Forward Deployed Engineer · Realfast
NavaneethH Krishnan
I build applied-AI systems — and the security that hardens them.
~ currently building agentic systems
I make AI systems fast to ship and hard to break.
I’m a computer-science engineer working where applied AI meets security — building agentic LLM systems, the guardrails that keep them honest, and the infrastructure that ships them to real users.
Right now I’m a Forward Deployed Engineer at Realfast, turning messy hiring workflows into automated pipelines. Before that: web & API penetration testing, a published patent in AI security, and a habit of placing in national CTFs. I’m drawn to problems where “make it work” and “make it safe” are the same problem.
- Now
- Forward Deployed Engineer
- Realfast
- Studying
- B.Tech CSE · VIT
- CGPA 8.94 / 10
- Focus
- LLM & Network Security
- Applied AI
- Based in
- Vellore, India
- Open to opportunities
Selected recognition
Things I’ve designed & shipped.
A toolkit for building and breaking.
AI / ML
8 tools- LangChain
- LangGraph
- RAG
- PyTorch
- Scikit-learn
- Pandas
- FastAPI
- PostgreSQL
Security
9 tools- Metasploit
- Nmap
- Burp Suite
- Wireshark
- SQLmap
- Hydra
- Scapy
- iptables
- FTK Imager
Languages
7 tools- Python
- Java
- C / C++
- Ruby / Rails
- Bash
- JavaScript
- HTML / CSS
Platforms
5 tools- Kali Linux
- Ubuntu
- Git
- Google Colab
- VS Code
Where I've been putting in the work.
May 2026 — Present · Remote
Forward Deployed Engineer (Intern)
- Migrated the take-home assignment pipeline from ClickUp to Ashby + GitHub, automating submission handling for a 30% lift in candidate throughput.
- Indexed 2,000+ candidates into a self-updating store (OKF format) — a single source of truth for AI-driven evaluation, eliminating manual cross-tool reconciliation.
- Built a Slack-integrated review follow-up system that accelerated turnaround.
- Author a weekly engineering blog on hiring infrastructure and LLM cost dynamics.
Jun 2025 — Dec 2025 · India
Cybersecurity Intern
CopG Global Pvt. Ltd.
- Conducted web and API penetration testing to surface critical vulnerabilities.
- Built an automated reconnaissance and port-scanning framework.
Mar 2025 — Mar 2026 · VIT Vellore
Vice Chairperson, Cybersecurity
RoboVITics
- Led a 2,000+ member technical community.
- Organized RoboWars with Siemens, Analog Devices and Autodesk, managing ~₹20L in cashflow.
- Ran workshops for 200+ attendees, including intro security and web sessions.
Notes on AI, security & shipping.
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Let’s build something worth trusting.
I’m open to 2027 new-grad and internship roles across applied AI and security — and always up for a sharp problem. Email is the fastest way to reach me.