name:        Prateek Rai
role:        AI/ML & Full-Stack Engineer
specialties:
  - Backend & Distributed Systems
  - Go & Cloud-Native Development
  - AI/ML & Generative AI
  - UI/UX & Website Design
  - Open Source Engineering

I build production-oriented software across backend systems, AI/ML, cloud-native infrastructure, and modern web experiences.

Currently contributing to open-source projects across the CNCF, Kubernetes ecosystem, GSoC, and LFX, with a strong focus on Go, distributed systems, testing, and cloud-native infrastructure.

Alongside systems engineering, I design and build UI/UX-driven websites and frontend experiences using modern web technologies.

[OK]  Google Summer of Code 2026 — InVesalius
[OK]  Open Source Contributor — CNCF / Kubernetes / LFX
[OK]  Go Developer — Cloud-Native & Distributed Systems
[OK]  UI/UX & Website Designer — Web Experiences
[OK]  Technical Lead — NextGen Supercomputing Club

Open Source Software Engineer · May 2026 – Sept 2026

Contributing to InVesalius, an open-source medical image processing and visualization platform.

• Designed and implemented a complete .3MF import/export pipeline
• Extended the application's pubsub architecture to support 3D manufacturing workflows
• Implemented LPS ↔ Z-up coordinate transformations using vectorized NumPy
• Built multi-surface export with per-vertex RGBA color mapping using lib3mf
• Added geometry and export validation with CI-grade unit tests
• Worked across Python, NumPy, VTK, DICOM, and visualization pipelines
• 20+ merged PRs across rendering, UI workflows, DICOM handling, mesh processing, and export functionality

Go Developer · Cloud-Native & Distributed Systems · Jun 2025 – Present

Working on production-oriented open-source infrastructure with an emphasis on Go, distributed systems, reliability, testing, and cloud-native technologies.

• Developing E2E crash-recovery tests for distributed replication systems

• Validating layer-level synchronization after mid-replication failures

• Testing fault-tolerant and idempotent replication across multiple backends

• Building E2E coverage for SPIFFE/SPIRE zero-trust registration

• Working with authentication flows including:

  • join-token
  • x509pop
  • sshpop

• Contributing to projects across the CNCF and Kubernetes ecosystem

• Writing production-oriented test infrastructure and tooling in Go

Primary language: Go
Focus: Distributed Systems · Cloud Native · E2E Testing · Reliability
Ecosystem: CNCF · Kubernetes · SPIFFE/SPIRE · Container Infrastructure

UI/UX Designer · Frontend Developer

I design and implement complete web experiences, combining visual design, interaction design, frontend engineering, and responsive architecture.

• UI/UX design
• Website design
• Design systems
• Landing pages
• Responsive interfaces
• Information architecture
• Visual hierarchy
• Interactive experiences
• 3D web experiences
• Developer / technical websites

React Next.js TypeScript Tailwind CSS Three.js

KIET Group of Institutions · Nov 2025 – Present

• Leading technical initiatives for the college's AI/ML and supercomputing community
• Mentoring students in backend development, ML/CV, DSA, and system design
• Designing and developing technical web experiences for the organization
• Working on the club's visual identity and AI/ML-focused website design

Distributed Skill Exchange Platform

A horizontally scalable microservices platform combining backend systems with AI-powered evaluation.

• Spring Boot / Java 21 — authentication, profiles, sessions
• FastAPI — AI evaluation services
• PostgreSQL — indexed persistence layer
• WebSockets — real-time technical interviews
• LangChain + ChromaDB — RAG-based evaluation
• HuggingFace Transformers — sentiment analysis
• Token-bucket rate limiting
• JWT refresh-token rotation
• Stateless architecture for horizontal scaling

Java Spring Boot FastAPI PostgreSQL RAG LangChain WebSockets

AI/ML & Supercomputing Community Website

Designed and implemented the complete website experience for the college's supercomputing club.

• NVIDIA-inspired visual language
• Neural-network-inspired visual elements
• Interactive 3D components
• Responsive layouts
• Technical / futuristic visual identity
• Component-driven frontend architecture

Next.js React TypeScript Tailwind CSS Three.js UI/UX

Institutional Web Experience

Designed and implemented the complete website experience for the college's Computer Science, AI, and AIML department.

• Information architecture
• Visual hierarchy
• Responsive design
• Component systems
• Accessibility
• Department-focused content organization
• Modern institutional UI

React TypeScript Tailwind CSS UI/UX Web Design

InVesalius — Pre-GSoC Proof of Concept

Prototype developed to validate the feasibility of full .3MF export before the GSoC coding period.

• lib3mf ColorGroup API
• Per-vertex RGBA
• LPS → Z-up transformation
• NumPy vectorization
• VTK mesh processing
• Slicer compatibility validation

Python NumPy VTK lib3mf

• AWS Certified AI Practitioner — Amazon Web Services
• AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner — Amazon Web Services
• Foundations of Programming and Data Science — IIT Madras

_{strong systems outlive fancy dashboards.}