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Associate Solutions Engineer @ Gruve | Secure-by-design AI & MCP Integrations

About

AI Solutions Engineer at Gruve. I build AI-native applications and design security in from the start rather than patch it in later. I got into AI from the security side, first digital forensics and then SOC threat hunting, so I'm usually thinking about how a system can be exploited while I'm still building it. Right now most of my work is on secure MCP integrations: the connectors that let AI take real actions, which is where a lot of the risk sits and where most teams aren't looking yet. A lot of people treat speed and security as a tradeoff in AI. I'd rather not pick one.

Location

Pune District

AI stack

claude code

claude

openai

Work experience

Associate Solutions Engineer at Gruve, Apr 2026 - Present · 4 mos, Pune District

Security Analyst I at Gruve, Apr 2025 - Apr 2026 · 1 yr 1 mo, Pune, Maharashtra, India

Intern at Deloitte, Jul 2024 - Feb 2025 · 8 mos, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Intern at FORTYTWO LABS, Jan 2024 - Apr 2024 · 4 mos, Pune, Maharashtra, India, My capstone project at this internship involves comparative analysis of test suites for RNGs and development of an improved suite for testing.

Creative Department at Enactus VIT Chennai, Oct 2020 - Jan 2024 · 3 yrs 4 mos

Technical Intern at Aujas Cybersecurity, May 2023 - Jul 2023 · 3 mos, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Education

Bachelor of Technology - BTech, Computer Science, Vellore Institute of Technology

Chatrabhuj Narsee Memorial School

Public links

github: https://github.com/agileAlligator

avneeshk.me: https://avneeshk.me