Velu S Gautam

Staff Software Engineer

velusgautam.com
[email protected]
linkedin.com/in/velusgautam
Stockholm, Sweden · +46 70 461 71 92

Skills

AI: LLM, RAG, AWS Bedrock, Knowledge Base, AI chatbots, AI agents & guardrails, Claude

Infrastructure: Docker, Kubernetes, EKS, AWS, S3, CDN, Lambda, CI/CD, Serverless, Jenkins

Testing: Cypress, Jest, React Testing Library, A/B testing

JavaScript: TypeScript, React, D3.js, Node.js, PWA, Service Workers

DX & Automation: GitHub Actions, Jira automation, Slack apps, RWD

Data: SQL, MySQL, NoSQL, stored procedures, views

Experience

Skydance (formerly Warner Bros. Discovery) Stockholm, Sweden · Dec 2020 – Present
Staff Software Engineer Nov 2024 – Present

Built an internal Vibe Coded Projects platform end to end, where teams publish and share AI-built apps. Built a RAG chatbot on Amazon Bedrock that cut support requests 60% and sped up developer onboarding 50%, and led AI-agent guardrails, release pipelines and architecture design docs.

LLM, RAG, Amazon Bedrock, AI agents, React, TypeScript, Node.js, AWS S3, EKS, GitHub Actions, ADDs

Senior Software Engineer Dec 2020 – Oct 2024 · 3 yr 11 mo

Core engineer on the internal developer platform team, supporting 75+ engineers across the org with CI/CD automation, deployments, observability and developer experience.

GitHub Actions, Docker, K8s, React, TypeScript, Webpack, AWS, Node.js, Prometheus, Grafana, Nginx

ComeOn! Stockholm, Sweden · May 2019 – Dec 2020 · 1 yr 8 mo
Senior Software Engineer

Led performance and architecture improvements for the core web app, focused on load performance, UX, and developer experience.

React, Redux, Webpack, AWS CloudFront, Docker, Express, Node.js, SASS, WebAssembly, Svelte

Athenahealth Bangalore, India · May 2018 – May 2019 · 1 yr 1 mo
Lead Member of Technical Staff

Led the Insights team building the client-facing Data Visualization Platform for Athena 2.0, enabling dynamic reporting for healthcare clients.

React, Redux, D3.js, Node.js, Docker, Postgres, Jenkins, AWS

WalmartLabs Bangalore, India · 2 yr 2 mo
Software Development Engineer III Nov 2017 – May 2018

Core member of the frontend team for the Apparel Procurement & Planning platform serving the entire U.S. Walmart store network, optimizing time, space, and cost across stores.

React, Redux, TypeScript, CSS animations, Node.js, RTL, Cypress

Software Development Engineer II Apr 2016 – Oct 2017

Built and optimized D3.js/AngularJS visualizations over large datasets for Walmart’s internal Business Decision platform.

AngularJS 1.6, CSS3, D3.js, HTML5, Node.js, Azure

Xerox Services Cochin, India · 3 yr 8 mo
Senior Software Engineer May 2015 – Apr 2016

Built and modernized web and mobile applications with improved UI/UX for Fortune 500 clients under stringent deadlines.

AngularJS 1.6, CSS3, HTML5, ASP.NET, IIS, SSRS

Software Engineer Sep 2012 – Apr 2015

Full-stack developer on a multidisciplinary team, focused on UI development and advanced JavaScript.

AngularJS 1.2, CSS3, HTML5, ASP.NET, IIS, SSRS

Earlier & Entrepreneurial 2008 – 2012

Founded Wixzi Solutions (as CTO) and co-founded Lionmarks. Delivered 50+ web and mobile projects worldwide and led the web teams at both.

Honours & Awards

Education & Contributions

Bachelor of Technology, Computer Science & Engineering 2006 – 2010

Cochin University of Science and Technology · First Class · Final project 9.7/10

Master of Business Administration, Marketing & Finance 2010 – 2012

University of Kerala · First Class · Final project 9.1/10. Useful for weighing business and product trade-offs in architecture and roadmap decisions.

Open-source contributor. I also blog about the tools and techniques I'm learning.