# Devansh Tiwari — Full Context

> AI Product Engineer. Available for freelance and consulting. I ship AI products end-to-end, from user research to production.

## Identity

Name: Devansh Tiwari
Location: Delhi NCR, India
Role: AI Product Engineer. Available for freelance and consulting.
Email: devanshtiwari365@gmail.com
Website: https://www.devanshtiwari.com

## What Makes Devansh Different

- Can both build and think product — rare in the PM world
- Has shipped 50+ real products, not just case studies
- Has founded, failed, freelanced, and worked in startups — seen the full picture
- Moved to PM not because it's trendy, but because it directly attacks his weakness
- Started coding out of guilt (JEE didn't work out), built his way to 2L/month freelancing, then realized execution isn't enough — you need to know what to build and why

## Detailed Experience

### Metis — Side Project (Feb 2026 to Apr 2026)
AI-powered stock analysis for Indian swing traders. Stopped Apr 2026 to focus on other engagements.
- Drove product-led acquisition: analyzed 10+ competitors, identified 5 zero-competition keyword gaps, shipped 7 free tools targeting 650K+ monthly searches
- Optimized unit economics: hybrid model routing reduced per-session API cost by 52% ($0.25 to $0.12)
- Instrumented 18 AARRR metrics across 21 touchpoints
- Shipped 0-to-1 from concept to 25-user beta in 20 days across 20 product decisions
- URL: https://trymetis.app

### Helium — Software Engineer, Product-Facing (Apr 2024 - Aug 2025)
AI startup focused on e-commerce personalization for Shopify merchants.
- Led product discovery for conversational commerce: trigger timing, user journey placements, context memory patterns
- Contributed to Pulse personalization product: 20-25% merchant sales uplift
- Identified 25-second recommendation latency bottleneck, refactored pipeline for 60% reduction
- Defined and shipped AI Shopify Agent MVP using RICE framework

### Zashit — Co-Founder & Product Engineer (Feb 2025 - Jun 2025)
AI credit card reward optimizer.
- Identified Rs 10,000 Cr unused rewards problem through user discovery interviews
- Validated demand with 50+ waitlist signups
- Built MVP including OCR pipeline for transaction data extraction
- Co-founder misalignment led to shutdown — learned importance of structured decision-making

### OSIT — Freelance Software Engineer (Jun 2024 - Dec 2025)
8 products shipped across Saudi Arabia market.
- End-to-end product scoping and delivery across 5 domains (logistics, AI, enterprise SaaS, government, HR)
- Built a 25-module platform in 4 weeks as sole engineer
- Bilingual Arabic/English with RTL support (3,000+ translation keys)
- SEO targeting 95+ Lighthouse scores

### Freelance — Full Stack Developer (2022-2024)
- 50+ global clients
- At peak: 2L/month, closed projects worth 5-6 lakh
- Built MVPs, validation products, and full platforms

## Technical Stack

TypeScript, JavaScript, Python, React, Next.js, Node.js, Tailwind CSS, OpenAI/LLM, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Redis, Prisma, Drizzle, Docker, Vercel, Git, Figma, PostHog

## Education

- NextLeap Product Manager Fellowship (Jan 2026 - Apr 2026)
- Inderprastha Engineering College, B.Tech IT (2021-2025)

## Target Domains

1. E-commerce & Retail Tech — built personalization systems, recommendation engines, Shopify SDKs
2. Fintech & Financial Behavior Products — founded Zashit, built Metis (side project, ended Apr 2026)
3. AI/ML Products — hands-on with LLM APIs, RAG systems, AI agents
4. SaaS & Developer Tools — shipped 8 enterprise products across Saudi Arabia

## Content & Social

- LinkedIn: Daily content on product thinking, building in public, engineer-to-PM transition
- Twitter/X: AI expertise, founder pain, builder proof
- Medium: Technical articles on development and product

## Pages

- Home: https://www.devanshtiwari.com/
- Work: https://www.devanshtiwari.com/work
- Blog: https://www.devanshtiwari.com/blog