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Dineshkumar Kuppan

Staff Backend Engineer | Building AI Systems for Product/Stealth Startups | Backend Architecture | Search | Distributed Systems | Cloud Computing | HPC

Bengaluru

15+ years of work experience

Jan 202610 moPresent

Bengaluru

• Scaled distributed backend services for FinOps workflows, enhancing reliability and supporting low-latency financial operations. • Enabled automation across finance and governance workflows, significantly reducing manual operational effort. • Designed workflow orchestration frameworks that integrated LLMs and financial data sources for autonomous execution. • Integrated QuickBooks and Plaid into reporting pipelines, improving financial data freshness and operational visibility.
Junglee Games (Flutter Entertainment)
Sep 20232 y 4 moJan 2026

Bengaluru

• Architected and deployed high-performance distributed backend systems and microservices, enabling significant improvements in scalability, throughput, and reliability. • Developed platform tooling and frameworks utilizing technologies like Apache DevLake, Hatica, MiddlewareHQ, and JellyFish, enhancing developer efficiency and accelerating release cycles. • Designed and implemented backend solutions tailored to gaming platforms, improving game performance and user engagement with innovative infrastructure and APIs. • Led integration and development efforts for AI agent platforms, focusing on hosting scalable, custom Knowledge Base services using MCP, A2A, LangChain, ADK, n8n. • Managed infrastructure for mobile device farms, supporting large-scale backend services and ecosystem operations. • Established and managed mobile device farms, ensuring reliable real-device testing for mobile app delivery at scale.
Mobile Premier League (MPL)
May 20221 yr 5 mosSep 2023

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

• Developed custom DevEx tooling and frameworks for gaming applications, enhancing developer workflows. • Built resilient distributed systems, significantly improving fault tolerance and system availability. • Automated release processes, cutting cycle times by 30% and increasing release predictability.
GENPACT
Nov 20192 y 6 moMay 2022

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Client : pFizer • Implemented Java - Spring/SpringBoot frameworks for service orchestration and data integrity across platforms. • Engineered high-performance backend systems and RESTful APIs to handle concurrent user spikes. • Championed modernization initiatives for enterprise-scale applications while mentoring engineers in backend practices.
Altimetrik
Oct 20172 y 1 moNov 2019

Bangalore

Client : Silicon Valley Bank (First Citizens Bank) • Championed cross-project quality initiatives that reduced production defects by 25%, significantly boosting customer satisfaction. • Spearheaded continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD) pipeline enhancements, cutting deployment time by 20%. • Developed reusable test automation modules, increasing regression test coverage by 40% and reducing manual effort. • Collaborated with development teams to implement shift-left testing, identifying defects earlier and improving cycle efficiency. • Conducted root cause analysis and defect triage sessions to drive process improvements and reduce rework rates. • Implemented performance and load testing strategies using JMeter, ensuring system stability under peak loads.
Visa
Apr 20143 y 6 moOct 2017

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Contractor to FTE • Led backend development for payment processing platforms, ensuring high reliability and compliance with PCI DSS standards. • Collaborated with security teams to integrate backend vulnerability scans and monitoring solutions. • Developed metrics dashboards to track backend system health and performance, facilitating data-driven improvements. • Coordinated testing with global teams, ensuring seamless rollout and support of critical releases.
Movate (formerly CSS Corp)
Dec 20103 y 3 moMar 2014

Chennai

• Developed and maintained backend components and data APIs for both web and mobile platforms. • Integrated backend services into CI processes, enhancing release velocity and code quality. • Collaborated with cross-functional teams to create scalable backend solutions that meet evolving business needs. • Promoted engineering best practices across backend development teams to ensure high-quality deliverables.
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Dineshkumar’s AI Stack

antigravity
antigravity
claude code
claude code
codex
codex
langchain
langchain
langgraph
langgraph
mcp
mcp

Education

BITS Pilani Work Integrated Learning Programmes

Master of Technology - MTech, Software Engineering

BITS Pilani Work Integrated Learning Programmes

20213 yrs2024
Mohamed sathak college of arts and science

Master of Science (MSc), Computer Science

Mohamed sathak college of arts and science

20122 yrs2014

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Headline

Staff Backend Engineer | Building AI Systems for Product/Stealth Startups | Backend Architecture | Search | Distributed Systems | Cloud Computing | HPC

About

Passionate Staff Engineer with 14+ years of experience architecting and developing large-scale, distributed backend systems for high-traffic platforms—specializing in real-money gaming and financial services. Expert in designing and building robust microservices, distributed applications, and developer experience platforms that power scalable and resilient products in demanding environments. My technical strengths include backend development using Java, Spring Boot, Python (FastAPI), GRPC, REST APIs, and advanced SQL across diverse domains such as banking, e-commerce, healthcare, and online gaming. I have led initiatives in distributed architecture, cloud-native microservices, and backend platform modernization to drive system scalability, reliability, and engineering excellence. I am committed to continuous learning and innovation, recently focusing on GenAI-driven agentic platforms and architecting custom Knowledge Base solutions for AI-powered applications. My recent work includes developing and deploying AI agents with technologies like MCP, A2A, LangChain, and ADK, expanding the backend capabilities of our organization. I thrive in Agile teams, enjoy mentoring engineers, and hold an M.Tech in Software Engineering from BITS Pilani. I bring analytical rigor, a customer-centric mindset, and a passion for delivering high-impact backend architectures that scale with the needs of modern digital businesses.

