Senior Backend Engineer · AEM Specialist
Backend systems that just run.
10+ years building scalable, distributed backend platforms — specialized in Adobe Experience Manager, Spring Boot microservices, and distributed systems using Kafka, MongoDB and AWS. Delivered end-to-end for Apple and HPE. Now expanding into AI/LLM-powered backend systems — RAG, vector databases, and LLM API integration.
Bengaluru, India
Who I am
Senior Backend Engineer with 10+ years building scalable, distributed backend platforms using Java, Spring Boot, Kafka, MongoDB, and AWS. Deep specialization in Adobe Experience Manager (AEM) and enterprise content platforms, with a strong track record in system architecture, performance optimization, and full lifecycle delivery for global clients including Apple and HPE. Currently expanding into AI/LLM-powered backend systems — Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), vector databases, and LLM API integration — to build intelligent, context-aware enterprise applications.
Skills
Backend & Architecture
Java, Spring Boot, REST APIs, Microservices, System Design, API Gateway, JWT/OAuth2, Caching, Kafka Pipelines, Elasticsearch, Lucene, Apache Solr.
AI/LLM Systems Growing
RAG architecture, LangChain / LangGraph, vector databases (Pinecone, pgvector, FAISS), LLM APIs (OpenAI, Anthropic), prompt engineering, Python (FastAPI, scikit-learn).
CMS Expertise — AEM Specialist
AEM (Sites, Assets, Forms), OSGi, Sling, JCR, MSM, Dispatcher, Workflows.
Cloud & DevOps
AWS (EC2, S3, IAM, RDS, Lambda), Docker, Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD, SonarQube, Maven, Nexus, GitHub/Bitbucket.
Databases & Storage
MongoDB, Oracle, AWS RDS, PostgreSQL.
Testing & QA
JUnit, Mockito, TestNG, PowerMock.
Monitoring & Tools
ELK, JMeter, Prometheus, Grafana.
Fundamentals
Data Structures & Algorithms, System Design, Object-Oriented Design, Design Patterns.
Experience
- Led AEM-based content and asset management systems for Apple's Newsroom and Retail CMS platforms, serving a global enterprise content operation.
- Automated AEM content workflows, reducing publishing/deployment time by 30%.
- Collaborated directly with client stakeholders on requirements, architecture decisions, and delivery planning.
- Mentored a team of 4 junior developers and led code reviews to establish backend and AEM best practices.
- Upgraded AEM from 6.2 to 6.4 across critical enterprise services with zero-disruption rollout.
- Designed a centralized DAM dashboard with reporting and audit-logging features using AEM and Apache Sling.
- Improved asset-ingestion pipeline performance by 40% by optimizing dispatcher and workflow models.
- Designed and implemented REST-based AEM microservices modules for the Beacon and Cadence projects.
- Partnered closely with product owners to translate user stories into technical deliverables.
- Delivered a critical AEM-based Marcom platform migration during the HP–HPE split.
- Redesigned content delivery pipelines for the TSAExit migration, improving processing time by 25%.
B.Tech in Computer Science
BPUT, Odisha · 2008 – 2012
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Bright Beginners Award
Recognized for fast delivery and ownership on a mission-critical content platform for Apple.
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Inspiring Performance Award
Awarded for leading Newsroom CMS automation efforts, improving deployment timelines by 30%.
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Champs Award (Extraordinary Contributor)
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Recognized for end-to-end delivery of multiple AEM modules.
Projects
Apple Newsroom & Retail CMS
Automated AEM content workflows for Apple's Newsroom, Leadership, and B2B/Retail CMS platforms, cutting publishing time by 30%. Delivered at Wipro.
HPE DAM Dashboard & Reporting
Upgraded AEM 6.2 → 6.4 with zero-disruption rollout and designed a centralized DAM dashboard with audit logging, improving asset-ingestion throughput by 40%. Delivered at DXC Technology.
Beacon & Cadence Microservices
Designed and implemented REST-based AEM microservices modules, translating product requirements into scalable technical delivery. Delivered at TEKsystems, for HPE.
MarCom & TSAExit Migration
Redesigned content delivery pipelines during the HP–HPE split, improving TSAExit processing time by 25%. Delivered at Capgemini.