Experience

LevelUp

• Professional Training and Coaching

• CTO | StartUp

  • 2022 - Present

  As a founding team member we built LevelUp in a very short span. Some of the key highlights LevelUp as a technology has(but not limited to): * Full featured IOS and Android app built using React Native * React based web app with full SEO support and server-side rendering(NextJS) * Full featured video processing with real time transcoding and streaming capabilities * In app composition, notifications and messaging capabilities * SSO support for LinkedIn, Twitter, Google… Show more As a founding team member we built LevelUp in a very short span. Some of the key highlights LevelUp as a technology has(but not limited to): * Full featured IOS and Android app built using React Native * React based web app with full SEO support and server-side rendering(NextJS) * Full featured video processing with real time transcoding and streaming capabilities * In app composition, notifications and messaging capabilities * SSO support for LinkedIn, Twitter, Google, Facebook etc * Fully serverless, highly available, scalable and event driven architecture * Event driven data processing and analytics * Built to scale from day 1 with the ability to handle 60,000 request per min * Designed to be multi region and support caching * High volume data pipeline that supports real time ELT and Ingestion * Real time recommendation system based on user behavior tracking * Infrastructure as code and first-class CI/CD pipeline for automated testing and deployments Show less As a founding team member we built LevelUp in a very short span. Some of the key highlights LevelUp as a technology has(but not limited to): * Full featured IOS and Android app built using React Native * React based web app with full SEO support and server-side rendering(NextJS) * Full featured video processing with real time transcoding and streaming capabilities * In app composition, notifications and messaging capabilities * SSO support for LinkedIn, Twitter, Google… Show more As a founding team member we built LevelUp in a very short span. Some of the key highlights LevelUp as a technology has(but not limited to): * Full featured IOS and Android app built using React Native * React based web app with full SEO support and server-side rendering(NextJS) * Full featured video processing with real time transcoding and streaming capabilities * In app composition, notifications and messaging capabilities * SSO support for LinkedIn, Twitter, Google, Facebook etc * Fully serverless, highly available, scalable and event driven architecture * Event driven data processing and analytics * Built to scale from day 1 with the ability to handle 60,000 request per min * Designed to be multi region and support caching * High volume data pipeline that supports real time ELT and Ingestion * Real time recommendation system based on user behavior tracking * Infrastructure as code and first-class CI/CD pipeline for automated testing and deployments Show less



Go1

• E-Learning Providers
• 400 - 500 Employee

• Head of Engineering

  • Jan 2022 - Jan 2023

  I was hired to work with LevelUp CEO to build a strong engineering team and spearhead the development of a new platform from ground up. Responsibilities include: * Work closely with the CEO, Product, Design & Developers with customer first approach * Improve vision and brainstorm product capabilities in line with technology trends and limitations * Research solutions to speed up development process and enhance team skills and knowledge * Design and develop global serverless… Show more I was hired to work with LevelUp CEO to build a strong engineering team and spearhead the development of a new platform from ground up. Responsibilities include: * Work closely with the CEO, Product, Design & Developers with customer first approach * Improve vision and brainstorm product capabilities in line with technology trends and limitations * Research solutions to speed up development process and enhance team skills and knowledge * Design and develop global serverless cloud native product architecture built for performance and scale * Guiding team to deliver product changes based on data, and a defined product roadmap(agile development) * Ensure quality through automation and best practices integrated with CI/CD process * Engage and foster collaboration with multiple development partners to improve product capabilities * Build a team culture of ownership, openness, continuous feedback, flexibility, growth and creativity Show less I was hired to work with LevelUp CEO to build a strong engineering team and spearhead the development of a new platform from ground up. Responsibilities include: * Work closely with the CEO, Product, Design & Developers with customer first approach * Improve vision and brainstorm product capabilities in line with technology trends and limitations * Research solutions to speed up development process and enhance team skills and knowledge * Design and develop global serverless… Show more I was hired to work with LevelUp CEO to build a strong engineering team and spearhead the development of a new platform from ground up. Responsibilities include: * Work closely with the CEO, Product, Design & Developers with customer first approach * Improve vision and brainstorm product capabilities in line with technology trends and limitations * Research solutions to speed up development process and enhance team skills and knowledge * Design and develop global serverless cloud native product architecture built for performance and scale * Guiding team to deliver product changes based on data, and a defined product roadmap(agile development) * Ensure quality through automation and best practices integrated with CI/CD process * Engage and foster collaboration with multiple development partners to improve product capabilities * Build a team culture of ownership, openness, continuous feedback, flexibility, growth and creativity Show less



systema AI

• Australia
• Software Development
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Principal Engineer

