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Kumar Gaurav

@kumargaurav4

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Engineering Manager specializing in scalable backend and production-grade GenAI platforms.

India

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What I'm looking for

I seek a leadership role building scalable GenAI and distributed backend platforms, with collaborative, outcome-driven teams and opportunities to mentor engineers and optimize cost, reliability, and product impact.

I am an Engineering Manager with 10+ years building and scaling distributed backend systems and production-grade Generative AI platforms. I specialize in owning ambiguous system design problems end-to-end, from architecture decisions and cost constraints to reliability, rollout, and long-term maintainability.

I've designed multi-LLM systems (OpenAI, Gemini, Claude), RAG pipelines, and internal AI platforms operating at scale under strict latency, cost, and quality constraints. At Redrob I led architecture for a multi-LLM conversational platform and introduced observability and cost-guardrails that supported significant user growth and revenue impact.

Throughout my career I have led cross-functional teams, driven code quality and reliability improvements, and delivered features that balance hallucination risk, latency, and maintainability. I prioritize pragmatic engineering, measurable outcomes, and mentorship to align technical execution with product and business goals.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Current

Engineering Manager

Current

Redrob by McKinley Rice

Jan 2024 - Present (1 year 11 months)

Designed and owned a multi-LLM conversational platform and productionized GenAI features, enabling 200% user-base growth and driving a 15% revenue increase while implementing observability and cost-guardrails for LLM usage.

GenAI Gemini Anthropic MongoDB AWS ECS Redis Vercel Observability

Lead Consultant

Xebia

Feb 2023 - Jan 2024 (11 months)

Led a 9-person team and drove code quality and AWS-based performance improvements for Delta Airlines, achieving 95% maintainability scores, 99.9% uptime and 35% latency reduction while accelerating data processing by 40%.

Python Glue DynamoDB CloudFormation Performance Optimization Team Leadership Agile

Senior Technical Lead

McKinley Rice

Sep 2019 - Jan 2023 (3 years 4 months)

Architected company-wide platforms and led cross-functional teams (6–23 members) to deliver scalable AWS-backed solutions, improving system efficiency and supporting a 50% increase in user capacity.

React fastAPI Python MySQL TypeScript CI CD Technical Leadership

Software Engineer

Techferry

Jun 2018 - Sep 2019 (1 year 3 months)

Implemented backend systems and RESTful APIs with Node.js and AWS to support a 40% increase in web traffic capacity and improved platform responsiveness for client products.

Node Next.js MongoDB AWS RESTful APIs TypeScript React Performance Optimization

Software Engineer

Genesis Futuristic Technologies

Jul 2015 - May 2018 (2 years 10 months)

Delivered Agile-driven solutions using TypeScript and Node.js, implemented SDLC best practices and testing protocols to achieve high reliability and stakeholder-approved outcomes.