Founder · Architect · Builder

Shailesh Pant

Senior Staff Engineer with 19+ years building distributed systems, ML infrastructure, and cloud-native platforms at Intel, VMware, Walmart, and Cisco. Currently building the next layer of intelligent infrastructure.

19+Years Experience
6Active Projects
2USPTO Patents
4Enterprise Orgs

Projects & Initiatives

rusd

github.com/sreniatnoc/rusd

A high-performance, drop-in replacement for etcd written in Rust. Full gRPC API compatibility with etcd v3, MVCC with revision history, Raft consensus with PreVote, and validated against Kubernetes v1.35 with 34/34 compliance tests passing. 1.6x faster writes, 2x less memory, 10x faster K8s deployments.

Rust gRPC Raft MVCC Kubernetes sled
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Artifactiq.ai

artifactiq.ai

Visual intelligence engine for real-time merchandise detection and catalog matching. Uses a YOLO + CLIP pipeline for video stream analysis — detect objects, extract embeddings, and match against product catalogs using FAISS. Targeting retail and e-commerce with edge deployment via ONNX Runtime.

YOLOv8 CLIP FAISS ONNX PyTorch Computer Vision
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RecCaller.ai

reccaller.ai

MCP server-based context management tool for AI-powered development environments. Lets developers record and recall context shortcuts within tools like Cursor IDE, making agentic AI workflows significantly more efficient.

TypeScript MCP Node.js Cursor IDE
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PrepGuides.dev

prepguides.dev

Open-source visual technical interview preparation platform with interactive algorithm visualizations, system design patterns, Kubernetes guides, and a modular content system that allows community contributions via simple GitHub pull requests.

React Open Source JavaScript GitHub Actions
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Traceloop-AI.dev

traceloop-ai.dev

Local-first observability platform for AI agents. Focused on LLM monitoring, agent debugging, and trace visualization for agentic AI systems. Designed for developers who need visibility into their AI pipeline without sending data to third parties.

Observability LLM Python OpenTelemetry

Professional Experience

Jul 2025 — Present
Founder
MLOS Foundation / Independent · Bengaluru
Building ML operating system infrastructure, visual intelligence engines, distributed systems in Rust, and developer tooling. Filed 2 USPTO provisional patents. Shipping open-source across 6 concurrent projects spanning kernel-level ML optimization, computer vision, and AI observability.
Aug 2024 — Jul 2025
Senior Staff Engineer
Intel Corporation · Bengaluru
Led federated learning innovation on OpenFL — developed REST-based transport for public cloud, built FedEval for secure cross-institutional model validation. Drove modular architecture improvements to accelerate OpenFL adoption across enterprise and research partners.
Jul 2021 — Aug 2024
Staff Engineer 2 / Master Engineer
VMware · Bengaluru
Architected TKGm Edge — a microK8s-based Kubernetes distribution for edge computing. Profiled kube-apiserver and etcd for compute-optimised single-binary K8s bundles. Enhanced GC logic via library injection to fit the full stack under 2 vCPU / 2 GB RAM, reducing memory by 60%.
Dec 2019 — Jun 2021
Staff Software Engineer
Walmart Global Tech · Bengaluru
Principal architect of Drug Traceability (DSCSA compliance) deployed across 5,500+ U.S. pharmacies. Designed for regulatory compliance, scalability, and full observability. Enabled CI/CD automation with rollback and recovery across production clusters.
May 2019 — Dec 2019
Senior Technical Lead
Cisco Systems · Bengaluru
Migrated Cisco IT from OpenShift to core Kubernetes with CAPI-style provisioning. Developed backup/recovery with full audit trails for 3,000+ internal applications. Reduced operational SLA from 8 hours to 15 minutes.
2005 — 2019
Software Engineer → Architect II
Cisco Systems, L&T Technology Services, OVH Cloud · Bengaluru
12+ year tenure at Cisco progressing from Software Engineer to Architect II, contributing to NFV, IVP, and OTT video products. Created GoLang-based Microservices Framework used across business units. Finalist in Cisco’s Engineering India Leadership Program. Also served as Architect at OVH Cloud and L&T Technology Services.

Patents

USPTO
Provisional #1

Kernel-Level Optimizations for Machine Learning Workloads in a Purpose-Built Operating System

ML-specific kernel scheduling, tensor memory management, GPU orchestration, and hardware-aware optimization layers for a purpose-built ML operating system. Filed August 2025.

USPTO
Provisional #2

Universal Model Lifecycle Management System

Standard Model Interface (SMI) for cross-repository model installation, ONNX conversion, runtime registration, and unified inference across HuggingFace, PyTorch Hub, TensorFlow Hub, and ModelScope.

Core Competencies

Languages & Runtimes

GoRustPythonTypeScriptJavaC

Infrastructure

KubernetesDockeretcdgRPCRaftCAPI

AI / ML

PyTorchONNXOpenFLYOLOCLIPFAISSHuggingFace

Cloud & DevOps

AWSGCPAzureCI/CDGitHub ActionsTerraform

Academic Background

B.Tech

Bachelor of Technology, Mechanical Engineering

College of Technology, G.B.P.U.A&T, Pantnagar (1999–2004)

DAC

Diploma in Advanced Computing

Professional Certification

Get in Touch

Open to distinguished engineering roles, founding engineer positions, and technical collaborations for 2026.