Hey, I'm Dens 👋

AI & Backend Engineer • Rust | TypeScript | Python

Contact

dens.sumesh79@gmail.com • 480.938.0990 • github.com/densumesh

About

I’m a Founding Engineer at Trieve (YC W23) building distributed systems and search infra. Previously at the Interplanetary Initiative Lab, I worked on satellite communication systems. I am currently pursuing a B.S. in Computer Science at ASU.

Résumé

Education

B.S. Computer Science
Arizona State University
GPA: 4.0

Technical Skills

Rust, Kotlin, TypeScript, Python, Java, SQL, C, C++
AWS (Lambda, API Gateway, DynamoDB, CDK), Kubernetes, Redis, RabbitMQ
React, Remix, Actix, Flask, Jest, Cypress, Docker, OAuth2, Dagger
Postgres, MongoDB, Elasticsearch, Qdrant

Work Experience

Trieve (YC W23) — Founding Engineer / AI Engineer

Jun 2023–Present | San Francisco, CA

300 µs typo‑tolerance system via BK‑Trees + Redis (100× faster).
Scaled ClickHouse analytics with event batching and optimized schemas & queries.
100+ TPS Rust & Redis workers on Kubernetes.
Real‑time hallucination detection (67% accuracy) on RAGTruth.

Interplanetary Initiative Lab — Laboratory Aide

Jan 2024–Oct 2024 | Tempe, AZ

Satellite radio protocols & ADCS commissioning software.
Telemetry pipelines & solar‑panel alignment algorithms.