About

Author

  • Based in Chennai; 16+ years building complex software systems and products
  • Lifelong passion for building systems that solve real-world problems
  • Programming journey began at age 11; deep curiosity and love for technology
  • Experience across Big Data Systems, Distributed Systems, API Services, Web/Mobile apps
  • Quick learner with strong analytical abilities, team player with a can-do attitude
  • Passionate about building excellent systems, teams, and processes
  • Interests: software engineering, distributed systems, automation, tool-building, blogging, reading, photography, economics & history

Core Principles

  • Simplicity over complexity
  • Quality, maintainability, and scalability
  • Evidence-based decision making
  • Continuous learning and improvement
  • Pragmatic problem-solving approach

Tech Experience

Current Focus:

  • JVM technologies (Java, Scala, Spring, Spring Boot)
  • Languages: Golang, Python, Shell
  • Big Data: Apache Spark, Kafka, Hadoop
  • Cloud: AWS (Lambda, EKS, S3, DynamoDB, etc.), GCP, Azure
  • Databases: Couchbase, Elasticsearch, MySQL, Redis, MongoDB

Areas:

  • Distributed systems design and implementation
  • API services and microservices
  • Data processing pipelines
  • Web crawling frameworks
  • CI/CD and DevOps practices

Content

  • Focus: practical, hands-on system building and engineering best practices
  • Covers: distributed systems, API design, data processing, infrastructure, tooling
  • Includes: architecture patterns, performance optimization, debugging techniques
  • Formats: blogs, slides, videos, tools — concise and actionable

Background

Professional:

  • Senior Technical Manager at Aqfer India Pvt Ltd (2019-Present)
    • Leading backlog grooming, architecture design, and team mentoring
    • Building data processing pipelines, API services, and integrations
    • Recognized for both technical depth and leadership
  • Lead Engineer at Crayon Data (2013-2019)
    • Platform team, AI Studio, recommendation engines
    • Developed distributed web crawler framework
    • Worked across domains from digital marketing to logistics
  • Senior Systems Engineer at Infosys (2009-2013)
    • Multiple client projects across retail and insurance domains

Education:

  • B.E. in Electronics & Communication Engineering
  • Coimbatore Institute of Technology - Anna University (8.03/10.00 CGPA)
  • Won Bosch Best Project award for “Home Area Networking” final year project
  • Events Manager for Interface2k8 technical symposium

Side Projects:

  • Open source web crawler: Crawlpod
  • Static website generator for sakthipriyan.com
  • Various tweetbots and automation tools
  • First computer program in BASIC (1998)

Notes

  • Technical content based on practical experience
  • Views evolve with learning; content is refined over time
  • Full resume available at sakthipriyan.com/resume