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Kiran Varanasi

Bengaluru

Summary

Data Architect & Engineering Leader with a proven track record in designing, building, and optimizing highly scalable and resilient data platforms, data lakes, and real-time data pipelines. Expertise in processing, transforming, and analyzing high-velocity, high-volume IIoT sensor data for operational intelligence and predictive analytics.

A strong advocate for leveraging advanced AI/ML models to extract actionable insights, drive process optimization (e.g., in industrial settings like copper mining), and achieve significant business outcomes. Skilled in architecting cloud-native data solutions (AWS, Azure, GCP), implementing infrastructure-as-code, and championing DevOps practices for data operations. Adept at building and leading high-performing data engineering teams, fostering a culture of continuous improvement, and delivering robust, cost-effective data solutions that empower data scientists and analysts.

Overview

20
years of professional experience
3
Languages

Work History

SpurTree Technologies

Data Architect
12.2025 - Current

Job overview

  • Strategic ML Leadership and Cross-Functional Guidance: Guided the Data Science team in developing the copper recovery Unified Optimizer. Performed rigorous data analysis to validate model outputs against real-world plant conditions, actively incorporating metallurgy comments, and rejection feedback into the modeling loop to improve recommendation accuracy.
  • Advanced Analytics & Recommendation Systems: Architected and developed a plant similarity search engine to contextualize historical plant conditions, and established feedback loops to capture meaningful operational insights, directly maximizing copper yield and processing efficiency.
  • Model Governance & MLOps: Championed enterprise model governance and metadata management by integrating MLflow with Datahub, ensuring complete traceability, reproducibility, and compliance for all predictive models deployed in production.
  • End-to-End Pipeline Architecture (dbt & Snowflake): Built and drove end-to-end dbt pipelines to seamlessly orchestrate the flow of high-velocity data from SCADA systems and CCLASS laboratory information systems (LIMS) through to ML training and modeling stages, utilizing Snowflake Snowpark Container Services.
  • Data Governance & Medallion Standards: Defined and implemented strict data governance policies and Medallion architecture (Bronze, Silver, Gold), deploying custom data validation tools and cross-environment (Dev/Prod) feature comparison frameworks to guarantee absolute data consistency across the pipeline.

BlueGenAI

Sr Applications Engineer
04.2025 - 12.2025

Job overview

  • Designed and implemented a Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) architecture using LangChain, integrating OpenAI GPT-40 and Gemini Flash 2.5 to provide contextual, real-time code generation and analysis, leveraging complex enterprise data assets, including extensive database schemas, for intelligent data synthesis.
  • Engineered the agent to ingest and analyze highly complex enterprise data, including comprehensive database schemas and intricate Enterprise Java Library frameworks, ensuring accurate contextual responses for data-driven insights.
  • Developed a supplementary POC for QA Automation targeting complex, non-linear user flows within the application platform, resulting in improved test coverage for critical application paths.

Videofusion.io (Cipio.ai)

Platform Architect
11.2023 - 03.2025

Job overview

  • Led a team of 5 engineers responsible for all aspects of our core data platform offering for video/AI applications, including feature development, QA and automated testing, data science applications, and the design, build and maintenance of cloud infrastructure automation for deployments, security and scalability.
  • Defined and championed the cloud data platform architecture roadmap, focusing on data scalability, reliability, and cost optimization to support the company's rapid growth and high-throughput data processing needs.
  • Enhanced distributed system reliability and scalability for high-throughput video/AI applications by designing and implementing resilient architectures leveraging message brokers (e.g., Kafka, SQS) for asynchronous data ingestion and real-time processing, resulting in a 30% reduction in latency and a 20% increase in system uptime.
  • Database Migration: Led a comprehensive database migration project for a SaaS application, transitioning databases from AWS to GCP to achieve seamless data synchronization and improved cross-cloud scalability.
  • Optimized cloud infrastructure costs by 50% by implementing multi-cloud architectures (AWS and GCP) and auto-scaling strategies, saving the company $3000 per month. Leveraged spot instances for non-critical data workloads, reserved instances for stable workloads, and container density optimization using Kubernetes resource requests and limits.
  • Delivered efficient and maintainable customer-facing solutions, including AI-powered data processing pipelines (utilizing message queues for decoupling stages and managing throughput) for data normalization, metadata extraction, and FPS correction from large media datasets.
  • Spearheaded the integration of Kubernetes and CI/CD tools to ensure seamless deployments and scalable infrastructure for data processing workloads, reducing deployment time by 40%.
  • Redefined video metadata extraction and analysis using Natural Language Processing (NLP) and advanced AI models for comprehensive data indexing, captioning, and contextual tagging on the company's flagship video platform, enabling richer analytical capabilities.
  • Implemented a comprehensive observability platform using Prometheus, Grafana, and ELK stack, enabling proactive monitoring, faster incident resolution, and improved data pipeline and application performance.
  • Championed and implemented infrastructure-as-code (IaC) using Terraform for repeatable and consistent data infrastructure deployments, resulting in improved consistency, repeatability, and reduced manual errors.
  • Championed cloud security best practices resulting in zero vulnerabilities by implementing automated security scanning, vulnerability remediation, and adhering to industry best practices for sensitive data assets.