  • 2021 - 2022

  Systema is the world’s leading Anonymous Personalisation platform for ecommerce. As part of Systema I Lead the Platform Architecture, Scalability, DevOps Enablement and Infrastructure Automation: * Report to the CTO and work closely with CISO, Executive, Development, Product and Data teams * Architecting and leading the change from multi tenanted environment to multi client environment * Own and build AWS infrastructure from ground up using IAC and enable support for continuous… Show more Systema is the world’s leading Anonymous Personalisation platform for ecommerce. As part of Systema I Lead the Platform Architecture, Scalability, DevOps Enablement and Infrastructure Automation: * Report to the CTO and work closely with CISO, Executive, Development, Product and Data teams * Architecting and leading the change from multi tenanted environment to multi client environment * Own and build AWS infrastructure from ground up using IAC and enable support for continuous delivery * Implement deployment and configuration for scraping, image and text analysis in real time for ML * Improve visibility, scalability, monitoring, logging, alerting across platform * Implement a DevOps culture, help to align Development and DevOps, build and support the CI/CD pipelines * Work with massive data sets that change frequently and update in near real-time * Work in a supporting and collaborative manner with all teams with customer first approach Show less Systema is the world’s leading Anonymous Personalisation platform for ecommerce. As part of Systema I Lead the Platform Architecture, Scalability, DevOps Enablement and Infrastructure Automation: * Report to the CTO and work closely with CISO, Executive, Development, Product and Data teams * Architecting and leading the change from multi tenanted environment to multi client environment * Own and build AWS infrastructure from ground up using IAC and enable support for continuous… Show more Systema is the world’s leading Anonymous Personalisation platform for ecommerce. As part of Systema I Lead the Platform Architecture, Scalability, DevOps Enablement and Infrastructure Automation: * Report to the CTO and work closely with CISO, Executive, Development, Product and Data teams * Architecting and leading the change from multi tenanted environment to multi client environment * Own and build AWS infrastructure from ground up using IAC and enable support for continuous delivery * Implement deployment and configuration for scraping, image and text analysis in real time for ML * Improve visibility, scalability, monitoring, logging, alerting across platform * Implement a DevOps culture, help to align Development and DevOps, build and support the CI/CD pipelines * Work with massive data sets that change frequently and update in near real-time * Work in a supporting and collaborative manner with all teams with customer first approach Show less



ThinkForLiving

• Australia
• Non-profit Organizations

• CTO & Founder

  • 2020 - 2020

  Left ThoughtWorks to get out of my comfort zone to build a new startup. This was unfortunately the start of COVID-19 pandemic during which I faced multiple challenges. I observed the challenges faced due to supply shortages for essential goods and services and set out to solve this problem. ThinkForLiving started out of a hackathon(FlattenTheCurveHack) organised by ACS. The objective was to build a platform to streamline real-time demand and supply and to tackle shortages of essential… Show more Left ThoughtWorks to get out of my comfort zone to build a new startup. This was unfortunately the start of COVID-19 pandemic during which I faced multiple challenges. I observed the challenges faced due to supply shortages for essential goods and services and set out to solve this problem. ThinkForLiving started out of a hackathon(FlattenTheCurveHack) organised by ACS. The objective was to build a platform to streamline real-time demand and supply and to tackle shortages of essential goods and services. Had a demo with Antler for funding and they were interested to bring me aboard. Show less Left ThoughtWorks to get out of my comfort zone to build a new startup. This was unfortunately the start of COVID-19 pandemic during which I faced multiple challenges. I observed the challenges faced due to supply shortages for essential goods and services and set out to solve this problem. ThinkForLiving started out of a hackathon(FlattenTheCurveHack) organised by ACS. The objective was to build a platform to streamline real-time demand and supply and to tackle shortages of essential… Show more Left ThoughtWorks to get out of my comfort zone to build a new startup. This was unfortunately the start of COVID-19 pandemic during which I faced multiple challenges. I observed the challenges faced due to supply shortages for essential goods and services and set out to solve this problem. ThinkForLiving started out of a hackathon(FlattenTheCurveHack) organised by ACS. The objective was to build a platform to streamline real-time demand and supply and to tackle shortages of essential goods and services. Had a demo with Antler for funding and they were interested to bring me aboard. Show less



