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Santosh Jahagirdar
Santosh Jahagirdar
architect · ai-native builder · co-founder & CTO

Two decades an architect.
Now I ship real products with AI agents.

24 years, developer → enterprise architect → CTO. Lately I've shipped live production systems - LLM routing, ML models, WhatsApp, Android, AWS infra - by directing AI coding agents. The judgment is mine; the typing is the agent's.

// I get bored by repetitive work, so I taught the machines to do it. Working as intended.

based in
Pune · IST
experience
24+ yrs
currently
Co-Founder & CTO
open to
Leadership · Architecture · Consulting
eras - a reinvention

Now, the break, and before.

Twenty-four years, three chapters - newest first. Click the timeline or a card to open an era.

founder · AI
break
Barclays · 7 yrs
LTI · 14 yrs
early
now ← 20252025 ← 20182018 ← 20042001
// time runs right → left. The break sits inside Barclays - I stayed an employee throughout - and I came back (the slim block to its left) before founding.
now · agentic2025 → present
Team + AI
AnalystGuru · Co-Founder & CTO
Solo + AI
meCove · Co-Founder & CTO
the break2024-25
A year, on purpose - inside Barclays. Went deep on Python + AI, and decided to make the shift.
before · enterprise2001-2025
Barclays & LTI. Architecture & delivery of big, high-stakes systems.
now · the agentic era · 2025 → present

I architect and ship real products by directing AI coding agents. A triple shift: job → startup · traditional dev → agentic dev · and how I work with people -

team team + AI solo + AI
team + AI · live

AnalystGuru.ai

Co-Founder & CTO. Transparency for stock-analyst recommendations - I knew nothing about markets and built it anyway.

analystguru.ai ↗
▸ click to expand
solo + AI · live

meCove

Co-Founder & CTO · Jan 2026 - present. A WhatsApp reflective-journaling product, growing into a platform for wellbeing pros and their clients - solo architect + dev.

mecove.com ↗
▸ click to expand
skills

What I actually bring.

Not a keyword dump. Sorted by how I use each skill today - building with it, knowing it cold, or directing agents through it.
live edge AI & agentic - what I build with today
Claude CodeCodexAgentic developmentLLM orchestration & routingMCPPrompt & context engineeringML classificationAI team setup
hands-on I know this cold
Solution architectureJava / J2EE · 20+ yrsSpring BootSQLCaching & scale · RedisLegacy modernization
⌘ agent-built I architect it; Codex / Claude Code write it - live in prod
PythonTypeScriptNode.jsNext.jsNestJSTerraform
story.md

A slow, organic arc.

My career has been a steady arc of evolution - in the systems I build, the responsibilities I carry, and the person I'm becoming. Somewhere along the way I found that the work I love most sits at the intersection of architecture and guidance - shaping systems with intention, and helping people see their own paths with clarity.

A year-long pause made that clearer. I slowed down, reconnected with family and myself, and went deep on AI - and came back wanting to build something of my own. That led me to found my own products - where architecture, leadership, curiosity and clarity finally meet in one place.

"Life and work look different - but they're built on the same framework: you."
Santosh
// still learning, still evolving
education
C-DAC (NCST) - PG Dip, Software Tech
B.C.S. - Computer Science, Pune
worked across
India · USA · Singapore
banking, insurance, e-commerce
certifications
AWS Certified Solutions Architect
SAFe Agilist
beyond-work

The peppy soul, off the clock.

A teacher at heart who leads with compassion, not fear. People bring me their ideas; I take them deeper. Also:

🧘 Certified Pranic healer🌱 Developing a self-sustainable community village👂 Listens intently; sarcasm may follow🎶 Voice: trained. Guitar: on probation.🚶 Long walks + podcasts
contact

Got an idea worth building?

I'll guard it, put in honest effort, and actually care what you're making. Reach out.

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