# Vishal Patil

> AI Engineer and Software Engineer in College Park, MD building autonomous AI agents, RAG systems and full-stack products.

Vishal Patil is an AI Engineer and Software Engineer in College Park, Maryland (MD) United States (US) who builds autonomous AI agents, RAG systems and full-stack products. He is completing a Masters in Software Engineering at the University of Maryland graduating December 2026 and previously worked as a Software Engineer at Bank of New York (BNY).

## About

- [Home](https://vishalpatil.tech/index.md): Vishal Patil, AI Engineer and Software Engineer in College Park, MD, builds autonomous AI agents, RAG systems and full-stack products. Open to full-time roles.
- [About](https://vishalpatil.tech/about.md): Vishal Patil's story from electrical engineering at VJTI Mumbai to AI engineering at the University of Maryland, plus news, books he reads and bookmarks.
- [CV](https://vishalpatil.tech/cv.md): View or download Vishal Patil's resume: AI and software engineering roles, projects, skills and education in one PDF.
- [Ask VAi](https://vishalpatil.tech/vai.md): Chat with VAi, Vishal Patil's AI assistant, about his experience, projects, skills, education and availability for full-time roles.

## Experience and education

- [Work](https://vishalpatil.tech/work.md): Vishal Patil's experience as AI Software Engineer at UMD Division of IT, Software Engineer at BNY and intern at PwC India, plus leadership and open source.
- [Education](https://vishalpatil.tech/education.md): Masters in Software Engineering at the University of Maryland (December 2026), B.Tech from VJTI Mumbai, and AWS and Anthropic certifications.

## Projects

- [Projects](https://vishalpatil.tech/projects.md): AI and full-stack projects by Vishal Patil, including Tomato, vmarker, Heron and ProBot, with live demos, source code, GitHub activity and tech stack.
- [Tomato](https://vishalpatil.tech/project/tomato.md): Ask it, and it gets done. A DOM-first agent plans, acts one step at a time, and checks each change before moving on.
- [vmarker](https://vishalpatil.tech/project/vmarker.md): Caption every frame, transcribe every word, then find the moment or answer the question with a jump-to-frame citation.
- [Heron](https://vishalpatil.tech/project/heron.md): A dual-tower phishing detector that reads the words and the logos at the same time, then fuses them into one verdict.
- [ProBot](https://vishalpatil.tech/project/probot.md): Turn your resume, LinkedIn, and portfolio into a personal AI chatbot.
- [throughspec](https://vishalpatil.tech/project/throughspec.md): A spec-driven development kit built so implementation cannot quietly walk away from intent, and so AI-assisted loops stop paying for the same context twice.
- [Codistant](https://vishalpatil.tech/project/codistant.md): A web workspace for coding assistance built spec-driven development. The interaction loop is the product.
- [VAgents](https://vishalpatil.tech/project/vagents.md): A personal AI agents library built so the deterministic parts stay deterministic and the model is the only thing left guessing.
- [DocuMind](https://vishalpatil.tech/project/documind.md): A document Q&A platform enabling real-time semantic search and context-aware responses from PDF knowledge bases.
- [VISKart](https://vishalpatil.tech/project/viskart.md): An interactive visual e-commerce experience. The interesting engineering is keeping the component tree from collapsing under the features.
- [REcom](https://vishalpatil.tech/project/recom.md): A Social Media Recommendation web app where the UI was the experiment harness, not the afterthought.
- [VIStream](https://vishalpatil.tech/project/vistream.md): VIStream is a video library for all kind of videos related to video games.
- [VISPA-UI](https://vishalpatil.tech/project/vispa-ui.md): A utility-first CSS Component Library with 97+ Components and 33+ Utility Classes.

