Backend & AI Systems · Pune, India

Vikas Salgude

I build high-fidelity backend systems and local AI integrations, focusing on performance, search retrieval, and API design. As a computer engineering student with a 9.45 CGPA, I design systems that trade off infrastructure costs for local execution efficiency.


Education

Aug 2023 – Jul 2027
Trinity Academy of Engineering, Pune·B.E. Computer Engineering
CGPA 9.45
2022
Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya·Class 12th
84.2%
2020
Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya·Class 10th
90.0%

Skills

Programming Languages
C++JavaScriptPython
Frameworks & Libraries
HTMLCSSReactExpress
Databases
MongoDBMySQL
Tools & Platforms
GitGitHubVS Code

Awards & achievements

  • Solved 600+ problems with a Peak Rating of 1740 on LeetCode; ranked in the top 12% of contest participants.
  • Secured 1st Prize in the departmental coding competition, demonstrating high-speed problem-solving and algorithmic accuracy.
  • Earned 4-Star Gold Badges in both C++ and Python on HackerRank, reflecting proficiency in language-specific syntax and data structures.
  • Achieved 2-Star rating on CodeChef.
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Featured project

CodeSage

Production-Grade Codebase RAG Assistant

May 2026 – Present
Problem: Character-based text splitting is brittle and loses semantic context and logical code boundaries (classes, methods, functions).
Built: A syntax-aware RAG pipeline utilizing Tree-sitter to parse ASTs in JavaScript, TypeScript, and Python. Integrates Qdrant's HNSW vector indexing with Maximal Marginal Relevance re-ranking to balance relevance and diversity, and generates embeddings locally using ONNX runtime.
Tradeoff: Local ONNX embeddings over an embeddings API — traded a little accuracy for zero cost and no dependency on external API access from India.
Node.jsExpressReactPostgreSQLQdrantTree-sitterTransformers.jsBullMQ