Available for SDE & Tech Opportunities

Software Development Engineer
& Systems Architect

Hi, I’m Ritik Yadav, an SDE at ClearMind (Ex-AlphaQuark). I specialize in engineering high-throughput real-time trading engines, WebSocket pipelines, mobile FinTech applications, and AI memory & agent platforms like MemLite and Raspond.

Resume (PDF) Experience Open Source (25k+ ⭐) MemLite & Projects
700+
DSA Solved
500+ LeetCode / 200+ GfG
<40ms
API Latency
FastAPI + Redis Pub/Sub
2000+
App Downloads
Google Play Store Apps
1.7k+
MemLite Downloads
Open VSX & PyPI Engine
Ritik Yadav Profile

Ritik Yadav

Software Development Engineer
Pune / Bangalore, India
Current Role
SDE @ ClearMind
Education
B.Tech CSE (8.0 CGPA)
Core Focus
Low-Latency & AI Systems
Graduation
August 2025 (PSIT)
Core Engineering Stack
FastAPI Redis PostgreSQL WebSockets React Native Python TypeScript
// Engineering Profile

Architecting High-Throughput & Real-Time Systems

Computer Science graduate with demonstrated success in architecting production backend services, mobile trading apps, and AI platforms. Strong algorithmic foundation paired with low-latency system design.

High-Performance Backends

Proven expertise in cutting execution latency down from 500ms to <40ms under peak trading loads using Redis caching, asynchronous pub/sub pipelines, and optimized PostgreSQL query indexes.

AI Observability & Agent Platforms

Architect of agentic workflows at Raspond (intent parsing and document ingestion) and creator of MemLite, a local-first memory engine for LLMs with FAISS semantic retrieval.

Production FinTech Mobile Apps

Shipped 3 live commercial investment and trading applications to Google Play Store (ARFS, AlphaPro, Zamzam Capital), serving over 2,000+ active traders with live market feeds.

// Career Journey

Professional Experience & Milestones

Interactive engineering expedition tracing systems architecting, mobile product scaling, and algorithmic foundations.

CAREER TRANSIT CIRCUIT // RY-EXP-TELEMETRY
Click station to trace telemetry
TERMINAL STATION 04 // CURRENT ASSIGNMENT

ClearMind — Software Development Engineer

Pune, India
Core Milestone Latency slashed 500ms → <40ms
Architecture Scope Real-Time Trading & Redis Pub/Sub
Key Deliverables WebSockets, FastAPI, Order Pipelines
FastAPI Redis WebSockets PostgreSQL Python
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ClearMind / Software Development Engineer

Nov 2025 – Present • Pune, India Current Role
Mandate: Lead architecting and scaling the core real-time trading backend, low-latency order execution pipelines, and distributed market data streams.
  • Architected and scaled a high-performance real-time trading platform backend using FastAPI, Redis, PostgreSQL, and WebSockets, ensuring sub-second order life-cycle processing and state consistency.
  • Engineered distributed Redis pub/sub pipelines and caching layers for real-time order books, price ticker ingestion, and user session synchronization under heavy market volatility.
  • Built fault-tolerant bi-directional WebSocket streaming channels with heartbeat ping-pong monitoring and auto-reconnect resilience for instant trade execution triggers.
  • Optimized PostgreSQL query plans, connection pools, and caching mechanisms, slashing production API execution latency from 500ms down to <40ms under peak concurrency.
Stack: FastAPI Redis Pub/Sub PostgreSQL WebSockets Python AsyncIO Docker System Design

AlphaQuark / Software Development Engineer

Feb 2025 – Oct 2025 • Bangalore, India
Mandate: Designed enterprise multi-channel notification infrastructure, promotional campaign engines, and production mobile trading platforms.
  • Designed and deployed an automated multi-channel alert engine across WhatsApp, Telegram, and Email pipelines to dispatch real-time trade signals and advisor alerts.
  • Engineered a dynamic coupon and promo code microservice with tier-based discounting, usage limits, and real-time advisor analytics.
  • Successfully built and published 3 commercial trading applications to the Google Play Store: ARFS Trading App, AlphaPro, and Zamzam Capital, surpassing 2,000+ total downloads.
  • Developed scalable full-stack web and mobile features for enterprise clients with strict responsiveness, security, and uptime standards.
Stack: React Native Node.js MongoDB WebSockets Google Play Console REST APIs Express

ClearMind / Software Developer Intern

July 2024 – Jan 2025 • Remote
Mandate: Engineered cross-platform mobile views and optimized database endpoint synchronization for retail investors.
  • Built and maintained responsive mobile application views using React Native for retail wealth management, ensuring 60fps UI fluidity and zero frame drops.
  • Integrated MongoDB aggregation queries and REST endpoints for seamless real-time portfolio balance and transactions syncing.
  • Collaborated closely with senior systems engineers to profile app startup bottlenecks, cutting cold-start load times by 35%.
Stack: React Native JavaScript MongoDB RESTful Services Git
// Upstream Contributions

Open Source Contributions

Core backend engine fixes, retrieval bug fixes, and infrastructure contributions merged and active across leading open-source AI and developer ecosystems.

RAGFlow

infiniflow / ragflow
25.8k ⭐

Leading open-source RAG engine based on deep document understanding. Contributed core retrieval optimizations, layout analysis fixes, and parser chunking improvements.

