Nakshathru Ajay

Lead Software Engineer | Cloud Architect | AI/ML Specialist
Bengaluru, IN.

About

Highly accomplished Lead Software Engineer and Cloud Architect with extensive experience in architecting and deploying scalable, AI/ML-driven solutions. Proven ability to lead engineering teams, optimize cloud-native infrastructures (AWS, GCP), and leverage full-stack development expertise to deliver high-impact products and drive innovation. Combines deep technical proficiency with entrepreneurial vision to solve complex challenges and enhance creator productivity.

Work

Captr Social
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Founder & Platform Architect

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Summary

Spearheaded the development and launch of Captr Social, a unified social media aggregation and management platform, integrating multiple social networks into a single interface.

Highlights

Engineered and deployed an AI-enabled analytics engine, delivering cross-platform insights on engagement trends, content performance, and audience behavior.

Developed an integrated media editing and publishing solution, empowering users to create and deploy content seamlessly across diverse social media platforms.

Architected a cloud-native, scalable backend with a focus on extensibility, performance, and secure API integrations, ensuring robust connectivity with third-party social platforms.

Leveraged AI/ML and generative AI capabilities to enhance analytics, automate content workflows, and improve creator productivity by optimizing key processes.

Admiral Group Plc
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Senior Software Engineer

Remote, N/A, Global

Summary

Senior Software Engineer at Admiral Group Plc, a UK-based financial services company, specializing in insurance and lending, driving AI/ML and cloud infrastructure initiatives.

Highlights

Integrated Vertex AI agents and generative AI services into the contact-centre ecosystem, enabling intelligent AI-powered virtual agents for customer self-service, intent handling, and assisted-agent workflows across Genesys and Dialogflow CX, improving customer experience.

Led monorepo platform improvements by integrating AI-assisted code review, dependency/pipeline security scanning, and quality gates, significantly enhancing code quality, security posture, and release confidence.

Designed and deployed scalable APIs on Google Cloud Platform (GCP) to optimize Dialogflow CX voice and chat interactions, improving system responsiveness and user engagement.

Implemented and automated GCP infrastructure provisioning using Terraform and Azure CI/CD, ensuring high availability and compliance for critical systems.

Architected and developed secure APIs for processing payments and bank details, ensuring stringent compliance and data security for financial transactions.

Presidio
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Lead Software Engineer

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Summary

Lead Software Engineer at Presidio, a global digital solutions provider, guiding a team to deliver scalable cloud, security, and networking solutions.

Highlights

Led the successful migration of a Node.js monolithic backend to a microservices architecture in the health domain, significantly improving scalability and fault tolerance.

Architected and developed a robust payment and insurance eligibility portal utilizing MEAN/MERN stacks, streamlining critical business processes.

Spearheaded the migration of critical microservices to Kubernetes and implemented robust CI/CD pipelines, enhancing deployment efficiency and system reliability.

Managed a team dedicated to enhancing an ML-powered chatbot using IBM Watson and Rasa, improving conversational AI capabilities and user interaction.

Presidio
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Senior Software Engineer

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Summary

Senior Software Engineer at Presidio, contributing to cloud-native NLP architecture and AWS infrastructure management.

Highlights

Migrated a legacy Java Jersey Web Service-based chatbot to a modern ML-powered cloud-native NLP architecture, improving performance and maintainability.

Maintained and upgraded AWS infrastructure across multiple accounts, implementing disaster recovery and high-availability features to ensure continuous service.

Designed and developed a React-Redux client application with Storybook-based modular UI components, enhancing user interface modularity and development efficiency.

Built and optimized CI/CD systems using Jenkins, Ansible, AWS CodePipeline, and AWS CDK, streamlining development workflows and accelerating release cycles.

Developed serverless microservices with Python, Node.js, and GraphQL, effectively extending chatbot capabilities and backend functionality.

Implemented cloud-based real-time analytics data collection and warehousing using Snowplow & Mixpanel, enabling data-driven insights for strategic decision-making.

Coda Global (Acquired by Presidio)
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Software Engineer

Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

Summary

Software Engineer at Coda Global, a cloud-native solutions provider, contributing to big data analytics, Kubernetes management, and inventory systems.

Highlights

Built serverless big data analytics pipelines using AWS Athena, significantly improving data processing efficiency and query performance.

Developed a VR-based Kubernetes management tool, enabling intuitive and efficient cluster monitoring and management.

Built a cloud-native inventory management portal for an automobile client, enhancing operational efficiency and asset tracking capabilities.

Tata Elxsi
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Software Engineer

Trivandrum, Kerala, India

Summary

Software Engineer at Tata Elxsi, a global design and technology services company, focusing on connected home devices and developer onboarding.

Highlights

Developed JavaScript reference design kits for connected home devices, significantly improving device interoperability and integration capabilities.

Built an SDK web portal using MEAN stack, streamlining developer onboarding processes and enhancing user experience for developers.

Education

Government Engineering College, Trivandrum
Trivandrum, Kerala, India

Bachelor Of Technology

Electronics & Communications Engineering

Certificates

GCP Certified Professional Cloud Architect

Issued By

Google Cloud

AWS Solutions Architect - Professional

Issued By

Amazon Web Services

AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate

Issued By

Amazon Web Services

Rasa Developer Certification

Issued By

Rasa

Skills

Cloud Platforms

AWS, GCP, Cloud Computing, IaC.

Frontend Development

ReactJS, Angular, JavaScript, Typescript.

Backend Development

NodeJS, Python, GraphQL, SQL, NoSQL, Full Stack Development.

DevOps & Orchestration

Kubernetes, CI/CD, Jenkins, Ansible, Terraform, Azure CI/CD, AWS CodePipeline, AWS CDK.

Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning

AI & NLP, Generative AI, Vertex AI, IBM Watson, Rasa, Dialogflow CX.

Architecture & Strategy

Solution Architect, Platform Architecture, Microservices, Cloud-Native, System Design.

Data & Analytics

Big Data Analytics, AWS Athena, Snowplow, Mixpanel, Real-time Analytics.