Jishnu
Raj.
Solutions Engineer · Platform & Systems Architect · Technical Architect
Nearly 6 years architecting cloud-native platforms — Kubernetes, Helm, AWS, CI/CD pipelines, and end-to-end observability at enterprise scale.
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01 / About
The architect
behind the
systems.
Solutions Engineer and Technical Architect with nearly 6 years designing, architecting, and delivering cloud-native, distributed platforms. My work spans presales solutioning, Kubernetes infrastructure, CI/CD pipelines, and full-stack observability.
At Chimera Technologies, I built OptiBoot — an internal developer platform that standardized microservice bootstrapping across teams, and led an enterprise data integration platform in a regulated healthcare environment. I also serve as Technical Architect for a global pharmaceutical enterprise, leading AI, MERN, and QA engineering teams with hands-on contributions to AI-powered systems.
When I'm not building platforms, I'm mentoring engineers and exploring AI-powered systems with LangGraph and Gemini.
Key Highlights
02 / Experience
Where I've built.
Solutions Lead
CurrentChimera Technologies Pvt. LtdBangalore
Service-based technology consultancy delivering enterprise software, platform, and AI engineering to global clients. Official role: Solutions Engineer, promoted to Solutions Lead (May 2025) — first official promotion at Chimera. As a consultancy resource, simultaneously carried significantly expanded technical roles on client engagements spanning healthcare and pharmaceutical verticals.
- Promoted to Solutions Lead (31 May 2025) — first official promotion at Chimera, recognising cross-functional technical leadership and consistent high-impact delivery
- Built OptiBoot — internal platform framework for bootstrapping production-ready microservices with standardised CI/CD, Kubernetes manifests, and observability out of the box
- Led presales solutioning: discovery sessions, architecture planning, WBS, POC ownership, and client onboarding
- Recognised internally for stepping into multiple roles beyond the job title — mentoring junior architects, supporting business analysis, participating in backlog grooming, and bridging communication across delivery, AI, QA, and architecture teams
- Led Application Engineering (Lead AE + Senior AE + Junior AE), AI Engineering (Lead AIE + Senior AIE + Junior AIE), and QA (2 engineers) as the apex technical authority
- DDD-based solution architecture augmented with Gen AI: RAG pipelines, MCP tool integrations, Vector DB design, and LLM auditability & governance frameworks
- Live voice AI engineering using real-time multimodal models for agentic, conversational interactions
- Cross-discipline mentorship spanning MERN developers, AI engineers, QA professionals, business analysts, and fellow architects
- Progressed from short-term Technical Architect billing to long-term Lead Architect engagement
- Personally owned DevOps, CI/CD pipelines, and Kubernetes platform operations alongside architectural responsibilities
- Full-stack MERN engineering on a large-scale healthcare data platform
- Built end-to-end observability: Prometheus + Grafana, Loki + Promtail log aggregation (later migrated to Alloy)
- Deployed and managed Kafka via Strimzi Operator, MongoDB via Community Operator, Elasticsearch + Kibana via ECK Operator
- Maintained kube-prometheus-stack for cluster-wide metrics and alerting on AWS EKS
- Performed major Kubernetes platform upgrades and ongoing maintenance
- Authored and maintained Helm charts for environment-specific, repeatable deployments
- Configured and maintained Apigee API Gateway for a global vision care eCommerce platform
- Implemented API proxy policies, security controls, quota management, and traffic routing on Apigee
- Collaborated with enterprise delivery and integration architecture teams
Tech Lead
PromotedComputer Valley IT SolutionsBangalore
Livonia Tech was acquired by and merged into Computer Valley IT Solutions, where I was promoted to Tech Lead. Wore many hats concurrently — DevOps, automation testing, full-stack application engineering, mobile & desktop development, UI/UX design, and platform engineering — leading delivery across multiple simultaneous products.
- Promoted to Tech Lead following the Livonia Tech → Computer Valley merger
- DevOps: designed and maintained Jenkins CI/CD pipelines; later migrated to GitHub Actions
- Automation Testing: built Cypress E2E test suites for continuous quality assurance
- Application Engineering: full-stack MERN (React, Node.js, MongoDB) and PHP + MySQL development
- Mobile Development: cross-platform apps with Flutter (Android / iOS) and React + Ionic (hybrid)
- Desktop Development: production desktop applications using Electron.js
- UI/UX: interface design and interactive prototyping in Adobe XD
- Platform Engineering: AWS EC2 deployments, NGINX reverse proxy, MongoDB replica set configuration
- Real-time systems: low-latency cardamom auction platform using Socket.io and WebSockets
- REST API and WebSocket API design & implementation across multiple products
- Introduced pnpm workspaces, Cypress testing standards, and modular architecture conventions
- Conducted internal MERN Stack training programs (2023)
Junior Software Engineer
Livonia TechBangalore
Started career as a Junior Software Engineer, developing modules for enterprise ERP software, building desktop applications, and contributing to full ERP rewrites. Livonia Tech was subsequently acquired by Computer Valley IT Solutions.
