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Santosh Prasad

@santoshprasad2

Head of Engineering building scalable backend systems and microservices, leading teams to deliver operational excellence.

India

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What I'm looking for

I’m looking to lead high-performance backend engineering teams that value operational excellence, scalable microservices, and innovation—translating AI-driven automation into reliable production systems while continuously improving delivery and architecture.

I’m an Engineering Leader with 5+ years of progressive experience designing scalable backend systems, building microservices platforms, and leading cross-functional teams to align engineering delivery with business goals. I focus on cloud deployments, agile delivery pipelines, and mentoring senior engineers to improve scalability and execution.

In my recent roles, I led parallel backend projects while maintaining 100% on-time releases and 99.99% system uptime. I delivered measurable impact—decommissioning third-party reliance to reduce costs by ₹2 crore annually, improving backend system efficiency by 30%, and increasing operational throughput by 25% through agentic AI workflows, including a conversational AI agent built with Google Vertex AI Studio.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Current

Head of Engineering

Current

FirstMeridian Business Noida Multi-Project Delivery Services

Dec 2024 - Present (1 year 7 months)

Led delivery of two parallel backend projects and managed cross-functional teams, backend architecture, cloud deployments, and agile delivery pipelines. Built a scalable microservices platform using Node.js, TypeScript, and MongoDB, and developed a conversational AI agent using Google Vertex AI Studio.

Microservices Node.Js Development TypeScript MongoDB Agile Delivery cloud deployment Mentoring

Lead Software Development Engineer

TeamLease Bengaluru Services Limited

May 2024 - Dec 2024 (7 months)

Decommissioned third-party software reliance to reduce operational costs by ₹2 crore annually and delivered two concurrent backend projects with 100% on-time releases and 99.99% system uptime. Improved backend system efficiency by 30% through team performance initiatives and deployed agentic AI systems to automate backend workflows, increasing operational throughput by 25%.

Javascript (ES6)REST APIs Agentic AI Autonomous Agents Prompt Engineering MongoDB PostgreSQL Google Cloud Platform (GCP)

Junior Software Development Engineer

TeamLease Bengaluru Services Limited

Oct 2022 - Feb 2023 (4 months)

Developed backend services and tools to support internal product teams. Delivered sprint outputs as part of agile teams and contributed to backend system enhancements.

Agile Development Backend Services

Technical Support Engineer

C-Square Info Solutions Bengaluru Pvt. Ltd.

Nov 2021 - Apr 2022 (5 months)

Provided B2B technical support for enterprise applications, resolving customer incidents and service issues. Conducted root cause analyses using monitoring tools including ElasticSearch, Kibana, and Postman.

B2B Technical Support Root Cause Analysis Elasticsearch Kibana Postman

Product Support Engineer

Sasken Technologies Chennai Limited

Jun 2020 - Aug 2021 (1 year 2 months)

Monitored production applications using Azure App Insights and AppDynamics. Managed support escalations and incident resolutions and collaborated with development teams for root cause analysis.

Azure App Insights AppDynamics Incident resolution Escalation Handling Root Cause Analysis

Senior Software Development Engineer

TeamLease Bengaluru Services Limited

Designed and developed scalable APIs and backend services using Node.js, Kubernetes, MongoDB, and TypeORM. Contributed to backend re-architecture to improve reliability and scalability and participated in code reviews and sprint planning.