01Service
BUILD
Have an idea that needs to become real? I help turn product ideas and requirements into working software quickly, using short feedback cycles and AI-accelerated development.
PrototypeMVPProduction
Build with me →AI-ACCELERATED PRODUCT ENGINEERING
BUILD WITH AI.
SHIP FASTER.
I help founders and teams turn ideas into working software using AI-accelerated development — and help existing products become faster, more reliable and ready to scale.
15+ yearsengineering experience
AI-accelerateddevelopment
Performance& scale
“Ship early. Learn fast. Build what matters.”
Prashant K. Sahni
CORE SERVICES
BUILD. FIX. SCALE.
Three ways I help founders and engineering teams build faster and scale better.
02Service
FIX
Slow application? Unreliable backend? Database bottleneck? Technical debt? I diagnose problems across the frontend, backend, database and architecture — and fix them at the root.
PerformanceArchitectureReliability
Solve a problem →03Service
SCALE
Growing product or increasing traffic? I help make systems faster, more resilient and easier to operate.
ArchitectureCloudDatabasesDevOps
Scale with me →HOW I WORK
BUILD FIRST.
LEARN FASTER.
Traditional software development can spend weeks in discovery, strategy and planning before anyone sees something real. AI changes the economics of building software. I still spend time understanding the problem, defining constraints and making the right architectural decisions. But instead of disappearing into a long planning cycle, I move quickly toward a working implementation.
01
Understand
Problem, users, goals and constraints.
02
Build
Create a working solution quickly with AI-accelerated development.
03
Show
Put real software in front of people early.
04
Learn & Improve
Iterate, refine and scale based on feedback.
AI accelerates the implementation. Engineering judgment keeps it production-ready.
Start a project →AI PRODUCT SPRINT
FROM IDEA TO WORKING SOFTWARE IN DAYS.
A focused product-engineering sprint for founders and teams who want to test an idea without spending months in planning and development. Clearly defined product slices can reach a working version in days.
ALIGN→DEFINE→BUILD→SHOW→ITERATE
What's included
- •Focused discovery & slice definition
- •Smallest valuable working product slice
- •Architecture & key tech decisions
- •AI-accelerated implementation
- •Core user flows & key UI components
- •Backend logic & API integrations
- •Deployed preview environment
- •Early demos & rapid feedback loops
- •Clear roadmap for next-phase scaling
Best for
Founders validating new concepts, engineering leaders accelerating critical product features, and teams testing ideas with real software early.
Sprint Goal
Build the right slice → Show real software → Learn quickly → Decide what comes next
Next step
Ready to define your product slice and put working software in front of users in days?
ENGINEERING EXPERTISE
ENGINEERING DEPTH,
ACCELERATED BY AI.
THE STACK IS NOT FIXED.
I can work with the framework, infrastructure and technology choices your product requires.
Product Engineering
ReactNext.jsTypeScriptJavaScriptFrontend Architecture
Backend
PythonGoNode.jsRuby on RailsAPIsDistributed Systems
Data
PostgreSQLPostGISNoSQLRedisSanity CMS
Cloud & DevOps
AWSGCPVercelDockerKubernetesKafkaCI/CDObservability
Performance & Scale
Frontend PerformanceBackend OptimizationDatabase OptimizationScalabilityReliability
AI & Engineering Productivity
LLM Agent OrchestrationLangChainLangGraphRAGPrompt EngineeringVector DatabasesMLOpsAI Infrastructure
ALREADY HAVE A PRODUCT?
MAKE IT FASTER.
MAKE IT SCALE.
You don't always need a rewrite. Sometimes you need to understand what's actually slowing the system down.
Solve a performance problem →Slow pages / Core Web Vitals
Frontend rendering & layout shiftsSlow APIs & timeouts
Latency & response bottlenecksBackend bottlenecks
Concurrency & resource contentionDatabase performance
Indexing, N+1 queries & lockingHigh infrastructure costs
Cloud footprint & over-provisioningScaling problems
Load spikes & traffic thresholdsArchitecture constraints
Tightly coupled legacy servicesDeployment & reliability
Downtime, errors & monitoring gapsTechnical debt
Slow iteration & risky releasesMEASURABLE OUTCOMES
80%
Reduction in research/news-discovery effort
50–60%
Increase in engineering productivity using AI agents
50%
Reduction in merchant onboarding time
60%
Reduction in third-party geolocation costs
30%
Increase in customer-care agent productivity
70–80%
Improvement in product-search performance
SELECTED WORK
FEATURED CASE STUDIES
AI Financial Research PlatformFeatured
DRO
Problem:Financial analysts spent hours manually discovering, reading, and synthesizing market news.
What I did:Designed & built an AI-assisted search and discovery workflow with automated content intelligence.
Result:80% reduction in research effort and faster time-to-insight for decision-makers.
AI AgentsReactNext.jsPythonVector Search
Embedded FinTech WorkflowFeatured
Merchant Lending Platform
Problem:Complex manual underwriting and fragmented onboarding caused high drop-offs.
What I did:Engineered automated merchant verification, risk scoring, and instant loan approval flows.
Result:50% reduction in merchant onboarding time and increased application completion.
ReactTypeScriptNode.jsPostgreSQLAWS
Identity & Verification
Centralized KYC Application
Problem: Disparate compliance tools led to manual review overhead and high operational costs.
Result: 30% increase in customer-care agent productivity across all verification pipelines.
Next.jsTypeScriptAWSDocker
Digital Publishing & Content
ICF Website Rebuild
Problem: Legacy CMS caused slow page loads, publishing friction, and poor mobile engagement.
Result: Sub-second page loads and zero layout shifts across editorial articles.
Next.jsSanity CMSVercelTailwind CSS
E-Commerce Engineering
Moda Operandi
Problem: High-traffic product search and checkout bottlenecks during luxury trunkshow launches.
Result: 70–80% improvement in product-search performance under heavy concurrent traffic.
ReactGraphQLAPIsPerformance Optimization
Enterprise Cloud Contact Center
Odigo
Problem: Agents struggled with context switching across disconnected customer interaction tools.
Result: Streamlined agent workflows and improved first-contact resolution rates.
ReactPythonCloud InfrastructureDistributed Systems
ABOUT
ENGINEERING EXPERIENCE.
PRODUCT THINKING.
HANDS-ON EXECUTION.
I've spent 15+ years building software, designing systems and solving difficult engineering problems across FinTech, AI, E-commerce and enterprise software.
My experience spans product engineering, distributed systems, cloud infrastructure, DevOps, performance and AI-enabled engineering workflows.
Today, I combine that engineering experience with AI-accelerated development to shorten the distance between an idea and working software.
I DON'T BELIEVE AI REPLACES ENGINEERING JUDGMENT. I BELIEVE IT LETS EXPERIENCED ENGINEERS MOVE FASTER.
CertificationAWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate
LINKEDIN NEWSLETTER
BUILDING SOFTWARE IN THE AI ERA.
I write about AI-assisted development, software architecture, engineering practices, performance, and building better products in the AI era.
LET'S WORK TOGETHER
HAVE SOMETHING TO
BUILD, FIX OR SCALE?
Tell me what you're working on. I'll take a look and we'll figure out the best way forward.