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Hi there 👋

Engineering Manager and hands-on backend engineer with 13+ years of experience building distributed platforms, cloud-native architectures, and enterprise data systems at scale. Combines deep technical expertise with organizational leadership across platform engineering, data engineering, cloud modernization, and Agentic AI systems.

Leading 16 engineers across 2 feature teams while driving platform modernization, cloud transformation, and Agentic AI initiatives. Passionate about scaling teams, driving technical vision, and engineering excellence while staying hands-on with architecture and emerging technologies.

What I'm interested in

I'm drawn to product development, startups, distributed systems, and side projects—especially opportunities where ideas evolve into products, systems operate at scale, and learning happens through building and shipping.

Over the past few months, I've also been exploring agentic capabilities in engineering execution, building programmatic agents that address real business problems and automate meaningful engineering workflows.

What I'm focused on

  • Building and scaling high-performing engineering teams, culture, and mentorship.
  • Designing and implementing AI agents and GenAI solutions with LLMs.
  • Integrating AI capabilities into existing platforms and workflows.
  • Designing scalable, resilient platform architectures and driving cloud-native transformations.

Companies

Education

  • Rajiv Gandhi Proudyogiki Vishwavidyalaya

    Bachelor of Engineering: Computer Science

3 Companies · sorted by most recently updated

  • zs-associatesPrivate

    Engineering Manager

    ZS Associates

    Apr 2021 – Present

    Pune

    • Python
    • Flask
    • AWS
    • PySpark
    • EMR
    • Claude
    • Copilot
    • Agentic
    • Langchain
    • LangGraph
    • RAG

    Highlights

    • Led rollout and adoption of GitHub Copilot and Claude across engineering teams; trained developers on AI-assisted development workflows and established AI-enabled SDLC practices, resulting in ~70% AI-assisted code generation.
    • Led design and production delivery of Agentic AI solutions using LangChain, LangGraph, RAG, MCP, AWS Bedrock, and AWS Lambda with multi-model support.
    • Architected and delivered an NLP-powered SQL Agent enabling natural language-driven query generation and analytics workflows, improving self-service capabilities for business and operations users.
    • Built Data Job Failure Intelligence — an AI-powered diagnostics service for automated root-cause analysis of EMR / EMR Serverless job failures using LLM-driven reasoning, reducing troubleshooting effort and MTTR.
    • Developed an Autonomous SonarQube Remediation Agent that identifies top SonarQube issues, generates fixes, validates code quality, and automates PR creation workflows to improve engineering productivity and code quality.
    • Led platform modernization by migrating polling-based workflows to event-driven architecture and driving adoption of EMR Serverless.
    • Architected migration of monolithic services into Lambda-based microservices, enabling scalable and independent service evolution.
    • Delivered 31% infrastructure cost optimization through serverless adoption, workload optimization, and cloud modernization initiatives.
    • Conceived and delivered Data Fabric and reusable integration frameworks enabling unified data access across enterprise systems.
    • Managed 15 engineers across 2 feature teams, driving roadmap execution, technical direction, hiring, and performance management.
    • Partnered with product and architecture teams to define platform strategy, modernization roadmap, and technical investments.
    • Led engineering excellence initiatives including SonarQube gates, automated validations, security scans, and mentoring programs.

  • verificient-solutions-pvt-ltdPrivate

    Lead Software Engineer

    Verificient Solutions Pvt Ltd

    Jul 2015 – Apr 2021

    Pune

    • Python
    • Flask
    • Rest
    • Django
    • GCP
    • Postgres

    Highlights

    • Led a cross-functional engineering team to build and scale student onboarding, identity verification, and online proctoring platforms, delivering secure and reliable user authentication.
    • Drove end-to-end integration of Proctortrack with edX and major LMS platforms (Canvas, Moodle, 2U), enabling seamless online exam delivery at scale.
    • Architected and modernized core backend systems, designing REST APIs, authentication services, caching layers, and cloud storage integrations (AWS S3, GCP) to improve scalability and performance.
    • Built scheduling, worker, and batch-processing frameworks along with live metrics dashboards to support high-volume background operations and system observability.

  • leo-technosoft-pvt-ltdPrivate

    Software Developer

    Leo Technosoft Pvt Ltd

    Oct 2012 – Jun 2015

    Pune

    • Python
    • Django
    • Javascript
    • Jquery
    • MySQL

    Highlights

    • Developed and maintained a Django and AngularJS-based web platform for managing language translation orders, delivering seamless end-to-end order placement workflows.
    • Integrated third-party translation APIs to provide instant translation previews, improving user experience and order turnaround time.
    • Implemented core backend services including order processing, payment handling, and automated email notification systems to support reliable transaction execution.

6 skill categories

  • Languages & Frameworks

    • Python
    • JavaScript
    • Flask
    • Django
    • FastAPI
    • PySpark
    • Airflow

  • GenAI & Agentic AI

    • LangChain
    • LangGraph
    • RAG
    • MCP
    • AI Agents
    • AWS Bedrock
    • LLM Orchestration
    • Prompt Engineering
    • GitHub Copilot
    • Claude

  • Cloud (AWS)

    • Lambda
    • API Gateway
    • EC2
    • S3
    • EMR / EMR Serverless
    • Step Functions
    • EventBridge
    • CloudWatch
    • CloudFormation
    • Boto3
    • Bedrock

  • Architecture

    • Distributed Systems
    • Event-Driven Architecture
    • Microservices
    • Serverless
    • Scalability
    • System Design
    • High Availability
    • Data Platforms

  • Leadership

    • Engineering Leadership
    • Platform Engineering
    • Technical Strategy
    • Hiring & Talent Development
    • Roadmap Planning

  • DevOps & Observability

    • Docker
    • Git
    • CI/CD
    • TeamCity
    • CloudWatch
    • Splunk
    • Datadog