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Md Murtuza Ali
Software & AI Engineer · Co-Founder @ Mindalike · Zerobase S4 Resident
“Software that is crafted carefully, tested sensory-first, and shipped with conviction.”
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Hyderabad, India · 2026
MD MURTUZA ALI
Software Engineer · Founder
“Building systems, developer tools, and products that make software more capable.”
Hi, I'm Murtuza.
I am a software engineer and startup founder based in Hyderabad, India. I architect and ship AI-powered products, developer tools, and cloud-native full-stack systems.
As co-founder and CEO of Mindalike, I engineered our real-time collaborative coding infrastructure, peer-to-peer WebRTC media mesh, and multi-tenant PostgreSQL RLS architecture.
Selected as one of 20 founders globally for the Zerobase Season 4 founder residency in Seoul. I care deeply about making software more responsive, reliable, and capable.
Hyderabad, India
17.3850° N, 78.4867° E
Software · AI
Systems & Products
// Real-time autonomous execution loop
const agent = new ClosedLoopAgent({
engine: "LangGraph",
sensoryProbe: "Playwright headless",
verification: true,
});
> observe() → test() → commitDiff();
Built Wajipedia — an accessibility-first Wikipedia browser with text-to-speech and high-contrast reading. Won 1st Place at Hack-O-Mania out of 99 competing teams.
Engineered BurryAI on Cloudflare Workers edge compute for student financial planning. Co-authored peer-reviewed research on Healthcare.AI published in an IEEE conference proceedings.
Won 1st prize at TechXcelerate (BITS Pilani Hyderabad) and Datanyx datathon.
Co-founded Mindalike Technologies. Built real-time WebRTC mesh signaling, multi-language shared code editor, and PostgreSQL Row-Level Security infrastructure.
Contributed to NRNB / Pathway Commons open-source biological tooling. Architected Contexer — a closed-loop coding agent integrating headless browser sensory observation.
Selected as 1 of 20 founders globally for Zerobase Season 4 in Seoul, South Korea (led by YC and a16z Speedrun alumni). Completing B.Tech CSE at VJIT (8.4 CGPA).
Start with the problem.
Avoid premature abstraction and shiny-tool obsession. Pinpoint the actual human friction, workflow fragmentation, or operational bottleneck before drafting an architecture.
Build the smallest useful system.
Strip away decorative surface area. A working, deployable primitive with tight feedback loops always beats an unproven monolithic blueprint.
Understand what breaks.
Actively hunt failure modes: network partitions, WebRTC NAT traversal dropouts, state drift, and non-deterministic LLM tokens. Observe failures before users do.
Then make it reliable.
Harden with deterministic guardrails: PostgreSQL Row Level Security, global edge caching, structured schema validation, and sensory acceptance tests.
Run stateless routing and data aggregation on Cloudflare Workers edge nodes globally to achieve <50ms response times without cross-continental round trips.
AI shouldn't run open-loop. Pair every LLM code change with automated headless DOM observation (Playwright) and AST diff inspection.
Mindalike
“AI-powered collaborative development platform”
Real-time WebRTC mesh signaling, multi-language collaborative code editor with contextual AI synthesis, and PostgreSQL RLS multi-tenant isolation.
BurryAI
“AI-powered personal finance platform for students”
Algorithmic student expense tracker and grant discovery engine deployed on Cloudflare Workers edge nodes (<50ms response globally).
Contexer
Closed-loop coding agent that coordinates multi-file code synthesis with Playwright headless DOM inspection and automated patch repair.
Healthcare.AI
Peer-reviewed clinical telemetry platform evaluated across 100 simulated patients and 3,000+ health records (<100ms response).
Al Arabian Café
Production restaurant ordering and real-time kitchen fulfillment platform handling live commercial operations and Razorpay payments.
AI Agents & Autonomous Loops
LangGraph state graphs, Model Context Protocol (MCP), recursive agentic loops, prompt synthesis, and RAG pipelines with semantic vector search.
Real-Time & Distributed Systems
WebRTC peer-to-peer media mesh, WebSocket channels, real-time database listeners, and PostgreSQL multi-tenant Row Level Security (RLS).
Edge & Serverless Infrastructure
Cloudflare Workers global edge compute, Durable Objects for stateful coordination, D1 SQL storage, and sub-50ms latency architectures.
3× National Hackathon Champion
IEEE Conference Publication
“Healthcare AI: An Integrated Platform for Proactive Patient Care”
Zerobase S4 — Seoul, Korea
Selected as one of only 20 founders globally for the 4-week founder residency in Seoul led by YC and a16z Speedrun alumni.
Production Track Record
B.Tech Computer Science & Eng.
Vidya Jyothi Institute of Technology · 2022–2026
Have something worth building?
