hi, i'm tej sukhatme.

after 3 years of engineering at places like AWS and Rippling, i've decided to stop building for "the cloud" and start building for the physical world.

i'm a software engineer trying to figure out how to build the future of AEC (Architecture, Engineering, and Construction).

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the 2026 plan:

– diving deep into the AEC domain

– shadowing architects and site managers to find a "hair on fire" problem

– training for an MMA fight (still trying not to die in the process)

– looking for a co-founder who is as frustrated with construction inefficiency as i am

the transition

i've spent my career in high-growth tech: weatherpromise, AWS S3, and generative AI at Kodex AI.

but i come from a family of architects. my dad runs an architecture firm in mumbai, and i've realized that while tech moves at lightspeed, the way we build our physical world is still stuck in the age of excel and whatsapp.

i'm currently spending my time between berlin and india, preparing to go full-time on a new venture in the AEC space. i have the engineering skills, i have the industry access, and i have just enough savings to be dangerous.

i built hiccup (a dating app) to learn how to scale. i built chemical factory tools to learn domain complexity. now, i'm building for construction.

what i'm looking for

i'm looking to connect with AEC professionals—architects, structural engineers, and developers—who are tired of the status quo.

i'm also looking for a co-founder. if you are an AEC veteran with an itch to build something tech-heavy, we should talk.

still passionate about helping "nice guys" recover—because building a startup requires a level of grit and candor that "nice guy" syndrome usually kills.

proof of work

dsl chemical process tool

my first foray into industrial tech. a domain-specific language for modeling complex chemical processes.

typescriptnode.jsparsing

hiccup* dating app

my first startup venture. crowdfunded, built from scratch, and matched indians through shared digital tastes.

flutterfirebase

live demo

kodex ai platform

built a b2b generative ai platform for deutsche bank, handling massive unstructured data sets with llms.

pythonaireact.js

experience

full stack engineer

current

weatherpromise

berlin · building high-availability systems for weather-based insurance

software engineer

amazon web services (aws)

berlin · amazon s3 intelligent-tiering team

software engineer

rippling

bengaluru · built global workforce management (eor) systems

hi, i'm tej sukhatme.

the 2026 plan:

the transition

what i'm looking for

proof of work

dsl chemical process tool

hiccup* dating app

kodex ai platform

experience

full stack engineer

software engineer

software engineer

writing

let's talk AEC