Gokul Nair
Computer Science graduate from VIT Vellore. Software engineer by day, with apps and developer tools on the side. Curious by habit, and always looking for the next problem to solve.
Work
SDE-II, Motive — Jul 2025 – Present, Bangalore
I build core Workforce Management features and contribute to platform-level improvements.
SDE-I, Powerplay — Jul 2022 – Jun 2025, Bangalore
Led development of key Platform modules from design to delivery. Built frameworks that reduced development cost and improved efficiency.
SDE Intern, Fospe Softwares — Aug 2021 – Jan 2022, Bangalore
Developed and launched Remember Us!, a fully featured iOS app.
SDE Intern, Ashva Wearables — Jan 2020 – Aug 2021, Bangalore
Built the app that connects to their IoT wearable for musculoskeletal healthcare, used in clinical assessment and rehab.
Projects
Velum
Detects hidden UX friction from real user behavior and tells your team what to fix first.
LLMForge (Beta)
A native macOS app to run your full LLM pipeline locally — from model download to on-device deploy. No terminal. No cloud.
Distill
Turns any webpage into clean Markdown an AI agent can actually use, in about 16 ms per page.
Crisper
Turns your voice into polished, ready-to-paste text on your Mac. Instant, private, and fully on-device. No cloud. No subscription.
Mesh
A dynamic UI generator for UIKit. Build views from pre-written components instead of wiring table views by hand.
Achievements
WWDC 2023 Swift Student Challenge Winner
One of the top 350 students selected worldwide from Apple.
MLH Fellow 2021
One of 60 selected from 20,000 students worldwide.
LinkBoard, Top Paid Utilities
Ranked 23 on the App Store Top Paid Apps in Utilities.
Pledge on Hacker News
50+ GitHub stars. Ranked on the Hacker News frontpage for 4 days.
Apple Developers Group, VIT
Core member.