# Sanjeev Kumar > AI Architect & Lead Engineer | Driving AI Innovation at Broadcom | Research Collaborator at University of Illinois Location: San Francisco Bay Area, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/sanjeevkumar Sanjeev Kumar is a seasoned professional with over 23 years of experience in global product development across India, the UK, and the US. He holds a Master’s degree in Data Science from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, and has also served as a part-time researcher there. Sanjeev’s research interests span intelligent search engines, recommender systems, chatbots, and information retrieval using large language models. He is a proud member of the Phi Kappa Phi Society. At Broadcom, Sanjeev serves as an AI Architect and Lead Engineer, focusing on delivering cutting-edge AI-driven solutions. His work spans several areas, but he is particularly proud of his contributions to Clarity PPM, a leading project and portfolio management platform. Sanjeev led the development of Generative AI models and an intelligent chatbot, allowing users to interact with Clarity PPM using natural language. He also helped implement predictive analytics and advanced machine learning features, enhancing the platform’s ability to forecast project timelines, resource needs, and potential risks. In addition to his work at Clarity, Sanjeev has significantly contributed to Broadcom’s Application Performance Management (APM) efforts. As the Lead Engineer, he designed and optimized key features such as transaction tracing, agent overhead management, and stall detection, all while ensuring high efficiency across various environments including Java, .NET, PHP, and Node.js. His work has been crucial in improving system stability and ensuring that performance bottlenecks are quickly identified and addressed. Sanjeev has also had a strong presence in the academic community, publishing high-impact research in prestigious journals like PNAS, and reviewing papers for leading publications such as IEEE and Springer. His deep expertise and hands-on experience with AI, machine learning, and data science have made him a key player in advancing innovative solutions at Broadcom. Specialized Knowledge: Data Science, Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning Generative AI for Project & Portfolio Management Building Foundation models/Domain specific Fine tuning Application Performance Monitoring (APM) Java Bytecode and .NET CLR IL Code Instrumentation Dynamic Instrumentation Predictive Analytics and Anomaly Detection Performance Optimization Sanjeev’s career reflects a balance of academic achievement, technical expertise, and practical leadership. He continues to push the boundaries of innovation, applying his knowledge to solve real-world challenges across a range of industries. ## Work Experience ### AI Architect & Lead Engineer @ Broadcom Inc. Jan 2018 – Present | San Francisco Bay Area Lead Engineer & Architect responsible for delivering key features across Clarity PPM and Application Performance Monitoring: Generative AI for Clarity PPM Led the creation of fine-tuned AI models and an intelligent chatbot, allowing users to interact with Clarity PPM through natural language queries. This made the platform more accessible and streamlined decision-making for teams. Agentic AI Implementation for ValueOps Played a central role in integrating AI-driven solutions for ValueOps, optimizing workflows, and enhancing operational efficiency through advanced AI tools. Machine Learning Solutions Led the development of innovative AI and machine learning features to improve system performance and predictive capabilities: Predictive Analytics for Clarity PPM: Developed models to forecast project timelines, resource needs, and potential risks, offering actionable insights for project managers. Anomaly Detection: Created algorithms to detect unusual patterns in system performance, enabling teams to address issues proactively. SLI/SLO Framework: Designed a platform for defining and tracking service level metrics, providing key insights into the performance of services. Metric Calculator Framework: Developed a system for calculating and tracking key metrics, ensuring real-time access to data for informed decisions. Change Point Detection: Built algorithms to identify significant shifts in data patterns, helping teams adjust quickly to changes. Application Performance Management (APM) Features Enhanced Broadcom APM to improve system performance and reliability: Continuous Business Transaction Tracing: Developed real-time tracking for business transactions, helping identify and resolve performance bottlenecks. Agent Overhead Management for Broadcom Java Agent: Led efforts to reduce performance overhead while maintaining robust monitoring. Stall Detection: Implemented a stall detection system to identify performance issues in real-time, ensuring system stability. ### Principal Software Engineer @ CA Technologies Jan 2017 – Present | San Francisco Bay Area Contributions were mainly in Introscope Agents. Agent solution is based on BCI (Byte Code Instrumentation) on both Java & .NET run times. Agent solution lives within customer application process hence the agent has to support high concurrency and adhere to memory, throughput and cpu constraints. Worked on many features to make agent stable and high performing Job duties: •Lead engineer responsible for design and implementation of Java 9 support in APM Agent. Agent works seamlessly on Java 9 module system. •Writing high performance highly concurrent modules for apm java agent and .net agent •Implement and contribute to unit tests and functional automation testing •Write detailed test cases in HP Application Lifecycle management tool. •Participate in design discussions and code review sessions •Designing features/fixing defects taking into account Java Virtual Machine internals like classloaders, GC algorithms •Provide technical leadership and expertise to guide to delivery of features and engage in strategic research and design. •Engage with the product managers and architects to understand and analyze new requirements on the core areas of the product. •Prototype complex concepts, investigate tools/technologies