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Manuj Paliwal

Staff Engineer & Former Startup Founder

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12 years building production systems — from fintech platforms serving 50+ institutions to AI systems processing 10K+ monthly conversations. Co-founded Mensari (Alliance DAO). MS in AI from Georgia Tech.

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Work I'm Proud Of

Web App Base

2025

Production-ready full-stack template combining FastAPI backend, Next.js 15 frontend, and Supabase infrastructure. Includes automated app spawning system with upgrade paths, comprehensive auth flow, and multi-environment Docker configs.

Next.jsFastAPISupabaseDockerTypeScript

NakshatraHub

2025

Production API platform for astronomical calculations serving the Vedic astrology space. Swiss Ephemeris integration, AI agents to train astrologers, pay-per-request pricing with free tier. End-to-end product: API design, billing, and developer docs.

PythonFastAPISwiss EphemerisAPI DesignStripe

CheXpert

2019

Machine learning models for chest X-ray image classification using the CheXpert dataset. Detects thoracic conditions including atelectasis, cardiomegaly, consolidation, edema, and pleural effusion using ResNet-18 and ensemble methods.

PythonPyTorchDeep LearningApache Spark

Like what you see? Let's discuss how I can help with your next project.

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Manuj Paliwal

About Me

Staff Software Engineer with 12 years driving AI/ML innovation and platform architecture in fintech. Currently architecting production AI systems including semantic intent classification, AI guardrails, and agentic tool calling frameworks. Built RAG-powered Knowledge Base systems processing 10,000+ monthly conversations with 30% user engagement improvement.

Co-founded Mensari (backed by Alliance DAO & Georgia Tech) — "QuickBooks for Web3". Built double-entry accounting for web3 organizations, deployed on Ethereum and Polygon with 15 beta customers.

9 years of deep expertise building lending and loan origination platforms at Cloud Lending Solutions (acquired by Q2 Software in 2018). Led cross-functional teams from 3 to 8+ members working on origination products for lending and leasing, serving 50+ financial institutions across North America, UK, Africa, and ANZ. Mentored team members with 3 advancing to senior roles.

MS in Computer Science from Georgia Tech with specialization in Artificial Intelligence.

Outside work, I golf, hike, run, and cook.

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Always happy to connect — whether it's about AI/ML, fintech, or interesting projects.

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