Resume

Kinaxis - Senior Engineering Leader
Present

  • Built MLops platform supporting 30 ML/DS engineers, deploying demand forecasting for 5 enterprise customers
  • Developed company-wide Data infrastructure using Spark, SparkSQL and Unity Catalog
  • Designed IaC private networking for Demand Forecasting Product on Azure, GCP
  • Managed Data platform and MLOps team of 15 engineers
  • Led migration from on-prem to GCP, Azure with focus on guardrails and cost controls

Rubikloud - Engineering Manager
Prior

  • Managed cloud infra and data platform teams, growing to 10 engineers
  • Managed multi-million dollar cloud budget across accounts
  • Built ELT Data Platform and MLOps using Apache Spark, Argo and Kubernetes
  • Reduced SLA to 6hrs for large Asian Retail customers
  • Handled 5-10 TB datasets in production for Fortune 500 retailers

Athletigen - Technical Lead
Prior

  • Led team of 6 engineers
  • Architected HIPAA-compliant DNA kit logistics & genetic data-processing pipeline
  • Designed core REST API and private developer platform
  • Released enterprise iOS apps using React Native

Zomato - Senior Software Engineer
Prior

  • Managed 6-node multi-DC Cassandra cluster for 20M MAU social news feed
  • Built global Invoice and Billing system for 14 countries
  • Implemented metrics collection for ad placement CTR optimization

Publications

SOCRAT Platform (2022)
Statistical Resampling (2018)

Awards & Recognition

  • Google Summer of Code 2013 - Maryland Institute of Technology
  • Google Summer of Code 2012 - UCLA, SOCR
  • Google Summer of Code 2011 - Inclusive Design Institute, OCAD
  • Yahoo! ID8 Winner 2012 - Innovation competition at Yahoo! India R&D
Selvam Palanimalai