Proximity Works is an AI engineering company headquartered in San Francisco that builds production AI systems and scalable software for sports, media and entertainment organizations. Its work includes live sports analytics, player-performance and fan-engagement tools, automated content generation, intelligent document processing, personalized viewer experiences and high-scale digital platforms. Proximity works through embedded engineering, AI strategy and platform development, operating alongside client teams in production environments. Its published case studies include performance engineering for Nasdaq.com, a major fantasy-sports platform and AI-powered live sports systems. The company has engineering teams across multiple countries, including the United States and India.
Proximity offers engineers and product specialists exposure to production AI, distributed systems, data platforms and high-scale sports and media products used by millions of people. Current roles cover Java, Go, Python, AWS, Kubernetes, Spark, machine learning and real-time data systems. Its careers materials emphasize technical ownership, continuous learning, Proximity Talks with industry experts and competitive compensation. The company also promotes flexible schedules, 40-hour workweeks and annual team off-sites, although some current engineering openings are explicitly on-site in Bengaluru. Candidates can work on systems where performance, reliability and real-time operation are central engineering problems.
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Founder and CEO of Proximity Works. Jagda is a technologist who previously led engineering teams at product startups in Mumbai before launching Proximity in 2019. He has grown the company from performance engineering into AI infrastructure and software for large sports, media and entertainment platforms.
Co-founder of Proximity Works and leader of its AI Innovation and Platforms teams. Devanahalli is an aerospace engineer turned technology entrepreneur with experience building AI and software products. His previous ventures include Aparkoo, which was acquired, and he now works on enterprise AI systems and product strategy at Proximity.
Vaghela is Director of Engineering at Proximity Works. He joined the company in 2020 and progressed through engineering management roles. His work focuses on leading engineering teams building AI-driven platforms, distributed systems and scalable cloud-native products across areas including sports analytics and SaaS.
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Founder and CEO Hardik Jagda discussed building Proximity Works from a side project into a global AI engineering company and described the company's approach to flexible schedules, employee ownership and performance rather than enforcing a rigid 996 work model.
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Proximity Works launched Legacy Engine, a leadership and technology interview series focused on sports, AI, media and large-scale digital systems. Its first episode featured JioHotstar CTO Akash Saxena discussing the technology and leadership behind major live-streaming events.
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