and conduct usability/feasibility related discussions. •Lead design and code review with other developer. •Conduct impact analysis of the new features on the existing core areas of the product •Orient the team members with the design, break down plans in small deliverables and take it up for actual development •Collaborate with Quality Assurance in creation of their test plans and participate in reviews. •Engage with documentation & deployment teams to ensure to get the proper artifacts in place. ### Principal Software Engineer @ CA Technologies Jan 2014 – Jan 2017 | London, United Kingdom Contributions were mainly in Introscope Agents. Agent solution is based on BCI (Byte Code Instrumentation) on both Java & .NET run times. Job duties: •Lead engineer responsible for design and implementation of BootstrapAgent that deals with the upgrade of Java agents. •Document, design and implement JMS monitoring solution for Java agent. •Document, design and implement WebAppsupport feature as an Agent extension for all application servers(Tomcat, Weblogic, Websphere, JBoss) •Document, design and implement Http Client monitoring solution for Java agent. •Providing technical guidance to team. •Resolve product defects reported by customers •Some products and technologies used are Java, J2ee, JMS, Spring, Rest, Apache Http, Spring,JSON, Tomcat, Weblogic,JBoss,Websphere. ### Pricipal Software Engineer @ CA Technologies Jan 2011 – Jan 2014 | Hyderabad Area, India Contributions were mainly in Introscope Agents. Job duties: •Writing high performance highly concurrent modules for apm java agent and .net agent •Was part of the team that redesigned the Agent to make it high performing and self healing. •Writing high performance highly concurrent modules for APM Java agent and .Net agent •Implementing various features in Java agent that monitors performance of applications using Java byte Code instrumentation •Lead engineer responsible for converting various old Java and .Net Agent extensions(MQ,Webmethods,Tibco,SQL) in new mode. •Designed and implemented the Stall Detection feature for both Java and .Net agents. •Resolve product defects in the product ### Senior Software Engineer @ CA Technologies Jan 2009 – Jan 2011 | Hyderabad Area, India Contributions were mainly in Introscope Workstation, Java/DotNet Agents. On Workstation, implemented the Live Viewer feature to fetch more than 8 mins of transactions from the EM. On Agent side, mainly responsible for rewriting new mode agent infrastructure and converting the legacy extensions to new mode. Job duties: •Writing high performance highly concurrent modules for apm java agent and .net agent •Implementing features in Java agent that monitors performance of applications using Java byte Code instrumentation •Converted various Agent extensions(Tibco,MQ,SQLAgent) in new mode •Implementing various high performing concurrent data structures in Java and DotNet agents. ### Principal Engineer @ Pega Systems Jan 2008 – Jan 2009 Joined the product development team and was responsible for design and implementation of features in Rules Refactoring tool. Responsibilities- •Lead development efforts, mentor junior team members •Ensure quality of code by peer review and developer testing •Design and Implementation of following features : •Copying Rules from one ruleset to other •Moving Rules from one ruleset to other •Merging Rules from one ruleset to other •Rules Diff Tool ### Senior Software Engineer @ Progress Software Jan 2005 – Jan 2008 Sonic ESB Workbench is a toolset to create ESB (Enterprise Service Bus) applications in particular and Web services in general, built on top of the Eclipse platform. The toolset comprises of editors for xml, xsd, xslt, xquery, wsdl apart from the proprietary business process and custom service editors and it is very well integrated with the Sonic ESB runtime, to ease development and testing of ESB applications. I was involved in defining the specifications, designing and implementing some of the tools . Responsibilities- •Initiate new product ideas, architect initial design and write functional specs •Lead development efforts, mentor junior team members •Ensure quality of code by peer review and developer testing •Design and Implementation of the following components •Source and Tree controls for XML, XSD, WSDL editors •XML Schema Plug -in development •Web Service Invocation editor •WSDL validator used to validate WSDL according to Sonic ESB specifications ### Senior Development Engineer @ Pramati Technologies Jan 2004 – Jan 2005 Joined the product development team and contributed to the development of the Pramati Application Server and Pramati Message Server. Was part of the team that made the Pramati Server 3.0 and 3.5 release. Responsibilities- •Design and implementation of complex multi-tiered applications •Initiate and influence test strategies across teams and functional areas •Improving the Performance of JMS Container •Ensure the specification compliance of following components •JMS Container •Naming Service •Web LoadBalancer •Clustering solution ### Development Engineer @ Pramati Technologies Jan 2002 – Jan 2004 | Hyderabad Area, India Joined the product development team and contributed to the development of the Pramati Application Server and Pramati Message Server. Was part of the team that made the Pramati Server 3.0 and 3.5 release. Responsibilities- •Design and implementation of complex multi-tiered applications •Initiate and influence test strategies across teams and functional areas •Ensure the specification compliance of following components •JMS Container •Naming Service •Web LoadBalancer •Clustering solution ### Intern @ Pramati Technologies Jan 2002 – Jan 2002 | Hyderabad Area, India Joined as an intern in PRC team and was mainly responsible for specification compliance of Pramati Naming Service(JNDI) ## Education ### Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.) in Computer Science Bangalore University ### Master of Science - MS in Data Science University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/sanjeev-kumar-8a245210 --- Source: https://flows.cv/sanjeevkumar JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/sanjeevkumar/resume.json Last updated: 2026-04-12