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Career

A decade in developer communities.

Roles across community, developer relations, and open-source education — building the rooms where builders meet.

Experience

5 roles
Developer Community Lead2026 - Present
Gradium · Remote

Gradium builds voice AI models for text-to-speech and speech-to-text. Building the developer community around them: programs, content, and the people running speech models in production.

Run developer programs for voice AIWrite technical content and guidesWork with teams shipping speech models
Head of Community2024 - 2026
Devfolio · Remote

Joined in October 2024 as Community Program Manager and took over as Head of Community in June 2025. Led Devfolio's developer community programs and the AWS Student Hackathon Grants Program India through August 2026.

Led Devfolio's developer community programsRan the AWS Student Hackathon Grants Program IndiaOrganized hackathons across India
Campus Expert2021 - 2023
GitHub · Remote

Part of the GitHub Campus Experts program, helping students learn about open source, Git, and building communities on campus.

Trained students on Git & GitHubOrganized campus workshopsBuilt open source communities
MLH Fellow / Coach2020 - 2022
Major League Hacking · Remote

Participated in MLH programs and later coached fellow students through hackathons and open source contributions.

Mentored hackathon participantsContributed to open source projectsLed workshop sessions
Community Volunteer2019 - 2021
CodeDay · Remote

Volunteered with CodeDay to help students learn to code and build their first projects through beginner-friendly events.

Supported beginner programmersOrganized coding eventsCreated educational content
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