Available for opportunities · Doha, Qatar

Sushant
Pupneja

Senior IoT, AI & Platform Engineer with 12+ years building end-to-end connected solutions — from MQTT brokers and device protocols to cloud-native microservices, LLM-powered health platforms, and agentic AI workflows.

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12+
Years Experience
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3
AI Products Built
4000+
Connected Devices
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5+
Industries Served

// BACKGROUND

Engineer by day,
builder by night

12+ years in IoT platform engineering and backend architecture. Full-time Senior Platform Engineer at Ooredoo Qatar — Medheed and CuisineFit are self-funded ventures built in parallel evenings and weekends to sharpen AI and product skills.

Energy
✈️ Aviation
🛒 E-Commerce
📡 Telecom
🚛 Fleet Management
🐾 Asset Tracking
🏥 Healthcare AI
🍽️ FoodTech

// TECH STACK

Tools & Technologies

Full-stack IoT, AI & platform engineering. View full skills →

Languages & Frameworks
Python
Django
Node.js
Express
AI & LLM
OpenAI / ChatGPT
Claude (Anthropic)
DeepSeek
n8n Agentic Workflows
Twilio / WhatsApp
base44
IoT & Messaging
MQTT / Mosquitto
Cumulocity IoT
RabbitMQ
Cedalo Platform
TCP Agent
Infrastructure & Cloud
Microsoft Azure
AWS
Docker
HashiCorp Nomad
Databases
PostgreSQL
MongoDB
Redshift
Memcached

// WORK HISTORY

Experience Timeline

Full-time platform engineering at Ooredoo Qatar, with self-funded AI ventures built independently in parallel.

Full-time Employment
Jan 2019 — Present
Senior Software Developer
📡 Ooredoo Qatar · Doha
Leading IoT platform engineering — MQTT broker deployment, Cumulocity IoT integration for 4000+ connected devices, device authentication services, and Azure infrastructure using HashiCorp Nomad.
Apr 2018 — Dec 2018
Backend Engineer
🚛 EnrichAI · India
Advanced Fleet Management for 200+ vehicles. REST API layer with Node.js/Express, ORM with Django, database architecture for PostgreSQL, MongoDB & Redshift.
Oct 2017 — Mar 2018
IoT Engineer
✈️ ZestIoT · India
Passenger analytics using facial recognition at airports — converting cameras into intelligence for shopping behaviour tracking and passenger flow analysis.
Apr 2017 — Sep 2017
IoT Engineer
✈️ ZestIoT · India
Turnaround Time optimization — automated real-time visibility of aircraft airside operations enabling hub control to avoid delays.
Earlier
Software Developer
🏢 IBM · FunkyPuff.com
1.5 years at IBM and 1 year at FunkyPuff.com building software products across e-commerce and enterprise domains.
Side Projects & Ventures

Built independently alongside full-time work at Ooredoo — evenings & weekends — to explore AI product development and stay sharp across the stack.

🏥 Healthcare AI · 2023–Present
Medheed · Founder, CEO & CTIO
WhatsApp-first AI health assistant — explains lab results and diagnoses in plain language. Multi-LLM engine (OpenAI, Claude, DeepSeek), n8n workflows, Twilio. Presented at Web Summit Qatar 2026.
● 60 early users · Closed beta
medheed.health ↗
🍽️ FoodTech AI · 2024–Present
CuisineFit · Solo build
Protein planner & AI recipe generator across 20+ cuisines. 4-step agentic pipeline on n8n, base44 frontend. Built and shipped solo in 5 weeks.
● Personal use · Iterating to release
cuisinefit.base44.app ↗

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Open to Senior IoT, Platform, or Backend Engineering roles.

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