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Manu Gopalan

Engineering Manager | AI, Research & Development

Bengaluru

7+ years of work experience

OrbitronAI.com
Apr 20266 mosPresent

Bengaluru

Factor
Feb 20251 yr 2 mosMar 2026

New York, United States

I spearheaded the development of an end-to-end RAG pipeline for Alternative Legal Service Providers, leveraging OpenAI APIs to transition a proof-of-concept into a robust enterprise application. My focus on data-driven experimentation led to significant improvements in citation accuracy and a reduction in hallucination rates, enhancing the overall quality of our systems.
Mar 202411 mosJan 2025

Amman, Jordan

I led the development of a RAG service for a full-stack Remix application, utilizing LangChain and ChromaDB to facilitate natural language querying of Arabic lease documents. I also spearheaded the transition from manual workflows to an AI-driven digital ecosystem, significantly improving operational efficiency.
Emrgo
Sep 20203 yrs 6 mosFeb 2024

London, England, United Kingdom

Led a globally dispersed, cross-functional 12 member team in delivering value in response to emerging opportunities in the financial services industry. Continuously fine-tuned processes to dramatically improve quality of the product and instilled procedures that eliminated complications due to user error.
Sep 20182 yrsAug 2020

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Initiated and laid the technical foundations for a FinTech project that would evolve into a multi-national company. Oversaw day-to-day activities, navigated changing scope requirements and delivered an MVP that proved the organization's capabilities to players in the industry.
GitHub
@11thNomad

Manu’s AI Stack

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Education

University of Cape Town

Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science

University of Cape Town

20093 yrs2012

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Headline

Engineering Manager | AI, Research & Development

About

Transitioning to Factor after over four years at Emrgo, my focus remains on spearheading cross-functional teams to deliver top-tier solutions harnessing State of the Art AI technologies. With a background that includes laying technical foundations for a fast paced FinTech project, my expertise lies in technical project management, stakeholder engagement, and navigating complex landscapes.

Location

Bengaluru

AI stack

anthropic apis

claude code

codex

cursor

github copilot

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Work experience

Engineering Team Lead at OrbitronAI.com, Apr 2026 - Present · 6 mos, Bengaluru

Engineering Manager at Factor, Feb 2025 - Mar 2026 · 1 yr 2 mos, New York, United States, I spearheaded the development of an end-to-end RAG pipeline for Alternative Legal Service Providers, leveraging OpenAI APIs to transition a proof-of-concept into a robust enterprise application. My focus on data-driven experimentation led to significant improvements in citation accuracy and a reduction in hallucination rates, enhancing the overall quality of our systems.

Engineering Manager at Artemis LLC, Mar 2024 - Jan 2025 · 11 mos, Amman, Jordan, I led the development of a RAG service for a full-stack Remix application, utilizing LangChain and ChromaDB to facilitate natural language querying of Arabic lease documents. I also spearheaded the transition from manual workflows to an AI-driven digital ecosystem, significantly improving operational efficiency.

Engineering Manager at Emrgo, Sep 2020 - Feb 2024 · 3 yrs 6 mos, London, England, United Kingdom, Led a globally dispersed, cross-functional 12 member team in delivering value in response to emerging opportunities in the financial services industry. Continuously fine-tuned processes to dramatically improve quality of the product and instilled procedures that eliminated complications due to user error.

Engineering Manager at Wethaq Capital Markets, Sep 2018 - Aug 2020 · 2 yrs, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Initiated and laid the technical foundations for a FinTech project that would evolve into a multi-national company. Oversaw day-to-day activities, navigated changing scope requirements and delivered an MVP that proved the organization's capabilities to players in the industry.

Education

Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science, University of Cape Town

Public links

github: https://github.com/11thNomad

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