kafka, MongoDB resulting in reduced student's time-to-exam readiness by 27% for 130,000+ students, while driving cross-functional alignment on scope, privacy/ops constraints, and milestones across stakeholders.
• Designed and delivered conversation analytics platform using Open-AI Batch Endpoints, NodeJS, AWS Lambda, Kafka, MySQL enabling stakeholders to decide on feature planning and platform growth.
• Led integration of chat-bot into MS Teams Copilot using TypeScript, Microsoft Graph APIs, Copilot SDK that increased adoption and active learning engagement for students by 23%.

SuccessPro · Remote, US

• Owned the rewrite strategy to accelerate feature delivery, leading a 4‑engineer squad to re-engineer the frontend platform (React/TypeScript/Tanstack Query, TailwindCSS) and reducing lead time by 40%.
• Established cross-squad release and quality standards by implementing automated testing gates (Playwright, Chromatic), increasing coverage to 50% and cutting release bugs by half.
• Drove technical execution through architecture reviews, high-leverage pairing, and decision-making, sustaining ~90% on-time delivery during the critical platform integration.

Omnipresent · Berlin, DE

• Led a 2-person team to ship time-off management system using React, TypeScript, Tanstack Query, NodeJS, Express and AWS Lambda while coordinating stakeholder alignment with product and HR on scope and release sequencing, reducing churn from late-breaking changes.

Shop Apotheke · Berlin, DE

• Owned the cross-sell / up-sell cart growth problem end-to-end, setting the experimentation and delivery strategy (A/B testing, feature flags) and defining rollout policies for high-traffic changes (monitoring guardrails, rollback readiness); reduced time-to-market by 33% using React, Python, PostgreSQL, and Kubernetes.
• Led the decision-making and execution for migrating the newsletter experience from CSR to SSR, aligning on performance and conversion goals and driving an iterative experiment cadence that delivered 10% month-over-month signup growth.
• Drove frontend chapter-wide technical direction by owning initiatives that scaled across teams—code quality, automated test-suite adoption, performance, dependency management, security—and shaping the processes and technical foundation for the next-gen shopping cart experience.

finleap connect GmbH · Berlin, DE

• Engineered two white-label fintech product's frontend and widget SDK using React, Typescript, Rollup, Python, and PostgreSQL enabling customers integrate platform and features from product suite into internal systems resulting in multiple paid clients.
• Owned platform integrations by designing, reliable REST APIs (Python) to connect ML engine with external banking systems—implementing authentication/authorization, input validation, audit-friendly logging, and resilient error handling to enable adoption across new clients.

Enquero Global LLP · Bengaluru, IN

• Led delivery of Atlassian's multi-currency and i18n checkout, partnering with the team to translate requirements into a shippable implementation and driving outcomes of $6M revenue and a 35% sales lift in Japan.
• Set technical direction and led delivery for Veritas by replacing Salesforce-based workflows with a custom Entitlement Management System frontend (Angular), improving operational efficiency and reducing operating expense.
• Built enterprise frontend platforms (PowerMe, DataCatalog) from scratch, shaping architecture and delivery milestones while mentoring engineers and contributing to hiring that scaled the team from 6 to 30+ people in 2 years.

Infosys Limited · Bengaluru, IN

• Shipped multiple on-prem enterprise networking projects using Angular, AngularJS, Backbone.js, and D3.js that increased adoption by ~15% across mid-to-large customers.
• Mentored 4 graduate engineers, cutting ramp-up time by ~30% and improving team delivery.

• Designed and executed a progressive rollout architecture for the mono repo, integrating with microservices to streamline feature rollout.
• Resulted in a 32% reduction in lead time for feature rollout, resulting in faster time to market.
• Successfully migrated the guest newsletter subscription feature from a monolith system to a modern microservices-based architecture.
• Achieved a 25% reduction in the time it takes to subscribe to the newsletter, resulting in increased potential sales opportunities.

• Developed features on Deep Dialog Learning resulting in increase of student engagement by 27% on month-over-month basis.
• Implemented a Conversation Analysis platform to collect, review, and aggregate quality metrics on Syntea conversations, enabling stakeholders to identify pain points and prioritize feature amendments.
• Extended MS Teams Copilot to integrate Syntea directly into Teams, providing students with immediate, context-aware course assistance.

• Designed and implemented a checkout system supporting multiple currencies and languages for customers in Japan. This increased annual sales by $6 million.
• Led the migration of the shopping cart application from AngularJS to React. This improved development speed by 25%.
• Developed the first scalable shopping cart solution at Atlassian that supports multiple currencies and languages.

Paisa.app Optimization (WIP)

Working on UI/UX optimizations for a forked version of Paisa.app. Fixing critical bugs where level 3 expansion breaks the layout, and replacing the legacy tabular view with a stable, responsive grid system.

Local AI & Workflow Automation

Running Qwen3 4B model locally on MacBook M1 Pro to power personalized workflows: Auto-tagging emails in Thunderbird, integrating with Docker MCP server for a 'Second Brain' workbench in Obsidian, and automating note sync via Git + Rsync to personal cloud and Google Drive with an additional layer of encryption.

Home Lab & Personal Cloud

Self-hosted personal cloud infrastructure on Raspberry Pi 4 using DDNS. Features include Wireguard tunneling for system-wide AdGuard blocking, financial ledger management (Paisa/Ledger-cli), and secure NAS storage.

Ironhack · Berlin

• Finished an intensive 9-week full-time bootcamp focused on AI engineering, covering machine learning, deep learning, natural language processing, agentic systems, and fine tuning OSS models.

Vinayaka Missions University · Chennai, India · 3.5 GPA

• Led club activities as Vice President for FOSS Club from 2010-2012.
• Coordinated partnerships and initiatives, increasing visibility and engagement within the department.
• Won District Level Drupal web development competition.

Ironhack

The Linux Foundation · ID: LF-cntme41cnk