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Software Development Engineer (Data Platform) at Eightfold | Author | Blogger | Mentor | Arena International Master

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Experienced Backend/Data Platform Engineer with over eight years of expertise in building scalable, high-performance systems that power data-driven applications. Specialized in designing and implementing backend architectures and data platforms with a focus on efficiency, reliability, and maintainability. Proficient in Python as the primary programming language, with extensive experience in developing backend services, automation scripts, and data processing pipelines. Deep understanding of distributed systems design, ensuring high availability, fault tolerance, and scalability for complex backend infrastructures. Hands-on expertise with AWS services, including EC2, S3, Lambda, RDS, and CloudWatch, to design cloud-native solutions that are secure, cost-effective, and operationally resilient. Proven ability to manage and deploy infrastructure using IaaC tools and to leverage AWS for both real-time and batch data processing use cases. Strong command of Linux environments for system-level operations, scripting, and performance optimization. Skilled in using tools such as Docker and Kubernetes to containerize and orchestrate services in production environments. Experienced in building and maintaining RESTful APIs that serve as reliable interfaces between systems and applications, following industry best practices for authentication, error handling, and performance. Track record of delivering data platforms that support ingestion, transformation, and storage of large-scale data, while ensuring data integrity and accessibility. Designed robust ETL workflows and integrated with third-party APIs to enrich data pipelines and enable seamless data exchange across systems. Collaborative team player with a history of working cross-functionally with DevOps, data engineers, analysts, and product teams to align technical execution with business objectives. Actively involved in architectural reviews, code quality initiatives, and mentoring junior engineers to uphold engineering standards. Committed to continuous improvement and staying current with emerging technologies. Adept at modernizing legacy systems, reducing technical debt, and introducing automation to improve development velocity and platform stability. Driven by a strong problem-solving mindset, passion for backend engineering, and a deep focus on delivering reliable, scalable, and secure data solutions. Seeking to contribute to forward-thinking teams where technology and data are at the core of innovation and impact.

Location

Bengaluru

AI stack

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Work experience

Software Engineer - Data Platform at Eightfold AI, Oct 2025 - Present · 1 yr 1 mo, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, Moved into the core Data Platform team, shifting from customer-facing integrations to the underlying ingestion and platform layer. PLATFORM - Extended self-serve ingestion into a full platform capability — CSV support with schema design and validation, per-tenant processing controls, additional formats and regions, expanded merge logic. - Led a large-scale migration off a deprecated third-party data source, including a self-serve migration path for internal teams. - Resolved production concurrency and data-correctness defects across the ingestion pipeline. - Built SQL dashboards for pipeline and operational statistics. SECURITY AND RELIABILITY - Hardened input validation and access controls across ingestion paths; implemented configuration validation for cryptographic key management across backend and admin interfaces. - Added CloudWatch and Slack alerting on file transfer and decryption workflows, replacing silent failures with immediate visibility. - Maintained dependency hygiene as part of the platform's security posture. DELIVERY - Extended ATS integration support to API-driven workflows alongside existing file-based ones.

Lead Integrations Engineer at Eightfold AI, Feb 2024 - Oct 2025 · 1 yr 9 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, Led the integrations architecture for flat-file data exchange with enterprise Applicant Tracking Systems, and owned delivery across concurrent customer implementations. - Designed the flat-file integration architecture ATS customers used to sync candidate and requisition data at scale. - Shipped the first self-serve file ingestion and validation tool, moving data onboarding out of the implementation queue and into customers' hands. - Led technical delivery on multiple parallel enterprise implementations, scoping requirements with customer success and product, then owning them through go-live. - Built custom integration apps for non-standard customer environments, turning one-off engineering work into reusable components.

Senior Data Integrations Engineer at Eightfold AI, Jan 2022 - Mar 2024 · 2 yrs 3 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, Owned the ETL framework behind customer data processing, and delivered integrations for enterprise accounts end to end. - Built the ETL framework standardizing how customer data was ingested, transformed, and checked across integrations - using Apache Airflow and Spark for throughput and scale. - Developed custom applications to bridge customer systems that standard connectors couldn't reach, unblocking implementations that would otherwise have stalled. - Ran integration delivery for multiple enterprise customers, from data mapping and technical design through go-live. - Instrumented pipeline monitoring and alerting, cutting time-to-detection on job failures before customers noticed them.

Customer Support Engineer at Qubole, Jun 2020 - Dec 2020 · 7 mos, Greater Bengaluru Area, • Built a custom RDS query tool that cut diagnostic time on customer-reported issues, giving support engineers direct answers instead of escalating to engineering. • Developed a cost explorer dashboard that gave customers real-time visibility into cloud spend, converting a recurring source of billing tickets into a self-serve answer. • Automated ETL workflows with Apache Airflow, reducing the pipeline failures that generated customer escalations.

Security Analyst at Virsec Systems, Jan 2020 - May 2020 · 5 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, • Designed and implemented RESTful APIs for the NGWAF portal in Python and Flask, giving customers programmatic access to their security data. • Gathered requirements directly from security engineers and product stakeholders, shaping portal workflows around how users actually triage incidents. • Supported early customer deployments, incorporating feedback from evaluations into subsequent iterations of the portal.

Security Researcher at McAfee, Dec 2017 - Dec 2019 · 2 yrs 1 mo, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, • Automated spam signature commit workflows, shortening the path from threat identification to deployed protection for customers. • Refactored URL signature generation for performance and reliability, improving detection coverage across the product. • Built internal and external applications in Python and Flask to support interoperability testing across security products and partner integrations. • Partnered with application support teams on database architecture and coding standards, keeping the signature pipeline stable as volume scaled.

Application Development Analyst at Accenture, Jan 2017 - Nov 2017 · 11 mos, Greater Bengaluru Area, • Supported enterprise users across Unix and Windows environments, resolving sev-1 and sev-2 incidents under tight SLAs to keep business-critical systems available. • Built a Python/Flask automation framework for ticket intake and routing, cutting turnaround time on recurring user requests and getting people unblocked faster. • Partnered with application, infrastructure, and support teams to roll out desktop and server systems, coordinating changes so end users saw minimal disruption. • Automated recurring operational tasks with Python and shell scripting, freeing support capacity to go toward user issues instead of routine upkeep.

Associate Application Development Analyst at Accenture, Jul 2015 - Dec 2016 · 1 yr 6 mos, Bangalore, • Debugged and optimized existing Python applications, enhancing performance and reliability. • Implemented critical security patches and configured network protocols to ensure user data protection. • Automated maintenance tasks using Bash, Python, and PowerShell, significantly reducing manual effort and errors.

Education

Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.), Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering, PSG College of Technology

Higher Secondary Certificate, Computer Science, St. Joseph Tiruppur