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Avinash J

Avinash J

Technical Lead

Chennai, India, IN
+91-9566168654
English, Tamil, Thai

Background


About

About

Lead Software Engineer with 14+ years of experience, frequently serving as the first engineer in early-stage startups. Experienced in translating CEO/CTO product vision into technical strategy, designing scalable frontend architectures, mentoring junior engineers, and leading cohesive delivery across teams. Thrives in lean, high-clarity, low-politics environments with direct collaboration with leadership.

Work Experience

Work Experience

  • Lead Software Engineer, Polybee PTE. LTD.

    Jan, 2026 - Present

    Leading Frontend architecture.

    • Designed a customer facing workflow which involves annotating over drone imagery

  • Principal Software Engineer - 1, Gupshup Technology India Private Limited

    Jul, 2022 - Sep, 20242 years 3 months

    Led architecture and development of LCNC fintech tooling and generative AI workflow systems post-acquisition; acted as a senior technical leader collaborating directly with VP/CTO on roadmap and system strategy.

    • Owned architectural decisions for next-generation conversational workflow editors.

    • Engineered a generative AI-powered visual workflow editor for complex dialog orchestration.

    • Developed a modular plug-and-play Web SDK enabling scalable chatbot deployments.

    • Mentored engineers, guided execution, and ensured architectural cohesion across modules.

  • Lead Product Developer, Innoactive Intelligence LLP.

    Jul, 2017 - Jun, 20225 years

    Founding-team engineer and core architect for LCNC conversational platforms; worked directly with founders to define product and technical strategy, contributing significantly to acquisition by Gupshup.

    • Architected the JAMstack Web SDK foundational to all customer-facing chatbot experiences.

    • Designed and built a Template Editor enabling rapid CX assembly by non-technical teams.

    • Developed a visual Workflow Editor enabling end-to-end mapping of conversation logic.

    • Acted as bridge between leadership and engineering, defining technical roadmap and standards.

  • Lead Associate, Myantra Software India Pvt Ltd.

    Jun, 2015 - Jun, 20172 years 1 month

    Led frontend development for a large-scale school engagement platform using React and Redux; influenced product direction through close collaboration with leadership.

    • Engineered a real-time communication Web SDK connecting parents, students, and educators.

    • Provided architectural guidance and contributed to product-level decision making.

  • Sr. Software Engineer, Tagit Pte Ltd

    Sep, 2013 - Jun, 20151 year 10 months

    Architected enterprise mobility frontend systems using Backbone.js and Web Components; led cross-functional initiatives with designers and backend teams.

    • Defined frontend architecture and technical roadmap for enterprise mobility solutions.

    • Developed a live-composition editor enabling real-time UI assembly by business teams.

  • Software Engineer, Mzaya Pvt. Ltd.

    May, 2012 - Sep, 20131 year 5 months

    Built data-intensive SPA for power sector analytics and optimization workflows.

    • Created interactive D3.js visualizations for complex grid and energy metric datasets.

    • Implemented SPA workflows for managing and processing large-scale power data.

  • Software Engineer, Symbioun Solutions Pvt. Ltd.

    Jun, 2010 - Feb, 20121 year 9 months

    Developed enterprise-grade cross-platform mobile apps using hybrid technologies.

    • Built and deployed multiple enterprise mobile applications across iOS and Android.

Projects Experience

Projects Experience

  • Leadership & Startup Experience

    - Present

    Summary of leadership responsibilities across multiple early-stage startups.

    • Served as first engineer in multiple startups, defining architecture and execution standards.

    • Translated CEO/CTO vision into actionable technical plans and delivery strategies.

    • Led junior developers through task breakdown, mentorship, and execution guidance.

    • Ensured long-term scalability while enabling rapid zero-to-one product development.

  • NEXL

    - Present

    NEXL is a plain-text language for expressing intent, ambiguity, branching, sequence, and relationships in a way that is natural for humans and precise for AI.

  • todo-dsl

    - Present

    DSL for extracting AI prompts from todo lists.

  • mailCheck

    - Present

    Extension to read emails inside SublimeText.

  • OOJS

    - Present

    Sublime Text plugin generating getter/setter scaffolding for JS OOP.

  • CSV-utils

    - Present

    General purpose CSV utility in Java.

  • JQJ

    - Present

    jQuery-inspired syntax utility library for Java.

  • JQJSQL

    - Present

    SQL utility library for Java.

Skills

Skills

  • Frontend Engineering

    HTML

    CSS

    React

    Redux

    JavaScript

    TypeScript

    Next.js

    JQuery

    Gatsby

    Backbone.js

  • Architecture & Leadership

    Frontend Architecture

    System Design

    Technical Roadmapping

    Feature Specification

    Team Mentorship

    Cross-Functional Collaboration

  • Backend

    Node.js

    express

    MongoDB

    Redis

    Kafka

  • Stacks

    MERN

    JAMstack

  • Mobile

    Cordova / PhoneGap

    JQuery Mobile

    Titanium Appcelerator

  • Cloud

    AWS

  • DevOps

    Docker

  • Technologies

    NodeJS

    Java

    Python

Education

Education

  • Information Technology, B.Tech, Anna University

    Jul, 2006 - May, 2010

Awards

Awards

  • Innovator of the year , Innoactive Intelligence (A Gupshup Inc company)

    Awarded on: Jan 01, 2022

    Recognized for leading the LCNC platform innovations in Active.ai (later acquired by Gupshup), significantly influencing the acquisition outcome.