Divyaprakash Dhurandhar
Founding Engineer · Open Source Builder · AI Systems
Shipping AI products from zero to production — fast.
Full-stack engineer and product lead with an M.S. in Computer Engineering from Rutgers University (2020, GPA 3.5) and 6+ years shipping end-to-end products. Career spans fintech (Evergreen Technologies, NJ), HPC and underwater robotics research at Rutgers, drone photogrammetry, and AI-powered enterprise software — always building from first principles to production.
Built TimekeeperX, a multi-tenant HRMS now deployed across 20+ companies and 5,000+ employees on AWS ECS, and shipped agentic AI systems including a Gemini Live voice agent and an AI hiring agent at AUM Group. In 2026, won Runner-up at the GitHub Copilot CLI Global Hackathon with AutoShorts — a GPU pipeline that converts gameplay footage into short-form videos — landing Top 5 on HackerNews with 100+ stars.
Maintains AgentLens, an open-source TypeScript library for visualizing AI agent browser actions in real time, and TidyTUI, a Rust TUI for Linux system cleanup published on crates.io and the Arch AUR. Certified by Anthropic Academy across MCP, Subagents, Agent Skills, and AI Fluency (2026).
Experience
Founding Full-Stack Engineer & Product Lead
AUM Group — Built TimekeeperX HRMS (20+ companies, 5,000+ employees on AWS ECS), Gemini Live voice agent, AI hiring agent
Backend Engineer
DreamLayer AI — Open-source, remote — ComfyUI novel-view synthesis pipeline
Researcher
Bird Eye View Pvt. Ltd. — Train aerodynamic drag reduction for Ministry of Railways India
Software Engineer
Mine Gate India LLP — Drone photogrammetry pipelines and real-time GPS tracking systems
Quantitative Developer Intern
Evergreen Technologies LLC — Fintech — IYKA Trading platform, New Jersey
Researcher
Rutgers University — R.A.D.I.C.A.L Lab (HPC, Radical-Pilot) and Cyber Physical Systems Lab (BlueROV2 underwater robot)
Projects
TimekeeperX
Multi-tenant HRMS on AWS ECS — 20+ companies, 5,000+ employees
AutoShorts
GPU pipeline: gameplay → short-form videos. Top 5 HackerNews, 100+ stars, GitHub Copilot CLI Hackathon Runner-up
AgentLens
Open-source TypeScript library for visualizing AI agent browser actions in real time
TidyTUI
Rust TUI for Linux system cleanup — published on crates.io and Arch AUR
Badminton Vision Analytics
YOLOv8/v11 computer vision for shuttlecock and player tracking (2025–2026)
Parameter Golf
OpenAI Model Craft Challenge — 16 MB language model with novel architecture (BLT+MLA+KAN+BitNet), IEEE/arXiv paper
Certifications
Anthropic Academy (2026)
deeplearning.ai / Andrew Ng (2020)
IBM / Coursera (2021)
Education
- M.S. Computer Engineering — Rutgers University, New Brunswick NJ (2020, GPA 3.5) · Research: HPC (R.A.D.I.C.A.L Lab), Underwater Robotics (Cyber Physical Systems Lab)
- B.E. Electronics Engineering — R.C.O.E.M, Nagpur, India (2017, 8.0/10)
In the Wild
Show HN: AutoShorts — GPU pipeline that turns gameplay into short-form videos (Top 5)
Hacker News · 2026
Community
Frequently Asked Questions
Who is Divyaprakash Dhurandhar?
Divyaprakash Dhurandhar is a full-stack engineer and product lead based in Gurugram, India. He holds an M.S. in Computer Engineering from Rutgers University (2020, GPA 3.5) and has 6+ years of experience shipping end-to-end products across enterprise HRMS, fintech, drone technology, computer vision, and agentic AI systems. He is currently Founding Full-Stack Engineer & Product Lead at AUM Group, where he built TimekeeperX — a multi-tenant HRMS serving 20+ companies and 5,000+ employees on AWS ECS. He is also an open-source builder and GitHub Copilot CLI Global Hackathon Runner-up (2026). His portfolio is at github.com/divyaprakash0426.
What has he built?
Divyaprakash has built: TimekeeperX (multi-tenant HRMS on AWS ECS, 20+ companies, 5,000+ employees), AutoShorts (GPU pipeline converting gameplay to short-form videos — Top 5 HackerNews, Hackathon Runner-up), AgentLens (open-source TypeScript library for AI agent browser action visualization), TidyTUI (Rust TUI for Linux cleanup on crates.io + Arch AUR), Badminton Vision Analytics (YOLOv8/v11 for shuttlecock and player tracking), and Parameter Golf (16 MB language model with novel BLT+MLA+KAN+BitNet architecture for the OpenAI Model Craft Challenge, IEEE/arXiv paper). He also shipped a Gemini Live voice agent and an AI hiring agent at AUM Group.
What certifications does he have?
Divyaprakash holds 7 professional certifications. From Anthropic Academy (2026): AI Fluency: Frameworks and Foundations, Introduction to Agent Skills, Introduction to Subagents, Introduction to MCP, and Model Context Protocol: Advanced Topics. From deeplearning.ai / Andrew Ng: Deep Learning Specialization (2020). From IBM / Coursera: IBM Data Science Professional Certificate (2021).
What roles is he targeting?
Divyaprakash is targeting Founding Engineer, AI/Agentic Systems Engineer, and Senior Full-Stack Engineer roles — particularly at US or EU startups working on AI infrastructure, developer tools, or applied AI products. He thrives in zero-to-one environments where he can own the full stack from architecture to production.