ThoughtWorks

• United States
• Information Technology & Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Full Stack Engineer

  • 2011 - 2020

  Experience in Design, Development, DevOps, Quality Assurance and Management space. I am highly skilled in designing, developing and maintaining; fast, high performance, fault-tolerant, very low cost, scalable, cached and reproducible environments; managed through code. In the past, I have played multiple roles working with agile teams worldwide. As per me, Agile is not a methodology, but a mindset. Being agile is being able to adapt quickly, learning from mistakes, ownership and… Show more Experience in Design, Development, DevOps, Quality Assurance and Management space. I am highly skilled in designing, developing and maintaining; fast, high performance, fault-tolerant, very low cost, scalable, cached and reproducible environments; managed through code. In the past, I have played multiple roles working with agile teams worldwide. As per me, Agile is not a methodology, but a mindset. Being agile is being able to adapt quickly, learning from mistakes, ownership and commitment. Being pragmatic is another quality I believe is important. Being pragmatic also means being able to question: "Does something really make sense in a specific situation, time and place?". This critical thinking pattern has made me adapt to varying situations and circumstances quickly and helped me make a visible positive impact working across multiple and distributed teams. Any process or technology is successful when it becomes ordinary, and as a company grows, a lot of tech gets complicated and difficult to manage. It is important to establish a clear path on which each action translates to a visible outcome to minimise clutter. Everything I do is primarily based on this philosophy, using which I managed to build scalable, fault-tolerant systems which work well to this date. Being good at identifying gaps and automating them has helped me focus on things that matter and take on more responsibilities. Ownership is key for a team's success, and I believe automation in any form(call it DevOps, Machine Learning, AI, etc.) enables that. While working within a team, members do crave for individual identity, having to deal with multiple tasks at the same time with no measurable outcome, defeats that craving and brings dissatisfaction in some cases, hampering the productivity of course. My expertise mainly lies in enabling individuals and helping teams function better, to build a better quality product. Show less Experience in Design, Development, DevOps, Quality Assurance and Management space. I am highly skilled in designing, developing and maintaining; fast, high performance, fault-tolerant, very low cost, scalable, cached and reproducible environments; managed through code. In the past, I have played multiple roles working with agile teams worldwide. As per me, Agile is not a methodology, but a mindset. Being agile is being able to adapt quickly, learning from mistakes, ownership and… Show more Experience in Design, Development, DevOps, Quality Assurance and Management space. I am highly skilled in designing, developing and maintaining; fast, high performance, fault-tolerant, very low cost, scalable, cached and reproducible environments; managed through code. In the past, I have played multiple roles working with agile teams worldwide. As per me, Agile is not a methodology, but a mindset. Being agile is being able to adapt quickly, learning from mistakes, ownership and commitment. Being pragmatic is another quality I believe is important. Being pragmatic also means being able to question: "Does something really make sense in a specific situation, time and place?". This critical thinking pattern has made me adapt to varying situations and circumstances quickly and helped me make a visible positive impact working across multiple and distributed teams. Any process or technology is successful when it becomes ordinary, and as a company grows, a lot of tech gets complicated and difficult to manage. It is important to establish a clear path on which each action translates to a visible outcome to minimise clutter. Everything I do is primarily based on this philosophy, using which I managed to build scalable, fault-tolerant systems which work well to this date. Being good at identifying gaps and automating them has helped me focus on things that matter and take on more responsibilities. Ownership is key for a team's success, and I believe automation in any form(call it DevOps, Machine Learning, AI, etc.) enables that. While working within a team, members do crave for individual identity, having to deal with multiple tasks at the same time with no measurable outcome, defeats that craving and brings dissatisfaction in some cases, hampering the productivity of course. My expertise mainly lies in enabling individuals and helping teams function better, to build a better quality product. Show less



