Santosh Inamdar
Bengaluru
Summary
Director of Software Engineering and Architecture | AI-First | Cloud-Native | Enterprise SaaS Platforms
Strategic, hands-on technology leader with ~24 years of overall experience, including 20 years as a Software Technical Architect, driving architecture vision, engineering excellence, and large-scale platform modernization. Currently serving as Senior Director of Software Engineering & Architecture at Diligent Governance, leading next-generation B2B SaaS platform transformation.
Deep expertise in cloud-native, AI-first, distributed systems, with strong foundations in microservices architecture, event-driven systems, full-stack engineering, platform security, and scalable SaaS design. Proven track record of transforming legacy monoliths into resilient, cost-optimized, high-performance cloud platforms across AWS and Azure.
A rare blend of architectural depth and executive engineering leadership - equally comfortable defining enterprise reference architectures, conducting design/code reviews, guiding platform standards, and influencing C-level stakeholders. Known for building high-performing teams, mentoring architects, strengthening governance models, and aligning technology strategy with measurable business outcomes.
Consistently delivering impact across product innovation, AI-driven automation, platform scalability, operational efficiency, and enterprise-grade security.
Overview
24
24
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Sr Director , Software Engineering
Diligent Governance Private Ltd
03.2024 - Current
- Provided strategic leadership in B2B SaaS product development within GRC domain, owning product roadmaps and driving architectural roadmap and implementation.
- Led cross-functional engineering teams, fostering innovation through AI integration and modern architecture practices such as DDD and microservices.
- Hired and mentored teams to align technology with business goals while ensuring high-quality, secure, and efficient product delivery.
- Directed architecture and engineering for next-gen third-party manager utilizing agentic AI framework for automated onboarding.
Developed platform capable of intelligently scraping web and proprietary data sources to generate risk insights on AWS using event-driven architecture. - Delivered virtual assistant and media monitor summarization features leveraging AWS Bedrock and Claude models.Designed retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) architecture for context-aware AI responses.
Established seamless bi-directional data synchronization between MySQL and MSSQL databases using SymmetricDS for data share and cross product data visibility
Platform Team Leadership & Architecture - Internet of Things , Cloud and Security
Enphase Energy
02.2021 - 03.2024
- Provide strategic leadership in B2B SaaS product development within the GRC domain, owning product roadmaps and driving architectural vision.
- Lead cross-functional engineering teams, fostering innovation through AI integration and modern architecture practices like DDD and microservices.
- Hire and Mentor teams, align technology with business goals, and ensure high-quality, secure, and efficient product delivery.
- Modernization: Directed architecture and engineering to build next-gen Third-Party Manager powered by an Agentic AI framework to automate third-party onboarding. The platform intelligently scrapes the web and proprietary data sources to generate risk insights, built on AWS Strands, AWS Bedrock, and an event-driven architecture.
- AI-Driven Features : Delivered Virtual Assistant and Media Monitor Summarization capabilities using AWS Bedrock and Claude Models .Designed and implemented Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) architecture for context-aware AI responses.
- Data Integration: Established seamless bi-directional data synchronization between MySQL and MSSQL databases using SymmetricDS.
Senior Technical Architect- IoT & Distributed Systems, Cloud (AWS , Azure) , Web , APIs and Mobile
Robert Bosch Business & Engineering Solution
05.2015 - 01.2021
- Played the role of Sr Technical Architect for delivering solutions in the domain of SmartCity, Internet of Things, Energy , Industrial IoT
- Tech Stack: Spring Boot , Spring Data , Netflix Cloud , REST , Spring Security , MongoDb, Redis , Swagger , jUnit, RabbitMq, AWS , CloudFoundry , Bosch IoT Suite , AngularJs 2, Android , Swift , Push Notifications ( APNS, FCM), SockJs/Websockets , Google Maps
- Transport Data Logger - Sensor/Mobile/Cloud based Logistic IOT Solution. Cloud based Multi-Tenant SAAS solution to help Logistics operators to monitor, track and analyse shipment quality using TDL devices that record temperature, humidity , shock ,tilt , light ,pressure and GPS location.
- San Francisco - Shipyard : Smartcity Solution with ContextAware Mobile Apps (Android /iOS) for the residents of Shipyard town (San Francisco Bay) with Real-time content personalization using FlyBits , Walk Me Home , Around The shipyard , Public Transportation - Google . Shuttle Monitoring. Appliance Management, https://youtu.be/p3xz0Z7qSJQ
- Smart Meter - Program Architect for Advanced Smart Meter project for EESL/India. The solution was Azure Cloud based and used IPv6 for Meter device bi-directional communication. Backend was built on Java , Spring and Cosmos.
Technical Architect - Investment Banking
Societe Generale
11.2011 - 05.2015
- Part of Central Architecture Group responsible for 1) Governance and direction Settings for Enterprise IT Systems 2) Architecture , design , best Practices and standards for banking solutions 3) Evangelize software craftsmanship , DevOps ( CI/CD, TDD , BDD)
- Architecture , Design and Development of Strategic Reporting Platform (CLiPS) using Java, Spring , Webservices, JPA/Hibernate , GWT, JMS using Event Driven & SOA patterns. Key highlights of this engagement included Evolving Architecture, Test Automation, Application Monitoring. Also , established Software Craftsmanship, Test and Behavioural Driven Development, Clean Code, Software Security, CI/CD.
