Founding Engineer • Technical Architect • Senior Software Engineer
With nearly two decades of engineering leadership across Big Tech, gaming, and startups, I thrive at the intersection of scalable software, AI innovation, and product impact. From architecting India’s first large-scale e-commerce gaming platform at Flipkart, to building AAA titles at Electronic Arts, and now pioneering AI-powered, accessible digital experiences as a startup CTO and MSc researcher at King’s College London, I combine deep technical expertise with a passion for solving complex, high-impact problems. My strengths include: - Architecting distributed systems, microservices, and real-time multiplayer platforms - Leading cross-functional teams from concept to global deployment - Integrating AI/ML, LLMs, and transformative tech into product pipelines - Making digital content accessible through advanced AI research (RAG, LLMs, diffusion models) Currently, I’m co-founding Skeptiq, building AI-first products
Based in London, UK • dwitee.panda@gmail.com







Featured Projects
Real systems, shipped to users

ReMindMap — AI video → summary + mind map
Accessibility tool (BBC R&D, CA11y) that converts video to subtitles, generates simplified summaries, and interactive mind-maps for users with comprehension challenges.
Impact: Prototype validated with test users; auto-narration & live summarization.

HelloPlay / Flipkart GameZone
Kafka + Kubernetes microservices for presence, matchmaking, leaderboards, rewards; integrated into Flipkart app.
Impact: 10M+ downloads, ~3M MAU; improved reliability/latency with observability.

Hello Doctor (Signposting NER for early disease cues)
DistilBERT-based named-entity recognition pipeline to surface early indicators from text for signposting.
Impact: Functional prototype; clean dataset pipeline and demo.
Experience
Companies & roles
MSc Student — Advanced Software Engineering — King’s College London
Sep 2024 – Present- Built ReMindMap with Whisper + Transformers (BART, T5, Zephyr, Qwen2.5-7B).
- Explored RAG grounding; agents & multi-agent systems; security engineering papers.
- Ran quantized GGUF LLMs with llama.cpp on GPU-enabled GCP VMs.
Technical Architect / Software Engineer — Freelance
Jan 2023 – Jul 2024- Integrated BERT/Gemini/diffusion models into Unity/XR pipelines for NPC dialogue & content gen.
- Whisper-based STT, dialogue summarization, sentiment-aware NPC reactions.
- Built ML pipelines for personalization using Spark, HBase, MongoDB; mentored teams on AI-first architecture.
Software Development Engineer 3 — GameZone — Flipkart
Sep 2020 – Sep 2022- Java/Spring + Golang services with MongoDB, Redis, HBase, Kafka for high-throughput features.
- Shipped leaderboards, tournaments, rewards/currency; integrated into Flipkart app.
- Improved reliability via Grafana/Kibana/Alertz; lifted DAU/MAU and session duration.
Technical Architect — MechMocha Games
Mar 2017 – Sep 2020- Designed scalable game backends with Go + Kafka microservices; real-time A/V chat (Agora).
- Led Jetpack Joyride India features (dynamic level generator, boss levels) and analytics stack.
Senior Software Engineer — IKA
Dec 2015 – Mar 2017- Enhanced analytical lab software; integrated AR/VR UI and IBM Watson STT/TTS.
- Drove performance improvements and feature prioritization with product teams.
Senior Software Engineer — Jumpstart Games
Aug 2014 – Feb 2016- iOS/Android educational games; MMO rooms and buddy chat; in-app purchases.
- Built level manager, avatar controllers, and NGUI-based UI/UX.
Senior Software Engineer — Electronic Arts
Nov 2011 – Jul 2014- Gameplay systems for The Sims & Monopoly; cross-platform C/C++ (OpenGL/DirectX/Unity3D).
- Engine VFX (GLSL/particles); improved proprietary engine reliability and performance.
Software Engineer — Geometric Ltd
Nov 2010 – Nov 2011- CAD/PLM features; PhysX-based cloth/rigid-body physics; 3D visualizations & collision.
Senior Software Engineer — Infosys (Boeing)
Jul 2005 – Oct 2010- Enterprise engineering projects for Boeing (details on request).
Academia & Research
Degrees, publications, teaching
Degrees
- MSc, Advanced Software Engineering — King’s College London2024–2025AI accessibility research project with BBC R&D (CA11y)
- BEng, Mechanical Engineering — VSSUT (formerly UCE) Burla2001–2005
Publications
- ReMindMap: AI-assisted comprehension via mind-map abstraction(in preparation)
Hackathons
What I built, learned, and shipped fast
Upcoming
- Encode AI Coding HackathonNov 2025Focus: Prompt-driven 3D worlds
Past
- Google AI HackathonJun 2025Prototype finalist
- Encode AI Coding HackathonApr 2025Finalist
- ElevenLab hackathonSep 2025Finalist
Tech Stack
Breadth with depth
Demo Videos
Let’s build something great
Open to Senior/Staff roles in AI, gaming, or platform engineering. Also exploring CTO/Founding Engineer roles at ambitious startups.
Upcoming Events I will be attending
Where to meet me (talks, hackathons, meetups)