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Hi, I'm Samani Mukhtar

Software Engineer

Building backend systems, full-stack products, and AI-powered tools with 5+ years of experience

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About Me

Software engineer with 5+ years of experience building backend systems, full-stack products, and AI tools. Based in London.

I've led projects end-to-end at startups, from OAuth flows and job schedulers to LLM-based agents and developer tools. Lately, I've been focused on AI infrastructure and real-time backend systems. I like working fast, picking up new domains, and building clean, reliable systems that scale.

Backend & Full-Stack

Expertise in TypeScript, Python, Java, Node.js, Spring Boot, and React

AI Infrastructure

Building LLM-powered agents, synthetic data platforms, and AI-driven tools

Fast Iteration

Working fast, learning new domains, and building systems that scale

End-to-End Leadership

Leading projects from OAuth flows to job schedulers across startup teams

Experience

My professional journey and key accomplishments

Senior Software Engineer

Turo
Oct 2024 - Present
London, UK
OAuth2
Java
Spring Boot
New Relic
Deep Linking
  • Integrated Uber login and account-linking APIs
  • Designed authentication flows (OAuth2, deep linking, passwordless login) across platforms
  • Consolidated OAuth flow documentation and built internal dashboards to monitor token usage and reduce auth errors

Co-Founder & CTO

MonteloAI

Mar 2024 - Present
Toronto, CA
Axolotl
Modal
BullMQ
LLMs
TypeScript
Cron Jobs
  • 5-digit ARR in 4 months
  • Deployed serverless fine-tuning pipelines for open-source LLMs using Axolotl and Modal
  • Designed an intuitive UI to generate synthetic data; built on BullMQ queues & cron jobs
  • Empowered users to easily collect, annotate, and organize custom datasets for model training
  • Developed an A/B testing system for models, allowing users to compare and optimize multiple fine-tuned model variants simultaneously

Founding Engineer

RhinestoneAI
Jul 2023 - Mar 2024
Toronto, CA
RAG
Rockset
Next.js
TypeScript
SQL
OpenAI API
  • Developed a text-to-SQL system using multi-agent RAG architecture to select from 50+ tools
  • Used NoSQL (Rockset) for data storage, allowing < 1s aggregations on billions of rows
  • Designed query caching for complex SQL queries using a vector db, significantly improved performance
  • Shipped the frontend and a custom CmdK implementation with Next.js, RadixUI, & TypeScript

Senior Software Engineer

Railvision Analytics
Jan 2023 - Jul 2023
Toronto, CA
GraphQL
Flask
SQL
  • Rebuilt GraphQL API from scratch to support real-time AI data and frontend teams' needs

Intermediate Software Engineer

Clutch
Aug 2021 - Jan 2023
Toronto, CA
Kafka
RabbitMQ
AWS
Elasticsearch
  • Designed a distributed job scheduling system (Kafka, RabbitMQ, AWS) for ML training and emails
  • Optimized event streaming infrastructure and Elasticsearch, improving performance by 5x
  • Integrated multiple third-party services across internal tools and external apps

Skills

My technical expertise and tools

Languages

JavaScript (ES6+)
TypeScript
Java
Python
SQL

Front-end

React.js
Next.js
React Native

Back-end

Node.js
Spring Boot
PostgreSQL
MongoDB
Kafka
RabbitMQ
OAuth2

Tools

Terraform
Git
Docker
Github Actions
AWS
New Relic

AI/LLMs

Claude Code
Axolotl
Modal
RAG systems
Vector DBs

Education

My academic background and qualifications

Computer Science with Innovation

University of Bristol, UK (2019-2022)

Completed a comprehensive computer science program with a focus on software development, algorithms, data structures, and system design. Gained a strong foundation in computer science principles and engineering practices that have been instrumental in my professional career.

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Location

London, UK

Phone

Available on request

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