Soham Parekh Resume Goes Viral: Indian Techie Hired Again by AI Startup Amid Moonlighting Allegations

Amid widespread online backlash against Soham Parekh, the Indian software developer accused of secretly working for multiple U.S. startups simultaneously, an AI startup founder has surprised many by offering him a second chance.

Conor Burke, founder of AI firm HyperSpell, shared on social media that he had emailed Parekh with a job offer. Despite industry outrage, Burke sees potential. "He's definitely learned his lesson now and is going to work insanely hard to prove everyone wrong," Burke wrote. "Massive opportunity to bring on top talent with a chip on their shoulder.

The email Burke sent read,"Hi Soham, saw that you've worked with quite a few successful startups and heard you might be on the market. We're hiring engineers right now. Let me know if you're open to a casual chat next week."

Burke captioned the post with the phrase: "Be greedy when others are fearful," quoting legendary investor Warren Buffett.

While some praised the gesture, others warned against hiring "low-integrity" employees. To that, Burke replied, "Everybody deserves a second chance. Let's be part of his redemption arc."

Who is Soham Parekh?

Soham Parekh is an Indian software engineer who came under fire after Suhail Doshi, co-founder of Mixpanel and Playground AI, accused him of moonlighting for several U.S. tech startups at once. Doshi issued a public PSA on X (formerly Twitter), saying, "There's a guy named Soham Parekh (in India) who works at 3-4 startups at the same time. He's been preying on YC companies. Beware."

Following this, more than six startup founders came forward, confirming they had unknowingly hired Parekh. He was reportedly let go once it became clear he was juggling multiple roles.

What's on Soham Parekh's Resume?

According to a resume shared by Doshi, Parekh holds a Master's degree in Computer Science from Georgia Tech and a Bachelor's in Engineering from Mumbai University. His experience includes roles at high-profile companies such as Synthesia, Alan AI, Union.ai, and DynamoAI. He's worked on advanced technologies like machine learning model deployment, cloud infrastructure, video editing tools, and AI agents.

His technical skills span Nest.js, React, D3.js, Pulumi, AWS, Apollo GraphQL, Go, and more. Despite his credentials, his alleged misconduct has raised concerns across the tech community.

Here's the full resume of Sonam Parekh

SOHAM PAREKH

📍 India | 💻 Software Engineer | 🌐 [LinkedIn/GitHub - if applicable]
✉️ [Email] | 📞 [Phone Number]

EDUCATION
Georgia Institute of Technology
Master of Science in Computer Science
Sept 2020 - May 2022

Courses: Deep Learning, NLP, Advanced Operating Systems, Distributed Computing, Computer Networks

University of Mumbai
Bachelor of Engineering in Computer Engineering
Aug 2016 - May 2020

GPA: 9.83/10

Courses: Algorithms, Databases, Machine Learning, Cloud Computing, AI, NLP

EXPERIENCE
DynamoAI (Remote - Senior Software Engineer, Contract)
Jan 2024 - Present

Designed interactive dashboard using D3 and visx

Built CQRS backend with Nest.js for scalable async prompt generation

Integrated model loading with LoRA

Managed AWS Marketplace and Sagemaker deployments

Reduced CVEs from 609 to 2 via security patching

Developed agentic-evaluation framework with foundation models

Union.ai (Remote - Senior Fullstack Engineer)
Jan 2023 - Jan 2024

Contributed to Flyte and Union Cloud Console (Go, Python, React)

Developed gRPC services for real-time DAG workflow visualization

Built custom plugins using JSON schema for rapid input compilation

Implemented observability metrics (GPU/CPU) and live log streaming

Revamped design using Atomic Design methodology

Synthesia (Remote - Senior Fullstack Engineer)
Dec 2021 - Dec 2022

Developed in-browser video editor in React with Flask/Postgres/MongoDB

Implemented real-time collaboration using CRDT

Built timeline/event annotations with Tiptap & ProseMirror

Created optimized KDTree algorithms for canvas snapping

Enhanced SSML parser for animation tuning

Led UI redesign using Atomic Design principles

Alan AI (Remote - Founding Software Engineer)
Jan 2021 - Dec 2021

Created visualization tools for ML pipelines in React/D3

Built "Alan Studio" for browser-based AI training

Improved entity recognizer accuracy by 4.6% using synthetic datasets

Dockerized training pipelines, optimized GraphQL backend with Nest.js

Cut API response times from minutes to seconds

Automated infra management via microservices on Google Cloud

GitHub (Remote - Open Source Fellow)
May 2020 - Aug 2020

Remodeled NVM codebase to support Windows environments

TECHNICAL SKILLS
Languages: Python, JavaScript (React), Go, SQL

Frameworks: Nest.js, Flask, Node.js, Tiptap, ProseMirror

Cloud/DevOps: AWS, GCP, Pulumi, Terraform, Docker, BullMQ

Data & ML: LoRA, Sagemaker, CRDT, SSML

Tools: D3, visx, Postgres, MongoDB, Apollo GraphQL