I build software that respects the people who use it.

R&D Software Engineer with 10+ years of experience designing scalable, resilient systems on cloud-native platforms. Most of my work orbits a few core beliefs: your data should stay yours, the best features don't need a server, and complexity should live in the architecture, not in the user's face.

TL;DR — Java/Spring Boot engineer, 10+ years, cloud-native & Kubernetes. Build privacy-first apps and dev tools on the side. Tinker with local LLMs and on-device AI. ISB Emerging Leaders alum. LinkedIn.

• Platform engineering — build and operate Kubernetes-based platforms that integrate with resource providers, support advanced release strategies (red-black, canary, rolling), and right-size resource requests based on actual consumption to eliminate over-provisioned, under-utilized infrastructure
• Control plane engineering — runtime-tunable observability, CLI tooling for platform APIs, health monitoring across control and data planes for zero-downtime deployments
• API strategy — designed API hub patterns (discover, develop, distribute) for microservices ecosystems
• Mentorship — guiding cross-functional teams, mentoring engineers, and building a culture of ownership and continuous learning

Vael — A privacy-first family finance app for Indian households. Local-first, encrypted, zero-cost. Families get a shared financial picture — net worth, budgets, goals, projections — without surrendering data to anyone. Built with Flutter, Drift ORM, AES-GCM encryption, and Google Drive as a dumb encrypted pipe. 400+ tests, TDD from day one.

Forge — A CLI that gives AI coding assistants superpowers over your GitHub workflow. One install plugs into Copilot, Claude Code, Codex, and Gemini CLI — PR reviews, discussion analysis, commit coaching. Zero lock-in.

Shellcraft — A macOS dev machine bootstrapper with profile-based package selection and non-destructive dotfile management.

• Privacy as architecture — not a toggle, not a policy. Encryption boundaries, client-side-only processing, cloud providers that see only noise.
• Local-first — apps that work on an airplane, cost nothing to run, and don't depend on someone else's uptime.
• Deterministic over intelligent — clear math and rules over black-box predictions. Users make judgments; tools give them accurate numbers.
• Distributed systems — love the hard problems: orchestration, consistency, failure boundaries. Comfortable with tools like Temporal for durable workflows.
• Developer tooling — making the feedback loop tighter, the workflow smoother, the assistant smarter.

Core (write it cold): Java · Spring Boot · Golang · Python · Kubernetes · Docker · Microservices · Kubebuilder · Temporal · MySQL · PostgreSQL · MongoDB · Redis · S3 · GitHub Actions · Jenkins · CI/CD

AI-assisted (strong process knowledge, build with AI pairing): Flutter · Dart · TypeScript · Node.js · SwiftUI I understand app development end-to-end — TDD, E2E testing, simulator workflows, app distribution, clean architecture — and use AI as a force multiplier to ship production-quality code in these stacks.

Certifications: Pivotal Certified Spring Professional · Oracle Certified Java Associate

Education: ISB Emerging Leaders Program · B.E. (IT), Sastra University

Core Java developer by trade — equally comfortable rolling up sleeves with UI teams to ship end-to-end.

I'm drawn to solving everyday friction with software — the kind of problems that aren't glamorous but save real time:

• File deduplication — taming years of scattered backups and duplicates across drives
• Speech diarization — on-device transcription that knows who said what, no cloud required
• Local LLMs — exploring what runs well on Apple Silicon and how to wire it into daily workflows
• AI plugins for life and work — nothing invasive, just quiet automation that compounds into 100x productivity

The thread across all of it: tools that run locally, respect your privacy, and remove friction you didn't know you had.

_{I'm interested in the intersection of personal software, financial sovereignty, and on-device AI. If any of that resonates — let's connect.}