CIPIO INDIA PVT Limited

Platform Architect
10.2020 - 03.2025

Job overview

  • Led a team of 8 engineers responsible for building and operating a scalable and reliable data platform for User-Generated Content (UGC) and influencer marketing analytics.
  • Built strong teams through selective recruitment and established a mentorship program for junior engineers, providing guidance on technical skills, career development, and cloud platform best practices, reducing attrition by 15% and improving team velocity by 25%.
  • Automated human decision-making with GPT models, resulting in a 20% reduction in operational costs. Specific actions taken included leveraging GPT models for automated data analysis in contract processing and customer dispute resolution.
  • Reduced cloud cost by 60% through effective auto-scaling implementation for data processing workloads and resource optimization, saving the company $10000 per month. This was achieved via leveraging Azure Batch nodes and self-managed Airflow instances, using Azure Functions/Lambda for event-driven data scaling.
  • Helped brands generate quality content with generative AI at scale.
  • Architected and built scalable UGC and influencer marketing platforms using multi-cloud services and asynchronous messaging patterns (leveraging message brokers) to handle high-volume data ingestion and ensure resilience.
  • Redefined path to extract influencers/creators using Natural Language (NLP) and image search for data feature extraction.
  • Drove influencer marketing platform at scale to help brands improve their business.
  • Responsible for design, developing and delivering cipio.ai products with CI/CD.
  • Scaled up data pipeline with managed Airflow (ECS and Kubernetes) for video and image processing, incorporating messaging for real-time data ingestion where appropriate. Directly relevant to IIoT data pipelines.

Progress Software Private Limited

Software Architect
09.2013 - 09.2020

Job overview

  • Architected and built a scalable Data Lake using Apache Spark, integrating diverse external data sources (SQLServer, MySQL, Oracle, Postgres), which significantly improved data accessibility and query performance for analytics teams, resulting in a 50% reduction in query latency.
  • Data Mashup & Pipeline Engineering: Architected the transformation of high-velocity transactional data into consumable pipeline data by leveraging data merging and mashup techniques for advanced analytics use cases.
  • Integrated Dask distributed computation engine, optimizing and scaling machine learning algorithm execution for larger datasets.
  • Designed and implemented a model repository with efficient model training and tracking capabilities, supporting multiple ML frameworks (Scikit-learn, TensorFlow, Keras, PyTorch, Spark) for predictive analytics and operational optimization.
  • Scaled critical ML solutions (Anomaly detection, Patient NO Show), improving processing speed and throughput by 40%. Leveraged horizontal scaling, improved caching and code optimizations for real-time data analysis.
  • Provided architectural solutions to effectively handle high velocity, variety, and veracity of incoming data streams, crucial for real-time IIoT data processing.
  • Implemented cloud governance policies and security controls, ensuring compliance with industry standards and protecting sensitive data.

Bally Technologies Private Limited

Lead Analyst
04.2010 - 08.2013

Job overview

  • Led analysis and enhancement efforts for the Slot Data System, a critical revenue-capturing application for casinos.
  • Achieved a 30% improvement in transaction processing performance through detailed analysis and implementation of targeted SQL query optimizations, refined indexing strategies, and Java code refactoring in high-load modules.
  • Identified key performance bottlenecks in product features using SQL profiling, application log analysis, and load testing simulations (JMeter).
  • Designed and implemented robust solutions including database tuning, server configuration adjustments, and introducing caching layers for frequently accessed data.
  • Led the design and implementation of enhancements in the accounting module (Voucher, Soft/Hard count), improving efficiency for finance team analysis and reporting.
  • Conducted thorough memory growth analysis and performance testing to validate optimizations and ensure system stability under peak loads.
  • Involved in integrating Alert Grid module into reporting engine.
  • Responsible for Unit and Integration Testing phases.