PR #19688 Merged
Preserved textless PDF figures in DeepDoc layout analysis for downstream Vision-Language Model (VLM) extraction.
PR #19623 Merged
Guarded temporary table DDL creation during MySQL migration dry-run execution (#19570).
PR #19559 Merged
Fixed table metadata mapping and assigned PDF parser tables to tbls in document book chunking algorithms.
Python Elasticsearch DeepDoc VLM Pytest
View RAGFlow PRs

Sentry

getsentry / sentry
40.5k ⭐

Industry-standard application performance monitoring and error tracking platform. Contributed backend validation for cron monitor schedules.

PR #124792 (#119417) Adopted in Master
Coerced numeric string interval counts to integer before validation in src/sentry/monitors/validators.py to prevent erroneous schedule rejection.
Python Django Monitors Validators
View Sentry PR

LiteLLM

BerriAI / litellm
23.4k ⭐

High-throughput Universal I/O Proxy & Load Balancer for 100+ LLMs in standard OpenAI format. Contributed streaming hooks and router rate limiting.

PR #41418 In Review
Handled ModelResponse streaming iterator hooks in ResponsesIDSecurity proxy security pipeline (#41411).
PR #41630 In Review
Enforced deployment TPM rate limits on asynchronous streaming requests across load-balanced deployments (#41610).
Python FastAPI Streaming Rate Limiting
View LiteLLM PRs

CrewAI

crewAIInc / crewAI
33.1k ⭐

Framework for orchestrating role-playing autonomous AI agents. Contributed runtime exception recovery and structured output validation.

PR #7458 Validated
Prevented duplicate tool invocations upon runtime exceptions in ToolUsage execution pipeline (#7449).
Python AI Agents Tool Execution Exception Recovery
View CrewAI PR
// Engineering Portfolio

Featured Projects

Original developer frameworks, AI memory engines, and production systems with measurable architectural impact.

🔥 Flagship Project

MemLite – AI Memory Engine & Extension

Local-first memory decay and semantic ranking engine for LLMs. Implements FAISS vector indexing, exponential recency decay, and SQLite persistence. Includes a custom Open VSX extension rendering interactive AI thought graphs and synchronizing workspace context.

Python FAISS SQLite TypeScript Open VSX LangChain VS Code API
Open VSX Extension GitHub Repo
Live Platform

Raspond – AI Agent Platform

AI-driven conversational workflow platform that parses user intent and orchestrates dynamic agent actions. Built the multi-format document ingestion pipeline and integrated Langfuse for end-to-end LLM observability.

FastAPI React / Next.js PostgreSQL Langfuse Prisma
Visit Platform
2000+ Downloads

AlphaPro & ARFS Trading Apps

Live trading applications published on Google Play Store featuring low-latency market feeds, multi-channel notification engine (WhatsApp/Telegram), and dynamic advisor discount modules.

React Native Node.js WebSockets MongoDB Google Play
Google Play Store
Accessibility Tech

SIGNTALKS – Voice to Sign Language

Accessibility platform translating spoken audio and text into synchronized 3D sign language animations to bridge communication barriers for speech- and hearing-impaired communities.

JavaScript Python NLP 3D Animation
GitHub Source
Computer Vision

Smart Traffic Flow Analyzer

Computer vision surveillance solution calculating vehicle density in real-time from camera feeds to dynamically balance traffic signal timers and flag perimeter security violations.

Python OpenCV Edge Detection Algorithms
GitHub Source
Real-Time

Ri.Chat – Real-Time Collaborative Canvas

Full-duplex web messaging application paired with a multi-user collaborative drawing canvas using HTML5 Canvas primitives and WebSocket broadcast channels.

Node.js WebSockets HTML5 Canvas JavaScript
GitHub Source
// Technical Matrix

Skills & Capabilities

Core engineering competencies, languages, frameworks, and architecture patterns.

Languages

Java Python TypeScript JavaScript (ES6+) C / C++ HTML5 / CSS3 SQL

Backend & Distributed

FastAPI WebSockets Redis Pub/Sub Node.js Django RESTful APIs AsyncIO

Databases & Infrastructure

PostgreSQL Redis MongoDB FAISS SQLite Git / GitHub Docker Google Cloud

Mobile & Architecture

React Native React.js Low-Latency Systems Caching Strategies SOLID Principles System Design
// Academic & Honors

Education & Achievements

Academic foundation, competitive programming stats, publications, and certified honors.

Degree

Pranveer Singh Institute of Technology

Bachelor of Technology – Computer Science & Engineering
CGPA: 8.0 / 10.0

Graduated August 2025 • Kanpur, India

Relevant CS Coursework
Data Structures & Algorithms Object-Oriented Design Database Management (DBMS) Operating Systems Computer Networks System Design Principles
Recognitions

Adobe GenSolve – Top 5% Nationwide

Ranked in the top 5th percentile nationwide in the Adobe GenSolve challenge for algorithmic problem solving. [View Certificate]

Competitive Programming (700+ DSA)

Solved over 700+ algorithmic problems across LeetCode (500+) and GeeksforGeeks (200+) focusing on dynamic programming, graphs, and low-overhead algorithms.

Technical Publications

Author of deep-dive articles including "How GPT Works" on Medium and "URL Listening in React Native WebView".

Google Cloud & GenAI Badges

Earned official skill credentials in Google Cloud Platform infrastructure and Generative AI services. [Verified Google Profile]

// Let's Connect

Ready to Build High-Performance Systems

Available for SDE, Backend Engineering, and Distributed Systems roles. Reach out directly via email or connect on LinkedIn.

Resume (PDF) ritikyadav2325@gmail.com LinkedIn GitHub