Senior Staff Engineer and Architect with 22+ years of experience driving innovation across trusted AI systems, secure automation, and real-time distributed platforms for Industry 4.0.
Experience
2020 — Now
2020 — Now
Cupertino, California, United States
Role & Responsibilities:
* Lead the development of factory automation and on-device self-testing frameworks utilizing AI/ML techniques.
* Architect and implement secure, fault-tolerant, and scalable platforms for real-time testing across iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, and AR/VR devices.
* Design and develop distributed applications and controllers leveraging WiFi/BLE connectivity to facilitate communication between multiple devices in a production environment.
* Construct extensible logging, crash reporting, and observability frameworks to enhance debugging, monitoring, and continuous delivery of running production code.
* Collaborate across multiple teams (hardware, software, ML, and operations) to deliver complex projects while mentoring engineers on software craftsmanship, architecture, and design best practices.
* Lead initiatives to optimize AI/ML workloads on Apple silicon, including GPU acceleration and efficient resource utilization for neural network inference.
2017 — 2020
2017 — 2020
San Francisco Bay Area
Strategic Engineering & Business Alignment: Focused on designing scalable, reusable, and high-performance solutions that seamlessly integrated monetization strategies while maintaining a frictionless user experience.
iOS Architecture & Development: Spearheaded the technical design and implementation of new features for the PayPal Business iOS App (Swift/Objective-C). Collaborated closely with Product teams to ensure technical solutions aligned with business goals, delivering impactful applications that contributed to long-term growth.
Backend Gateway Development: Built and maintained functionality in the SellerMobile Node.js app, acting as a critical gateway to PayPal infrastructure via REST APIs.
Code Review & Optimization: Conducted thorough code reviews, implemented best practices, and enhanced the architecture of both iOS and Node.js apps to ensure stability and maintainability.
Performance Engineering: Prepared detailed designs for Workflow Modules and led memory optimization initiatives to ensure high responsiveness for business users.
2015 — 2017
2015 — 2017
2623 Camino Ramon, San Ramon, CA 94583
Cross-Platform Bridge Architecture: Engineered a complex JavaScript-to-Native client bridge (iOS, Android, Windows) allowing HTML5 code within the embedded browser to access native device features a core component of the Predix Mobile SDK.
Automation & Tooling: Developed automation tools and a Command Line Interface (CLI) to streamline coding workflows, facilitating the development, testing, and administration of mobile apps and orchestrating data between backend and clients.
Microservices & Security: Built Node.js microservices to access and validate data from various sources of truth. Acted as the team’s Security Champion, ensuring strict compliance and secure data handling.
Offline Capability: Implemented robust offline support using Couchbase Lite (cb-lite) and Sync Gateway, ensuring constant data access for industrial assets even without network connectivity.
2014 — 2015
2014 — 2015
Northbrook, Illinois, United States
Mobile architect Innovations group
2014 — 2015
2014 — 2015
Schaumburg, IL, United States
R&D & Prototyping: Worked within the Allstate Insurance R&D division, developing iOS and Middleware Proof-of-Concepts (PoC) to evaluate emerging mobile technologies.
Solution Design: Architected the Creospan Site Acquisition tool, creating a mobile solution to streamline data collection and site management processes.
Education
Kurukshetra University
B.Tech
Gita Niketan Res Sr School Kurukshetra