Senior Software Engineer · Technical Leader · Platform Builder
I turn complex platforms into reliable products that scale.
For more than 20 years, I’ve built and modernized enterprise software across search, pricing intelligence, product matching, analytics and cloud infrastructure. My sweet spot is where difficult architecture meets measurable business impact.
Selected impact
Architecture is only valuable when it changes the outcome.
I work across product, data and infrastructure boundaries—especially when a system must become faster, simpler or economically sustainable.
01 · PRODUCT TURNAROUND
Market Price Index redesign
Re-architected an acquired Ruby on Rails product on Elasticsearch, NestJS, Redis and React. The redesign restored usability, unlocked large-scale pricing analytics and brought churned customers back into active use.
02 · PLATFORM ENGINEERING
Polaris matching platform
Built a React micro-frontend and GraphQL/NestJS platform for enterprise product matching, backed by PostgreSQL and OpenSearch candidate retrieval. Index and API redesign improved query latency and made candidate retrieval more predictable at scale.
03 · DATA ECONOMICS
Search and lakehouse efficiency
Combined OpenSearch lifecycle, shard and gp3 improvements with dbt, Trino and Iceberg data models. The program reduced annual cloud spend while improving reliability and analytics access.
04 · CUSTOMER RETENTION
Enterprise price approvals
Delivered the frontend, backend and historical data architecture for a strategic enterprise customer. Elasticsearch data streams and lifecycle policies created an auditable pricing-governance workflow while helping protect recurring revenue.
What I build
End-to-end systems, not isolated tickets.
Search & data platforms
OpenSearch and Elasticsearch relevance, lifecycle design, dbt models, Trino queries, Iceberg tables, PostgreSQL and Redis.
Product engineering
React, TypeScript, Next.js, NestJS, GraphQL, design systems, Storybook and Nx micro-frontends.
Cloud & reliability
AWS, Kubernetes, Docker, CI/CD, performance engineering, production observability and cost-aware architecture.
AI-augmented engineering
Claude Code and Windsurf workflows, automated quality gates, test scaffolding and guarded AI validation for product matches.
Experience
Leadership through architecture and delivery.
Senior Full-Stack Software Engineer · Wiser Solutions
2019 — Present
Technical leadership across pricing intelligence, product matching, search and analytics—spanning architecture, hands-on implementation, modernization and production operations.
- Own high-impact initiatives from problem framing and trade-off analysis through release and operational support.
- Led key NGPI engineering work that unified pricing-intelligence products following the Numerator acquisition, including a localization framework adopted across the organization.
- Drove Wiser’s first large-scale adoption of Elasticsearch, NestJS and modern React/Redux, then turned those foundations into reusable UI components, search utilities and a shared SendGrid email utility.
- Mentor engineers through architecture reviews, code-review panels, design discussions and hands-on technical guidance across teams.
- Set reusable standards across APIs, React micro-frontends, search architecture, data models and delivery workflows.
- Translate customer and business constraints into pragmatic technical roadmaps.
Earlier career · Enterprise consulting & product engineering
A progression from hands-on software development to technical and project leadership across retail, analytics, banking, automotive and enterprise consulting.
Aspire Systems · Programmer Analyst / Full-Stack Engineer
2017 — 2019
Designed and shipped full-stack enterprise applications, backend services and data-integration workflows for global clients using Angular, Node.js, Express, MongoDB and AWS.
Quadrant 4 Software Solutions · Technical Lead
2014 — 2017
Led a team of eight engineers building enterprise web applications and owned design, reviews and testing. Deployed the Parts & Labor system onsite at AudaExplore in San Diego, leading the client-facing rollout and integration.
Polaris FT · Senior Project Lead
2013 — 2014
Owned delivery of enterprise fintech and banking projects, coordinating engineering teams against business requirements, timelines and quality standards.
Mahindra Satyam / Tech Mahindra · Technical Lead
2007 — 2013
Led distributed engineering teams for global clients. Served onsite at Nissan Sunderland as technical lead for plant systems supporting Nissan’s Russian plant initiative, owning requirements, technical design and delivery. Twice recognized as Star of the Month.
Polaris Software Labs · Systems Engineer
2005 — 2007
Built core-banking application modules, database designs and integrations using Java/J2EE, Struts, Oracle and IBM MQSeries.
Entys Technologies · Software Programmer
2003 — 2005
Built and maintained business applications and client deliverables across web and database technologies.
Writing & recognition
Engineering ideas should survive contact with production.
Published practitioner and researcher
First author of “Scalable Software Architecture Design for Cloud-Native Applications”, IEEE CCWC 2026. Additional work appears in O’Reilly Radar, USENIX ;login:, IJISAE and Computer Fraud & Security.
Peer reviewer and technical contributor
Completed 16 peer reviews for IEEE and international journals. My publications have earned more than 90 scholarly citations, reflecting sustained interest in practical software architecture, data systems and applied AI.
Technology breadth
Modern platforms, grounded in the full stack.
Product & platform
React, Angular, TypeScript, micro-frontends, Redux, Node.js, NestJS, Express, Java/J2EE, Spring, GraphQL and REST APIs.
Data & integration
Elasticsearch/OpenSearch, PostgreSQL, Oracle, MySQL, MongoDB, Redis, RabbitMQ, IBM MQSeries, SQS/SNS, Temporal, Trino, Iceberg, dbt and Parquet.
Cloud & delivery
AWS S3, CloudFront, API Gateway and Lambda; Docker, Kubernetes, Argo CD and CI/CD; Coralogix, Mixpanel and LaunchDarkly.
Education
Master of Computer Applications · Computer Science, 2008
Bachelor of Commerce · Commerce & Accountancy, 2003
Certifications
Sun Certified Java Programmer
Oracle Certified Web Component Developer
Have a difficult platform problem?
I’m interested in Senior, Staff and Principal engineering opportunities where architecture, hands-on execution and measurable outcomes all matter.
Guruprasad R 