Anil Kumar

AI/ML • Bengaluru, India • UTC+05:30 • In office, Partially remote, Fully remote • Work permits: India • Available in 2 weeks • from $100k per year

Director of Engineering

16+ years exp

4+ years ML exp

2+ projects

Java

Node JS

Python

JavaScript

SQL

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Technical skills

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Overview

Backend and platform engineering leader with 15+ years of experience building and scaling high-traffic distributed systems. Managed engineering org growth, owned architecture and release governance, and delivered logistics and commerce platform improvements. Led AI initiatives including multimodal catalog intelligence and Natural Language-to-SQL using LLM and retrieval techniques.

Technical skills

Java

Node JS

Python

JavaScript

SQL• Middle • 4y+

Java

Gradle

Hibernate

Maven• 16y+

Node JS

Strapi

.NET

Databases

Apache Kafka

RabbitMQ

Apache Pulsar

MongoDB

MySQL

TiDB

Databricks• 13y+

Redis• 12y+

ElasticSearch• 4y+

AI/ML

Computer Vision

Qwen

Spark

Embeddings• 4y+

LLM• 4y+

Multimodal AI• 4y+

RAG• 4y+

Semantic Search• 4y+

DeepSeek• 3y+

Gemini• 3y+

Frontend

GraphQL

React.js

Next.js• 4y+ • 2 projects

DevOps

Amazon EC2

AWS Lambda

CI/CD

containerd

Docker

Helm

Jenkins

Kubernetes

SLI/SLO/SLA

Terraform

AWS• 4y+

Vector• 4y+

Timeline

Head of Engineering - Backend • Executive

Pidilite Industries Limited • Full-Time

Aug 2022 to Present 4 Years 1 Month Bengaluru In office

Built and scaled a backend engineering org from scratch into a multi-squad team, handling hiring, mentorship, performance management, and succession planning. Owned engineering strategy and roadmap delivery across catalogue, search, orders, payments, shipments, and analytics, setting architecture and release governance. Improved platform reliability using SLO/SLI-driven operations and centralized observability, and developed AI features for catalog intelligence including multimodal image tagging and NL2SQL.

ElasticSearch

AWS

DeepSeek

Gemini

LLM

RAG

Embeddings

Semantic Search

Vector

Multimodal AI

SQL

Java

Spring Boot

Hibernate

Python

AWS Fargate

AWS Lambda

Amazon EC2

Copilot

Claude Code

JavaScript

Node JS

New Relic

Grafana

Prometheus

Redis

Terraform

Jenkins

MongoDB

Kubernetes

Docker

SDE3 • Middle

Flipkart Internet Pvt Ltd • Full-Time

Sep 2014 to Jul 2022 7 Years 10 Months Bengaluru In office

Worked on logistics and commerce backend initiatives, including microservices migration to improve delivery and rollback outcomes. Contributed to event-driven orchestration for last-mile operations using Redis Sentinel. Supported initiatives such as workflow automation, feature delivery for mobile reassessment, and logistics scaling programs focused on performance and reliability.

Redissince 2014

Java

Hibernate

Spring Boot

Go-redis

Grafanasince 2014

Prometheussince 2014

MySQL

New Relicsince 2014

Apache Kafka

RabbitMQ

Kubernetessince 2014

Docker Compose

TiDB

Bash

JMeter

Senior Software Engineer • Senior

Trigent Software • Full-Time

Mar 2014 to Aug 2014 5 Months Bengaluru In office

Delivered backend features with strong uptime and improved response times under peak load. Coordinated with product, QA, and clients to shorten feedback cycles and keep delivery timelines on track. Led code reviews and helped shape testing strategy, reducing post-release defects through tighter engineering practices.

Java

MySQL

Hibernate

Spring Boot

Senior Software Engineer • Senior

Cognam Technologies Pvt Ltd • Full-Time

Nov 2012 to Dec 2013 1 Year 1 Month New Delhi In office

Built a global remittance backend supporting thousands of daily transactions across multiple geographies and currencies. Integrated payment gateways to improve transaction success and enabled multi-currency support. Added audit-ready logging and supported compliance requirements for financial operations.

Javasince 2012

Spring Bootsince 2012

Hibernatesince 2012

MySQLsince 2012

Pythonsince 2012

Software Engineer • Middle

iGATE Global Solutions • Full-Time

Jul 2010 to Oct 2012 2 Years 3 Months Bengaluru In office

Developed backend modules as part of enterprise feature delivery using Java ecosystem tooling and build automation. Designed relational data models and worked on query performance improvements to reduce redundancy. Contributed to mentoring and peer review practices to support engineering quality.

Maven