# Venus Paneliya, full-stack AI engineer

> Prototype in. Production out. Your AI-built SaaS works in the demo. I make it work in production.

I take AI-built SaaS prototypes (Cursor, v0, Bolt, Lovable, ChatGPT code) and make them production-grade: architecture, security, multi-tenancy and payments. Based in Surat, India. Open to work. Hire me hourly, on a monthly retainer, or full-time remote.

## Results

- **$10K+**: Automated Stripe Connect payouts every month, across 1,000+ members
- **8**: Systems live in production
- **95%**: On-time delivery, leading five developers
- **−60%**: Manual video editing for 1,000+ users
- **<2 min**: Insurance quotes, down from 10+
- **+25%**: Organic sign-ups from a referral system
- **30%**: Fewer payroll calculation errors

## Work

- [Creator community platform](https://venuspaneliya.com/work/creator-community-platform/): $10K+ a month in payouts. A creator community platform with communities, courses, chat, a feed and live streams, rebuilt after its first developer left. Automated creator payouts with a payout ledger and a referral system.
- [AI form builder](https://venuspaneliya.com/work/ai-form-builder/): Forms in seconds, not minutes. A multi-tenant, white-label form builder: describe a form in one plain sentence and get a complete, branded, working form, with e-signatures and server-side token caps that keep AI costs flat.
- [Video pipeline on AWS](https://venuspaneliya.com/work/video-pipeline-aws/): 60% less manual editing. A serverless pipeline for a crowdsourced video platform: contributors record on their phones, and uploads are transcoded and assembled into branded videos without anyone moving files by hand. Built for ShoutOut.
- [Insurance quote engine](https://venuspaneliya.com/work/insurance-quote-engine/): From 10+ minutes to under 2. An SME business-insurance platform whose quote engine was rebuilt for near-instant quotes, with an insurer API integration, a payment gateway and sign-in shared across subdomains. Built at Logix Built Solutions.
- [Immigration case portal](https://venuspaneliya.com/work/immigration-case-portal/): 40% fewer support calls. A multi-role case management platform for an immigration practice: clients, staff and admins in one system, replacing spreadsheets and email.
- [Payroll engine for SMEs](https://venuspaneliya.com/work/payroll-engine/): 30% fewer calculation errors. A payroll calculation engine used by 50+ SMEs, architected at QuirkBees Technologies.
- [Fantasy sports platform](https://venuspaneliya.com/work/fantasy-sports-platform/): Real-money play at scale. A high-traffic sports fantasy platform with live scoring and real-money deposits and withdrawals, built at Logix Built Solutions.
- [Non-profit learning platform](https://venuspaneliya.com/work/nonprofit-learning-platform/): Under $50 a month to run. An online learning platform for kids, built for a non-profit: interactive math exercises, a teacher dashboard and read-only parent access, on serverless infrastructure.

## Services

- **Hourly**: An audit or a focused fix.
- **Monthly retainer**: An embedded senior engineer.
- **Full-time remote**: Full-stack web and mobile, AI or solutions roles.

## Writing

- [Should I hire a developer or use AI to build my product?](https://venuspaneliya.com/writing/should-i-hire-a-developer-or-use-ai/)
- [5 products I shipped in the last 12 months](https://venuspaneliya.com/writing/five-products-five-lessons/)
- [Six questions to check a codebase without reading it](https://venuspaneliya.com/writing/six-questions-check-a-codebase/)
- [An EdTech platform on a non-profit budget](https://venuspaneliya.com/writing/edtech-on-a-non-profit-budget/)
- [The most expensive hire is the second developer](https://venuspaneliya.com/writing/most-expensive-hire-second-developer/)
- [That’s not multi-tenancy. That’s a filter.](https://venuspaneliya.com/writing/not-multi-tenancy-a-filter/)
- [Everyone’s adding AI features. Few users asked.](https://venuspaneliya.com/writing/adding-ai-features-few-users-asked/)
- [Your AI-built SaaS won’t pass enterprise procurement](https://venuspaneliya.com/writing/ai-built-saas-enterprise-procurement/)
- [What a $5K MVP actually costs](https://venuspaneliya.com/writing/what-a-5k-mvp-costs/)
- [Fix the foundation before you add AI](https://venuspaneliya.com/writing/fix-the-foundation-before-ai/)

## Contact

- Email: venuspaneliya25@gmail.com, venuspaneliyacod@gmail.com
- Phone and WhatsApp: +91 74059 41008 (https://wa.me/917405941008)
- Book a 20-minute intro call: https://cal.com/venuspaneliya/intro
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/venus-paneliya
- GitHub: https://github.com/VenusCodes
- Upwork: https://www.upwork.com/freelancers/~01e96dd37b5e440597