Hi, I'm Tilak —
Software Engineer & AI Systems Developer
Building secure, scalable software and AI-powered systems.
3+
Years of experience
12+
Production projects shipped
3
Hackathons won / coordinated
Selected work
Projects
A mix of production systems, research prototypes, and tools I've built.
Re-Cyclo — Efficient Household Waste Management
researchAI-powered web & mobile platform for household waste management — detects waste objects with a fine-tuned YOLOv8 model, generates reuse tips via an offline LLaMA2 model, and applies centroid-fixed clustering to automate efficient pickup routing for waste collectors.
XAI-Q Audit Framework for Intrusion Detection Systems
researchIn-progress research framework for resource-constrained environments, addressing explanation stability, sparsity, and operational actionability for SOC analysts — going beyond raw accuracy in XAI for IDS.
general_cve_scanner
toolAutomated vulnerability scanning tool that identifies known CVEs in software dependencies to support proactive security research.
MeroGpt
productCentralized, all-in-one AI-powered code, music, audio, and text generation system.
Recognition
Awards & Achievements
Hackathons I've competed in, won, and organized.
OSM HackFest 2023, Pokhara
Team Representor — Team Libre
Organized by GESAN (WRC), YouthMappers, Open Mapping Hub – Asia Pacific & Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT)
Led Team Libre to victory at OSM HackFest 2023, building an innovative mapping and geospatial-information solution aimed at strengthening humanitarian mapping efforts.
CodeFest 2023, Pokhara
Team Representor
Organized by Code For Change, Gandaki Province
Led Team to victory at Codefest 2023 Gandaki Province, demonstrate mvp centering around 7 sustainable development goals(SDGs) and represent team at National Level
Yatra 4.0 Hackathon — Team_WRC
Team Representor
Organized by National College of Engineering (NCE)
Built and pitched a solution in an intense 24-hour hackathon as part of Team_WRC, securing the runner-up position at the Yatra 4.0 event.
About me
A bit about my journey
Software Engineer with hands-on experience building secure, scalable, and high-performance web applications, with a strong foundation in AI/LLM-powered systems. Passionate about AI safety, AI security, multi-agent reliability, cloud computing, distributed systems, and system design — seeking to bring production engineering experience into impactful research.
Location
Kathmandu, Nepal
tilakkhatri0001@gmail.com
Experience
3+ years
Status
Open to work