Summary
Karan Dev is a founder and seasoned software leader with 12 years of experience building backend platforms, ML data pipelines, and consumer mobile products from Delhi, India. He has led teams of 15+ engineers to deliver production-grade GenAI and annotation platforms, driving multimillion-dollar revenue through tooling like FineTuneStudio while optimizing cloud costs and uptime. As a hands-on engineer he progressed from solo backend contributor to engineering manager, shipping media processing pipelines, automation tools, and quality systems that raised ML training data accuracy above 99%. Recently he founded Roomia, a compatibility-first roommate matching app that applies product intuition about lifestyle signals to reduce everyday roommate friction. He also advises early-stage startups on system architecture, compliance-aware design, and automation for regulated domains such as pharma. Known for combining pragmatic engineering with product-led thinking, he balances deep technical execution with founder-level strategic focus.
12 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.), Computer Science, Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.), Computer Science at Uttar Pradesh Technical University
English, Hindi