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Kumar Nitesh

@kumarnitesh1

I am an accomplished Lead Gen AI Engineer delivering scalable, high-performance cloud-native AI systems.

India
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What I'm looking for

I seek a leadership role building production-grade generative AI and cloud-native systems, mentoring teams, and driving engineering excellence and measurable business impact.

I am a Staff-level engineer with over 12 years of experience architecting scalable, high-performance enterprise web applications and leading Generative AI solutions using Java, J2EE, Python, and RDBMS technologies.

I design data flow architectures for Gen AI systems, leveraging LLMs, Knowledge Graphs, Abstract Syntax Trees (AST), and observability tools. At Tesco I contributed to a COBOL modernization pipeline that used AST generation, Knowledge Graphs, embeddings in Qdrant, Azure Open AI for context-aware Q&A, and integrated LLM evaluations and monitoring for reliability.

I drive cloud-native transformations and microservice adoption to improve resiliency and delivery velocity—one project accelerated feature delivery by 30%. I have architected notification and storage services using Couchbase, Cloudian, Docker, and Kubernetes/AKS and optimized critical processing with up to 80% performance gains in key modules.

I mentor cross-functional teams, establish best practices in system design, DevOps, and LLM evaluation, and have authored a book and contributed patents. I seek opportunities to lead engineering teams building production-grade generative AI and cloud-native systems that deliver measurable business impact.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Tesco logoTE
Current

Senior Software Engineer

Tesco

Jan 2024 - Present (2 years 5 months)

Designed and led a COBOL modernization data-flow architecture converting COBOL into ASTs and knowledge graphs, created an LLM-based Q&A chatbot and embeddings pipeline with source citations, and integrated observability and LLM evaluations; accelerated feature delivery by 30% via microservices and CI/CD.

SAP Ariba logoSA

Senior Software Engineer

SAP Ariba

Jan 2015 - Jan 2021 (6 years)

Architected backend and frontend features and built the Ariba Network Collaboration Platform from scratch, migrating a monolithic system to microservices to improve scalability and feature velocity; owned end-to-end notification services and PII encryption designs.

Cognizant logoCO

Software Engineer

Cognizant

Jan 2014 - Jan 2015 (1 year)

Re-architected AWS-based onboarding services for Credit Suisse, reducing time-to-market for new country expansions from 6 months to 0 days by delivering scalable Java/Spring solutions and leading cross-functional design reviews.

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