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Bharath Preetham

@bharathpreetham

Principal Platform Engineer driving cloud-native Data, AI, and DevOps solutions.

India
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What I'm looking for

I seek roles building cloud-native Data/AI platforms where I can lead platform design, automate CI/CD, improve observability, ensure security/compliance, and mentor teams in a collaborative, outcome-driven environment.

I am a Principal Platform Engineer with 7+ years building cloud-native data, AI, and DevOps platforms on AWS, Kubernetes, and CI/CD automation to deliver high-reliability, cost-efficient systems. I design production AI systems, data lakehouse architectures, and observability platforms that measurably reduce toil, cut costs, and accelerate time-to-insight.

My work includes deploying RAG-based AI query systems, optimizing token usage, and creating automated evaluation frameworks; migrating orchestration to cost-efficient infrastructures; and implementing enterprise data governance and security controls. I mentor engineers, partner with product and data science teams, and deliver secure, scalable platform solutions with demonstrated ROI and operational impact.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

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Current

Principal Platform Engineer

Dec 2022 - Present (2 years 10 months)

Built production AI and data platforms that reduced analyst query time from hours to seconds and cut infrastructure costs by ~70% while achieving 99.9% uptime for 150+ business-critical applications. Rewrote CI/CD and deployed monitoring to reduce MTTR by 30% and saved $250K annually through automation.

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Associate Engineer - Data & AI

Oct 2021 - Nov 2022 (1 year 1 month)

Designed and implemented lakehouse architectures with Snowflake, Delta Lake and Apache Iceberg, added DBT transformations and Great Expectations checks to improve data reliability and accelerate ML deployments across the organisation.

Education

Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework

Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Anantapur logoJA

Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Anantapur

Bachelor of Technology, Electronics and Electrical Engineering

Completed a Bachelor of Technology in Electronics and Electrical Engineering from JNTU Anantapur in 2017.

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