About me
Principal .NET Engineer
Principal .NET Engineer · Full-Stack End-to-End Delivery. 13.8+ years across US payroll, supply chain, healthcare, e-commerce and enterprise systems. Based in Hyderabad, India.
13.8+
Years
20+
Modules
5
Domains
3
Countries
Career
Work history
Senior Software Engineer
CAPS Talent Technologies Pvt. Ltd. (Cast & Crew Entertainment) · Hyderabad | Hybrid
Jul 2022 – Apr 2026 · 3 yrs 9 mos
Role & Responsibilities
- Functioned as technical second-in-command to the Engineering Manager — owned critical module delivery, resolved escalated architecture decisions, and served as first point of contact for the team on any complex or high-priority issue.
- Eliminated 70% of security vulnerabilities flagged across the codebase by Snyk, Checkmarx, Trace3 Pen Test, and CAST — protecting business-critical US payroll systems used across the media and entertainment industry.
- Engineered automated data scripts that detected and corrected FUTA BCR and SUTA payroll tax calculation errors — catching over-billing, under-billing, and zero-billing scenarios and auto-generating corrective invoices, directly reducing financial and compliance risk.
- Refactored the legacy TaxEngine from the ground up — eliminating years of accumulated technical debt and establishing a reliable, maintainable foundation that reduced future defect surface significantly.
- Resolved production API and SQL Server performance bottlenecks through systematic profiling and optimization — cutting page load times and preventing recurring downtime across a 20+ year-old multi-tenant payroll platform.
- Built and shipped a session timeout security module across all client and crew portals — a zero-to-production initiative that closed idle-session vulnerabilities with zero disruption to live users.
- Delivered browser-side performance improvements using preconnect, prefetch, and lazy loading — measurably improving frontend performance scores on crew and client-facing portals.
- Led responsive web design delivery for the mobile Crew Portal — ensuring full cross-device functionality in Angular and Bootstrap for a field workforce relying on mobile-first access.
- Owned end-to-end delivery across 20+ modules spanning 4 products — collaborating daily with product owners, US onsite teams, tax consultants, and third-party API teams to convert complex domain requirements into production-grade features.
- Managed full sprint operations — creating and triaging tickets, assigning work, conducting PR reviews, deploying FE and BE via Azure DevOps release pipelines, preparing sprint deployment objects, and coordinating QA and DBA teams through Confluence.
- Drove AI-augmented engineering across the team for 2+ years — using GitHub Copilot and Claude Code as daily tools in VS Code and Visual Studio, with a discipline of critically evaluating, questioning reasoning, and correcting AI-generated code before committing.
- Integrated Azure Key Vault, AWS S3, and Okta MFA — ensuring secrets management and authentication met enterprise compliance requirements.
- Mentored junior developers and QA engineers across debugging, testing strategies, and CI/CD pipelines — consistently reducing new joiner ramp-up time and improving team delivery throughput.
Clients & Products
Showbiz Payroll
Industry-leading payroll for Hollywood productions
Client Portal
Production company self-service payroll management
Crew Portal
Crew timecards, pay stubs and onboarding
TaxEngine
Multi-state US payroll tax calculation service
Tech Stack
.NET Core
ASP.NET MVC
C#
Angular
Web API
Entity Framework
SQL Server
Kendo UI
Bootstrap
Azure
AWS
CI/CD
Git
Key Outcomes
Zero critical vulnerabilities after enterprise security audit (Trace3 + CAST + CSA)
TaxEngine defects resolved — payroll accuracy restored across all US states
Kendo UI grid performance improved for large-dataset production payroll runs
Full Stack .NET Engineer — Sole Developer
Forcitude Consulting · Hyderabad, India
Jun 2018 – Jul 2022 · 4 yrs
Role & Responsibilities
- Served as sole architect and full stack developer across 40+ modules for property, HR, inventory, and store management systems — owning the complete SDLC from database schema through client go-live.
- Designed multi-role access control systems with dynamic role-based workflows — enabling self-service administration for enterprise clients and reducing onboarding configuration time significantly.
- Built dynamic reporting dashboards with Flot Charts, PDF generation, and automated email pipelines — eliminating manual reporting processes and saving operations teams hours of effort weekly.
- Delivered fully responsive, mobile-friendly UIs using Bootstrap, jQuery, and Ajax-based SPA patterns — enabling field staff to access critical business data from any device without a separate mobile build.
- Designed and optimized SQL Server databases and reusable component libraries — building a scalable frontend and backend foundation that supported feature growth without architectural rework.
- Mentored junior developers across the full SDLC — from database modeling to client demos — accelerating team capability and reducing delivery bottlenecks.
