Software engineer

AI-first software engineer building cloud-native products and intelligent systems.

Software Engineer

I design and build AI-oriented applications, cloud platforms, and full-stack systems that are practical to ship and easy to evolve. My work spans agentic workflows, LLM-backed products, infrastructure automation, and the engineering discipline needed to run them well.

Gokulakrishnan R portrait
Software Engineer Open to software, cloud, and AI engineering roles

Agentic products

AI workflows, retrieval-backed systems, and product-facing intelligent experiences.

Cloud platforms

Infrastructure automation, scalable delivery pipelines, and cloud-native system design.

Full-stack execution

Frontend, backend, and operational thinking combined in one delivery flow.

About

Building products with a systems mindset.

Focused on practical engineering across application development, cloud delivery, and AI-enabled systems.

I focus on AI-oriented software products that connect user-facing experiences with cloud delivery, orchestration, and durable system design.

  • Base United States
  • Current focus Cloud delivery, full-stack systems, and AI-enabled engineering
  • Availability Open to software, cloud, and AI engineering roles

Expertise

Core focus areas

A compact view of the areas I work in most often.

AI Application Engineering

Building user-facing products that combine LLMs, orchestration, and reliable application architecture.

  • LLMs
  • RAG
  • Akka
  • Java
  • React
  • PostgreSQL

Cloud and Platform Delivery

Infrastructure automation, environment provisioning, observability, and repeatable release workflows.

  • AWS
  • GCP
  • Terraform
  • Packer
  • GitHub Actions
  • Docker

Distributed Systems

Platform-oriented engineering across Kubernetes, streaming, security-aware infrastructure, and runtime telemetry.

  • Kubernetes
  • Kafka
  • Istio
  • Prometheus
  • Grafana
  • EKS

Career

Experience

Software Engineer Co-op

Philips / United States

  • Worked in a healthcare systems engineering environment, solving practical problems and gaining strong exposure to professional software delivery.
  • Built solutions with modern technologies while sharpening design thinking and cross-functional collaboration.
Jan 2025 - Dec 2025

Software Engineer

Zoho Corporation / India

  • Worked on large-scale enterprise software with a strong focus on reliability, execution quality, and structured engineering practices.
  • Contributed across the stack while growing in system design and end-to-end problem solving.
Aug 2021 - Aug 2023

Software Engineer

Sriwijaya Textech Solutions / India

  • Worked in a startup setting with close collaboration across engineers and a broad view of how software gets designed and shipped.
  • Built full-stack engineering instincts through hands-on execution, fast iteration, and practical solution building.
Apr 2020 - Aug 2021

Projects

Projects

Codecare preview

Healthcare platform

Codecare

Donation-enabled healthcare access platform with secure auth and role-based access.

  • React
  • Express
  • MongoDB
  • Node.js
ProjDB preview

University platform

ProjDB

University project management app with RBAC, SSO, ORM, and internationalization.

  • Java
  • Spring
  • Hibernate
  • SSO

Education

Education and credentials

Academic background and supporting credentials.

Master of Science in Software Engineering Systems

Northeastern University

Bachelor of Technology in Information Technology

Anna University

Credentials

Certifications