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Arjun Karangiya
Python & AI Engineer

I architect and ship end-to-end systems — Django backends, LLM & RAG pipelines, and the cloud infrastructure they run on. Independent contractor since 2018, with a track record of staying for the long haul.

13+
years engineering
$90k+
earned on Upwork
5.0★
every client rating
97%
Job Success Score
29
contracts delivered
01Live demos

See it running, not just written about

Both demos run on this very server — Django + Celery behind nginx, built and operated end-to-end.

02Selected work

Long engagements, hard problems

A few of the projects that shaped how I work.

Biasly — political bias detection at scale

2019 – present · 1,900+ hrs

Lead architect of a news-intelligence platform: a custom NLP/sentiment engine detecting political bias in real time, fed by a pipeline ingesting thousands of articles daily. Own the entire stack — models, Django backend, GCP & bare-metal infra.

PythonNLP · TensorFlowDjangoGCPPostgreSQL

Colonial Investor — financial data platform

2020 – 2025 · 692 hrs · 5.0★

Five-year engagement building and running a Django platform on AWS serving SEC-sourced financial data — high availability, security, and a client who kept coming back.

DjangoAWSSEC dataDevOps

AI support chatbot & security REST APIs

consulting

Built an automated support chatbot on Google Actions + Python Cloud Functions, and turned a legacy security tool into documented REST APIs with Swagger and token auth.

FastAPI / DRFCloud FunctionsSwagger

Router fleet automation

embedded consulting

Deployed DD-WRT across router fleets with Bash automation for provisioning, VLANs and DMZ — cutting manual setup from hours to minutes.

LinuxDD-WRTBashNetworking
03Client feedback

Every rating: five stars

Straight from Upwork reviews.

It was a pleasure working with Arjun, particularly his high-level expertise in Python and Django development. He is above the pack!

★★★★★ — Colonial Investor, 5-year engagement

Arjun is an extremely skilled DevOps. His work was quick and professional. I will rehire him whenever I can.

★★★★★ — hosting migration client

Arjun is really a great asset to have on your team. He helped us out a lot. Communication is fantastic with him.

★★★★★ — Python monitoring tool client

Arjun always delivers excellent work. He is a credit to Upwork.

★★★★★ — repeat client
04Toolbox

What I build with

Backend & AI

Python (expert)Django · DRFFastAPICelery · RedisLLMs · RAGTransformersspaCy · NLPPandas · NumPy

Cloud & DevOps

AWSGCP · Cloud RunDockerLinux adminNginx · SSLPostgreSQL · pgvectorCost optimization

Also fluent in

Android SDK · NDKKotlin · JavaBLE / BluetoothJavaScriptC / C++Scraping · ETL
05The path here

From mobile apps to AI systems

2018 — NOW

Independent Contractor

Full-stack consulting: Python/Django backends, NLP & LLM systems, cloud infrastructure. Long-term clients across fintech, media intelligence, and infrastructure.

2015 — 2018

Senior Software Engineer · Wittybee

Led app development for a cloud collaboration product — architecture, modularization, deployment, team collaboration.

2014 — 2015

Android Developer · ProAcSys

BLE smartwatch protocols, offline-first field apps with complex sync.

2013 — 2014

Software Engineer · Infostretch

Started in mobile — roadside-assistance apps, device tracking, XMPP chat. B.E. Computer Engineering, 2013.