Durgesh Parekh

• Architect and deploy production-grade AI agents and multi-agent workflows using LLMs, semantic routing, and tool calling, automating complex customer support and business operations.
• Partner with founders on product discovery, technical workflow design, and system architecture for high-growth mobile and web platforms; advise on stack selection, MVP scope, and roadmap.
• Deliver hands-on full-stack engineering across mobile apps, internal admin tools, and backend systems with scalable deployment practices.

• Built the Ogent Merchant App end to end — a React Native (Expo) iOS/Android dashboard for restaurant order management, menu control, and store analytics.
• Owned full mobile delivery: architecture, UI/UX, Clerk auth, REST API integration, push notifications (FCM/APNs), and EAS build/release workflows.
• Shipped reliability-focused order workflows with alarm-driven incoming-order alerts, optimistic status updates, multi-location support, and observability via Sentry and PostHog.

• Led architecture, implementation, testing, and production releases for the Customer and Chef Flutter apps, serving thousands of active users.
• Automated Play Store and App Store pipelines with Codemagic CI/CD, cutting release friction and saving 10+ hours per release cycle.
• Rolled out PostHog event tracking and session replays, improving mobile onboarding conversions by 15%.
• Built React admin tools (Dish Rate Calculator, Chef Detail View, booking flows with tips, extras, and grocery bills) to help operations scale booking, pricing, and payouts.

• Delivered customer-facing and admin web features with Next.js, Supabase, and Vercel, driving platform stability.
• Built a User Analytics Dashboard for candidate activity and hiring-funnel metrics, improving funnel visibility for employers.
• Created a Screening Template Builder that auto-sends dynamic questionnaires to applicants, saving recruiters 15+ hours weekly; shipped the full roadmap in two months while keeping production stable.

Smart-home IoT — progressed from founding Android engineer to Software Team Lead over 7+ years.

• Led daily stand-ups, release planning, and cross-functional delivery for automation products, managing a team of 8 engineers.
• Drove DevOps and server-cost optimization across backend infrastructure, reducing AWS hosting costs by 20%.
• Conducted product research and prioritized features, aligning the roadmap with hardware and market milestones.

• Led migration from legacy native Android/iOS codebases to cross-platform Flutter, cutting maintenance overhead by 40%.
• Ran code reviews and performance optimization across the mobile codebase, reducing app launch time by 25%.
• Managed AWS EC2 infrastructure, maintaining 99.9% uptime for high-volume device and API traffic; mentored junior developers.

• Built and maintained the home-automation iOS module end to end, ensuring sub-100ms command latency with tight hardware/backend integration.

• Founding mobile engineer; built core automation modules (lighting, curtains, RGB, door lock, IR), scaling the platform to tens of thousands of connected panels.

• MVP lead for a Y Combinator–backed English-practice app: built a structured Flutter platform with AI-bot conversations and pronunciation/grammar feedback.
• Engineered region-based authentication (Indian OTP + global Firebase Google login) and shipped on both Android and iOS.