- Built a financial transactions consolidation desktop app using Electron.js, React, and SQLite
- Developed full ERP software with Razorpay & Graphy webhooks integration
- Added drag-and-drop task assignment UI using Vue.js
- Contributed to PHP + MySQL ERP modules across multiple enterprise client products
Bachelor of Computer Applications (BCA)
Koshys Institute of Management StudiesBangalore North University
Focused on software engineering, databases, and application development.
03 / Work
Things I've shipped.
OptiBoot
Internal platform framework for rapidly bootstrapping production-ready cloud-native microservices. Standardizes architecture, Helm charts, CI/CD pipelines, Kubernetes manifests, and observability stack — drastically cutting new-service setup time.
- Standardized microservice architecture and Helm chart authoring
- End-to-end observability stack (Prometheus, Grafana, Loki, Promtail, Alloy)
- Reduced new-service bootstrapping time significantly across teams
Enterprise Data Integration Platform
Cloud-native data platform for ingesting and processing data from multiple eCommerce and external sources in a regulated enterprise environment. Enables data transformation, analytics, and downstream sharing with AI/ML platforms and external vendors.
Arya — AI Presentation Assistant
Real-time AI co-presenter web app. Run your slide deck full-screen and a floating AI orb listens to your voice, navigates slides on command, fields live audience Q&A, generates diagrams and code blocks on the fly, and speaks responses back — entirely hands-free. Can also take over as sole presenter and autonomously walk through a deck.
Modular ERP Suite
Configurable ERP system with plug-and-play modules supporting colleges (attendance, courses, fee management), factories (inventory, billing), and other businesses. Modular architecture allows domain-specific customization.
Church Management System
Full-stack church management platform built from scratch, leading a team of 4 developers. Handles member management, communications, and Google Drive / Gmail integrations.
Missionary Management System
Enterprise-scale missionary management system coordinating two teams of 7 developers. Full MERN stack with push notifications, document integrations, and JWT auth.
Real-Time Cardamom Auction Platform
Low-latency real-time auction software for cardamom trading, with live bidding via Socket.io and phone/OTP-based authentication. Led a team of 4 developers.
eCommerce Platform
Full-stack eCommerce solution introducing pnpm workspace-based Node.js architecture, Cypress E2E testing, Jenkins CI/CD, and dual authentication (email/password + phone/OTP).
Financial Transactions Consolidation Tool
Windows desktop application for consolidating financial transactions across sources. Built with Electron.js, React, Node.js, and SQLite.
04 / Skills
The stack.
Frontend & Client
- React (TypeScript)
- Next.js
- Vue.js
- Vite / Webpack / ESBuild
- Ionic
- Flutter
- Electron.js
- Material UI
- Tailwind CSS
- Bootstrap
Backend & APIs
- Node.js (TypeScript)
- Express.js
- REST API Design
- WebSockets / Socket.io
- PHP
- Java (PrimeFaces)
- MongoDB / Mongoose
- MySQL / SQLite
Cloud & Platform
- AWS (EC2, EKS, S3, ECR, Secrets Manager, OIDC)
- Azure
- GCP
- Kubernetes (EKS, On-Prem, multi-env)
- Helm (authoring & maintaining charts)
- Kubernetes Operators & CRDs
- MongoDB Community Operator
- Strimzi Kafka Operator
- NGINX
- Firebase (Auth, Hosting, Firestore, FCM)
- MongoDB Atlas
DevOps & Observability
- Docker
- GitHub Actions
- Jenkins
- Prometheus
- Grafana
- Loki / Promtail / Alloy
- Cypress (E2E Testing)
- Linux (Ubuntu, Amazon Linux)
- pnpm Workspaces
Architecture & Design
- Microservices Architecture
- Distributed Systems Design
- Platform & Systems Architecture
- Domain-Driven Design
- Event-driven Systems (Kafka)
- Operator-based Stateful Workloads
- CI/CD Pipeline Design
- Technical Solutioning & Presales
- JWT / OIDC / Secure Secret Management
AI & Emerging
- Gen AI / LLM Integration
- LangGraph
- LangChain
- Gemini API
- RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation)
- LLM Gateway
- Live Voice Models
- Google Generative AI Embeddings
- Agentic Workflows
- Prompt Engineering
05 / Contact
Let's work
together.
Open to full-time roles, consulting engagements, and interesting projects. If you have something worth building, let's talk.