Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Certification
Interests
Timeline
CORE COMPETENCIES
LEADERSHIP & INFLUENCE
ACHIEVEMENTS
AWARDS & RECOGNITIONS
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VISHAL MARIA RAJ

AI Solution Architect
Chennai
VISHAL MARIA RAJ

Summary

Builder-first AI Architect with 12 years of experience designing and implementing scalable Agentic AI Platforms. Expert in multi-agent orchestration, RAG pipelines. As a Google Certified Professional Cloud Architect, I bridge the gap between technical excellence and strategic business objectives through adept communication and rigorous API-first design.

Subject matter expert in Agentic AI orchestration, having catalyzed a 30x reduction in regression effort and significant cloud-cost mitigation. I thrive in high-stakes environments where architectural integrity and stakeholder alignment are the keys to sustainable innovation.

Overview

12
years of professional experience
1
Certification

Work History

Ford Motor Private Limited
Chennai

Architect (AI & Data Platform)
08.2023 - Current

Job overview

  • Designed and delivered an Agentic AI multi-agent system (Google ADK + RAG), enabling intelligent access workflows; delivered from concept to production in 3 weeks.
  • Introduced OpenCode-based Agentic SDLC, reducing regression effort from 4 days to 3 hours, and significantly improving developer velocity.
  • Drove cloud cost optimization (−60%) via BigQuery model redesign, workload optimization, and efficient data access patterns.
  • Implemented a test automation strategy, reducing QA cycle time by 50%, and enabling faster, safer releases.
  • Owned architecture for the enterprise access management platform, aligning with product, security, and platform standards.
  • Designed a cloud-native microservices architecture (Spring Boot, Angular, GCP) with scalable and resilient patterns.
  • Designed event-driven architecture (Pub/Sub, Dataflow) powering real-time analytics and decision-making.
  • Led architecture governance: design reviews, trade-off analysis, and alignment with enterprise standards.

Codewalla (Contract)
Pune

Lead Software Engineer
11.2022 - 08.2023

Job overview

  • Designed and owned a polyglot microservices architecture (Java and Python) for scalable backend systems.
  • Built a distributed OCR and search platform using Elasticsearch for high-performance retrieval.
  • Architected a zero-downtime data migration strategy using multi region active-active
  • Contributed to system design decisions around scalability, performance, and reliability.

Altimetrik (Contract)
Chennai

Senior Data Engineer
02.2020 - 10.2022

Job overview

  • Led the enterprise cloud migration of over 7,000 Hive tables to BigQuery across multiple domains.
  • Designed high-throughput streaming pipelines for real-time ingestion and analytics.
  • Owned an end-to-end solution lifecycle, including architecture, development, deployment, and production support.
  • Built Terraform-based infrastructure, enabling governed, repeatable cloud environments.
  • Partnered with governance teams to ensure data quality, compliance, and reliability.

Freshworks
Chennai

Senior Software Engineer
02.2019 - 11.2019

Job overview

  • Designed an enterprise event streaming platform for omnichannel analytics.
  • Led serverless transformation using Docker and Cloud Run.
  • Built ingestion systems that handle over 50,000 events per hour with reliability.

Altimetrik (Contract)
Chennai

Senior Software Engineer
09.2017 - 02.2019

Job overview

  • Modernized legacy data workloads (HQL → PySpark) improving scalability and performance.
  • Built OCR-based distributed ingestion pipelines.
  • Managed multiple projects simultaneously while maintaining strict deadlines and high-quality standards.

BNP Paribas ISPL
Chennai

Software Engineer
07.2014 - 09.2017

Job overview

  • Developed enterprise trade monitoring systems (Java/Spring).
  • Designed load testing strategy reducing testing cycles significantly.