Location

Bengaluru

AI stack

antigravity

claude code

codex

langchain

langgraph

mcp

Work experience

Staff Backend Engineer (L5) at GoGateway.AI, Jan 2026 - Present · 10 mo, Bengaluru, • Scaled distributed backend services for FinOps workflows, enhancing reliability and supporting low-latency financial operations. • Enabled automation across finance and governance workflows, significantly reducing manual operational effort. • Designed workflow orchestration frameworks that integrated LLMs and financial data sources for autonomous execution. • Integrated QuickBooks and Plaid into reporting pipelines, improving financial data freshness and operational visibility.

Staff Software Engineer (DevEx) at Junglee Games (Flutter Entertainment), Sep 2023 - Jan 2026 · 2 y 4 mo, Bengaluru, • Architected and deployed high-performance distributed backend systems and microservices, enabling significant improvements in scalability, throughput, and reliability. • Developed platform tooling and frameworks utilizing technologies like Apache DevLake, Hatica, MiddlewareHQ, and JellyFish, enhancing developer efficiency and accelerating release cycles. • Designed and implemented backend solutions tailored to gaming platforms, improving game performance and user engagement with innovative infrastructure and APIs. • Led integration and development efforts for AI agent platforms, focusing on hosting scalable, custom Knowledge Base services using MCP, A2A, LangChain, ADK, n8n. • Managed infrastructure for mobile device farms, supporting large-scale backend services and ecosystem operations. • Established and managed mobile device farms, ensuring reliable real-device testing for mobile app delivery at scale.

Senior Software Development Engineer, Developer Experience (Backend) at Mobile Premier League (MPL), May 2022 - Sep 2023 · 1 yr 5 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, • Developed custom DevEx tooling and frameworks for gaming applications, enhancing developer workflows. • Built resilient distributed systems, significantly improving fault tolerance and system availability. • Automated release processes, cutting cycle times by 30% and increasing release predictability.

Senior Principal Consultant (Backend) at GENPACT, Nov 2019 - May 2022 · 2 y 6 mo, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, Client : pFizer • Implemented Java - Spring/SpringBoot frameworks for service orchestration and data integrity across platforms. • Engineered high-performance backend systems and RESTful APIs to handle concurrent user spikes. • Championed modernization initiatives for enterprise-scale applications while mentoring engineers in backend practices.

Staff Software Engineer (Backend) at Altimetrik, Oct 2017 - Nov 2019 · 2 y 1 mo, Bangalore, Client : Silicon Valley Bank (First Citizens Bank) • Championed cross-project quality initiatives that reduced production defects by 25%, significantly boosting customer satisfaction. • Spearheaded continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD) pipeline enhancements, cutting deployment time by 20%. • Developed reusable test automation modules, increasing regression test coverage by 40% and reducing manual effort. • Collaborated with development teams to implement shift-left testing, identifying defects earlier and improving cycle efficiency. • Conducted root cause analysis and defect triage sessions to drive process improvements and reduce rework rates. • Implemented performance and load testing strategies using JMeter, ensuring system stability under peak loads.

Senior Software Engineer (Backend) at Visa, Apr 2014 - Oct 2017 · 3 y 6 mo, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, Contractor to FTE • Led backend development for payment processing platforms, ensuring high reliability and compliance with PCI DSS standards. • Collaborated with security teams to integrate backend vulnerability scans and monitoring solutions. • Developed metrics dashboards to track backend system health and performance, facilitating data-driven improvements. • Coordinated testing with global teams, ensuring seamless rollout and support of critical releases.

Software Analyst at Movate (formerly CSS Corp), Dec 2010 - Mar 2014 · 3 y 3 mo, Chennai, • Developed and maintained backend components and data APIs for both web and mobile platforms. • Integrated backend services into CI processes, enhancing release velocity and code quality. • Collaborated with cross-functional teams to create scalable backend solutions that meet evolving business needs. • Promoted engineering best practices across backend development teams to ensure high-quality deliverables.

Education

Master of Technology - MTech, Software Engineering, BITS Pilani Work Integrated Learning Programmes

Master of Science (MSc), Computer Science, Mohamed sathak college of arts and science

Public links

github: https://github.com/DineshKuppan

medium: https://medium.com/@email2dineshkuppan

dineshkuppan.dev: https://dineshkuppan.dev/