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Founder

Why I build companies as an engineer

I'm not a software engineer who became a founder by accident. I use engineering, AI and systems thinking to build businesses that scale — deliberately.

Vijay Singh Rajput is a Senior Software Engineer and technology entrepreneur from Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh, focused on building intelligent systems, scalable software products, automation platforms and technology-driven companies. He operates at the intersection of software engineering, artificial intelligence, SaaS and business operations.

As an engineer, Vijay designs full-stack systems across web, mobile and cloud — from AI orchestration layers and RAG pipelines to workforce tracking, CRM and business-intelligence platforms. He treats architecture as a business tool: pragmatic, measurable, and built to remove operational friction rather than add complexity.

As a founder, he builds companies that run on the software he engineers. Skyably IT Solutions delivers web, mobile, AI and SaaS products for businesses undergoing digital transformation. Mudrabase Sales & Distribution Pvt. Ltd. is a technology-enabled clean-energy company scaling distributed solar through sales systems, branch operations and AI-assisted execution.

His guiding conviction is simple: software should operate businesses, not just describe them. Every platform he builds connects engineering to real-world execution — leads, sales, finance, operations, installation, support and management intelligence — into a single operating system.

Founder philosophy

How I think about building companies

Engineering-first entrepreneurship

I start from the system. The company is the software's operating environment, not an afterthought bolted onto it.

Own the outcome, not just the code

Founding forces you to feel the consequences of every architectural decision in the P&L, not just the pull request.

Automation as strategy

Business automation isn't a feature — it's how a small team operates like a much larger one.

Build from anywhere

Great technology companies can be built from Gorakhpur as much as from any tech capital. Distance is a solved problem.

The companies

What I'm building

Mudrabase

A technology-enabled solar and clean-energy company focused on distributed solar, operational scale, sales systems and customer execution.

Skyably IT Solutions

A technology company building web applications, mobile apps, AI software, business automation and enterprise SaaS platforms.

The journey

From engineer to operator

  1. 01

    Software Engineer

    The foundation

    Started by writing production software — full-stack web and mobile systems — and learning how real applications survive real users.

  2. 02

    Technology Builder

    Depth

    Moved from features to systems: architecture, cloud infrastructure, data pipelines and AI. Began engineering platforms, not just apps.

  3. 03

    Founder

    Ownership

    Founded Skyably IT Solutions to build software, AI and SaaS products end to end — owning both the engineering and the outcomes.

  4. 04

    Business Operator

    Execution

    Founded Mudrabase to run a technology-enabled clean-energy business — learning operations, sales, finance and execution from the inside.

  5. 05

    Multi-company Technology Entrepreneur

    Scale

    Now builds companies that run on the software he engineers — connecting engineering, AI and operations into systems that scale.