Architecting Resilient Microservices & Cloud Platforms

Solutions Architect

Leading architecture, platform modernization, backend engineering, and distributed systems for high-scale digital engagement, payments, rewards, betting, and interactive micro-app platforms serving millions of users.

• Platform Architecture & Modernization — Architecting scalable distributed platforms, microservices, event-driven systems, APIs, and reusable plug-and-play capabilities, including Java-to-Python/FastAPI modernization.
• Global Client Ecosystem — Delivered solutions across DTV, Globo, FIFA, Roku, BetPlay, Blackhawk Network, LiveLike, Adyen, Adidas, Kraken, and Kalshi, spanning sports, media, entertainment, payments, commerce, and emerging digital experiences.
• Sports & Interactive Experiences — Built platforms supporting live sports engagement, interactive TV, betting, rewards, digital commerce, and real-time fan experiences.
• Agentic AI & Automation — Driving Agentic AI, AWS Bedrock, AI agents, intelligent workflows, recommendation systems, diagnostics, and decision-support capabilities.
• High-Scale Distributed Systems — Designed high-throughput backend services, event-processing pipelines, and data-intensive workloads focused on performance, reliability, observability, and scalability.
• Engineering Leadership — Leading and mentoring senior engineers and architects across architecture, technical decisions, code quality, production RCA, performance optimization, release planning, and platform governance.
• Cross-Functional Leadership — Partnering with product, engineering, QA, DevOps/SRE, infrastructure, operations, compliance, leadership, and client teams to turn complex requirements into production-ready platforms.

Solution Architect cum Senior Tech Lead

Spearheaded architecture, platform resilience, and backend engineering for high-concurrency digital payment solutions and enterprise reward systems powering millions of transactions under zero-downtime requirements.

• Payment Systems Architecture — Architected and deployed high-throughput, secure digital payment microservices powering high-concurrency payment streams with zero-downtime reliability and 99.99% service availability.
• Enterprise Incentive Management — Designed and led end-to-end engineering for Paytm Incentive Management, an enterprise platform for configuring, calculating, tracking, and disbursing performance incentives with real-time auditability.
• Event-Driven Distributed Services — Engineered resilient backend microservices with Java (Spring Boot) and Node.js utilizing Kafka distributed streaming, Redis caching, and robust REST APIs under strict financial compliance.
• Security & Regulatory Compliance — Enforced rigorous transaction security protocols, idempotency mechanisms, and automated audit trails to ensure 100% financial data integrity across payment gateways.
• Engineering & Release Governance — Governed technical design reviews, CI/CD automation, release planning, and production incident post-mortems (RCA) while mentoring senior engineers on distributed systems design.

Software Engineer IV (Solution Architect)

Spearheaded architectural evolution, enterprise mobile platforms, and technical debt modernization for global retail associate systems serving hundreds of thousands of daily active users.

• Enterprise Platform Architecture — Directed system design and technical roadmap for enterprise associate platforms, aligning complex multi-tier distributed systems with Walmart's global retail scale.
• Me@Walmart Mobile Ecosystem — Architected core modules and resilient backend microservices for the flagship Me@Walmart mobile application, serving hundreds of thousands of daily active associates across multi-device store ecosystems worldwide.
• Performance & Memory Optimization — Led comprehensive technical debt refactoring across Java and Node.js microservices; optimized database query paths and reduced mobile memory footprint to substantially accelerate app responsiveness.
• Engineering Excellence & TDD — Instituted rigorous test-driven development (TDD), automated regression testing, and code quality benchmarks across distributed engineering pods.
• Global Release Governance — Partnered with product and engineering leaders across the US and India to coordinate multi-region deployment schedules, dependency management, and faultless production rollouts.

Technical Leader (AI Studio)

Led platform architecture and full-stack engineering at Netomi AI Studio, creating autonomous conversational AI systems and NLP virtual assistants for Fortune 500 enterprises.

• Conversational AI & NLP Platform — Architected and built scalable backend platforms powering AI-driven virtual assistants, conversational bot builders, and automated customer service engines for global brands.
• Real-Time Event Streaming — Designed and deployed low-latency WebSockets communication layers and event-driven microservices handling millions of automated customer conversations with high concurrency.
• Full-Stack Tooling & Workflows — Engineered modular web applications and API pipelines using Python, Node.js, MongoDB, and Redis on AWS, enabling non-technical teams to visually train, test, and deploy conversational decision trees.
• System Resilience & SLA Management — Strategically managed technical debt, conducted deep architecture reviews, and instituted automated testing to sustain enterprise SLA guarantees and high code quality.
• Team Leadership & Mentorship — Led and mentored cross-functional squads of full-stack developers; managed sprint roadmaps, stakeholder deliverables, and drove engineering execution excellence.

Senior Software Engineer

Headed full-stack engineering for pioneering decentralized identity platforms, cryptographic protocols, and public blockchain ledger infrastructure within the Sovrin ecosystem.

• Sovrin Public Ledger Ecosystem — Led a team of four engineers building core client applications and full-stack infrastructure for the Sovrin Network decentralized digital identity platform.
• Connect.Me Cryptographic Wallet — Architected and delivered Connect.Me, a breakthrough mobile digital identity wallet enabling Self-Sovereign Identity (SSI), pairwise encrypted peer-to-peer connections, and zero-knowledge credential verification (ZKP).
• Open-Source Cryptographic Security — Authored and published React Native Key Store (react-native-secure-key-store), providing hardware-backed cryptographic key isolation via iOS KeyChain & Android KeyStore for mobile applications.
• Client Security & Key Governance — Built high-performance, modular UI components ensuring cryptographic keys and credentials never leave the user's device unencrypted.
• Engineering Honors & "Extra Mile Award" — Recognized with the "Extra Mile Award" for foundational cryptography research, architectural leadership, and delivering robust open-source digital identity infrastructure.

Software Engineer

• Managed full project life cycle from conception to execution, collaborating with remote international clients and exceeding expectations.
• Delivered high-quality Web & Mobile software applications and transferred project knowledge to team members.