Santosh Dhirwani is a Head of AI & Engineering based in Berlin who brings over a decade of experience building and scaling B2B SaaS platforms and leading engineering teams from startup founding stages to operational growth. He has a strong founder-CTO background, having co-founded two ventures (Kurabu and FiveTeams) and recently completed an EIR stint at Antler before taking on his current leadership role at Mainteny. Technically grounded with an MSc in Information Systems Management and a BE in EEC, he blends product-first thinking with hands-on AI and engineering execution to deliver pragmatic, production-ready systems. Known for translating ambiguous business problems into scalable technical roadmaps, he’s equally comfortable architecting ML-enabled features and running engineering operations. A Berlin-based operator with both consultancy and startup experience, he often bridges strategic partnerships and technical delivery to accelerate go-to-market outcomes.
8 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science, Information Systems Management, Master of Science, Information Systems Management at Technische Universität Berlin
Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.), Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering, Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.), Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering at University of Mumbai
Performance benchmarking Apache Flink and Frontier on an IoT Infrastructure
Contributions:19 commits, 4 PRs, 11 pushes in 8 months
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Santosh Dhirwani - Head Of AI & Engineering at Mainteny