Surya Nelakanti

i build things | Abnormal AI

Greater Bengaluru Area

About

0→1 builder. I like ambiguous problems, and building resilient systems that don’t fall over. I’ve shipped enterprise SaaS across Python/Django + React + TypeScript with AWS/k8s. I’ve recently been deep in GenAI + security workflows: generation pipelines, evaluation harnesses, automation, and performance/reliability. I’m most interested in roles where I can own a surface area and drive it from “prototype” → “default.” (Backend/Platform/Fullstack; security/infra/dev productivity; GenAI evaluation + applied systems.)

Experience

  • Abnormal AI (1 yr 7 mos)
    • SWE 2
      Sep 2025 - Present · 11 mos

      0→1 engineer on AI Phishing Coach (AIPC), turning real attacks into localized simulations and training; scaling to 500+ enterprise customers (incl. Fortune 500s)

    • SWE
      Jan 2025 - Aug 2025 · 8 mos

  • AEREO ()
    • SDE 2
      Dec 2023 - Jan 2025 · 1 yr 2 mos

      Founding engineer on the platform team; owned major parts of the cloud processing pipeline (frontend + backend) for drone imagery → maps/3D deliverables. Built processing UI for job configuration, multi-stage progress tracking, log inspection, and output review. Implemented backend workflows in Python/Django: job submission, background processing, status persistence, and access-control integration. Built feature combining 10k+ records with validation/pre-filtering to merge surveys/tiles into coherent views. Engineered dynamic queuing + upload pipeline for 100+ GB datasets; reduced upload failure rates from ~18% to ~1%. Improved photogrammetry output accuracy by ~30% via pixel alignment techniques in the frontend, reducing reruns.

    • SDE - 1
      Nov 2021 - Dec 2023 · 2 yrs 2 mos

    • SDE Intern
      Aug 2021 - Nov 2021 · 4 mos

  • ServiceNow Developer at Viatris
    Nov 2020 - Feb 2021 · 4 mos

    - During internship with ServiceNow Development Team, I completed online ServiceNow Trainings for ServiceNow Application Developers and Technology Partners. - Learned how to create tables, form views, rules of the business, UI actions, UI policy, ACL, data importing, configuring StAs, email notifications and email templates. - Developed an application for managing orders in a Cafe, providing an interface for the waiters/servers to interact with.