Tech Architect and Development Lead - Investment Banking
JPMorgan Chase Bank
05.2010 - 11.2011
- Technical Architect and IT Lead for the development of "Brokerage Invoice Reconciliation Portal" aka BCPP
- Developing and transforming the software used in home energy solutions that span solar generation, home energy storage and web-based monitoring and control with Tech stack : Java, Spring , Microservices, REST , MQTT, AWS ( Kinesis, SQS, IAM, Cognito, API Gateway , KMS, HSM , RDS etc), MongoDB, Cassandra DB , Postgres , Kubernetes, oAuth , SAML, PKI
- Responsible for a) Architecture, Design, and Tech Choices b) Design, Coding, and Security Guidelines c) Foundational Framework development d) Project Execution e) AWS Infra Design / Deployment
- Managed the Platform Architecture Team - Goals, Technical Direction Setting, Hiring & Grooming
- Legacy migration to Microservices Architecture - Migrated IoT Telemetry and Events data ingestion from a Legacy Monolith system to agile and fast Java, Spring Microservices. Platform scaled to handle 3+ Million solar sites across the globe # Domain Driven Design , Strangler Design Patterns , # Horizontal Scalability , # Canary Release
- End to End Development of Cloud Certificate Authority - Inhouse PKI solution that delivers X509 Digital certificates to IoT Gateways for device Identity and data security
- IQ-Portable Energy System (Portable Power Bank) - IoT and Cloud-based Product. Key Features - Factory Provisioning , MQTT Telemetry , Command and Control , Over the air Software update , Mobile / Web Integration , Firmware interfacing , Notifications , Events Data Processing Platform - Built using Change Data Capture , Debezium , Cassandra , Kafka. Platform can process abt 120 Million Events Payloads per day and evaluate the 600K solar installations per hour for any anomalies
- Ownership of Security Services - oAuth , SAML Microservices , Gateway oAuth Service for Authentication and Authorization of users for accessing Enphase APIs, Gateways and Web Portals. Improved the reliability, performance and re-usability of the services.
Technology Lead - Distributed and Open Systems
Infosys
05.2008 - 04.2010
- Design and Development of Vehicle Auction portal for GMAC ( Java, JSF, Toplink , Oracle, JAX-RPC, EJB, MDB etc)
- Content Generation Web-based tool for Cisco ( Java , Spring , Oracle , JavaScript)
Information Technology Analyst - Travel and Hospitality Reservation Systems
Tata Consultancy Services (TCS)
06.2002 - 04.2008
- Design and development of Internet based Reservation Portal for Ginger Hotels ( Tata enterprise)
- Application development and maintenance for Timeshare/Rental reservation systems for RCI ( part of Wyndham Destinations)
Education
B.Tech - Electrical & Electronics Engineering
National Institute of Technology
Skills
- Cloud platforms: AWS, Azure
- Programming languages: Java, JavaScript, PHP
- Web and Backend Frameworks: Spring, React, Angular , Node , Next/NestJS
- Workflow tools: jBPM, Camunda
- Security protocols: OAuth, SAML
- Defense strategies: SIEM, IDS/IPS
- AI and ML: Agentic AI - Strands/ Langchain / Autogen , LLMs, RAG Architecture , Vector Databases , Classical Machine Learning / AI
- Messaging systems: Kafka, RabbitMQ, ActiveMQ
- Testing tools: Selenim , Cypress , JMeter
- Database management: Oracle, MySQL, MongoDB , Postgres , DynamoDb
- Infrastructure automation: Jenkins, Docker , Kubernetes, Docker Swarm
- Monitoring tools: Splunk, ELK, Datadog , AWS CloudWatch
Certification
- TOGAF 9.2, The Open Group
- AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate, AWS
- Cyber Security Specialization, Coursera
- Machine Learning, Coursera
Key Innovative Products
- Third Party Manager Platform (GRC), Modernize architecture for scalability and reliability. Lead Monolith to Microservices decomposition, Innovation using AI features. Also , Led the development of NextGen Agentic AI based platform for Third Party Risk called Third Party Risk Intel
- IQ-Portable Energy System (Portable Power Bank), IoT and Cloud-based Product with key features including Factory Provisioning, MQTT Telemetry, Command and Control, Over the air Software update.
- Design and development of an In-House PKI system, Cloud Certificate Authority to generate and distribute RSA/ECDSA-based X509 Certificates to IoT Devices.
Timeline
Sr Director , Software Engineering
Diligent Governance Private Ltd
03.2024 - Current
Platform Team Leadership & Architecture - Internet of Things , Cloud and Security
Enphase Energy
02.2021 - 03.2024
Senior Technical Architect- IoT & Distributed Systems, Cloud (AWS , Azure) , Web , APIs and Mobile
Robert Bosch Business & Engineering Solution
05.2015 - 01.2021
Technical Architect - Investment Banking
Societe Generale
11.2011 - 05.2015
Tech Architect and Development Lead - Investment Banking
JPMorgan Chase Bank
05.2010 - 11.2011
Technology Lead - Distributed and Open Systems
Infosys
05.2008 - 04.2010
Information Technology Analyst - Travel and Hospitality Reservation Systems
Tata Consultancy Services (TCS)
06.2002 - 04.2008
B.Tech - Electrical & Electronics Engineering
National Institute of Technology