Experience
10+ years across AI Data Engineering, Apache Airflow, and Test Automation · 3 countries
Current
FreelanceSep 2026 – present
Senior AI Data Engineer — Self-employed · Remote, United States
- Independent AI data engineering work — Apache Airflow, data pipelines, and AI/RAG systems
EdisoSep 2026 – present
Expert Mentor — Freelance · Remote
- Provide expert advice as a mentor on the platform
- Help learners implement hands-on data & AI projects
- Troubleshoot issues for learners with practical, real-world solutions
- Answer Q&A across Data Engineering and AI topics
Apache Software FoundationMar 2026 – present
Apache Airflow Open-Source Contributor · Remote
- 7 merged PRs — code improvements, bug fixes, documentation enhancements across the Airflow core repo
- Recognized as Airflow Champion (Jan 2026) by Astronomer — top-tier community contributor designation
- Contributing to Airflow 3 — dynamic task mapping, scheduler improvements, and provider packages
Industry
AstronomerMar 2022 – Nov 2025
Senior Software Engineer, Observability · Bengaluru (Remote) → Parsippany, NJ (Nov 2024)
- Sole engineer owning quality & release reliability for Astro Observe — architected test automation covering the product's full surface area, well beyond requirement checklists
- Fully owned Airflow 3 regression testing end-to-end, combining automated coverage with targeted exploratory testing ahead of a major release
- Partnered with the Astro Build and Run teams to support Airflow 3 adoption across the platform
- Rebuilt and stabilized a broken QA automation framework, added AF3 support, and integrated it into the Astro build/release pipeline at a stage-release cadence
- Developed Airflow DAGs to trigger the release-gating process; set up the release gating and sign-off process for the Observability team, driving process improvements and transparency across teams
- Built an LLM-powered test log summarizer to speed up debugging and root-cause analysis, with a roadmap to extend it org-wide
- Designed cloud-native Airflow pipeline frameworks (Python, cloud SDKs) lifting throughput 30% and cutting infrastructure costs 60%; built RAG pipelines (LangChain + ChromaDB) boosting developer productivity 40%
- Standardized the Cloud QA repository — branch protection rulesets, PR templates, ticket hygiene — for outsized impact on team quality
Commonwealth Bank (CBA)May 2021 – Feb 2022
Senior Test Automation Engineer — Core Payments Data · Bangalore, India
- 95% automation coverage across Core Payments microservices — costs ↓ 15%
- Built end-to-end test frameworks for payment orchestration pipelines
- Awarded 🏅 Best Partner Award for cross-team quality impact
KPMG IndiaMay 2020 – May 2021
Consultant — Automation Specialist · Bengaluru, India
- Built automation frameworks across 4+ delivery teams — manual QA effort ↓ 25%
- Delivered SAP S/4 HANA automation proof-of-concept using BrowserStack + Appium
- Engaged on client account Shell India Pvt Ltd — developed cloud automation for Azure infrastructure using Terraform
- Assisted and took over Data Anonymization and ADF pipeline configuration for Power BI dashboards, as part of the Data team within the Center of Excellence
- Developed and maintained internal utilities as NuGet packages and JAR files, distributed to multiple teams onboarding onto the Center of Excellence to enable their automation setup, with CI/CD configured using Azure DevOps
- Managed multiple stakeholders and provided SME support for test automation across Shell
- Established test automation standards across the consulting practice
Tata Consultancy Services (TCS)Jun 2014 – Apr 2020
Software Engineer / IT Analyst · Sydney, AU & Bangalore, IN
- 6 years across Banking & Finance clients in Australia and India
- Built Selenium + Java automation frameworks — manual testing ↓ 50% · deployment frequency ↑ 35%
- Led CI/CD pipeline integrations (Jenkins, Maven) for test automation at scale
- Service Commitment Award 🏅 · On the Spot Award 🏅 ×3 · National Debate 1st Prize 🏅
Early Career
ISRO — Master Control Facility, HassanFeb 2014 – Jun 2014
Engineering Intern · Hassan, Karnataka, India
- Project: Automatic Weather Storage Analysis & Display System under guidance of Sh. S.K. Khuba, Scientist Engineer
- Developed data collection and visualization system for weather monitoring at MCF Pithlapur