## Writing

- [Blog](https://vishalpatil.tech/blog.md): Articles and LinkedIn posts by Vishal Patil on AI engineering, job hunting, interview prep and JavaScript, newest first.
- [Job Hunt Advice](https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7517968500909531136/): The practical things nobody really talks about. (LinkedIn, Oct 2026)
- [Jev vs Laya vs GPT](https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7511476163232555011/): Experimenting with Jev and Laya. (LinkedIn, Sept 2026)
- [The Hiring Scam](https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7511476180043366403/): My story of barely escaping a Hiring Scam (LinkedIn, Aug 2026)
- [Featured on CNBC News](https://www.cnbc.com/2026/04/30/these-2-job-seekers-built-ai-chatbots-to-talk-to-recruiters-for-them.html): An article covering my journey of building VAi chatbot. (CNBC, Mar 2026)
- [Rejection is just redirection](https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7441256049652928512/): A LinkedIn update. (LinkedIn, Mar 2026)
- [AzureDays at the Microsoft](https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7424940383479959552/): A LinkedIn update. (LinkedIn, Feb 2026)
- [VAi Launch](https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7432602547770679296/): A LinkedIn update. (LinkedIn, Feb 2026)
- [My experience at DevFest DC 2025](https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7380458316818264064/): A LinkedIn update. (LinkedIn, Nov 2025)
- [Accelerate AI with Cloud Run](https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7387285818261929984/): A LinkedIn update. (LinkedIn, Oct 2025)
- [Weekend at BSidesNoVA 2025!](https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7386612033917583360/): A LinkedIn update. (LinkedIn, Oct 2025)
- [How does a JavaScript Program run?](https://vishalpatil.hashnode.dev/how-does-a-javascript-program-run): Let's learn about Execution Context and Call-stack. (Hashnode, Jun 2022)
- [The Evolution of JavaScript](https://vishalpatil.hashnode.dev/the-evolution-of-javascript): A brief History of the Hottest Programming Language for Web development. (Hashnode, Jan 2022)
- [What is JavaScript?](https://vishalpatil.hashnode.dev/what-is-javascript): The Ultra Pro Max definition of JavaScript which you might not be knowing! (Hashnode, Jan 2022)
- [Interview Experience - Data Analyst Intern at PwC](https://vishalpatil.hashnode.dev/interview-experience-for-technology-consultant-summer-intern-at-pwc-india): This is my experience of interviewing at PwC for Data Analyst Summer Internship. (Hashnode, Dec 2021)
- [The transition from Core to Software](https://medium.com/dscvjti/the-transition-from-core-to-software-d573dab413b6): This is my journey of transitioning from Core Electrical Engineering to Software Engineering. (Medium, Oct 2021)

## Contact

- [Contact](https://vishalpatil.tech/contact.md): Contact Vishal Patil by email or LinkedIn, book a call on cal.com, or write a testimonial about working with him.
- [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/vishalrameshpatil/): Vishal Patil's LinkedIn profile with roles, posts and recommendations.
- [GitHub](https://github.com/VishalPatil18): Source code for his projects and open-source contributions.
- [Book a call](https://cal.com/vishalpatil): Schedule a call with Vishal on cal.com.

## Legal

- [Privacy Policy](https://vishalpatil.tech/privacy-policy.md): Privacy practices for vishalpatil.tech, including analytics and contact forms.
- [Terms of Use](https://vishalpatil.tech/terms.md): Terms governing vishalpatil.tech, its contact forms and portfolio content.

## Key Facts

- Name: Vishal Patil
- Role: AI Engineer and Software Engineer
- Location: College Park, MD, US
- Current role: AI Software Engineer at Division of IT at UMD (Oct 2025 - Present)
- Previously: Software Engineer I at Bank of New York (Jul 2023 - Dec 2024)
- Previously: Technology Consultant Intern at PriceWaterhouse Coopers (PwC) India (May 2022 - Aug 2022)
- Previously: Fullstack Developer Intern at CentreStage.live (Feb 2021 - Apr 2021)
- Education: Master of Engineering, Software Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park (Dec 2026)
- Education: Graduate Certificate in Engineering, Artificial Intelligence, University of Maryland, College Park (Dec 2026)
- Education: Bachelor of Technology, Electrical Engineering, Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute (Jun 2023)
- Certifications: 10, including AWS Certified Solutions Architect (Associate) and AWS Certified AI Practitioner - Foundational
- Availability: Seeking full-time AI Engineer and Software Engineer roles from December 2026; open to relocation and to hybrid, remote or on-site work.
- Skills - Languages: Python, TypeScript, JavaScript, C++, HTML5, CSS3, Go, Java (basic), Bash, C#, SQL
- Skills - AI: LangChain, OpenAI, RAG, MCP, PyTorch, TensorFlow, Pandas, Evaluations, Generative AI, LLM, Agentic AI, Fine-tuning, Benchmarking, LLM Orchestration
- Skills - Frontend: React.js, Next.js, Tailwind CSS, Angular, Swift
- Skills - Backend: Node.js, FastAPI, .NET, Spring Boot
- Skills - Databases: PostgreSQL, Redis, Neo4j, Supabase, MySQL, MongoDB, Apache Spark
- Skills - DevOps & Cloud: Docker, Git, AWS, Kubernetes, Terraform

## Contact Details

- Website: https://vishalpatil.tech
- Email: hire.vishalpatil@gmail.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vishalrameshpatil/
- GitHub: https://github.com/VishalPatil18
- Book a call: https://cal.com/vishalpatil
- Resume: https://vishalpatil.tech/cv

## Optional

- [llms-full.txt](https://vishalpatil.tech/llms-full.txt): Every page of the site as one Markdown document.
- [Sitemap](https://vishalpatil.tech/sitemap.xml): XML sitemap of all indexable pages with last-modified dates.
- [RSS feed](https://vishalpatil.tech/rss.xml): Articles and LinkedIn posts, newest first.