~/sai.pendyala · product engineer · toronto
Available · Q3 2026 onward

I ship product systems
that hold up in production.

Sai Pendyala — twelve years across IT, product, and engineering. AI tooling, full-stack web, mobile, and integrations — designed and shipped end-to-end through Palaemon Systems Inc. You work directly with the person doing the work.

Years
12+
Shipped · cycle
5 / public
Hand-offs
0
Locale
YYZ · ET
// Stack
FastAPI· React· PostgreSQL· Flutter· Supabase· Vercel· Railway· OpenRouter· Gemini· PostGIS
[01] · about

A studio of one, by design.

Twelve years across IT, product, and engineering. You work directly with the person doing the work.

/who · /how · /where

I know how systems break in production — because I've been the one fixing them at 2am.

Palaemon Systems is Sai Pendyala. Twelve years of hands-on work across IT, product, and engineering. I have designed products, built systems, integrated third-party platforms, and shipped real software — front-end through infrastructure, with AI and automation used where they actually help.

Most engagements look like one of three shapes: a build that ships in six to twelve weeks; a part-time technical partner inside a small team; or a focused advisor for an architecture review, integration debug, or due-diligence pass.

Based in Toronto. Serving founders, operators, and product teams across North America.

// stack.config used > 6 mo · 2026
languages
PythonTypeScriptDartSQLBash
frontend
ReactViteTailwindFlutter
backend
FastAPINodePostgreSQLPostGISSupabase
ai · ml
OpenRouterClaudeGeminiOpenAIChromaDBRAG
infra · ops
VercelRailwayAWSGCPRenderActions
domains
IntegrationsWebhooksGeospatialDoc-AISupport-AI
[02] · capabilities

What gets built here.

Six shapes the work takes — most engagements blend two or three. The list isn't a menu, it's a map.

6 disciplines · end-to-end
01 · ai_tooling// llm + rag

AI tooling & automation

RAG over private docs, classification pipelines, debug copilots, agentic workflows. Used where it actually saves time.

OpenRouterClaudeGeminiChromaDBRAG
02 · full_stack// web

Full-stack web builds

End-to-end product work. Backend APIs, polished frontends, real-time dashboards. Built so it survives the second year.

ReactFastAPIPostgresTailwind
03 · integrations// webhooks

Integrations & webhooks

Glue between systems — retries, idempotency, audit, replay. Stripe, Shopify, HubSpot, Salesforce, anything with an API.

WebhooksQueuesRetryAudit
04 · mobile// flutter

Mobile (Flutter)

Cross-platform apps shipped to real users. Real-time GPS, push, offline-first, geospatial, multilingual UI.

FlutterDartFirebasePostGIS
05 · cloud_devops// infra

Cloud & DevOps

Right-sized infrastructure. CI/CD, observability, secrets, backups, cost audits. No Kubernetes-by-default.

VercelRailwayAWSActions
06 · consulting// advisory

Consulting & DD

Architecture reviews, stack picks, integration debugging, technical due diligence. Second opinions that hold up.

ArchitectureStack picksDDAudit
Read the full capabilities page →
[03] · selected_work

Recent shipments.

Five public builds in the last quarter — live, in production, links below. Full index lives on the Work page.

view all → /work
Open the full index // private & client work available on request
[04] · method

How the work moves.

Direct, paced, and built around shipping — no bloated process, no big-bang launches.

// understand → plan → ship → hand off
step.01

Understand

Start with what you're actually solving and what "done" looks like in business terms — not a feature list.

step.02

Plan

Architecture, tools, sequencing, trade-offs. Mapped out before any production code gets written.

step.03

Build & iterate

Working software in stages. Demos every week. Real feedback, real adjustments — no big-bang launches.

step.04

Hand off

Deployed, documented, walkthrough'd. Your team owns it with confidence — or I stay on retainer.

[05] · contact

Have a system worth shipping?

New engagements open from Q3 2026. A 30-minute call is the fastest way to see if we're a fit — come with a problem, leave with a direction.

// LocationToronto, ON · ET
// Available● Q3 2026 onward
// EngagementHourly · Project · Retainer
// Response< 24 hr · weekdays