RankPilot
Current VentureAI-powered SEO audits that tell you exactly what to fix and why
Founder. Building from scratch.·In development. Launching 2026.
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Salish Kumar
I build AI products for industries big tech ignores.
I'm a builder. I've shipped AI-powered products to 4M+ users across offshore energy, education, and transportation — industries where software is decades behind. I publish at top-tier venues (USENIX Security, IISE), write production code in TypeScript and Python, and design LLM systems that work in the real world, not just in demos. Currently building RankPilot and getScholarSite while finishing my MS in Computer Science at Texas Tech (May 2026).
4M+
users served
8
products shipped
2
publications
Currently Building
RankPilot
AI-powered SEO audits that tell you exactly what to fix and why
An AI SEO tool that crawls your site, scores it across key ranking factors, and generates an expert-level action plan with prioritized fixes — like having a senior SEO consultant on demand.
Next.jsTypeScriptPythonFastAPIPostgreSQLClaude APIRAG
getScholarSite
Academic profile SaaS — Linktree meets Google Scholar for researchers
Unified academic presence across publications, talks, and profiles. Researchers get a beautiful, indexed page instead of a scattered Google Scholar + LinkedIn + personal site.
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What I do
Build
Full-stack products from zero to production. React, Next.js, Flutter, Python, FastAPI. I design the system, write the code, and ship it.
AI/LLM Systems
RAG pipelines, agentic workflows, LLM orchestration, GPT-4o Vision integration. Not wrappers — custom architectures that solve real problems.
Scale
I've built and maintained platforms serving millions of users on AWS and GCP. I know what it takes to keep software alive at scale.
Featured work
All projectsgetScholarSite
SaaSAcademic profile SaaS — Linktree meets Google Scholar for researchers
Solo founder and developer.·Live at getscholarsite.com.
Next.jsSupabaseTypeScriptStripe
SURE Safety
AI ResearchAI-powered safety reporting for offshore oil and gas
Solo builder. Designed the architecture, built the app, wrote the research paper.·First-author paper at IISE 2026, funded by NASEM Gulf Research Program.
FlutterFirebaseGPT-4o VisionRAGPineconeFastAPI
Steinsaltz Platform
Production ScaleJewish educational content platform serving 100k+ users
Lead engineer. Owned web, mobile, backend, and AI translation.·100k+ active users. Built French AI translation pipeline achieving 99% accuracy.
Next.jsFlutterFirebaseFastAPIGCPGPT-4
Tripper Bus Platform
Production ScaleTransportation booking system handling 2M+ annual riders
Lead developer. Architected database, API, and frontend.·2M+ annual riders. Reduced load times by 35%.
ReactNext.jsNode.jsPostgreSQLTypeScript
Publications
All publicationsFirst AuthorAccepted
AI-powered Safety Reporting Mobile App for Offshore Energy Industry: Preliminary Findings
Salish Kumar, Changwon Son, Kerk Kee, Tyree Mitchell, Marshall Watson, Janet Okoroji, Austin Vaughn, Ariana Medina
IISE Annual Conference 2026, Arlington, TX
First Author · Funded by NASEM Gulf Research Program
Co-AuthorPublished
No Way to Sign Out? Unpacking Non-Compliance with Google Play’s App Account Deletion Requirements
Jingwen Yan, Song Liao, Jin Ma, Mohammed Aldeen, Salish Kumar, Long Cheng
34th USENIX Security Symposium, 2025, pp. 3277–3296
Co-Author · ~16% acceptance rate
Experience
Full timelineApril 2025 – Present
Mobile App Developer
·Texas Tech UniversityCurrentBuilt SURE Safety. Published at USENIX Security and IISE. 4.0 GPA.
July 2022 – August 2024
Software Developer
·Royal CyberFull-stack Salesforce Commerce Cloud development. Built taxation logic, PIM integrations, and Google Marketplace connector.
December 2020 – July 2022
Software Developer
·Gorin SystemsBuilt Steinsaltz (2M+ users) and Tripper Bus (2M+ riders) from the ground up.
Tech stack
Languages
PythonTypeScriptJavaScriptDart
Frontend
React.jsNext.jsFlutterTailwind CSS
Backend
FastAPIDjangoNode.jsNestJSGraphQL
AI / LLM
GPT-4oClaudeLangChainLangGraphRAG PipelinesPineconeCohere
Infrastructure
AWSGCPFirebaseVercelDockerGitHub Actions
Databases
PostgreSQLMongoDBMySQLRedisSupabasePinecone
Education
Aug 2024 – May 2026
Lubbock, TX
MS Computer Science
CurrentTexas Tech University
GPA 4.0 / 4.0AI safety systems, LLM applications
Sep 2018 – Aug 2022
Karachi, Pakistan
BS Computer Science
Dha Suffa University
GPA 3.74 / 4.0Gold Medalist — Highest CGPA in cohort
Certifications
Salesforce Certified B2C Commerce Cloud Developer (May 2023)
Building something interesting?
Let's talk.
I'm open to co-founding opportunities, AI/LLM engineering roles, and interesting technical problems. If you have something worth building, reach out.
Open to
Co-founding opportunitiesAI/LLM engineering rolesInteresting technical problems
Languages
English (Fluent)
Urdu (Native)
Hindi (Fluent)