Prabin Ojha · oprabin
8+ years delivering production-grade backend systems, applied AI platforms, and cloud-ready infrastructure. I advise on AI strategy and build the systems myself — two AI products I've shipped, a governed RAG platform and a multilingual conversational AI system, are live in production today. I own the full path, from system architecture and backend engineering to deployment, monitoring, and team delivery.
I am a software engineer and technical lead with 8+ years of experience building production-grade backend systems, applied AI platforms, and cloud infrastructure. My work spans system architecture, backend engineering, DevOps automation, and hands-on engineering leadership, owning the full lifecycle from design to deployment to production monitoring.
I have led teams of up to 12 engineers, delivered platforms built from the ground up, and worked directly with US-side business stakeholders on complex, domain-heavy systems. Currently co-founding Sajilo AI, building a governed RAG platform for regulated industries, and building Somitano AI, a multilingual conversational AI platform live with a paying customer in Nepal.
role = "Software Engineer & Technical Lead"
current = "Co-Founder, Sajilo AI"
domains = [
"Backend & System Architecture",
"Applied AI & Semantic Search",
"DevOps & Cloud Infrastructure",
"Engineering Team Leadership"
]
approach = "Ship reliable systems. Own the full stack."A selection of the systems and platforms I have designed, built, and led to production.
AI Platform · 2025-Present
Co-founded and building a document-intelligent AI platform for professional knowledge work in regulated industries: law, audit, banking, corporate finance.
Conversational AI · 2026-Present
Built and shipped a multi-channel conversational AI platform for Nepali businesses, live in production and automating inquiries for a paying client.
Healthcare Systems · 2022-2025
Technical lead on an eligibility platform built from scratch for US labor union benefit funds, working with a team of 12 engineers across the full system lifecycle.
Healthcare Systems · 2018-2021
Led backend engineering and delivery of a proprietary Reference-Based Pricing engine at a US population health analytics company, replacing a licensed third-party tool with an in-house CMS-aligned system.
Fintech · 2021-2023
Tech lead on Mikha, an enterprise video banking and KYC platform deployed to major Nepali commercial banks.
August 2025 - Present
Kathmandu, Nepal
October 2022 - October 2025
Kathmandu, Nepal
Independent engagements
Remote
August 2021 - March 2023
July 2018 - August 2021
Kathmandu, Nepal · US-based company
2014 - 2018 · GPA 3.6/4.0 (Honors)
Relevant coursework included Data Structures and Artificial Intelligence.
AI consulting grounded in systems I've actually shipped — not advisory-only. A few ways engagements typically start.
Where AI is genuinely load-bearing for your product versus where it's decorative, and what production-grade actually requires before you commit budget.
Retrieval-augmented generation, agentic workflows, and knowledge platforms — built with the governance, citations, and audit trails regulated environments require.
Ongoing technical judgment for teams shipping AI features — architecture review, model selection, evaluation pipelines, and vendor-agnostic orchestration.
For investors or acquirers evaluating an AI-native company: an honest technical assessment of what's real, what's fragile, and what's marketing.
If you're working on something in backend systems, AI, or cloud infrastructure, I'd enjoy the conversation.