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Shantanu Kumar
Founder and Chief Solutions Architect, Dude Lemon
Machine Learning Engineer, Software Architect, and Cybersecurity Professional
Shantanu Kumar founded Dude Lemon to build production software that holds up under real load and real scrutiny. Over more than nine years he has worked across machine learning, software architecture, and security engineering, leading the design of AI systems, scalable backends, and hardened cloud infrastructure for Fortune 500 teams and high-growth startups alike.
He writes the engineering articles on the Dude Lemon blog, drawing on the same patterns the team ships in client work, from LLM integrations and RAG knowledge bases to deployment, security, and compliance.
Areas of expertise
What he works on
- Designing production AI systems with strict data boundaries and load-tested architecture.
- Leading full-stack builds across React, Node.js, TypeScript, Python, and PostgreSQL.
- Shipping commerce and platform apps on Wix Velo, Webflow, and Shopify.
- Modernizing legacy codebases through audits, incremental refactors, and CI/CD hardening.