Gunvir Dhesi — Portfolio Edition Nº 02 · Swiss Poster WAT SF

Builds products from the metal up.

NOW — AI Product Engineer @ Substrate · digital equipment financing platform · San Francisco · 2025→

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Education

43.4723° N, 80.5449° W · est. 1957

University of Waterloo — B.Eng (Co-op) ’28

Bachelor of Engineering · Class of 2028 · Waterloo, Ontario

Vital statistics

yrs shipping
7
ventures founded
3
hrs on one roller coaster
400
robot coworker
1

Index of works

  • Substrate current AI Product Engineer on a digital equipment financing platform. Product design, UI/UX, backend, AWS infra — primary on-call, often owns massive projects solo. fintech · AWS · SF · AI
  • Autonomous sidewalk robot ↗ Real-time segmentation (SegFormer-B0, 92% mIoU) at 20Hz to a custom STM32 rig. 5km autonomous, 97% reliable. Python · STM32 · ML
  • Site4u ↗ Founded and ran a 25-member team shipping 30+ full-stack apps, 100% on time. CI/CD cut deploys from 2h to 15min. React · Flutter · GCP
  • Com-IT Innovation Shipped a React/Node.js portal serving 700+ DAU; cut page-load time 35%. OAuth2.0/JWT auth, GitHub Actions CI/CD. React · Node.js · OAuth
  • Arduino drones 2 drones designed from scratch — code, PID, schematics, 3D models — over 3 years, grade 8 to 12. Target lock-on next, in C++. Arduino · C++
  • Electromagnetic roller coaster Electromagnets and sensors manage cart speed, stop carts colliding. 400+ hours, 12-hour days, one month. hardware · control

Also: NEAT car simulation · supercapacitor RC vehicle (FPV, GPS) · Quick-Chat.ca · G BIKES · SigmaCoders.ca · medicine dispenser (STM32) · The Door Stop · Emergency Shelter · WoLife (GunnHacks 7.0)

Record of employment

  • Sep 2025→ AI Product Engineering Intern Substrate Industries, San Francisco — product design, UI/UX, backend, AWS infra; primary on-call for production incidents; often owns massive projects solo
  • Jan–Apr 2025 Software Engineering Intern Com-IT Innovation — React/Node.js portal, 700+ DAU; page-load −35% via code-splitting; OAuth2.0/JWT, GitHub Actions CI/CD
  • May–Aug 2024 Engineering Intern Affordable EBikes — mentored an intern on battery design/assembly (2× production); QA/diagnostics, circuit design, pack protection
  • Sep 2023→ Team Member Electrium Mobility — UWaterloo EV design team
  • 2021–2023 Founder Site4u (30+ apps, 25-member team) · SigmaCoders · Quick Chat (2021–2023)
  • CNML — national top scorer, Chinguacousy SS, 2021–2022. Recognized among Canada’s top high-school math students across multiple national contests.
  • 3rd — ROPSSAA badminton, doubles
  • 2nd — ROPSSAA tennis, OFSAA qualifier
  • 2nd — 100m medley, competitive swimming (Barracuda club)

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