I’m seeking Lead or Staff or Principal individual-contributor roles in distributed systems.

Hariom Sharma
@hariom_s
Principal Engineer, 14+ yrs. I build distributed data systems on .NET/Azure and measure what they cost. Open to remote Staff/Principal IC roles.
What I'm looking for
I'm a Principal Software Engineer with 14+ years building cloud-native distributed systems on .NET, C# and Azure. My focus is data platforms: moving data reliably and in near-real-time across multi-tenant systems, and proving what that costs with real measurements.
Most recently at ParentPay, I architected an event-driven sync pipeline (CDC, SQL Server Service Broker, Azure Blob Storage, Service Bus, Functions, Event Hub) and scaled it from 0 to 2,000 organizations, owned end to end. I also built the custom performance harness behind it: ~18ms/sec overhead on the production source DB and ~5s end-to-end against a 1-minute SLA. I also cut 300 daily DB write-errors to zero with a retry mechanism, giving 100% financial data integrity.
Earlier, I designed a hot-swappable e-sign (DocuSign) architecture that was resold to 2 additional customers, and led a 40+ engineer team on Icertis Contract Intelligence (CLM). Recently at Autodesk, I led a pod on the Data Exchange platform and built an agentic n8n workflow that turns customer queries into Jira tickets.
I'm looking for remote Staff/Principal IC roles in distributed systems and data platforms. Based in India (IST), comfortable overlapping with Europe and Middle East hours, available immediately.
Experience
Work history, roles, and key accomplishments
Led a cross-functional engineering pod delivering platform capabilities on Autodesk Data Exchange for the AEC ecosystem. Owned public sample connectors and developer integrations on GitHub, improving partner developer experience.
Architected a near-real-time, event-driven sync pipeline for finance-reporting systems used in UK schools, scaling it from 0 to 2,000 organizations. Designed a retry mechanism that eliminated 300 daily DB write-errors, achieving 100% data integrity.
Architected a hot-swappable, decoupled DocuSign e-sign integration for a contract-management platform, resold to two additional customers. Led a 40+ engineer team on Icertis Contract Intelligence for Contract Lifecycle Management.
Built on a large-scale, multitenant B2B e-commerce platform used by globally recognized enterprises. Designed a retry mechanism for failed sale transactions, improving process efficiency by at least 10% and raising successful transaction rates.
Education
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Rajiv Gandhi Proudyogiki Vishwavidyalaya
Bachelor of Engineering, Computer Science and Engineering
2007 - 2011
Bachelor of Engineering in Computer Science and Engineering from Rajiv Gandhi Proudyogiki Vishwavidyalaya, Ujjain, from 2007 to 2011.
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