CAREER

Where the
work happened.

Not a résumé. A timeline of the work, wins, and learnings that shaped me along the way.

Ciena Jan 2025 — Present

Software Systems Engineer

building the internal platform that validates distributed networking hardware operating at up to 1.6 Tbps. Design and ship Python-based backend services and REST APIs consumed by Jenkins CI/CD pipelines to automate firmware and system-build validation across multiple hardware variants — reducing manual testing effort by ~40–50%. Developed AI-assisted failure triaging workflows: an agentic system (LangChain/LangGraph) that ingests raw test failures, clusters root causes using LLM reasoning, and delivers structured debugging summaries — compressing triage time from hours to minutes. Architected Grafana dashboards surfacing build-execution trends, test stability signals, and platform-health KPIs for engineering leadership.

Python LangChain LangGraph REST APIs Jenkins Grafana TestRail CI/CD Git Linux
Complex Systems Laboratory / Foodoscope Jan 2024 — Jan 2025

Research Intern

Research Assistant at IIIT Delhi's Complex Systems Lab, building backend systems and data APIs for large-scale food, nutrition, and health knowledge bases. FlavorDB — APIs for 934 natural ingredients and their flavour-molecule compositions. RecipeDB — data pipelines and querying layer for 118,000+ recipes spanning 26 global regions. DietRx — backend linking dietary ingredients to clinical therapeutic evidence.

Python REST APIs Data Modeling Data Pipeline Design PostgreSQL
Freelance Apr 2019 — Apr 2023

Software Engineer

Four years of end-to-end ownership across backend, APIs, database design, and cloud deployment for startups and enterprise clients. Delivered production-grade Python and Ruby on Rails systems serving 50,000+ active users. Built automation-heavy APIs that eliminated ~95% of manual processing effort for clients. Managed full deployment pipelines on GCP and Heroku.

Python Flask Ruby on Rails REST APIs PostgreSQL Git Linux GCP Heroku CI/CD