Software Engineer, Tech Lead & Architect
I build scalable backend systems, AI infrastructure, and developer tooling. Passionate about distributed systems, DevOps, and driving engineering velocity.
11+
Years Experience
5
Companies
3+
Publications
4
Languages Spoken
Professional Profile
- Led team of 8 devs improving ML developer velocity by 2X at SambaNova Systems
- Reduced CI pipeline time by ~85% (45 min to 7 min) at Osaro
- Architected telemetry systems using Logstash, OpenSearch, and Grafana
- Transformed legacy CI/CD pipelines to modern hybrid architectures
- 2014 R&D 100 Award for SiC gate driver research
Work Experience
Where I've contributed
Principal SE / Tech Lead (ML-Ops / Dev-Ops)
SambaNova Systems
- Led a team of 8 devs to improve developer velocity for ML workflows, increasing contribution rate by 2X
- Architected and implemented a pervasive telemetry system using Logstash, OpenSearch, and Grafana
- Implemented JIRA ticket filing automation reducing the product release effort by more than 50%
- Architected test-infra for gate-runs to cull flaky, obsolete, and resource-heavy tests; reducing gate times by ~33% (1.5 hours)
- DRI for transforming legacy CI/CD pipeline to modern hybrid architecture using CircleCI, Terraform, Ansible
- Implemented AWS-EKS from scratch using Ansible and Terraform to run multiple infrastructure services
Senior Software Engineer (ML-Ops)
Mythic AI
- Designed and implemented model training, inference, and deployment architecture improvements
- Implemented ML-model regression pipeline build, integration, testing, versioning, and deployment
- Introduced software development best practices, Python template blueprints, and modern CI
Software Engineer in Test for Machine Learning
Osaro Inc.
- Implemented automated test infrastructure and CI/CD pipelines for ML microservices
- Improved existing CI pipeline to reduce CI time by ~85% (45 min to 7 min)
- Developed a customer-facing configuration UI using Python, Protobuf, and JSON-schema
- Played critical role in shipping an MVP product in one quarter that worked flawlessly upon deployment
Design Automation Engineer
Intel Corporation
- Implemented QA flow automation using Python; reduced QA time by ~60% (7 days to 3 days)
- Developed automated flow to generate configuration files, reducing human error by more than 90%
- Implemented automated batch-testing of microprocessors using robotic arms
- Wrote a mathematical model to calculate ideality-factor that increased thermal sensor accuracy by ~3%
Research Assistant
University of Arkansas
- Implemented an out-of-the-box circuit topology for SiC gate-buffer that outperformed legacy design by ~75%
- Designed a high-efficiency silicon-carbide integrated gate buffer for extreme temperature applications
- 2014 R&D 100 Award for one of the 100 most significant high-technology products introduced that year
Skills Snapshot
Languages & Tools
Cloud & Infra
Observability & Data
CI/CD & Build
Domains
Ventures
Things I'm building
Praxiom Systems
Parent company behind multiple commercial software products spanning developer tools, investing systems, and productivity software. Systems built from principle to practice.
Products
AI-powered interview preparation for coding and system design. Screenshot any problem, get a working solution in seconds.
Transparent investing systems built around aligned incentives and measurable performance.
Software that reduces day-to-day friction for therapists and supports better practice operations.
Amulya Labs
Priceless Software — high-leverage FLOSS tools and tutorials that make engineering faster, calmer, and more predictable. From Nepali/Sanskrit meaning "not something that can be valued or priced."
Open Source
Fast, configurable drop-in replacement for actions/cache with pluggable backends
Reusable Claude Code agents for common software development tasks
Daemon for deploying and managing GitHub Actions self-hosted runners
Bazel Tutorial with Economic Dashboard
Reading
Books & ideas
Currently Reading
Lord of the Flies
William Golding
Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI
Yuval Noah Harari
Crime and Punishment
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Favorites
Influence
Robert B. Cialdini
Code
Charles Petzold
The Denial of Death
Ernest Becker
1984
George Orwell
The Goal
Eliyahu M. Goldratt
How Linux Works
Brian Ward
Emotional Intelligence
Daniel Goleman
Night
Elie Wiesel
Reading Stats
Top Genres
Contact
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