Hi, I am
Nithesh Kanna
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Building enterprise SaaS workflows at Zoho with strong backend reliability and integration depth.
Engineering data science and ML systems end-to-end: RAG retrieval pipelines, model evaluation, and production APIs.
BackendAI/MLIntegrationsComputer VisionDeveloper Tooling
Open to Work
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IIT Madras
Zoho Engineer
name: Nithesh Kanna
role: Member Technical Staff @ Zoho
focus: backend, integrations, ML systems
education: IIT Madras, BIT
status: open to impactful engineering
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About Me
Software engineer focused on practical, scalable, and dependable product systems.
I currently work on Zoho Payroll US, where I build and improve enterprise integrations used in real customer operations. My work spans high-trust backend systems, tax and reimbursement workflows, and production data integrity.
Alongside backend engineering, I actively build applied ML systems including OCR-driven computer vision and RAG-powered assistants. I enjoy creating tools that solve practical problems and help teams move faster with confidence.
Skills & Expertise
Balanced across backend delivery, AI engineering, data systems, and execution quality.
Backend
JavaPythonFlaskFastAPIREST APIIntegration Workflows
AI / ML
PyTorchTensorFlowYOLOOpenCVRAGLangChain
Frontend & DB
JavaScriptTypeScriptVue.jsSupabaseMySQLPostgreSQL
Tools & DevOps
GitTableauSQLite3Data ValidationAutomationDebugging
Algorithms
Analytical ThinkingModel ValidationData PipelinesDSAOptimization
Cloud & Infra
LinuxDockerCloud FundamentalsCI/CDMonitoringDeployment
Professional Journey
Most recent experience first, with delivery details and impact highlights.
Member Technical Staff
Zoho Corporation
Working on Zoho Payroll US to improve enterprise workflows, customer experience, and integration reliability.
- Integrated CheckHQ for tax calculation and filing support across all 50 US states.
- Integrated Zoho Expense with Payroll US to reimburse employee expenses via Payrun.
- Migrated organizations to CHQ setup with uninterrupted payrun execution.
- Built integrity queries to ensure high-confidence data population across key tables.
Technical Trainee
Zoho Corporation
Contributed to Zoho Finance backend quality and resolved practical integration and payroll issues.
Machine Learning Engineer Intern
Tann Mann Foundation
Designed object detection experiments using custom datasets and production-style CV pipelines.
Featured Projects
Focused builds across backend systems, AI/ML, and computer vision workflows.
Number Plate Detection and Extraction
Detects vehicle plates and supports smart barrier entry tracking.
PythonYOLOEasyOCRTracking
BlogLite
Social blogging platform with search, reactions, and discovery feeds.
FlaskSQLiteREST APISearch
Influencer Sponsorship
Connects sponsors and influencers with campaign negotiations and analytics.
Vue.jsFlaskCeleryNotifications
RAG-based Academic Guidance Assistant
Role-based assistant that gives contextual hints using RAG workflows.
TypeScriptFastAPILangChainOpenAI
Code Showcase
Interactive snippets from representative projects and implementation patterns.
RAG Chatbot Pipeline
RAGPromptingContext Retrieval
Let's Connect
Open to collaboration, product engineering discussions, and challenging builds.