Alex Benny — AI Systems Engineer

ALEXBENNY

Systems Engineer at TCS.

Building AI agents, computer vision systems, and automation software.

Previously built MERLIN, Smart Glasses, Curabot.

B.Tech in Artificial Intelligence and Data ScienceKerala, India

Technical Skills

Core technologies and tools across the AI and software stack.

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Programming

PythonJava

AI Systems

LLM AgentsRAGTool Orchestrated AI SystemsNLP

AI Infrastructure

Vector DatabasesModel IntegrationRetrieval Systems

Software & Backend

FlaskREST APIsPostgreSQLMongoDB

DevOps & Cloud

CI/CD PipelinesGitHub ActionsAzure Deployment

Tools

GitGitHubPostmanVS Code

Projects

Systems I've designed and built — from agentic AI to assistive tech.

MERLIN

Flagship

Agentic AI Desktop Automation System

A JARVIS-style desktop AI system with hybrid deterministic + LLM-routed architecture, sub-15ms local skill execution, structured multi-step planning, and voice-controlled floating UI with wake-word detection.

Hybrid deterministic + LLM-routed system with sub-15ms local skill execution latency
Execution Coordinator with bounded iteration control and conservative execution gating
Structured multi-step planning with typed failure handling and bounded retry orchestration
JARVIS-style floating UI with wake-word detection and voice feedback
$ pip install merlin-assistant
PythonLLMsOS APIsSpeech RecognitionTTS

Smart Glasses

Assistive System for Visually Impaired

A wearable assistive system for real-time object detection, OCR, face recognition, and scene description with hands-free voice interaction.

  • Real-time object detection, OCR, face recognition, and scene description
  • Hands-free interaction through voice commands and text-to-speech feedback
PythonYOLOBLIPEasyOCRInsightFaceTTS

Smart-Acad

Academic Resource Management Platform

GitHub ↗

A cloud-based academic platform to streamline student–faculty coordination with automation modules and analytics dashboards.

  • Streamlined student–faculty coordination and resource sharing
  • Automation modules and analytics dashboards for institutional efficiency
  • Winner — ICTAK Techathlon 2025
PythonFlaskPostgreSQLMLHTMLCSS

Fluento

AI Language Learning Platform

GitHub ↗

An adaptive GenAI-powered language learning platform with personalized exercises, AI-driven content generation, and pronunciation feedback.

  • Adaptive GenAI-powered platform with personalized exercises
  • AI-driven content generation and pronunciation feedback
  • Winner — EDEN 4.0 Hackathon
PythonGenAISpeech AnalysisNLP

Experience

Professional work building real systems.

Systems Engineer

Tata Consultancy Services (TCS)·Kolkata, India
Jun 2026 – Present
  • Systems Engineer.
  • Undergoing Initial Learning Program (ILP) with a focus on Data Science and Machine Learning.
  • Building expertise in Python, SQL, data analysis, and enterprise software development.
  • Working with industry-standard tools and software engineering practices.

Software Developer Intern

Recode AI Solutions·Kerala, IndiaSee it live · keelzo.com
Nov 2025 – May 2026
  • Identified and eliminated redundant API polling loops, reducing request volume by 60–70%.
  • Designed and implemented multi-environment CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions and Azure.
  • Built deployment workflows enforcing environment isolation and controlled rollouts.

AI Developer Intern

ICT Academy of Kerala·Thrissur, Kerala
May 2025 – Jun 2025
  • Engineered NLP-based automation for an AI-driven LMS, reducing question paper generation time by 70%.
  • Developed a performance analytics dashboard delivering actionable academic insights.
  • Built and integrated an AI-powered chatbot to automate routine academic workflows.

Achievements

Recognitions from hackathons and competitions.

ICTAK Techathlon 2025

ICTAK Techathlon 2025

ICT Academy of Kerala

🏆 Winner
National-Level Gen AI Hackathon

National-Level Gen AI Hackathon

amFOSS · Hexinox

🥉 3rd Place
Eden Hackathon 4.0

Eden Hackathon 4.0

Marian IEDC Trivandrum

🏆 Winner
INNOVISION 2K25

INNOVISION 2K25

ICET Muvattupuzha

🏆 Winner
AI Friday Hackathon

AI Friday Hackathon

AI Friday

🥈 Runner-Up

Let's Connect

Open to opportunities, collaborations, and conversations about AI systems.

© 2026 Alex Benny · Kerala, India