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Raj Kumar

@rajkumar18

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Engineering Manager scaling distributed systems with data-informed delivery and strategic AI.

India

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What I'm looking for

I’m looking to lead engineering teams in complex migrations and high-scale systems, using data-informed delivery (DORA/Jellyfish) and strategic AI adoption (Agentic AI/MCP) to improve performance, reliability, and business outcomes.

I’m an Engineering Manager & Technical Strategy Lead with 11+ years scaling distributed systems in high-growth e-commerce and FinTech. I lead complex greenfield projects, build high-performance teams, and use data-informed engineering intelligence (DORA/Jellyfish) to improve throughput and delivery velocity.

Most recently, I spearheaded Agentic AI integration with Model Context Protocol (MCP) to accelerate delivery of complex Salesforce-ecosystem solutions, while hardening operations in fast sprint cycles. Earlier wins include driving a 40%+ latency reduction for a high-traffic checkout flow, launching revenue-impacting B2B/B2C coupon features, and building/scaling a CMS (80 product events/min) with Protocol Buffers plus migrations of 75,000+ SKUs to improve performance and continuity.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Engineering Lead - StrategicAI

Sitetracker

Oct 2025 - Mar 2026 (5 months)

Spearheaded integration of Agentic AI and Model Context Protocol (MCP) into the engineering workflow to accelerate delivery of complex Salesforce-ecosystem solutions. Used engineering telemetry (e.g., Jellyfish) to drive data-informed throughput improvements and guided a transition from legacy development to AI-augmented delivery while maintaining architectural standards.

Agentic AI Model Context Protocol (MCP)Telemetry Microservices System Design Stakeholder Management

Senior Technical Lead

Pluralsight

Dec 2024 - Sep 2025 (9 months)

Led a team of 4 in the FinTech vertical, owning technical direction and code quality during complex legacy migration work. Reduced latency for a high-traffic checkout flow by 40%+ and contributed to a B2B/B2C Coupon Code launch that supported millions in revenue.

Engineering Leadership Performance Optimization Product delivery

Technical Team Lead

Litmus7

Dec 2020 - Dec 2024 (4 years)

Built a CMS from scratch with an ingestion rate of 80 product events/minute and implemented Protocol Buffers to improve system latency and establish a team-wide integration standard. Migrated 75,000+ SKUs from CommerceTools to an in-house equivalent and re-architected checkout to a high-performance single-page flow while also optimizing cloud costs via automated AWS Glacier asset migration.

MongoDB AWS CMS Development Protocol Buffers Microservices Data Migration Performance Tuning Cost Optimization (AWS Glacier)NodeJS

Senior Software Engineer

Altimetrik

Aug 2018 - Nov 2020 (2 years 3 months)

Conceptualized and built an automation tool for PayPal compliance-related User Limitations processing, eliminating a manual workflow and saving stakeholder time across departments. Led a front-end migration of a critical mobile payment flow from Dust.js to React.js, improving maintainability and user experience.

Automation Tools PayPal Compliance Workflow React Dust.Js Workflow Optimization Microservices NodeJS

Development Engineer

Pramati Technologies

Jun 2014 - Jan 2018 (3 years 7 months)

Developed a CSV parser using dynamic regex to detect anomalies and improve data quality for internal teams. Served as a floating developer, supporting multiple teams by building and maintaining microservices using Node.js.

Regex Data Quality Microservices Technical Support NodeJS