Clients & Projects
Smartboard
Large-screen property showcase for sales floors
Carroll Portals
Multi-role incident and property management
IT Store
Supply chain, inventory and asset tracking
Prospect Management
Sales automation and lead pipeline
Callcenter App
Follow-up scheduling and SMS automation
Tech Stack
ASP.NET MVC
C#
Web API
Entity Framework
SQL Server
jQuery
Bootstrap
JavaScript
PDF Reports
SMS API
Email SMTP
Key Outcomes
5 enterprise apps delivered as sole architect and developer
Full digital transformation for Carroll Group property and HR operations
All apps integrated — single data layer, consistent UX across departments
Freelance Full Stack Developer & Consultant
Self-employed · India · Netherlands · UK
Aug 2015 – May 2018 · 3 yrs
Role & Responsibilities
- Delivered 15+ full-cycle web and desktop applications solo across inventory, travel, ed-tech, modular kitchen pricing, and classifieds domains — managing client relationships, architecture, UI design, and deployment independently.
- Designed and built pixel-perfect, responsive UIs from scratch using ASP.NET MVC, AngularJS, Bootstrap, and PHP — with particular focus on mobile-first layouts and cross-browser compatibility for international clients.
- Achieved 7K Alexa Rank for ClassifiedMart.in through disciplined on-page SEO — demonstrating full product ownership from engineering through growth and traffic acquisition.
- Built modular kitchen pricing configurators, wardrobe estimators, and quotation generators — replacing manual estimation processes with real-time, client-facing web tools that converted directly to sales.
- Independently managed cloud deployments on Azure, GoDaddy, and Hostgator — including DNS, SSL, domain configuration, and ongoing production support across all client projects.
- Led and trained 2–3 member developer teams on tight commercial contracts — maintaining quality and delivery timelines under freelance pressure.
Clients & Projects
Classifiedmart.in
B2C classified portal — top 7,000 Alexa India
Netherlands Client
Custom business web application
UK Client
Full stack web development project
Tech Stack
ASP.NET MVC
C#
SQL Server
jQuery
Bootstrap
SEO
Google Analytics
IIS
Azure
Key Outcomes
Classifiedmart.in achieved top 7,000 Alexa India rank through SEO
Delivered projects across 3 countries — India, Netherlands, UK
Built fully operational classified marketplace from zero to live
Software Developer → Team Lead
Panacya Business Solutions · Hyderabad, India
Aug 2012 – Jul 2015 · 3 yrs
Role & Responsibilities
- Joined as the founding developer — grew into a team lead role while owning multiple enterprise systems from zero to production.
- Delivered Purchase-to-Pay, Fleet Management, and Sales CRM systems — replacing manual workflows with automated, data-driven solutions directly aligned with business operations.
- Built hybrid desktop/web applications in WPF, VB.NET, and ASP.NET — serving clients who needed both desktop reliability and web accessibility from the same product.
- Designed and tuned SQL Server databases, stored procedures, and RDLC reports for performance-critical financial and logistics modules.
- Bridged technical and non-technical stakeholders — translating operations team requirements directly into working software with minimal rework.
Clients & Projects
ewayyatra.com
Travel and holiday booking portal — live product
Medfly
Doctors, medical centres and patients platform
Fleet Management
Vehicle tracking and operations analytics
Tech Stack
ASP.NET MVC
C#
SQL Server
jQuery
Bootstrap
RDLC Reports
IIS
JavaScript
Key Outcomes
First employee → Team Lead in 3 years
3 live products delivered: travel, healthcare, fleet
Foundation for 10+ years of enterprise engineering career
Skills
Technical expertise
Expert
Strong
Building
Certs
What I Bring
- 13.8+ years of true end-to-end ownership — database, API, UI, CI/CD, and production — not just backend or just frontend
- Go-to engineer for hardest problems: security breaches, production outages, legacy refactors, complex tax logic
- 2+ years of disciplined AI-augmented development — strong at using Claude and GitHub Copilot, with enthusiasm for continual learning and staying ahead of engineering trends
- Technical leadership & mentorship — provided technical guidance to the team, enforced coding standards, conducted code reviews, and mentored junior developers and QA engineers to maintain high-quality deliverables
- Adaptable developer delivering robust solutions — troubleshooting, bug fixing, and resolving complex technical issues; capable of pivoting across tech stacks and domains while maintaining quality
- Strong communication & stakeholder management — excellent at managing multiple priorities in fast-paced environments, translating complex technical challenges into clear solutions for both technical and non-technical stakeholders
- Passion for quality & process improvement — committed to delivering impactful solutions through systematic optimization, architectural improvements, and driving excellence across teams
- Comfortable in 20-year-old legacy codebases and modern cloud-native greenfield systems equally
- Passionate about great UX & responsive design — from freelance pixel-perfect designs to enterprise crew portal mobile builds, focused on user experience and accessibility
- Seeking: Principal .NET Engineer · Technical Lead · Staff Engineer roles — system design, scalability, team leadership, and AI-assisted engineering excellence
Open to work
Ready to collaborate
Open to Principal .NET Engineer · Technical Lead · Staff Engineer roles at GCC companies and product-based organizations. Available as an immediate joiner — no notice period.