# Angushylesh Subburaj > Backend Engineer · AI-Integrated Systems | Java · Spring Boot · LangChain4j · AWS | Open to Founding Eng Roles Location: Los Angeles Metropolitan Area, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/angushylesh - I build backend systems that actually do something with AI production-grade pipelines: RAG with pgvector, LLM orchestration via LangChain4j and Spring AI, MCP-based agents, and cloud-native deployments on AWS. - Recent: AI Engineer at an AI2 Incubator-backed B2B SaaS (Suede), owning full-stack delivery end-to-end on a 3-person team - auth, Shopify integration, LLM-driven PDF ingestion pipelines, and AWS infrastructure. - Before that, backend work in accessibility automation, NLP data extraction, and IoT telemetry systems across the U.S. and India. - Looking for founding engineer or early-stage backend roles where I'm in the room for architecture decisions, not just tickets. AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate + Cloud Practitioner. M.S. Computer Science, University of Illinois Springfield, Dec 2025. Skills : Java · Spring Boot · Python · Go · LangChain4j · Spring AI · MCP · RAG · pgvector · AWS · Docker · Kubernetes · Kafka · PostgreSQL ## Work Experience ### AI Engineer Intern @ Suede Jan 2026 – Jan 2026 | Greater Seattle Area • Joined as an early engineer (~3-person team) at an AI2 Incubator-backed B2B SaaS, owning end-to-end feature delivery across the full stack • Built multi-tenant auth system (signup, login, email verification, Google SSO via Cognito) backed by DynamoDB + JWT • Shipped Shopify sync worker (Python) that auto-creates draft products from approved orders with full idempotency • Built PDF/Excel line item extractor: Gmail → Google Drive → OpenAI → structured JSON for automated purchase order ingestion • Maintained Vercel CI/CD pipeline across 50+ deploys with zero downtime ### Backend Developer – Digital Accessibility Remediation Team @ University of Illinois Springfield Jan 2025 – Jan 2025 | Sangamon County, Illinois, United States • Backend Developer with hands-on experience in maintaining and optimizing backend service systems • Strong focus on digital accessibility, including WCAG 2.1 and Section 508 compliance • Currently working with the University of Illinois Digital Accessibility Remediation Team • Ensuring backend applications are reliable, scalable, and inclusive for all users ### Software Developer @ mquotient Jan 2024 – Jan 2024 | Bengaluru, Karnataka, India • Faced high infrastructure costs; helped containerize apps with Docker and deploy to AWS ECS Fargate, reducing manual server management by ~25%. • Deployment caused occasional downtime; supported Blue-Green Deployment setup in AWS, resulting in nearly 100% uptime during releases. • Traffic spikes led to inconsistent performance; created basic Python scripts for auto-scaling, helping maintain system responsiveness during peak hours. • Manual deployments were slow; contributed to Jenkins-based CI/CD pipelines, reducing deployment time by ~40%. ### SSF Alumni Board Member @ Shooting Stars Foundation Jan 2021 – Jan 2024 Participated and executed several leadership programs Helped execute several Scholarship and STEM Programs Community Engagement of Shooting Stars Stakeholders ### Software Developer @ Peakhealth solutions Jan 2022 – Jan 2023 | Bengaluru, Karnataka, India • Scaling microservices was inefficient; assisted in orchestrating them using Kubernetes on ECS, improving scalability and reducing error rates. • Alerting was delayed; helped configure AWS CloudWatch and Slack integration for real-time alerts, cutting incident response time by 50%. • Resource provisioning lacked consistency; used Terraform to automate EC2, S3, and VPC setup, ensuring repeatable and error-free deployments. • Search performance was lagging; supported tuning Elasticsearch on AWS to handle large query volumes, improving query speed and stability. ### Full Stack Developer @ Controlytics AI Private Limited Jan 2022 – Jan 2022 | Hyderabad, Telangana, India • Designed Spring Boot REST APIs integrated with IoT telemetry via MQTT, supporting 100+ concurrent devices in real-time monitoring. • Implemented GPS-enabled tracking microservice analyzing vehicle movements across a 5 sq. mile region. • Increased backend reliability by 30% through automated JUnit & Selenium testing; piloted containerized deployment for scalability. ## Education ### Master's degree in Computer Science University of Illinois Springfield ### B.TECH in Information Technology Government College of Technology, Coimbatore ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/angushylesh-subburaj - Portfolio: https://angush-subburaj-portfolio.netlify.app/ - GitHub: https://github.com/codezenithdev --- Source: https://flows.cv/angushylesh JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/angushylesh/resume.json Last updated: 2026-04-17