# Thathva Reddy > Founding Engineer @ Kato Location: San Francisco Bay Area, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/thathva I was a founding engineer at an early-stage AI voice startup, where I helped design and ship a production LLM telephony pipeline end-to-end - from model integration and prompt engineering to real-time audio processing and cloud deployment on AWS and Kubernetes. In a lean, high-ambiguity environment, I partnered closely with product and leadership to move fast. I built and delivered a two-week customer pilot that went on to become the company's largest contract. What I care about: - Building backend systems where latency and reliability actually matter. - Working across the full stack - Go, Python, TypeScript, Next.js to ship things that hold up in production. - Designing LLM-powered workflows that go beyond demos into real-world infrastructure. - Thriving in 0-to-1, high-ambiguity environments where small teams move fast and engineers have real ownership I've worked with OpenAI, Groq, ElevenLabs, and other LLM/speech providers in production, and I'm drawn to hard engineering problems at the intersection of AI systems and backend infrastructure. Previously, I've built revenue-impacting backend services at scale - from features engaging 4 million+ customers at Miles to image optimization and cost-saving infrastructure at Cimpress. Different domains and constraints but the same focus on performance, reliability, and impact. Outside of engineering, I'm always looking for the next trail to explore or city to get lost in - and you'll usually find me staying active somewhere in between. I believe the best systems are built by engineers who ask why before they ask how. ## Work Experience ### Founding Engineer @ Kato Jan 2025 – Jan 2026 | San Francisco, CA - Helped design and ship a production LLM telephony pipeline end-to-end including model integration, prompt engineering, real-time audio processing, and cloud deployment on AWS and Kubernetes, handling 8K+ automated calls daily. - Owned the end-to-end technical implementation for a strategic customer pilot that became the company's largest contract ($90K+). - Led a platform UI/UX redesign delivering 15+ components including real-time waveform visualizations and call transcript displays, significantly improving demo effectiveness. - Deployed a NATS-based event streaming architecture on Kubernetes for asynchronous message processing, meaningfully increasing system throughput and enabling scalable growth. - Improved platform observability by integrating Datadog APM tracing, reducing mean time to detect and resolve production issues. ### Software Engineer - Backend @ Miles Jan 2024 – Jan 2025 - Developed a feature called Watch and Earn, improving ad viewership by 20%, resulting in $90k in projected ad revenue. - Created and deployed a promotional feature at scale, engaging over 4 million customers and driving a 25% increase in purchases during campaign hours. - Launched a bonus trivia campaign feature, allowing users to answer additional questions and achieving 760,000 trivia questions answered in a single day ### Software Developer @ Superstars Jan 2024 – Jan 2024 - Implemented debounce functionality, leading to a $8,000 annual cost savings on Google Maps API address searches. - Wrote code using Typescript and Angular, debugged issues, and code reviewed contributions to ensure maintainable code. - Translated Figma mockups into reusable Angular components using TypeScript, HTML, & CSS with 95% accuracy. ### Software Developer Internship @ Superstars Jan 2023 – Jan 2023 Successfully created a comprehensive website from scratch utilizing Angular. This project involved designing and implementing a range of essential components including: Login Page: Developed a secure and user-friendly login interface, ensuring smooth user authentication. Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA): Integrated MFA for enhanced security, allowing users to authenticate through multiple verification steps. Registration Page: Built a registration system that enables new users to easily sign up and create accounts. Complete Profile Page: Developed a detailed profile page where users can manage and update their personal information. ### Software Engineer @ Cimpress India Jan 2020 – Jan 2022 Feature Development: Designed and implemented key features for a high-traffic website, enhancing user experience and engagement. Utilized C#, .NET Core, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, jQuery, React, Redux, SQL and AWS. Code Review: Conducted comprehensive code reviews, ensuring code quality and adherence to best practices, fostering a culture of continuous improvement and collaboration. Peer Assistance: Provided mentorship and support to peers, sharing knowledge and promoting skill development within the team. Quality Assurance: Collaborated closely with QA teams to identify, troubleshoot, and resolve issues, ensuring robust and reliable software releases. Agile Methodologies: Actively participated in Agile ceremonies, contributing to sprint planning, daily stand-ups, and retrospectives, driving project efficiency and team alignment. Cross-functional Collaboration: Worked with diverse teams, including including designers, product managers, back-end engineers, and stakeholders, to deliver high-quality, user-centric solutions. Performance Optimization: Implemented performance enhancements and optimizations, leading to improved application speed and responsiveness for a large user base. Contributed to the development of public APIs, ensuring integration between front-end and back-end systems. Implemented best practices in front-end architecture, focusing on security, usability, and scalability for consumer-facing products. ### Software Engineer Intern @ Cimpress India Jan 2020 – Jan 2020 | Bengaluru, Karnataka, India Website Development: Built a website from scratch to gain hands-on experience with the company's tech stack. Training and Development: Underwent training sessions, mastering essential technologies and tools to effectively contribute to the team. Feature Implementation: Implemented various features, contributing to the website’s functionality and user experience, while adhering to project requirements and timelines. Feature Demonstration: Conducted detailed demonstrations of newly developed features to stakeholders and team members, highlighting the functionality and benefits of the implemented solutions. ### Artificial Neural Networks Intern @ Olcademy Jan 2019 – Jan 2019 | Bengaluru Area, India • Artificial Neural Networks Intern where my tasks revolve around building models and deploying them as required by the platform. ### Web developer @ ZED Digital Jan 2019 – Jan 2019 • Worked as a Web Developer in the development of a Mobility as a service (Maas) application. ## Education ### Master's degree in Computer Science Indiana University Bloomington ### Bachelor of Technology in Computer Science Nitte Meenakshi Institute of Technology ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/thathva-reddy - GitHub: https://github.com/thathva/ - GitHub: https://github.com/thathva --- Source: https://flows.cv/thathva JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/thathva/resume.json Last updated: 2026-04-16