Akriti Keswani

Akriti Keswani

I'm a software engineer passionate about creating elegant solutions to complex problems. Specializing in developer education and content creation, I help engineers understand and implement modern data and AI technologies. When I'm not coding or creating content, you can find me playing guitar or creating artwork.

Work Experience

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AssemblyAI

Developer Advocate

May 2025 - July 2025

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At AssemblyAI, I:

  • Led go-to-market for voice agent builders through hackathons demos and platform integrations - dogfooded streaming API to hundreds via Vapi collaboration
  • Grew developer ecosystem via Discord while leading newsletter read by 200,000 developers
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Airbyte

Developer Relations Engineer

October 2024 - May 2025

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At Airbyte, I led developer advocacy initiatives that empowered engineers across the data and AI ecosystem to build sophisticated data pipelines. As a part of my role, I:

  • Architected AI pipelines using a unique data engineering approach for faster retrieval
  • Led a webinar for Iceberg destination feature converting an engineering executive into an enterprise customer
  • Conducted technical meetups resulting in 400+ signups and measurable platform adoption
  • Authored technical blog posts that generated thousands of views
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BlackRock

Software Engineer

Aug 2022 - September 2024

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As part of the Aladdin Product Group at BlackRock, I contributed to building their ETF solutions platform, which controlled how portfolio managers executed trades, hence dealing with very time-sensitive concurrent systems. Overall I:

  • Integrated gRPC framework to streamline client-server interactions for an internal messaging system
  • Built & maintained 20+ Spring Boot microservices to refine cash allocation logic in rebalanced ETF baskets

Projects

Side Projects

iPaaS Chatbot

Built a LlamaIndex RAG chatbot in Next.js to connect to your Google Drive and Slack, ingesting certain documents using iPaaS tools (integration).

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Ethereum Monitor

Monitor for ethereum balance using ethers.js & TypeScript.

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MoodMatch

An app that infers a person's music taste from their Spotify library and liked songs, then suggests music based on mood preferences and keywords typed in. Uses RAG to create personalized recommendations.

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Reverie

A journaling app that takes into consideration your personality traits through a series of quizzes and gives you insights based on metrics associating them with themes in your entries.

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Passion Projects

doctors.fyi

Built an app for doctors to use AI scribes with voice-to-text dictation software that incorporates ICD-10 and CPT codes for improved accuracy in EMR system notes, leading to fewer billing and coding errors.

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Open Mics in San Francisco

Performing at local venues for guitar and singing. Regularly participate in the vibrant San Francisco music scene, sharing original compositions and covers at community gatherings.

Memories from Work

AssemblyAI team gathering
AssemblyAI hackathon event
Akriti at Airbyte booth during Iceberg Summit 2025
Airbyte presentation
Airbyte Platform Presentation
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