FULL STACK ENGINEER & AI/ML CONSULTANT

Building
Scalable
Systems

18+ years building production systems across the full stack — Python, Ruby on Rails, React, cloud infrastructure, and more recently, AI and machine learning.

18+

Years Experience

10+

Engineers Led

3

Countries

4

Industries

Srinivasa Varma — Full Stack Engineer & AI/ML Consultant

ABOUT ME

Engineering
With Purpose

I've spent 18+ years building web applications with Python, Ruby on Rails, and React, deploying on AWS and GCP — and over the last four years, that's expanded into data pipelines and search systems.

I've worked across microservices and search engineering with Elasticsearch and OpenSearch. I've also led engineering teams, which means I care as much about how a system is designed as I do about whether it works.

More recently I've been spending a lot of time on AI and ML — RAG pipelines, LLMs, computer vision. I find this space genuinely interesting, and I approach it the same way I do backend work: get it running, then make sure it stays running in production.

Backend

Python & Ruby on Rails

Cloud

AWS & Google Cloud (GCP)

AI / ML

LLMs, RAG, Computer Vision

Leadership

Led teams of 10+ engineers

PROFESSIONAL JOURNEY

Experience
Timeline

Jun 2023 – Present

Consultant Engineer

BAYARD GmbH — Germany

Working with GDSN product data — ingestion, validation, normalisation, and multi-region sync — using Python and Ruby. Designed the microservices architecture, handled Kubernetes deployments on STACKIT and GCP, and built React-based web applications for client use. Collaborating closely with a distributed team throughout.

PythonRubyOpenSearchGCPKubernetes

Feb 2022 – May 2023

Technical Lead

Techwave Consulting

Led backend architecture for a set of data integration products. Wrote services in Python and Ruby, built out Elasticsearch indexing, and managed Docker and Kubernetes deployments. Worked closely with European clients throughout the engagement.

ElasticsearchPythonRubyDockerCloud

Jun 2013 – Nov 2021

Lead Ruby on Rails Developer

GreyCampus

Eight years here — started as a developer and ended up leading a team of 10+ engineers. Built and maintained high-traffic LMS platforms on Rails with React frontends, did significant database performance work, and handled a legacy migration from Laravel to Rails.

RailsReactPostgreSQLElasticsearchAWS

2008 – 2013

PHP Developer

Winzest / Techgene

Where it all started — building PHP web applications, designing database schemas, and learning how the backend actually works. Five years of foundational work that shaped how I think about systems today.

PHPMySQLjQueryBackendWeb Apps

TECHNICAL EXPERTISE

Core
Competencies

A comprehensive toolkit built over 18+ years of solving complex technical challenges across the full technology stack.

Languages & Frameworks

Python

Ruby on Rails

PHP

JavaScript

Flask

React

Search & Databases

Elasticsearch

OpenSearch

PostgreSQL

MySQL

AWS RDS

Cloud & DevOps

AWS (EC2, S3, RDS)

GCP (GKE, Cloud Run)

Docker

Kubernetes

CI/CD

AI & Machine Learning

Scikit-learn

TensorFlow

Hugging Face

NLP / LLMs

RAG Systems

Computer Vision

EDA & Feature Engineering

Architecture & Process

Microservices

System Design

API Design

Performance Optimisation

A/B Testing

FEATURED WORK

Notable
Projects

Data Engineering

GDSN Product Data Pipeline

Data pipelines for GDSN product data — handling ingestion, validation, normalisation, and multi-region synchronisation to GS1 standards. Built in Python and Ruby, deployed across GCP and AWS.

PythonRubyGCPCloud RunPostgreSQL

Impact: Reliable product data sync across international supply chains

AI / ML

AI & ML Systems

A set of ML projects built over the past few months: a RAG-based pipeline using LLMs for document querying, and CNN/VGG16 models for image classification. Both deployed as Flask APIs in Docker containers, running on cloud infrastructure.

PythonTensorFlowLLMs / RAGCNN / VGG16FlaskDocker

Impact: Production ML APIs covering NLP and computer vision

Full Stack Development

GreyCampus LMS Platform

Built and led the engineering of an education platform that scaled to serve thousands of users. Rails backend, React frontend, Elasticsearch for search, and PostgreSQL on AWS RDS. Led a team of 10+ engineers, worked closely with business teams to understand their problems, translated requirements into technical solutions, and drove implementation end to end.

Ruby on RailsReactElasticsearchPostgreSQLAWS

Impact: Thousands of active learners across multiple course categories

Full Stack — US Healthcare

FindMyDirectDoctor

End-to-end build of a US healthcare directory where patients can find direct care and concierge doctors by specialty, location, and procedure. Includes a job board, lab testing portal, and separate dashboards for patients and providers.

Ruby on RailsTailwindCSSPostgreSQLAWS

Impact: Live across all US states — patients and providers nationwide

CONTINUOUS GROWTH

Learning &
Certifications

Education

Verified

POST GRADUATE PROGRAM

Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning

The University of Texas at Austin

McCombs School of Business · June 2026 · 9.5 CEUs

Applied Project Work

Hands-on projects completed during the PGP-AIML program, grouped by domain.

2 projects

Generative & Agentic AI

LLM & RAG Applications

NewsFindr · Medical Assistant

Agentic AIRAGLLMsPrompt EngineeringEmbeddingsFine-tuning
Completed 2026
2 projects

Deep Learning & Computer Vision

Neural Networks & Vision

HelmNet · ReneWind

CNNVGG-16TensorFlowKerasImage AugmentationClassification
Completed 2025
4 projects

Predictive ML & MLOps

ML Modeling & Deployment

Tourism Package · SuperKart · EasyVisa · Personal Loan Campaign

EDABagging & BoostingHyperparameter TuningDockerFlaskCI/CD
Completed 2026
3 projects

Statistics, SQL & Analytics

Data Analysis & Insights

E-news Express · New Wheels · FoodHub

PythonPandasA/B TestingHypothesis TestingSQLData Visualization
Completed 2026

"The day you stop learning is the day you stop growing."

Staying ahead in technology means embracing continuous learning and adaptation.

LET'S COLLABORATE

Got a Project
in Mind?

If you're working on something interesting and think I could help — whether it's architecture, backend, or an AI system — feel free to reach out. I'm always open to a good conversation.

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