DIRECTOR OF ENGINEERING & AI

I went from writing React components
to leading AI at a Series B —
without an AI degree.

Building workflow automation and TPRM products at Certa.

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Rajat Vijay

THE ARC

Early career

Frontend engineer

React, TypeScript, design systems

The pivot

Took on AI initiatives

Self-taught ML, led first GenAI products

Now

Director of Eng & AI at Certa

50+ person team · Series B

50+ Engineers led
3 AI products in production
50+ Enterprise clients
8+ Years of experience

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ACTIVITY

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PROJECTS

Chat Notes

An AI-powered note-taking app that automatically categorizes your thoughts into smart categories.

Mind

A read-later app you actually own. Self-hostable, offline-first, no algorithms.
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FEATURED READING

Designing Data-Intensive Applications

Martin Kleppmann

Thinking, Fast and Slow

Daniel Kahneman

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