Razorsight Private Limited

Senior Software Engineer
06.2008 - 04.2010

Job overview

  • Developed and maintained a B-2-B telecom invoice dispute analysis application, processing various invoice formats (CABS, SECABS, EDI, AEBS, OBM, MTS, SASKTEL) and integrating with backend systems.
  • Involved in Requirements analysis and implementation of OBM, MTS and SASKTEL file processing logic.
  • Participated in the implementation phase for CABS and SECABS formats.
  • Contributed to the Design & Implementation of the Dispute package module, including migration of storage from XML to database and integration with the Audit and Analytics product.
  • Performed Unit Testing and Integration Testing as part of the complete Software Life Cycle.

Merit Systems Private Limited

Member of Technical Staff
04.2006 - 07.2008

Job overview

  • Involved in the development and design of a Business Process Execution engine.
  • Designed business process workflow for Order Management and the Rediff website for order processing.
  • Involved in Design & Implementation activities.
  • Performed Unit Testing and Integration Testing.

Education

Andhra University
Vizag

Bachelor of Engineering
07-2005

Skills

Data Platform & Application Development (Java/Python): Expertise in building robust, scalable data-intensive applications using Java/J2EE, Python, application servers (Tomcat, WebLogic, JBoss), Hibernate (ORM, performance tuning, caching), and multi-tiered/web service architectures (REST/SOAP)

Real-time Data Streaming & Integration: Architecting and implementing solutions using message brokers (eg, Kafka, RabbitMQ, SQS) for highly scalable, resilient, asynchronous communication, enabling decoupled microservices, event-driven architectures, and efficient handling of high-throughput IIoT data streams Proficient with Web Services (REST/SOAP) and BPEL workflows for data integration

Database Design & Optimization: Proficient with SQL (PostgreSQL, MySQL, Oracle) and NoSQL (MongoDB) databases, focusing on schema design, indexing strategies, query performance tuning, and connection management for large-scale data

Containerization & Orchestration: Deploying, managing, and scaling containerized data processing applications and services (Java focus) using Kubernetes and ECS for reliable, efficient, and highly available infrastructure

Multi-Cloud Data Architecture (AWS, Azure, GCP): Designing and implementing resilient, cost-optimized data solutions leveraging cloud-native services like auto-scaling, managed databases, serverless components, monitoring tools, and infrastructure-as-code practices for distributed data platforms

Data Pipeline & Analytics Performance Engineering: Identifying and resolving bottlenecks using monitoring/APM (eg, Datadog, Dynatrace), load testing (eg, JMeter), and code/memory profiling tools (eg, JProfiler, VisualVM, JMC/JFR) to ensure high throughput and low latency for data ingestion, processing, and query performance

Core Data Technologies: Python, Java/J2EE, Apache Spark, Hibernate, SQL/NoSQL DBs, Cloud Platforms (AWS/Azure/GCP), Kubernetes, Apache Airflow, Dask, Terraform, Git, Perforce

AI Integration & Generative AI: Applying AI/ML concepts; leveraging Generative AI tools and methodologies to enhance data analysis, feature extraction, predictive modeling, and process optimization

Big Data & Scalable Processing: Designing and implementing solutions using Datafusion, Apache Hadoop, HBase, Hive/HCatalog, and Apache Spark for distributed data storage, performance-optimized data processing, and scaling ML tasks, specifically for high-volume, high-velocity datasets like IIoT sensor data

