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Sahil Kanani

@sahilkanani

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Technical Architect and software engineer specializing in scalable cloud-native backend platforms and microservices.

India

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What I'm looking for

I’m looking to lead architecture and delivery for cloud-native, distributed backend platforms—working with cross-functional teams to build scalable microservices, improve reliability and performance, and apply GenAI where it speeds up engineering without compromising quality.

I’m a Technical Architect and software engineer with 11+ years building cloud-native distributed, scalable backend platforms across healthcare, SaaS, PaaS, fintech, VoIP, and EdTech.

I lead architectural decisions and technical planning using ADRs and tech evaluation, partnering with product and cross-functional teams to drive reliable delivery—leveraging Gen AI tools to reduce overall delivery time by 30–35%.

In my recent roles, I’ve built and scaled platform capabilities from 0 to 1, including automated Kubernetes-based scaling that improved customer application scalability and availability to 99.95%, and an internal AWS Bedrock-powered generative AI chatbot with secure document ingestion achieving >92% response accuracy and cutting internal support queries by 60%.

I’ve also focused on data reliability and secure workflows—optimizing data imports from 40% loss to 0.01% across 25M+ records, mentoring 20+ engineers, and delivering compliant healthcare services (FHIR/HL7/HIPAA/PCI) with PHI/PII-safe design. I’m energized by technical leadership, observability, and continuously improving system performance and correctness.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

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Technical Architect

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Bigstep Technologies

Jan 2026 - Present (5 months)

Led the client front-end development team for a PropTech product, driving architectural decisions and producing ADRs and technical plans to select optimal technologies. Used GenAI tools (Cursor, Rovo, Gemini, Claude) to reduce end-to-end delivery time by 30–35%.

Technical Architecture Technical Planning Cross functional Leadership Rovo Gemini Claude

Staff Software Engineer

Acquia

Mar 2024 - Dec 2025 (1 year 9 months)

Led development of Acquia Cloud Next (ACN) PaaS from 0 to 1, shaping architecture with product and cross-functional teams. Built Kubernetes-based automated scaling to improve customer availability to 99.95% and delivered a GenAI chatbot using AWS Bedrock with secure S3 ingestion (92%+ response accuracy), reducing internal support queries by 60%.

PaaS Kubernetes S3 Document Ingestion GenAI

Principal Software Engineer

Hexaware

Dec 2019 - Mar 2024 (4 years 3 months)

Optimized data import workflows, reducing data loss from 40% to 0.01% for 25M+ records to improve data reliability. Mentored a 20+ engineer team and led multi-squad fintech delivery, achieving 50% faster completion; built scalable microservices on Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) for healthcare processing with high availability.

Data Import ETL Optimization Microservices Architecture Azure Kubernetes Service Healthcare Workloads Fintech Platform Delivery Mentoring Cross Functional Execution

Front End Engineer

IndiaNIC Infotech Pvt. Ltd.

May 2018 - Dec 2019 (1 year 7 months)

Developed interactive UI components for a social media memes app, improving user engagement time by 50% and supporting 100K+ daily active users. Built an end-to-end logistics tracking system with real-time shipment visibility and automated bill generation, reducing physical paperwork by 90% and digitizing operations.

Web UI Development User Engagement

MEAN Stack Developer

CallHippo

Dec 2016 - May 2018 (1 year 5 months)

Built core VoIP modules from 0 to 1, including call forwarding, call transferring, agent scheduling, and CRM integrations (Zoho, Zapier, Freshdesk, Zendesk). Improved product functionality, contributing to a 25% increase in user adoption and customer retention.

NodeJS ExpressJS MongoDB VoIP CRM Integration API Integration

Software Engineer

Educational Initiatives Pvt. Ltd.

Sep 2014 - Dec 2016 (2 years 3 months)

Developed and enhanced canvas-based JavaScript games for the MindSpark EdTech product, improving user engagement. Delivered core MindSpark website feature enhancements using PHP (CodeIgniter) and AngularJS.

CodeIgniter AngularJS