I'm Keerthanen. I'm a software engineer based in London, building AI-powered products and winning hackathons. I studied Computer Engineering at Imperial College London.
I'm currently in London, UK
Here are some things I've built:Odin Studio
TrafiguraFlagship analytics dashboard for Trafigura ($318B revenue) commodity traders. Built GenAI chat that translates natural language to Redshift SQL over billions of rows.
Nordic Response
1st PlaceMedical AI triage platform for rural low-connectivity areas with 5-way language translation including Sami. Powered by Llama 3.3.
Dropout
2nd PlaceReal-time multi-camera CCTV analysis for emergency response. First-ever inference-time compute on custom fine-tuned Mistral 7b CoT model.
CodeBench
StartupAI-powered technical assessment platform with LLM-as-judge scoring, adaptive difficulty, and candidate dossier synthesis.
AI Engine
Tech CommunityEnd-to-end hackathon platform for team matching, judging, and submissions. Used by 200+ attendees at event sponsored by Google and Anthropic.
Alpha Tech Camp
Prev StartupCo-founded eLearning platform with Imperial Enterprise Labs, teaching 15 children coding over 6 months. A/B testing led to 40% more signups.
A few accomplishments I'm proud of:- ●1st Place, Meta Llama Norway Hackathon — trained the first-ever Llama reasoning model with DeepSeek R1 RL techniques, ~20% improvement on medical benchmarks
- ●2nd Place, a16z AI Hackathon "Build Back Britain" — first-ever inference-time compute with custom fine-tuned Mistral 7b CoT model
- ●Judge & Mentor, AI Engine Hackathon (2025) — evaluated AI solutions from top UK university teams, sponsored by Google and Anthropic
- ●Judge, Accenture Fintech Labs for J.P. Morgan Innovation Stream (2021–2024)
Find me online:Check out my website keerthanen.com