ADITYA PAI SOFTWARE ENGINEER

Ambitious ideas.Working systems.

I build the systems behind ambitious ideas.

Founding engineer working across AI, applied research, and products people use. From on-device intelligence to autonomous science, I turn the complicated into the possible.

Raleigh, NC
MS Computer Science · NC State ’26
A LOOK BENEATH THE SURFACE
GeoAIFuse

Finding structure in how language models refuse.

Currently building
Casa Place

Currently researching
NC State University

Proof, in practice.

Different problems.
The same instinct to go deeper.

There’s more where that came from.Explore all projects

In good
company.

Founding teams. Research labs.
And the work that connects them.

From the first commit
to systems at scale.

Founding Software Engineer

Aug 2026 — Present

Building the connected software behind contractor onboarding and project operations.

What I worked on +
  • Built four applications with Next.js, React Native, Supabase, and Stripe.
  • Automated licensing verification across 20 state registries with OCR and vision LLMs.
  • Parallelized five session queries, cached ES256 verification, and enforced role-based PostgreSQL RLS.

Research Assistant

Jun 2025 — Present

Connecting AI-assisted chemical discovery with scientific infrastructure and experimental workflows.

What I worked on +
  • Combined AutoDock Vina with an ML binding-affinity model trained on 3M+ assay records.
  • Migrated C/PHP services toward Python microservices on AWS Lambda.
  • Co-developed remote experimentation workflows with CMU’s self-driving cloud lab.
  • Automated ingestion and verification of 3M+ SQL records.

Ball AI

Software Engineering Intern / Co-op

May 2025 — Jan 2026

Making on-device intelligence faster, smaller, and useful in everyday fitness.

What I worked on +
  • Reduced Core ML model size by 30% to 86 MB, sustaining 30 FPS and 92% mAP50.
  • Connected CoreMotion and HealthKit data to dashboards with sub-150 ms latency.
  • Built AI agents for workout management, reducing task time by approximately 97%.

UNL Global

Systems & DevOps Engineer Intern

Jan 2023 — Apr 2023

Parallel geospatial processing and repeatable cloud infrastructure.

What I worked on +
  • Processed more than 3 TB of geospatial data with Go-based parallel pipelines.
  • Automated Kubernetes provisioning with Terraform and Helm; reported 250% faster deployment cycles.

DocTrue Technologies

Founding Software Engineer & CTO

Aug 2022 — Aug 2024

Owned engineering for a clinical workflow platform serving 100+ clinics across seven cities.

What I worked on +
  • Designed AWS EC2, PostgreSQL RDS, and ECS infrastructure; built services handling 3,000+ requests per second.
  • Engineered WhatsApp-integrated workflow automation, with reported reach of 250,000+ users and five million cumulative queue hours saved.
  • Secured a $25,000 Smart India Fund grant.
Portrait of Aditya Pai
Aditya PaiRaleigh, NC

From the kernel
to the co-scientist.

I’m Aditya. I like understanding what happens beneath the surface—and using that understanding to make something useful.

That instinct has taken me from low-level systems to startup products, on-device AI, and scientific discovery. The setting changes. The curiosity stays.

More about the person

Good conversations.
Great possibilities.

I’m always interested in ambitious engineering problems, thoughtful products, and interesting research.

aapai@ncsu.edu ↗

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