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Building agentic systems, cloud-native orchestration, and the interfaces between them.

Tejashwar Reddy Katika

Currently

Building Artha · Gr8Saver · Karmada

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01

Building

  • Artha — agentic finance framework

    Java 21 · Claude · arXiv

  • Gr8Saver — AI deal aggregator

    Next.js · DeepSeek · live

  • Karmada — CNCF contributions

    Go · multi-cloud

02

Learning

  • Evaluation harnesses for agents

    eval sets, traces, scoring

  • Distributed scheduling internals

    kube-scheduler, Karmada

  • Vector DBs + ontology retrieval

    pgvector, hybrid search

03

Thinking About

  • Where agents replace microservices

    architecture

  • Ontologies as context for LLMs

    typed tools beat JSON blobs

  • Orchestration for AI clouds

    infrastructure

[01]About

I build systems that reason, scale, and adapt.

I'm Tejashwar — a software engineer working at the intersection of agentic AI, cloud-native orchestration, and the interfaces that make them usable.

Right now I'm researching Artha— a domain-ontology-driven agentic framework where a Claude agent reasons over typed financial objects instead of raw SQL rows. I'm also shipping Gr8Saver, a live AI deal aggregator with nine scrapers, DeepSeek V3 authenticity scoring, and a natural-language search agent — deployed and serving real traffic.

In parallel, I contribute to Karmada— the CNCF multi-cloud Kubernetes orchestrator — because the infrastructure problem of the next decade is running AI workloads across cloud boundaries, and that's where I want to be useful.

Current Role

Software Engineer

Automate IT Inc

Education

MS Computer Science

Univ. of North Texas

Live Product

Gr8Saver

gr8saver.com

Research

Artha — arXiv

agentic finance AI

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Projects Shipped
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Agent Tools · Artha
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Sources · Gr8Saver
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CNCF Contributor
[02]Skill Matrix

The stack, without the buzzwords.

Depth marked with dots · hover a row for context.

01

Intelligence

Agentic AI Systems

Claude API/tool-use/agent loops/ontology layers

Artha's 15 typed tools, eval harness

2+ yrs

LLM Integration

RAG/vector DBs/prompt engineering/chain-of-thought

few-shot, structured output

2+ yrs

ML Engineering

SageMaker/scikit-learn/Pandas/forecasting

from pipeline to inference

3+ yrs
02

Systems

Distributed Orchestration

Kubernetes/Karmada/Go

multi-cloud control planes

3+ yrs

Cloud Architecture

AWS/Lambda/CDK/Terraform

AWS SAA · CCP · active

4+ yrs

Backend Engineering

Java 21/Spring Boot/Node.js/REST/GraphQL

contract-first services

4+ yrs

Data Platforms

PostgreSQL/Prisma/Redis/DynamoDB/Glue

relational · cache · NoSQL

3+ yrs
03

Interface & Delivery

Frontend

React/Next.js 16/TypeScript/Tailwind/Motion

app-router, a11y, motion

4+ yrs

DevOps & Observability

Docker/GitHub Actions/Prometheus/Grafana

ship fast, watch closely

4+ yrs

★ AWS Solutions Architect · AWS Cloud Practitioner · active CNCF contributor

[03]Experience

Where I've worked

Software Engineer

Automate IT Inc

Sep 2024 — Present

Dallas, TX

  • Design, develop, and validate cloud edge software modules in Java and Python — end-to-end from design and coding through unit testing, debugging, and integration into production systems.
  • Translate user needs and software requirements into clear interface specifications and architectural documentation, then implement modules to match.
  • Develop and maintain REST APIs and GraphQL interfaces with well-defined contracts; perform systematic code review and regression testing.
  • Triage and fix defects precisely to maintain code quality and keep delivery on schedule.

