Results-driven Senior Technical Leader with 8+ years of experience architecting scalable microservices solutions and leading high-performing engineering teams.
Experience
2020 — Now
Santa Clara, California, United States
• Architect and lead development of critical components of security products like NextGen Firewall, Panorama & EPM using React, Node.js, Go and Python, serving 1M+ enterprise security events daily.
• Drive technical strategy and innovation across R&D Engineering organization, evaluating and integrating emerging technologies including microservices architecture and cloud-native security solutions
• Lead and mentor cross-functional engineering team of 12+ developers, establishing technical standards and development practices that improved code quality metrics by 45% and reduced security vulnerabilities by 60%
• Design and implement scalable, high-performance cybersecurity solutions handling daily security intelligence data, optimizing system architecture for enterprise-level deployment across 150K+ customer environments
• Collaborate with Product Management and Security Research teams to translate complex security requirements into technical specifications, delivering 15+ critical features that enhanced threat detection capabilities by 40%
• Establish code review processes and technical assessment frameworks, mentoring 8+ senior engineers in system design, security architecture, and full-stack development best practices
• Drive cross-team initiatives for API standardization and microservices adoption, reducing deployment complexity by 50% and improving system modularity across 6 engineering teams
• Partner with executive leadership on technical roadmap planning and architecture decisions, balancing innovation with security compliance and enterprise scalability requirements
Key Technologies: React, Node.js, Python, Microservices, Kubernetes, MongoDB, Redis, GCP, Cybersecurity Frameworks, RESTful APIs
2019 — 2020
San Francisco Bay Area
• Led cross-functional development team of 6+ engineers in Application Platform Services, successfully delivering 8+ infrastructure projects within aggressive timelines and budget constraints
• Optimized Java application build infrastructure using Maven framework, reducing build times by 45% and improving deployment reliability for 12+ microservices within first 6 months
• Designed data synchronization workflows and tooling improvements, streamlining data flow between 4 key enterprise systems and reducing manual processing time by 60%
• Managed technical planning and execution for data platform enhancement initiatives, coordinating with product teams to improve data accessibility for 100+ internal users
• Implemented engineering best practices for Java development and Maven project structure, establishing code quality standards that reduced integration issues by 35%
• Facilitated cross-team technical collaboration between Platform Services and Data Engineering teams, ensuring consistent architectural approaches across concurrent projects
• Mentored 3+ engineers in platform engineering and data architecture principles, providing technical guidance that accelerated project delivery and improved code quality
• Resolved critical production issues through systematic problem-solving approach, maintaining platform stability and 99% uptime during system enhancement period
Key Technologies: Java, Maven, Spring Framework, Microservices, Data Synchronization, Platform Engineering, Enterprise Integration
2018 — 2019
2018 — 2019
San Francisco Bay Area
• Led cross-functional platform services team of 8+ engineers in architecting and delivering microservices-based search infrastructure, replacing legacy GSA system with Lucidworks Fusion and improving search performance by 60%
• Spearheaded development of advanced search features including on-demand crawling, query rewriting, and head-tail analysis, resulting in 40% improvement in search efficiency and enhanced user experience for 100K+ daily queries
• Architected and implemented microservices architecture and internal APIs on AWS cloud platform using ECS and Docker, reducing deployment time by 70% and improving system scalability to handle 3x traffic growth
• Managed offshore engineering team as onsite technical lead, coordinating Agile sprints and ensuring 95% on-time delivery of platform services while maintaining budget compliance across 6-month development cycles
• Built full-stack applications using React frontend and Sails.js backend framework, delivering 12+ features that improved application performance by 45% and reduced page load times to sub-2 seconds
• Established engineering best practices including API documentation standards using Swagger and CI/CD pipeline implementation with Jenkins, improving team productivity by 35% and reducing integration issues by 50%
• Designed and deployed dockerized applications on AWS ECS, enabling automated scaling and reducing infrastructure management overhead by 60% while improving system reliability to 99.8% uptime
• Mentored and managed 6+ junior engineers through structured career development programs, with 80% receiving promotions and achieving technical certifications under my guidance
Key Technologies: React, Sails.js, Node.js, AWS ECS, Docker, Jenkins, Microservices, RESTful APIs, Lucidworks Fusion, Swagger
2017 — 2018
Redwood Shores, CA
• Led enterprise WCM platform implementation for Imperva's cybersecurity website, architecting content management solution supporting 200K+ monthly visitors and coordinating cross-functional teams of 4+ developers and marketing specialists
• Evaluated and implemented technical solutions for website search optimization, analyzing 5+ search platforms and selecting optimal technology stack that improved search performance by 40% and enhanced user experience for security product discovery
• Designed and executed A/B testing and lead generation optimization using Trendemon and Optimizely platforms, implementing data-driven conversion strategies that increased qualified lead capture by 25% within 4 months
• Managed internationalization vendor evaluation and implementation process, establishing multi-language content workflows that enabled Imperva's global market expansion across 8+ languages and reduced localization cycle time by 50%
• Established web development best practices and content publishing workflows, creating standardized processes that improved content deployment efficiency and reduced website maintenance overhead by 35%
• Collaborated with cybersecurity product marketing teams to translate complex security concepts into user-friendly web experiences, ensuring technical accuracy while maintaining conversion-focused design principles
• Implemented performance monitoring and analytics frameworks that provided actionable insights for website optimization and supported data-driven decision making for digital marketing initiatives
Key Technologies: Web Content Management (WCM), Trendemon, Optimizely, HTML/CSS/JavaScript, Analytics Platforms, Internationalization Systems, A/B Testing Frameworks**
2011 — 2017
2011 — 2017
Palo Alto CA
• Led enterprise CMS platform strategy and implementation using TeamSite and Adobe Experience Manager (AEM), supporting vmware.com and vmworld.com with 5M+ monthly visitors and managing content delivery for 200+ product launches
• Architected and developed proprietary microservices framework for enterprise CMS-powered microsites, enabling rapid deployment of localized marketing sites and reducing time-to-market for global campaigns by 70%
• Managed complex enterprise integrations across translation systems, Tealium Tag Management, Salesforce, and MyVMware Portal, coordinating cross-functional teams of 10+ developers and ensuring seamless data flow between critical business systems
• Designed and implemented comprehensive integration architecture connecting enterprise CMS with global translation workflows, enabling automated content localization across 15+ languages and reducing manual translation processes by 80%
• Mentored 8+ junior engineers in microservices architecture, enterprise integration patterns, and code review processes, establishing development standards that improved code quality and reduced system integration issues by 40%
• Built scalable microservices infrastructure supporting 50+ microsites powered by enterprise CMS, providing unified content management while maintaining site-specific customization and performance optimization
• Led technical modernization initiatives including CI/CD pipeline development using VMware's vRCS tooling, enabling automated deployments and reducing release cycle time from weeks to hours
• Drove enterprise platform standardization across 5+ business units through MyVMware Portal integration and Salesforce connectivity, establishing reusable integration patterns adopted company-wide
Key Technologies: Adobe Experience Manager (AEM), TeamSite, Microservices Framework, Enterprise Translation Systems, Tealium, Salesforce, MyVMware Portal, Spring Framework, CI/CD
Education
University of Madras