Solutions Architect with 16+ years of experience in designing and developing large-scale, cloud-native applications in Insurance and Financial domains. Expertise in migrating monolithic systems to microservices using Spring Boot, Docker, and Kubernetes on AWS, with a focus on zero-downtime CI/CD pipelines. Proven track record in leading AI/Gen AI initiatives, including architecting LLM-powered chatbots, event summarization systems, and optimizing models through knowledge distillation. Skilled in building Angular-based Micro Frontends, and managing end-to-end observability using ELK Stack, Datadog, and Dynatrace. Strong leadership in driving automation, scalability, and team productivity through modern DevOps practices.
Overview
14
14
years of professional experience
Work History
Solution Architect
Plymouth Rock Assurance Corp.
08.2014 - Current
Directed project planning and execution for AI-driven and cloud-native solutions, aligning technical architecture with business goals while ensuring timely delivery.
Provided technical leadership in deployment automation, service orchestration, and engineering best practices, mentoring cross-functional teams for operational excellence.
Spearheaded the development of AI-driven chatbot and event summarization solutions using LangChain, OpenAI APIs, and AWS Bedrock to enhance conversational workflows.
Architected LLM integration frameworks to automate development tasks, including GenAI-powered code productivity tools (Copilot, Amazon Q) and custom agent workflows, improving engineering efficiency.
Applied knowledge distillation techniques to optimize large language models for on-prem deployments, achieving significant infrastructure cost savings.
Led the integration of GenAI in claims and insurance workflows, delivering automated Short/Long Summaries, Next Best Actions, and Text2Quote solutions using Twilio Messaging APIs.
Explored GenAI-driven automation for development operations, including Java upgrade tooling, auto-generation of test cases, and enhancing developer workflows through AI-powered IDEs.
Designed and deployed an enterprise AI portal by customizing a public AWS ChatGPT-like framework, integrating agentic LLM workflows and a “ConverseWithSQL” natural language interface.
Developed AI agent PoCs with GraphQL integration for dynamic data retrieval, and vision AI solutions for license scanning and home inspection report analysis, optimizing document workflows.
Led the migration of monolithic applications to microservices on AWS, leveraging Spring Boot, Kubernetes (EKS), and AWS managed services for scalable and resilient architectures.
Defined and implemented Blue/Green deployment strategies and CI/CD pipelines using Infrastructure as Code (CloudFormation, Helm), ensuring reliable and automated release processes.
Architected serverless backend workflows utilizing AWS Lambda, API Gateway, and S3 to drive operational efficiency and reduce infrastructure overhead.
Designed and implemented an enterprise-grade ELK-based log aggregation and monitoring platform, enhancing observability and accelerating issue resolution.
Consultant – Full Stack Developer
Ampcus Inc
11.2011 - 08.2014
Developed and integrated Spring MVC-based REST/SOAP services and frontend components using JavaScript, jQuery, JSP, HTML5, and Bootstrap for insurance and financial applications.
Led UI modernization efforts, migrating legacy Java Applet screens to Flex-based rich client applications.
Worked on XSLT-driven form generation and third-party service integrations for insurance platforms.
Collaborated on enterprise web application frameworks using Java, Spring, Flex, MyBatis, Maven, JBoss/WebSphere, Oracle, and Tibco.
Contributed to automation testing with JUnit, Flex-Unit, and SoapUI.
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