Education

Sethu Institute of Technology
India

Bachelor of Engineering from Computer Science
04-2014

University Overview

Skills

Languages: Python, Java, SQL

Frameworks: FastAPI, REST, Spring Boot

Agent Frameworks: Google ADK, Tool-Calling, Function-Calling, MCP, A2A Protocol, Agent Orchestration

Gen AI/LLMs : MCP Server, RAG, Multi Agent Design, Agent Tracing (Phoenix)

LLM Evaluation: DeepEval, LangSmith, LLM-as-Judge, Human-in-the-Loop Evaluation, Model Evaluation, Drift Detection

Cloud Platforms: GCP (BigQuery, Pub/Sub, Cloud Run, Dataflow, GCS, IAM, LogSink, Cloud Build, Vertex AI)

DevOps: Terraform, GKE, Git, Git Actions, CI/ CD

Data & Streaming: Apache Spark, Google Dataflow

Databases: PostgreSQL, BigQuery

Architecture: Event-Driven Architecture, Microservices, API-First

AI Governance: Responsible AI, AI Ethics, Guardrails, Hallucination Control, AI Audit Trail, Compliance, Data Privacy

Leadership: Solution Design, Stakeholder Management, Technical Leadership, Architecture Reviews, Cross-functional Collaboration, Mentoring

Methodologies & Tools: Agile, Kanban, Looker, Playwright

Certification

Google Cloud Certified Professional Cloud Architect

Interests

Agentic AI, Multi-Agent Systems, LLM Platforms, Distributed systems and cloud-native architectures, Developer productivity and SDLC automation

Timeline

Architect (AI & Data Platform)
Ford Motor Private Limited
08.2023 - Current
Lead Software Engineer
Codewalla (Contract)
11.2022 - 08.2023
Senior Data Engineer
Altimetrik (Contract)
02.2020 - 10.2022
Senior Software Engineer
Freshworks
02.2019 - 11.2019
Senior Software Engineer
Altimetrik (Contract)
09.2017 - 02.2019
Software Engineer
BNP Paribas ISPL
07.2014 - 09.2017
Sethu Institute of Technology
Bachelor of Engineering from Computer Science

CORE COMPETENCIES

CORE COMPETENCIES
  • Architecture Ownership: Led solution architecture across ideation → design → build → production → operate for multiple enterprise platforms.
  • Scale & Performance: Designed distributed systems and streaming pipelines handling high-throughput workloads with strong SLAs.
  • Cost Efficiency: Delivered large-scale optimizations (up to 60% reduction) via data model redesign, query optimization, and right-sizing.
  • Developer Productivity: Introduced Agentic SDLC (OpenCode) improving engineering velocity and test automation dramatically.
  • AI Innovation: Built production-grade multi-agent platforms using ADK + RAG enabling intelligent enterprise workflows.

LEADERSHIP & INFLUENCE

LEADERSHIP & INFLUENCE
  • Mentored engineers and led cross-functional teams across product, data, and platform groups
  • Influenced architectural direction through design reviews and stakeholder engagement
  • Strong communicator with ability to translate complex systems into business outcomes

ACHIEVEMENTS

ACHIEVEMENTS
  • 60% reduction in cloud cost through architectural optimization
  • >30% improvement in regression testing efficiency via Agentic SDLC
  • 50% faster QA cycles through automation strategy
  • Delivered AI-driven enterprise platform in 3 weeks
  • Migrated 7,000+ datasets to cloud platform successfully

AWARDS & RECOGNITIONS

AWARDS & RECOGNITIONS
  • Bravo Award (Ford Motor Private Limited): Recognized for exceptional architectural foresight in the "Access Simplification" initiative, successfully migrating personalized BigQuery views to Unified Views, resulting in a 60% reduction in GCP cloud billing
  • Pat on the Back (Codewalla) award for technical leadership and delivery excellence
  • Award for excellence (Altimetrik) in cloud modernization for seamless migration of a legacy on-premise data warehouse to GCP BigQuery
VISHAL MARIA RAJAI Solution Architect