# Devansh Tiwari

> AI Product Engineer. Available for freelance and consulting. Writes about cost-optimized LLM infrastructure, multi-provider routing, and shipping AI products end-to-end. Based in Delhi NCR, India.

## Identity

- Full Name: Devansh Tiwari
- Location: Delhi NCR, India
- Role: AI Product Engineer. Available for freelance and consulting.
- Education: B.Tech Information Technology, Inderprastha Engineering College (2021-2025); Product Manager Fellowship, NextLeap (2026)

## About

Devansh Tiwari is a product engineer who sits at the intersection of product thinking and AI infrastructure. He started coding to pay his own college fees, taught himself through open source, and built a freelance practice before moving into product roles at AI startups.

At Helium, he built e-commerce personalization systems that delivered 20-30% merchant sales uplift and reduced recommendation latency by 60%. He co-founded Zashit (AI credit card reward optimizer, applied to YC) and built Metis (trymetis.app), an AI-powered stock analysis tool for Indian swing traders (side project, Feb to Apr 2026).

He has shipped 50+ products, 8 across Saudi Arabia, and specializes in building AI products from zero to one. He builds the full technical stack (infra, AI, frontend) and also thinks product (user research, validation, prioritization).

## Experience

- Metis (Feb 2026 to Apr 2026, side project): AI-powered stock analysis for Indian swing traders. Surveyed 70+ traders before writing code. Shipped concept to beta in 20 days. 7 free tools targeting 650K+ monthly searches. Stopped Apr 2026.
- Product Manager Fellow @ NextLeap (Jan 2026 - Apr 2026): Product discovery, prioritization frameworks, user interviews, outcome metrics.
- Freelance Software Engineer @ OSIT (Jun 2024 - Dec 2025): 8 enterprise products across 5 domains for Saudi Arabia. Built UnifyHQ (471 API endpoints, 194 pages, 26 days), Nateeq AI (multi-tenant voice AI platform, 6 weeks), Deliverist AI Chatbot (conversational commerce with RAG).
- Software Engineer (Product-Facing) @ Helium (Apr 2024 - Aug 2025): E-commerce personalization. Built recommendation engines, behavioral tracking. 20-30% merchant sales uplift. 60% latency reduction.
- Co-Founder & Product Engineer @ Zashit (Feb 2025 - Jun 2025): AI credit card reward optimizer. 50+ waitlist signups. Built OCR pipeline. Applied to YC.
- Freelance Full Stack Developer (2022-2024): 50+ global clients. 2L/month at peak.

## Technical Skills

- Languages: TypeScript, JavaScript, Python, Go, SQL
- Frontend: React, Next.js (App Router), React Native, Tailwind CSS
- Backend: Node.js, NestJS, Express, REST APIs
- AI/LLM: OpenAI, Claude, Gemini, Vercel AI SDK, RAG pipelines, tool calling, agents, prompt orchestration
- Vector/Retrieval: Pinecone, embeddings, semantic search
- Databases: PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Redis
- Infrastructure: Docker, Vercel, Git

## Product Skills

- Product Discovery, User Research, User Interviews
- PRDs, RICE Prioritization, Feature Scoping
- Competitive Analysis, Go-to-Market Strategy
- MVP Validation, Unit Economics Analysis
- Funnel Analytics (AARRR), OKRs/KPIs, PostHog

## Key Projects

- Metis (trymetis.app, side project Feb to Apr 2026): AI stock analysis for Indian traders. 70+ traders surveyed. 7 technical indicators. Multi-model (Claude + Gemini).
- UnifyHQ: Enterprise facility management. 471 API endpoints, 194 pages, 8 languages, built in 26 days.
- Nateeq AI: White-label voice AI platform. Multi-tenant SaaS. ElevenLabs ConvAI. Built in 6 weeks.
- Deliverist AI Chatbot: Conversational commerce for logistics. RAG pricing, 5 AI tools, bilingual.
- Hisaab: Open-source trading journal. Zero backend, zero signup. PWA.

## Links

- Website: https://www.devanshtiwari.com
- GitHub: https://github.com/Devansh-365
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/devansh-tiwari-3342611a6/
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/devansh_0718
- Medium: https://medium.com/@devanshtiwari365
- Email: devanshtiwari365@gmail.com
- Cal: https://cal.com/devansh0718/15min

## Pages

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