I seek staff leadership roles where I can improve product velocity, drive engineering excellence, mentor teams, and build scalable, observable systems using serverless and modern stacks.
Shailendra Verma
@vyoowy
Senior engineering leader and polyglot full‑stack architect driving scalable, observable, high‑velocity software delivery.
What I'm looking for
I am a senior engineering leader with 14+ years across Fortune 500 consulting and fast‑growth startups, specializing in polyglot full‑stack architecture, micro-frontends/microservices, event‑driven systems and AWS serverless. I build pragmatic foundations—architecture, CI/CD, testing and standards—while mentoring teams to deliver reliable, scalable software and improved product velocity.
My recent work includes LLM‑assisted tooling, rapid Python/Node prototyping, multi‑tenant platforms, taxonomy/metadata modelling and ETL stabilisation; measurable outcomes include large test‑coverage gains, major QA defect reductions, faster lab setup and faster stakeholder turnaround on deliverables.
Experience
Work history, roles, and key accomplishments
Technical Lead
Blackstraw.ai
Jan 2025 - Jun 2025 (5 months)
Developed and deployed a multi-tenant collective memory platform with RBAC and tenant isolation, reduced escaped QA defects ~70% and improved build pipeline success from 40% to 95% while leading a team of 4 engineers.
Lead Developer
Zapcom Consulting Group
Sep 2022 - Apr 2024 (1 year 7 months)
Led modernization of AWS serverless repositories, raised unit test coverage from ~58% to 75% in two quarters, and implemented ADRs and hiring rubrics that improved offer acceptance signal.
Senior Software Engineer
Cisco Systems
Nov 2018 - May 2022 (3 years 6 months)
Co-created a network digital twin (DRON) cutting lab setup time ~40x and delivered BPMN automation reducing manual ops effort ~25%, while standardizing container deployments and mentoring engineers.
Lead Technology
Synechron
Oct 2016 - Nov 2018 (2 years 1 month)
Led Angular frontend delivery for investment banking tooling, reducing API integration time ~70%, instituted code review practices that lowered defect density ~25% and improved PR lead time ~30%.
Senior Software Engineer
Keastone Software Labs
Apr 2016 - Oct 2016 (6 months)
Delivered chat and profile modules on the MEAN stack with Kafka brokering and shipped an Electron desktop client in 12 weeks, while introducing coding standards that reduced review cycles ~20%.
Senior Software Engineer
Braincapital Labs
Nov 2015 - Apr 2016 (5 months)
Headed frontend engineering, implemented UX improvements and A/B tests that increased task completion by ~12%, and contributed design assets to speed marketing turnaround ~70%.
JavaScript Developer
KeepWorks Technologies
Nov 2014 - Jun 2015 (7 months)
Shipped marketing site with Ember.js improving first meaningful paint from ~8s to 2.5s (~76% faster) and built WebRTC demos for real-time audio/video and data channels to showcase platform capabilities.
Education
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University of Lucknow
Bachelor of Computer Applications, Computer Applications
2004 - 2007
Completed a Bachelor of Computer Applications focusing on foundational software development and computer science concepts.
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