Assistant Engineer

University of North Texas

Oct 2022 — May 2024

Denton, TX

  • Designed and implemented Java and Python software modules for internal platforms, applying OOP design patterns, data structures, and algorithmic precision.
  • Developed REST APIs with clearly defined input/output contracts and managed PostgreSQL/MySQL schema design.
  • Performed regression testing and code review across the team codebase — triaging production defects using IDE debug tools and Linux diagnostics.
  • Used Git with structured branching and pull-request workflows to support collaborative multi-engineer development.
[04]Projects

Things I've built

PROJ · 01
activeopen source

Artha

Agentic AI · Research

A domain-ontology-driven agentic framework for LLM-based personal finance reasoning. Enriches raw bank transactions into typed ontology objects — merchants, recurring bills, anomalies, goals — then exposes them to a Claude agent through 15 typed tools. Java 21 + Spring Boot backend, Python eval harness benchmarking response accuracy across synthetic user profiles.

Java 21Spring BootClaude APIRAGPostgreSQL
PROJ · 02
activeopen source

Karmada

Open Source · CNCF

Active contributor to Karmada — the CNCF multi-cloud, multi-cluster Kubernetes orchestration project. Working on control-plane features that manage workload distribution across cloud boundaries at scale.

GoKubernetesMulti-CloudCNCF
PROJ · 03
deployedactive

Gr8Saver

AI · Full-Stack · Live Product

AI-powered deal aggregator and community. Nine scrapers across 60+ sources, DeepSeek V3 authenticity scoring to filter sponsored content, verified Amazon price-drop integration, Google Trends matching, and a natural-language agent for queries like "best laptop under $800 with a coupon." Next.js 16 + Express + Postgres, real-time via SSE, auto-deployed to Railway.

Next.js 16TypeScriptDeepSeek V3PrismaRailway
PROJ · 04
deployed

Predictive Inventory System

Cloud · ML · Full-Stack

Cloud-native demand forecasting platform with real-time sales ingestion via AWS API Gateway + Lambda, ETL through Glue, ML predictions via SageMaker, and a React + Amplify dashboard.

PythonAWS SageMakerLambdaReactCDK
PROJ · 05
archived

JP Morgan Midas Core

FinTech · Java

J.P. Morgan Advanced Software Engineering virtual experience — implemented core banking transaction logic, applied financial data handling patterns, and enterprise-grade Java architecture.

JavaSpring BootFinancial Systems

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[05]Perspective

Intelligence is the new infrastructure.

Software engineering is undergoing its most profound shift since the cloud. Here's how I think about building for what comes next.

/thesis·three principles·derived from practice·updated 2026.04
principle 0101

The Stack Is Collapsing Upward

AI isn't a feature you add to a system — it's becoming the system. Models now handle logic that once required entire microservice layers. Vector databases are replacing query engines. Agents are replacing workflows. The engineer's value is shifting from writing code to designing the architecture that generates, validates, and orchestrates it. Understanding every layer of the stack is no longer optional — it's the moat.

principle 0202

Scalability Now Means Adaptability

Traditional scalability handles load. The new scalability handles change — new models, drifting data distributions, swapped APIs, and user behaviours nobody predicted. Systems built for adaptability absorb these shifts without rearchitecting. That requires loose coupling, contract-first API design, and infrastructure capable of swapping AI providers the way you swap a database driver. Rigidity is the new single point of failure.

principle 0303

Orchestration Is the AI Frontier

As AI workloads grow, so does pressure on multi-cloud, multi-cluster infrastructure. Running inference across regions, coordinating GPU fleets, managing training pipelines at scale — this is the orchestration problem of the next decade. It's precisely why I contribute to Karmada. The engineers who understand distributed orchestration today will be the ones architecting the AI clouds of tomorrow.

Engineering Philosophy

“I build at the intersection of cloud infrastructure, intelligent systems, and the interfaces that make them usable — not because it's trendy, but because that's where the hardest problems live.

— Tejashwar Reddy Katika

[06]Education & Certifications

Academic & credentialed background

Degree

Master of Science — Computer Science

University of North Texas

Aug 2022 — May 2024 · Denton, TX

Certification

AWS Certified Solutions Architect

Amazon Web Services

Associate · Dec 2024 — Dec 2027

Certification

AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner

Amazon Web Services

Oct 2024 — Oct 2027

[07]Contact

Let's build something together.

I'm open to new opportunities, collaborations, and interesting conversations. Whether you have a project in mind or just want to connect — reach out.

Say hello

Email

tejashwar1029@gmail.com