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   │     C A P T A I N  ·  24  ·  full-stack engineer · ai/ml         │
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   │     LV8 Group  →  tech lead  ·  US · UK · IN                     │
   │     C3iHub, IIT Kanpur  →  software engineer                     │
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   │     "Quietly shipping what others plan to start."                │
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_{open to   tech lead roles  ·  AI / ML engineering  ·  founding engineer  ·  international remote}

Zaid Ahmad (Captain) is a full-stack engineer and tech lead working across React, Next.js, Node, Django, Flutter and the modern AI stack. Currently leading engineering for LV8 Health (precision medicine — Chicago, London, Manchester) and LV8 Tech (AI-native engineering pod), while also shipping the hackathon platform Hack Arena at C3iHub, IIT Kanpur. End-to-end ownership across US, UK and India — frontend, backend, AI integrations, real-time systems. Open to collaboration.

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  01 — About
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Full-stack engineer taking products from first commit to production — frontend architecture, backend systems, real-time infrastructure, AI integrations. I don't wait for specs. I ship.

const captain = {
  roles: [
    "Tech Lead @ LV8 Group  ·  Chicago / London / Manchester",
    "Software Engineer @ C3iHub, IIT Kanpur",
  ],
  building: ["LV8 Health", "LV8 Tech", "Hack Arena", "Threat Intel"],
  frontend: ["React", "Next.js", "React Native", "Flutter"],
  backend:  ["Node", "Django", "NestJS", "WebSockets"],
  data:     ["Postgres", "Redis", "Mongo", "Firebase"],
  ai:       ["agents", "RAG", "embeddings", "retrieval"],
  reach:    ["US", "UK", "India"],
  ethos:    "Head down. Always building.",
} as const;

03:41 AM  ·  somewhere between commits

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  02 — Trajectory
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01 / Present	LV8 Group — Tech Lead  ·  lv8.health  /  lv8tech.ai Leading engineering across the LV8 group — a Chicago-headquartered concierge-medicine and AI-engineering practice operating in US, UK and India. Shipping LV8 Health (precision medicine — Chicago, London, Manchester) and LV8 Tech (AI-native engineering pod for mid-market operators). Mobile app, wearable integrations (Apple HealthKit · Health Connect · WHOOP · Garmin · Oura · Suunto), AI agents, and the internal infrastructure underneath.
02 / Present	C3iHub, IIT Kanpur — Software Engineer Built Hack Arena from scratch — the complete hackathon management system powering Hack IITK and national-level events. Went from participant (Hack IITK 2025) to organizer. Built cybersecurity tools including honeypot dashboards and threat intelligence platforms.
03 / —	Flexeere — Software Engineer Built and deployed full-stack applications end-to-end. AI-powered and consumer-facing platforms. Microservices, CI/CD, deployment infrastructure.
04 / —	Digilabs — Full Stack Developer Delivered client projects with reliable backends and responsive UI. Optimized APIs and caching strategies.

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  03 — LV8 Group  ·  what I lead
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01 · CHICAGO 41.8781° N, 87.6298° W LV8 HQ · Health + Tech

02 · LONDON 51.5074° N, 0.1278° W LV8 Health UK · Manchester next

03 · KANPUR 26.4499° N, 80.3319° E C3iHub · IIT Kanpur

A Chicago-headquartered group operating across US · UK · India. Two products under one roof — applied medicine and applied AI. I lead the engineering side end-to-end.

LV8 Health  lv8.health ↗ Elevate Health. Extend Life. Precision medicine and Medicine 3.0 — diagnostics, regenerative therapies, longevity programs. Clinics in Chicago, London, Manchester. Cross-platform mobile app with wearable sync across Apple HealthKit, Health Connect, WHOOP, Garmin, Oura, Suunto. Flutter NestJS Postgres HealthKit Health Connect

LV8 Tech  lv8tech.ai ↗ Build smarter. Scale faster. AI-native engineering pod for mid-market operators. Custom AI platforms, business automation, part-time CTO retainers. Shipped inventory dashboards, agentic quote-to-PO workflows, field-service mobile apps. Next.js AI agents Automation RAG Infra

_{Also under the LV8 umbrella: Perseo — adaptive learning.}

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  04 — Constellation
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Each node is a tool I reach for. Clusters share a domain.

Languages
Frontend
Backend
Data
DevOps

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  05 — Selected work
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01 / Hack Arena  Open → The platform powering Hack IITK at C3iHub. End-to-end management — coding competitions, CTF, registrations, judging, real-time analytics. Next.js Node Postgres WebSockets	02 / Honeypot Dashboard  Open → Cybersecurity console for C3iHub — visualizing honeypot traps, attacker telemetry, live event streams. Next.js Node Postgres Realtime
03 / Threat Intelligence  Open → Threat intel platform aggregating feeds, correlating indicators, surfacing analyst-ready signals. Next.js Python ElasticSearch ETL	04 / RAG Org Dashboard  Open → Retrieval-augmented generation for organizations — ingest internal docs, query with grounded answers. RAG LLM Vector DB GCP
05 / PulseFit Workouts  Open → Cross-platform Flutter workout app — Apple Health, Health Connect, OpenWearable sync. Flutter NestJS HealthKit Health Connect	06 / OpenClaw Autopublisher  Open → Multi-agent research and writing pipeline — agents argue, review and publish SEO-optimized articles daily. Multi-agent LLM SEO Automation
07 / ScholarSync ERP  Open → University management system with role-based access, analytics, integrations across departments. React Django Postgres RBAC	08 / OverthinkerGPT  Open → AI-powered application with multiple modes and interactive features. A study in expressive agent UX. Next.js AI Streaming Edge

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  06 — Signal
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  07 — Recognition
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• 01   Hack IITK → Organizer.   Competed in Hack IITK 2025, joined C3iHub, built Hack Arena — the platform that now runs the same hackathon. Participant to operator.
• 02   Hack-a-Run Runner-up.   Real-time pollution tracker — second-place finish.

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  08 — Foundation
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2021 — 2024

Bachelor of Computer Applications Data Science & AI · Babu Banarasi Das University

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  09 — Contact
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captainproid@gmail.com  ·  github ↗  ·  linkedin ↗  ·  instagram ↗

_{"For indeed, with hardship comes ease."
Surah Ash-Sharh · 94:6}

_{© 2026 Captain (Zaid Ahmad) — Built in the dark.
Chicago · London · Kanpur  ·  zaidahmadgg.com}