Vinay B
@vinayb1
I’m a Software Architect blending Java, cloud-native platforms, and AI-driven systems.
What I'm looking for
I’m an experienced Software Architect and hands-on engineer with 25+ years leading enterprise and startup initiatives across scalable, distributed platforms. My work consistently centers on cloud-native architecture, Java ecosystems, and AI-driven systems—building platforms that teams can run, evolve, and trust.
In my recent freelancing, I’ve delivered end-to-end engineering for AI-enabled solutions, including a low-latency algorithmic trading platform built on a Kafka pipeline and an agentic document intelligence workflow that reduces manual data entry. I also co-founded a greenfield upskilling platform where I architected Kubernetes-hosted microservices and improved user matching efficiency by 200% using an intelligent resume analyzer with OpenAI RAG and Milvus vector search.
Earlier roles deepened my ability to modernize and standardize at scale: at Zillow, I led internal development platform (IDP) work and multi-cloud Kubernetes governance, improving environment provisioning and upgrade times by 50% and reducing annual cloud spend by 20%. At HPE and BNSF, I architected control-plane services and rule/observability modernization—using service mesh, microservices, and secure messaging—to improve resilience, compliance, and developer velocity.
Experience
Work history, roles, and key accomplishments
Freelance IT Architect
Balamuru Infotech Services
Jul 2025 - Present (9 months)
Engineered an end-to-end, low-latency Kafka trading platform automating real-time market analysis and strategy execution, eliminating manual intervention in trade signal generation. Built AI-enabled MCP market analysis and report generation integrated with custom n8n workflows, plus developed an agentic PDF scanner to reduce manual data entry.
Architect (JobBeacon)
JobBeacon
Apr 2025 - Jul 2025 (3 months)
Co-founded and architected a greenfield upskilling platform on GKE, improving user matching efficiency by 200% using an OpenAI RAG + Milvus vector search resume analyzer. Built Kubernetes-hosted, GitOps-managed microservices with modular n8n workflows and automated CI/CD pipelines to speed prototyping and scale operations.
Senior Software Engineer
Zillow
Aug 2022 - Mar 2025 (2 years 7 months)
Led core Internal Development Platform (IDP) and Kubernetes container workload initiatives, improving developer onboarding and environment provisioning. Orchestrated EC2-to-Kubernetes migrations that reduced annual cloud expenditure by 20% and cut container image storage by 40%, and improved environment provisioning and upgrade times by 50% via the centralized IDP.
Lead Software Engineer
Hewlett Packard Enterprise
Jul 2019 - May 2022 (2 years 10 months)
Modernized HPE control-plane services by architecting microservices and implementing a REST-to-NATS bridge to enable interoperability between legacy 4G services and 5G cloud-native architectures. Standardized Istio service mesh deployments with Helm and engineered a secure, multi-tier NATS messaging framework with mTLS to meet internal security standards (100% compliance).
Platform Solution Architect
BNSF Railway
May 2017 - Apr 2019 (1 year 11 months)
Built core libraries and containerized applications, designing distributed log consolidation to support system modernization from VMs to OpenShift and Kubernetes. Implemented dynamic business rule execution with a JBoss Drools framework and added end-to-end traceability using Spring Sleuth to reduce mean time to repair (MTTR).
Principal Software Engineer
LDiscovery
Jan 2012 - Jan 2017 (5 years)
Redesigned an eDiscovery platform backend from monolithic architecture to a distributed document processing framework, increasing capacity by at least 5x. Integrated AI/NLP CAAT analytics into the legal discovery pipeline to improve document review efficiency by over 20% and led reliability, security, and infrastructure upgrades including migration to Java 8 and Apache Ignite.
Senior Software Engineer (Contract)
Insight Enterprises
Jan 2011 - Jan 2012 (1 year)
Rebuilt web portal transaction features using Java and Spring MVC with Hibernate, integrating SAP capabilities and supporting secure enterprise data access. Mentored team members on implementation and delivery practices while enhancing REST-based functionality.
Senior Software Developer
InterLegis
Jan 2008 - Jan 2011 (3 years)
Designed eDiscovery suite components for data processing and classification, optimizing performance for legal technology workflows. Developed and integrated features across Java and .NET enterprise stacks including Lucene search and JMS-based messaging.
Senior Software Engineer (Contract)
Tektronix
Jan 2006 - Jan 2008 (2 years)
Built system health monitoring components for GeoProbe and supported the GeoProbe network monitoring product. Developed functionality using C/C++ and Java alongside Oracle database and XML-based data interchange.
Software Engineer
Nortel Networks
Jan 2000 - Jan 2006 (6 years)
Built UMTS/GPRS features for GGSN, improving subscriber activation and resolving system issues. Contributed across embedded and networking stacks using C/C++ and telecom protocols and infrastructure components.
Education
Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework
University of North Texas
Master of Science in Computer Science, Computer Science
Grade: 3.9 / 4.0
M.S. in Computer Science at the University of North Texas with coursework focus on distributed systems, simulation, mobile agents, NLP, networking, and data structures.
Tech stack
Software and tools used professionally
Splunk
GitHub
GitLab
Bitbucket
Kubernetes
Jenkins
GitHub Actions
DB
MySQL
PostgreSQL
H2 Database
Gmail
Node.js
Spring Boot
.NET
Spring MVC
Neo4j
Pulumi
Gradle
Java 8
JavaScript
Java
JSON
Perl
XML
HAProxy
Kafka
FastAPI
Istio
fabric8
Ubuntu
Linux
Datadog
Gemini
NATS
Solr
Lucene
Milvus
Protobuf
JBoss
Vibe
SQL
LangChain
CrewAI
Plane
Railway
Cursor
Coder
N8N
Radius
Agentic
Apache Ignite
Bridge
Emergent
Availability
Location
Authorized to work in
Job categories
Skills
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