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Varun Verma

Staff Full Stack Lead & AI Engineer

Results-driven Full Stack Developer and Cloud Architect with 13+ years of proven expertise in designing AI/ML solutions and enterprise-scale systems. Specialized in MLOps, cloud infrastructure automation, and building high-performance systems. Track record: 97% operational cost reduction, 20-25% ML model improvement, 10M+ user systems, $180K+ business value.

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Varun Verma

Staff Full Stack Lead & AI Engineer @ Shell

13+ Years Experience
75+ Projects
4 Companies
500+ Developers Served

Technical Skills

Programming Languages

Python (Primary) 95%
C# 95%
TypeScript/JavaScript 92%
Go (Golang) 90%
Java 85%
SQL & R 90%

Cloud Platforms

Azure 95%
AWS 90%
GCP 75%

Frontend Frameworks

React 85%
Angular 88%
.NET Core 95%

Messaging & Event Streaming

Confluent Kafka Cloud 92%
Apache Kafka 90%

DevOps & Infrastructure

Docker Kubernetes EKS/AKS Terraform ARM Templates Bicep CloudFormation GitHub Actions Azure DevOps Prometheus Grafana DVC

Databases & Data

PostgreSQL MongoDB Cosmos DB MSSQL Oracle DynamoDB Redis Elasticsearch Delta Lake Apache Spark Pandas/NumPy Apache Airflow

AI & Machine Learning

AWS SageMaker Azure ML Studio TensorFlow PyTorch Scikit-learn XGBoost Hugging Face LLamaIndex Langchain mlflow Databricks RAG Architecture NLP/LLM Prompt Engineering

Development Tools

Visual Studio/Code Git TFS Entity Framework Linux Windows MacOS

Identity & Security

FIDO WebAuthn SSO SAML 2.0 OAuth2 JWT Azure AD MFA Identity Management

Key Achievements

97% Operational Efficiency

Reduced operation toil from 9 hours to 5 minutes through intelligent automation with Azure DevOps and GitHub Actions

25% ML Relevance Boost

Improved search result relevance by 25% through ML algorithms and semantic search using BERT embeddings

10M+ Global Users

Architected enterprise-scale systems serving 10+ million users globally with sub-100ms latency and 99.99% availability

$180K+ Business Value

Strategized innovative AI/ML solutions generating significant business revenue and cost savings

500K+ Records Daily

Built data pipelines processing 500K+ records daily with 99.8% accuracy using Apache Airflow and Databricks

50+ Engineers Mentored

Led technical growth of 50+ engineers in cloud architecture, ML fundamentals, and DevOps best practices

Professional Experience

Senior Technical Lead

Shell, Bangalore
April 2022 - Present
  • Architected production MLOps pipelines using AWS SageMaker and Apache Airflow with 99.9% uptime SLA
  • Developed Python and .Net SDKs for Confluent Kafka APIs, processing 10M+ real-time events daily
  • Created ML-powered extraction logic using AWS Textract with 94% accuracy, processing 100K+ documents monthly
  • Reduced operational toil by 97% through automated infrastructure provisioning with Azure DevOps
  • Designed Apache Airflow pipelines integrating edge device data to centralized ML platforms
  • Built backend microservices with enterprise SSO securing access for 1000+ users with 99.99% availability
  • Developed automated AWS multi-account provisioning reducing setup time from days to minutes
  • Established SageMaker automation templates and MLOps best practices across engineering teams

Manager (Architect)

Deloitte, Gurgaon
February 2021 - April 2022
  • Designed AI-enhanced microservices architecture for fintech client with ML-based fraud detection
  • Architected multi-region ML model replication service achieving 99.99% availability across 5 regions
  • Developed custom Terraform provider codifying 500+ on-premises infrastructure resources
  • Strategized and secured $180K business through innovative AI/ML consulting solutions
  • Automated GitHub and SonarQube onboarding reducing setup time from 3 days to 30 minutes for 200+ developers

Associate Staff Engineer

Nagarro, Gurgaon
June 2014 - February 2021
  • Led architecture of ML-optimized search platform improving relevance by 25% through custom ranking
  • Designed intelligent chatbots using MS Bot Framework and Google Dialogflow handling 50K+ interactions monthly
  • Mentored 4+ senior engineers in full-stack development, ML fundamentals, and cloud architecture
  • Automated data update processes reducing manual effort by 70% and improving data freshness

Subject Matter Expert

Amdocs India Limited, Pune
August 2012 - April 2014
  • Configured and implemented enterprise SharePoint Search
  • Created web portals using front-end technologies
  • Developed WCF Windows Service to expose portal data

Featured Projects

Kafka SDKs & Microservices

Built comprehensive Kafka SDKs and microservices ecosystem for enterprise connectivity automation.

  • Python/DotNet SDKs for Confluent Kafka Cloud
  • Automated connectivity provisioning reducing manual work by 95%
  • Microservices architecture for scalable messaging
  • Streamlined integration for 500+ developers

Cross-Organization Analysis Tools

Developed analytics platform for identifying digital transformation opportunities across business units.

  • Data aggregation from multiple enterprise systems
  • Advanced analytics for transformation insights
  • Interactive dashboards for stakeholder reporting
  • Strategic decision support tools

Enterprise Search with OpenAI

AI-powered enterprise search solution leveraging OpenAI embeddings for knowledge management.

  • OpenAI embeddings for semantic search
  • Knowledge base integration and indexing
  • Natural language query processing
  • Cost optimization saving $100k annually

Wind Farm Power Generation NLP

Advanced solution for extracting and transforming PDF data using AI and machine learning models.

  • AWS Textract integration for data extraction
  • Azure Functions for serverless processing
  • Streamlined customer reporting using AI
  • MLOps with SageMaker for agile deployment

Energy Savings Marketing Portal

High-performance marketing portal with optimized APIs and custom search capabilities.

  • 15% API performance improvement
  • SSO implementation
  • Custom search results for vendors
  • Scalable architecture design

AWS Automation & Infrastructure

Comprehensive AWS automation solution with CloudFormation and Lambda integration.

  • CloudFormation templates for infrastructure as code
  • Lambda functions for automated provisioning
  • Infrastructure provisioning time reduced by 80%
  • Serverless automation workflows

Education

Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech)

Computer Science and Engineering

Maharishi Markandeshwar University (MMU), Ambala, India
2008 - 2012
Computer Science Engineering Software Development

Let's Connect

I'm always interested in new opportunities and exciting projects. Let's discuss how we can work together!

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