rishi srivastav

I am a Principal Software Engineer with 11 years of experience building scalable, distributed systems across aviation, healthcare, retail, and enterprise technology. At Delta Air Lines, I progressed from Lead Developer to Principal Engineer, working on platforms serving millions of passengers and handling ~20K requests/second.

My expertise spans Java, Spring Boot, microservices, AWS, Kafka, Kubernetes, distributed systems, and high-scale backend architecture. I combine hands-on engineering with architecture and technical leadership, working on complex modules, performance optimization, system design, API architecture, and cross-team engineering standards.

I have led major modernization initiatives, including migrating legacy airline systems to cloud-native AWS platforms, designing multi-region architectures, and building reusable capabilities for partner airlines. My work has contributed to a 48% reduction in production incidents and improved platform performance and reliability.

I am also actively focused on AI engineering, including Amazon Bedrock, Claude, RAG, MCP, and agentic AI systems. I am particularly interested in building production-grade AI platforms that combine scalable backend architecture with reliable AI agents and enterprise integrations.

I am exploring Principal/Staff Engineer, Software Architect, Technical Lead, and Principal AI Engineer opportunities where I can combine hands-on engineering, architecture, and technical leadership. If you’re building ambitious products or platforms and looking for an engineer who can take ownership from architecture through production, I’d be happy to connect and explore how I can contribute.