18+ years. A systems mindset.

Aug 2024 - Present

Snowflake

Principal Software Engineer

Technical leader on Customer Experience Engineering (CXE), shaping the architecture, reliability, and evolution of the platforms, services, and applications that Snowflake's support engineers, field teams, and customers rely on every day.

Architected and build an AI-native SDLC automation layer at Snowflake, including deterministic code-review engine, a Confluence-backed test-plan generation pipeline an a release validation framework, replacing ad-hoc agent sessions with auditable , phase-separated workflows by Jira status, improving deliverables efficiency by 3x overall across multiple teams.

Dec 2023 - Aug 2024

Fiddler AI

Staff Software Engineer

Driving the efforts for release, internal tools and reliability of product.

Spearheaded the 0-to-1 transformation of product qualification from a manual process into an automated CI/CD release pipeline, standardizing release integrity for an enterprise AI observability platform.

Sept 2023 - Dec 2023

Redpanda

Staff Software Engineer (DevProd) — Consulting

Consulted on developer productivity and connector quality for the Redpanda–Apache Flink ecosystem.

Built the Python SDK for the Redpanda–Apache Flink connector, enabling streamlined developer integration.

May 2022 - Aug 2023

Risingwave Labs

Engineering Manager — Tools & DevOps

Implemented robust performance and reliability testing strategies for the RisingWave database.

Managed a high-performing team of 6 engineers, spearheading Performance, Quality Engineering, and CI/CD initiatives.

Sept 2019 - May 2022

Imperva (via Cloudvector acquisition)

Staff Software Engineer

Architected and developed test automation frameworks for comprehensive product testing.

Led quality, automation, DevOps, and CI/CD integration during the seamless integration of Cloudvector into Imperva.

Sept 2016 - Aug 2019

Aerospike

Staff Software Engineer (Tools and QE)

Led development of robust test frameworks and tools for the Aerospike database.

Optimized dependent tooling by cleaning up obsolete large backend test logs from AWS S3.

June 2013 - Aug 2016

One.com

Senior System Developer

Created a restricted shell that restricts user operations based on privileges; built Authentication, Session, and logging system.

July 2009 - June 2013

NetApp India Pvt Ltd

Member of Technical Staff

Designed automation frameworks consumed by QA teams.

Oct 2007 - July 2009

Wipro

Software Engineer

Automated test cases in Perl for network devices like switches and routers.