Symantec Cloud Services

• United States
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Automation Engineer

  • 2010 - 2011

  During my tenure at Symantec, I was involved in building a product(ApplicationHA) which enabled state awareness, management and automated recovery for applications running on VMWare Cluster. I was tasked to ensure the application met key performance, quality and develop solutions to automate the process. * Automated the creation and configuration of thousands of virtual machines and applications running on them and conducted an automated performance analysis on them(using Perl lang) *… Show more During my tenure at Symantec, I was involved in building a product(ApplicationHA) which enabled state awareness, management and automated recovery for applications running on VMWare Cluster. I was tasked to ensure the application met key performance, quality and develop solutions to automate the process. * Automated the creation and configuration of thousands of virtual machines and applications running on them and conducted an automated performance analysis on them(using Perl lang) * Build scripts to do performance testing to identify the peak capacity the system can support and also identified concurrency issues * Developed PerlFX: an automation library based on Perl to Automate Adobe Flex Applications * Automated reporting of application quality and performance through API Show less During my tenure at Symantec, I was involved in building a product(ApplicationHA) which enabled state awareness, management and automated recovery for applications running on VMWare Cluster. I was tasked to ensure the application met key performance, quality and develop solutions to automate the process. * Automated the creation and configuration of thousands of virtual machines and applications running on them and conducted an automated performance analysis on them(using Perl lang) *… Show more During my tenure at Symantec, I was involved in building a product(ApplicationHA) which enabled state awareness, management and automated recovery for applications running on VMWare Cluster. I was tasked to ensure the application met key performance, quality and develop solutions to automate the process. * Automated the creation and configuration of thousands of virtual machines and applications running on them and conducted an automated performance analysis on them(using Perl lang) * Build scripts to do performance testing to identify the peak capacity the system can support and also identified concurrency issues * Developed PerlFX: an automation library based on Perl to Automate Adobe Flex Applications * Automated reporting of application quality and performance through API Show less



GS Lab

• India
• Software Development
• 700 & Above Employee

• Software Developer

  • 2008 - 2010

  I joined GSLab as an Intern after my Masters and was part of an online video conferencing product development team. The solution was based on open-source protocols/products such as red5(video and audio) server, Openfire(XMPP) and Asterisk(VOIP). * Developed a distributed automation framework using Ruby known as GSTAF * Designed and developed solutions to drive and automate .net based applications * Worked closely with designers and testers to satisfy the business requirements as… Show more I joined GSLab as an Intern after my Masters and was part of an online video conferencing product development team. The solution was based on open-source protocols/products such as red5(video and audio) server, Openfire(XMPP) and Asterisk(VOIP). * Developed a distributed automation framework using Ruby known as GSTAF * Designed and developed solutions to drive and automate .net based applications * Worked closely with designers and testers to satisfy the business requirements as specified * Developed MapLocator: a generic map-based platform for managing user-generated content * Developed a portal based on Maplocator to identify and visualize the pattern of Japanese Encephalitis outbreaks to help mitigate that Show less I joined GSLab as an Intern after my Masters and was part of an online video conferencing product development team. The solution was based on open-source protocols/products such as red5(video and audio) server, Openfire(XMPP) and Asterisk(VOIP). * Developed a distributed automation framework using Ruby known as GSTAF * Designed and developed solutions to drive and automate .net based applications * Worked closely with designers and testers to satisfy the business requirements as… Show more I joined GSLab as an Intern after my Masters and was part of an online video conferencing product development team. The solution was based on open-source protocols/products such as red5(video and audio) server, Openfire(XMPP) and Asterisk(VOIP). * Developed a distributed automation framework using Ruby known as GSTAF * Designed and developed solutions to drive and automate .net based applications * Worked closely with designers and testers to satisfy the business requirements as specified * Developed MapLocator: a generic map-based platform for managing user-generated content * Developed a portal based on Maplocator to identify and visualize the pattern of Japanese Encephalitis outbreaks to help mitigate that Show less