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title: "Vishnu R Kumar - Lead Engineer in Bengaluru | Tal"
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# Vishnu R Kumar on Tal

## Headline

Founding Engineer @ Rootflo \| AI Systems and Cloud Architecture \| 0→1 Builder

## Location

Bengaluru

## AI stack

claude

cursor

openai

Fireflies\.ai

Pipecat

vLLM

## Work experience

Lead Engineer at Rootflo, Aug 2023 \- Present · 3 yrs 1 mo, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, Building the AI middleware of the future — systems that connect intelligence, scalability, and compliance\. I design and deploy cloud\-native, autoscalable architectures on AWS, including GPU\-powered workloads, queue\-based orchestration, and ISO / SOC2 / GDPR\-compliant systems\. I also enable engineering teams to move faster by setting up robust project frameworks and infrastructure foundations\. Before our company pivoted, I built and launched multiple Shopify apps — including a Recommendation Quiz, Cart Saver, and Analytics Tracker — bringing plug\-and\-play personalization and RAG\-based chatbots to online stores\. I’ve also explored Web3 frontends and real\-time chat environments\.

Consultant Web Engineer at Truecaller, Jan 2022 \- Aug 2023 · 1 yr 8 mos

Software Engineer at Dexlock, Sep 2020 \- Aug 2023 · 3 yrs, Ernakulam, Kerala, India

## Education

Bachelor of Technology \- BTech, Computer Science, TKM College of Engineering , Kollam

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