Experience
10+ years across AI Data Engineering, Apache Airflow, and Test Automation · 3 countries
Current
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 — Astro Observe · Bengaluru (Remote) → Parsippany, NJ (Nov 2024)
- Designed and delivered cloud-native data pipeline frameworks using Airflow DAGs, Python, and cloud SDKs — throughput ↑ 30%
- Built RAG pipelines using LangChain + ChromaDB integrated with Airflow — developer productivity ↑ 40%
- Automated cloud resource lifecycle management — infrastructure costs ↓ 60%
- Led migration of legacy ETL workloads to Airflow 2/3 for enterprise customers on GCP, Azure, AWS
- Contributed to internal tooling for DAG observability and alerting (Astro Observe product)
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
- 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