Director of Engineering at Proximity Works Director of Engineering

Tushar Vaghela

Building products that matter. Leading teams that deliver.

AI Ready

I am an engineer who enjoys building things that scale big and run smooth — from distributed systems and AI-driven platforms to consumer products that people actually love using. I started my career as a hands-on coder and today I lead teams, solve problems, and take ideas from whiteboard to real-world impact.

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Remote, India

Worked across domains like e-learning, gaming, media, and online services — always curious to learn what’s next
Building AI and data-driven products in areas like sports analytics, 3D modeling, and SaaS platforms
Leading and mentoring cross-functional teams with focus on ownership, collaboration, and efficiency
Making systems more scalable, fast, and reliable in cloud-native environments
Creating tools and libraries that save developer time and speed up delivery
Strong believer that UI/UX and product design play a big role in adoption and success

Along with client and enterprise work, I also enjoy entrepreneurial projects. I started MentalMint — a brain-game platform designed as a fun alternative to reels, where tech meets product design and engagement.

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Portfolio

Featured projects

Building products that solve real problems

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Local LLM

A private workspace for a model that runs on your own computer. Chat, see which models can look at pictures, and time how fast they answer.

Dev Tools

Speedtape

Scheduled tests across peak and off-peak hours. Evidence you can take to your ISP.

Dev Tools

GoTo - Chrome Extension

Stop repeating yourself. Command the web with keyboard-first productivity. Search GitHub, YouTube, Gmail & more instantly.

Productivity

Mental Mint

Fun brain exercise games that actually make a difference. Take mental breaks that matter.

Gaming

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Career Pages

Curated career pages from 450+ leading tech companies worldwide.

Resources

Fleet Management System

Visual FoxPro fleet system for CSMCRI Bhavnagar. First enterprise project as a student.

Enterprise

Page Filter Effects

Transform any website with instant visual filters. Adjust blur, grayscale, sepia, brightness, contrast, hue rotation, saturation, and invert — saved per site.

Productivity

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Signal library

Bookmarks that level up how I build, lead, and travel.

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11 saved Curated picks

Blogs

Foundational writing that shifts how I think about building products, leading teams, and shipping fast.

Netflix Tech Blog
streamingplatformculture
Hotstar Tech Blog
streamingcdnlive

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My Heroes

Operators, founders, and thinkers whose work inspires how I lead teams and design product systems.

Akash Saxena
streamingctoindia
Akira Miyawaki
ecologyforest restorationenvironment +2 more

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Things I Recommend

Talks, courses, and resources that consistently sharpen my craft and perspective.

Scaling Hotstar for 25 Million Concurrent Viewers
architecturestreamingtalk
Hard work, Sound decisions, and Good fortune
leadershipcareersfuture of work +1 more

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Skills & expertise

Where I spend depth — leadership, systems, and product craft.

Engineering Leadership Distributed Systems AI & Data Products JavaScript/TypeScript ReactJS & Modern Web Cloud-Native Architecture Product Development Team Building & Mentoring

Let's build something that scales

Open to engineering leadership conversations, advisory work, speaking, and ambitious product collaborations.

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