Work Experience
Layerpath Remote – Coimbatore, India
Chief Technology Officer (CTO) Mar 2025 – Present
- Own end-to-end architecture of "Path AI" – voice-first AI agent for inbound lead qualification, built with Pipecat.
- Scaled business from 0 to $10K MRR; manage team of 5 engineers and 2 designers; oversee support, operations, and hiring.
Cloud Ambassadors Remote – Coimbatore, India
Director of Engineering | Data & AI Jul 2024 – Feb 2025
- Led 3 engineering teams (40 members total) to deliver impactful GenAI product implementations and data engineering solutions, driving innovation and optimizing infrastructure for cost reduction.
Tookitaki [Thunes Holdings] Singapore
Engineering Manager | Data & Full Stack Sep 2022 – May 2024
- Managed 24 engineers across 3 units, overseeing 8 modules for batch/streaming Anti-Fraud, AML, and SaaS products; spearheaded Anti-Fraud solution redesign, achieving a 19× performance increase using Apache Flink.
- Reduced annual OPEX by 30% by leading the Hadoop infrastructure modernization to a cloud-agnostic platform, strategically replacing HBase with ScyllaDB and migrating to Kubernetes-based Spark.
Agoda [Booking Holdings Inc.] Bangkok, Thailand
Staff Data Engineer | Data Platform Team May 2022 – Aug 2022
- Led the migration of the Big Data platform from HDFS to Vast (AWS S3 API compliant); designed and implemented a centralized credential management service with HashiCorp Vault integration.
Senior Data Engineer | Data Platform Team Aug 2021 – May 2022
- Developed tooling and processes for seamless data migration from HDFS to Vast S3 object storage; led code reviews and mentored junior engineers.
- Prototyped table format solutions using Apache Iceberg and CDC pipelines with Debezium & Apache Flink.
Data Engineer | Data Platform Team Jan 2020 – Aug 2021
- Implemented self-service ETL data pipelines for high-volume data (~150 TBs/day); designed and automated inter-cluster ETL job and data migration tools for 190+ teams.
Senior SDET | Data Platform Team Jan 2019 – Dec 2019
- Established quality engineering and CI/CD best practices within the Big Data environment; developed Python libraries and frameworks for comprehensive data validation (Spark & Koalas).
redBus [MakeMyTrip – Goibibo Group] Bengaluru, India
Lead/Senior SDET | Inventory Platform Team Mar 2017 – Dec 2018
- Mentored and led the development and maintenance of automation frameworks and test suites; collaborated with Product & Development teams to define requirements and automation goals.
Scientific Games Corporation Bengaluru, India
Test Automation Engineer | Atlantic Lottery Apr 2016 – Mar 2017
- Performance tested and tuned core back-end microservices; contributed to technology strategy and software quality.
Cognizant [Client: LexisNexis] Coimbatore, India
Test Automation Engineer | Lexis Advance Jul 2012 – Apr 2016
- Developed and maintained test automation for RESTful services.
Skills
Programming Languages: Scala, Python, Rust, Java, TypeScript
Big Data Technologies: Apache Hadoop, Apache Spark, Flink, Hive, Impala, HBase, Apache Airflow, ScyllaDB, AWS Redshift, Apache Iceberg, Postgres, AWS S3, MinIO, Ceph, Vertica, GCP BigQuery
DevOps Toolset: Kubernetes, Docker, Terraform, ELK Stack, HashiCorp Vault
Education
PSG College of Technology | Anna University Coimbatore, India
B.Sc Information Technology
CGPA: 9.43/10 Jun 2009 – May 2012