Timeline

Data Architect

SpurTree Technologies
12.2025 - Current

Sr Applications Engineer

BlueGenAI
04.2025 - 12.2025

Platform Architect

Videofusion.io (Cipio.ai)
11.2023 - 03.2025

Platform Architect

CIPIO INDIA PVT Limited
10.2020 - 03.2025

Software Architect

Progress Software Private Limited
09.2013 - 09.2020

Lead Analyst

Bally Technologies Private Limited
04.2010 - 08.2013

Senior Software Engineer

Razorsight Private Limited
06.2008 - 04.2010

Member of Technical Staff

Merit Systems Private Limited
04.2006 - 07.2008

Andhra University

Bachelor of Engineering

Products

  • Visual Content management platform, Built a platform for visual content management from a variety of social media platform instagram, facebook and tiktok to help brands product quality content (User generated content) with creators., Automate human decision-making with GPT models, Help brands to generate quality content with generative AI at scale, Built a strong team to scale platform with low-cost cloud computation with multi-cloud architecture, Redefine the path to extract influencers/creators using Natural Language(NLP) and image search, Drive influencer marketing platform at scale to help brands improve their business, Responsible for design, develop and delivering cipio products with CI/CD, POC on managed airflow using Kubernetes and scaling up application services
  • Machine learning platform, Analyzing hidden patterns inside data helps to take critical business decisions and drive business to grow using machine learning algorithms. Built a platform to automate data science pipelines at scale using Spark, and Dask distributed systems with in-house workflow engine to built workflows., Built Data Lake for external data sources (SQLServer, MYSQL, Oracle and Postgres) with pluggable connector support using Spark, Integrated Dask distributed computation engine for scaling machine learning algorithms, Built model repository which allows to track machine learning model performance and support multiple varieties of model (scikit-learn, tensorflow, keras, pytorch and spark), Involved in scaling various in-built machine learning solutions like Anomaly detection and Patient NO Show use cases, Involved in providing solutions to handle velocity, variety and veracity of data
  • Slot Data Systems, Slot Data System in casino captures revenue of slot machine and helps casino employees to analyse the game performance of slots on floor. Slot Data System provides player promotions and points allows players to bind to the game on Slot machine. Slot Data System on casino floor employees provides features to authenticate employee process jackpots, tickets and electronic transfer of funds from system to slot. The product eases casino operations and auditors to audit the revenues and submit reports for taxation accurately., Improved performance of transactions in the product by 30%, Design and implementation of enhancements in accounting module, Voucher, Soft count and Hard count (where casino finance team analyzes slot performance and audit reports), Identified bottlenecks in product performance and provided solutions, Involved in integrating Alert Grid module to reporting engine, Memory growth analysis and performance testing, Involved in Unit and Integration Testing
  • Single Sign On or Profit Enhancement Center, The product solves the problem of invoice dispute analysis in telecom sector billing providing B-2-B application. The product processes invoices generated from different external systems in CABS, SECABS, EDI, AEBS, OBM, MTS, and SASKTEL format (Images/PDFS/csv files). Invoices will go through Extract, Transform and load data to a database for analyzing invoice data further which goes through invoice assignment (portfolio management), Audit, Dispute identification, reconciliation, allocation and payment processes. Invoices with disputes undergoes a review by the auditor in the product which results in an AP Feed file and the file will be transmitted automatically to the Accounts Payable system for payment. Single sign-on application allows users to securely login (HTTPS) and access to all the web products of the organization. Single sign on product allows accessing all customers to access Audits & Analytics, Capture and Business Objects products from Razorsight website., Involved in Requirements and analysis and implemented OBM, MTS and SASKTEL file formats, Involved in implementation phase CABS and SECABS formats, Involved in Design & Implementation Dispute package module, migration of storage from XML to database and integration of module with Audit and Analytics product, Involved in Unit Testing and Integration Testing
  • ProKosha, ProKosha is a software product that addresses all phases of a Business Process Management life cycle. The product suite helps build process management life cycle workflow to define business process model, process deployment and execution, monitor business process and maintenance. The product is built on Business process execution language (BPEL) which helps to automate business process definitions. The process execution engine is named as Providha., Involved in Providha (Business process execution engine) Module adding features like process failure handling, Designed workflow for Order Management and rediff website for order processing, Involved in Design & Implementation, Involved in Unit Testing, Involved in Integration Testing
  • Order Management System & Inventory Tracking, Order Management System automates business in the servicing sector and helps to track jobs that are subjected to heavy machines/motors. Provides tracking of enquiries, orders placed, work orders (Job estimation, Job assignment, quality tests) created to accomplish a job and generates invoice based on the material consumption. Inventory tracking to analyze stock availability and deficit. Helps to analyze parts required in advance to accomplish the work orders received. Order Management System also helps integrate and manage different business units available remotely in an organization., Involved in Requirements analysis, Involved in Design & Implementation, Involved in Unit Testing, Involved in Integration Testing

Awards

Award winner in State of the union of Razorsight Private Limited for excellent performance

Personal Information

  • Father's Name: V.V. Ramana Murthy
  • Date of Birth: 03/29/1984
  • Gender: Male
  • Nationality: Indian
  • Marital Status: Married
  • Religion: Hindu

Awards

  • Leadership award for driving product ideas in quicktime and delivering results in quick time
  • Award-solving complex problem cardinality in elastic search using range trees
  • Award winner in State of the Union of Razorsight Private Limited for excellent performance
Kiran Varanasi