I am currently exploring opportunities with early-stage AI startups, engineering teams, and founders looking for a high-velocity full-stack AI engineer or founding engineer.
Md Murtuza Ali
Software Engineer · Founder @ Mindalike · Zerobase S4 Resident
I build AI-powered products, developer tools, and full-stack systems.
Software engineer with 2+ years of experience building AI-powered full-stack applications, real-time systems, and cloud-native platforms. Co-founder of Mindalike, focusing on collaborative developer tooling and agentic workflows.
Selected Work
Featured Systems & Production Engineering
AI-powered collaborative development platform
AI-powered personal finance platform for students
AI-powered healthcare management platform
Autonomous AI vibe-coding platform
Production ordering platform for a real business
Additional & Older Systems
SkillSet.ai
GitHubAI-powered collaborative learning platform with personalized curriculum generation and peer matching.
Planer
GitHubProject planning platform featuring interactive Gantt charts, drag-and-drop tasks, and workload analytics.
Confereo
GitHubFull-stack video conferencing platform supporting screen sharing, meeting rooms, and user authentication.
Wajipedia
GitHubAccessibility-focused Wikipedia browser with text-to-speech, auto-scroll, and high-contrast reading.
Experience & Leadership
Engineering & Founder Roles
Co-Founder / CEO
· Mindalike Technologies Private Limited(Hyderabad, India)- —Leading technical direction, product architecture, and company roadmap for an AI-assisted collaborative coding platform.
- —Architected real-time communication infrastructure, multi-language code editor integrations, and PostgreSQL RLS security models.
- —Directing product design, developer user experience, feature prioritization, and builder community feedback loops.
Incubatee
· SU Knowledge Hub Foundation(Hyderabad, India)- —Incubated for Mindalike, participating in product strategy, go-to-market validation, and customer discovery sprints.
- —Working closely with startup mentors to evaluate developer retention, feature adoption, and operational execution.
Founder Cohort — Resident Builder
· Zerobase Season 4(Seoul, South Korea)- —Selected as one of only 20 founders globally for Zerobase Season 4, a 4-week founder residency led by YC and a16z Speedrun alumni.
- —Building and launching AI-native products with an international cohort of founders and venture-backed operators.
Open Source Contributor
· NRNB (National Resource for Network Biology) / Pathway Commons(Remote)- —Contributed UI improvements and pathway search enhancements to Pathway Commons, an open-source biological data platform.
- —Collaborated with maintainers on code reviews, usability refinements, and scientific software navigation workflows.
Research & Publication
Peer-Reviewed Engineering
Healthcare AI: An Integrated AI Platform for Proactive Patient Care and Medical Data Management
Peer-reviewed research proposing an integrated AI healthcare architecture that combines electronic medical record management, natural language clinical querying, and predictive risk assessment for cardiovascular disease, diabetes, stroke, and chronic kidney disease.
Index
Technical Competencies
Evidence & Recognition
Honors & Track Record
Hack-O-Mania Winner — 1st Place Among 99 Teams
Hack-O-Mania HackathonSecured 1st place out of 99 participating teams for developing Wajipedia, an accessibility-first Wikipedia reading platform using speech synthesis and assistive navigation.
Zerobase Season 4 — Selected Among 20 Founders Globally
Zerobase (Seoul, South Korea)Selected as one of 20 international founders for the 4-week founder residency and build sprint led by YC and a16z Speedrun alumni.
IEEE Conference Publication
IEEECo-authored research on proactive healthcare monitoring and predictive risk assessment platforms evaluated across 100 simulated patients and 3,000+ measurements.
TechXcelerate National Hackathon Winner
BITS Pilani HyderabadWon 1st prize at TechXcelerate, a national-level engineering hackathon organized by BITS Pilani Hyderabad.
Datanyx Telangana Datathon Winner
MJCETSecured 1st place in data modeling, analytics, and predictive system design.
Profile & Perspective
About
I am a software engineer and founder based in Hyderabad, India. I build developer tools, AI-powered products, and full-stack platforms where architecture, latency, and UX directly determine user trust.
My approach to engineering is straightforward: start with a clean data model, keep state transitions deterministic, test against real edge cases, and eliminate unnecessary abstraction layers. I prefer working end-to-end—from distributed backend services down to responsive, typography-driven user interfaces.
Currently, I am deep into closed-loop agentic systems—specifically pairing LLM code generation with headless browser sensory harnesses and automated test loops (Contexer). I also lead engineering at Mindalike, designing real-time collaborative workspaces for software builders.
Goal: Building enduring developer tools and AI systems that multiply human capability.
Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech) in Computer Science and Engineering
Vidya Jyothi Institute of Technology (VJIT)
Correspondence & Inquiries
Let's build together.
I am open to conversations with early-stage AI founders, high-velocity engineering teams, and collaborative research initiatives seeking a founding or senior full-stack AI engineer.