# Amrithnath Vijayakumar

> Senior Engineer at IBM India Software Labs (HashiCorp)

Source: [Portfolio](https://amrithnath.dev/)

## Summary

Senior Engineer on HashiCorp's HCP Core Platform team at IBM, building the services behind the HashiCorp Cloud Platform and connecting HCP with IBM Cloud. 8+ years building cloud-native platforms, distributed systems, and APIs. I work mostly in Go and AWS, with a focus on platform engineering and developer tooling.

## Experience

### Senior Engineer — IBM India Software Labs (HashiCorp)

Oct 2025 – Present | Bangalore, India

Senior Engineer in the HCP Core Platform Engineering group, maintaining services core to the HashiCorp Cloud Platform (HCP)

- Maintain core services of the HashiCorp Cloud Platform
- Integrate the HashiCorp Cloud Platform with IBM's cloud offerings

Technologies: Go, AWS, Terraform, Kubernetes, Developer Tooling

### Product Development Engineer III — Phenom People Pvt Ltd (previously Tydy)

Oct 2018 – Oct 2025 | Bangalore, India

Led technical solution design and development for 11+ enterprise projects, directly contributing to $900K gross recurring revenue and 20% YoY revenue growth

- Led technical solution design and development for 11+ enterprise projects, directly contributing to $900K gross recurring revenue and 20% YoY revenue growth
- Delivered technical demos and proof-of-concepts that resulted in 8+ new product features and multiple client conversions
- Architected and migrated core SaaS platforms from monolith to microservices, improving scalability and performance by 10%
- Designed and implemented business-critical modules (authentication, notifications, BGV) and integrated third-party tools (e-sign, SMS) to expand product capabilities
- Drove DevOps improvements, halving deployment times and reducing post-deployment bugs by 25%
- Mentored a team of 3 engineers, focusing on rapid prototyping and client-specific solutioning
- Regularly collaborated with sales, product, and customer success teams to scope, deliver, and transition technical solutions for enterprise clients
- Migrated existing Tydy clients as part of Phenom acquisition process, with KPIs of increasing revenue by 20% from existing clients

Technologies: JavaScript, TypeScript, Node.js, Python, AWS, Docker, Jenkins, MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Redis

## Education

### New Horizon College of Engineering

Bachelor's in Electronics and Communication Engineering | Aug 2014 – May 2018

Bangalore, India

- Project Trainee at ISRO - Weather prediction model using K-means clustering and Linear Regression (60% accuracy improvement)
- Co-Organizer of TEDX NHCE 2018
- Core Team member for National level cultural fest Sargam (2017, 2018)
- 2nd place at national level project exhibition tech horizon

## Skills

- **Primary Language:** Go
- **Other Languages:** JavaScript, TypeScript, Node.js, Python, Java, PHP, Zig
- **Web Technologies:** Angular, REST APIs, gRPC, WebSockets, HTML, CSS, Apache Web Server
- **Cloud & Serverless:** AWS, AWS Lambda, Google Cloud Platform, Cloudflare Workers, Google Cloud Functions
- **Databases:** MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Neo4j, Redis, DynamoDB, Google BigQuery, AWS Athena
- **DevOps:** Docker, Jenkins, GitHub Actions, Terraform, Kubernetes, Linux Server
- **IoT & Hardware:** Raspberry Pi, Arduino, ESP32, Sensors
- **Monitoring & Security:** Grafana, New Relic, SonarQube, OWASP ZAP
- **AI & Machine Learning:** OpenAI, Google Gemini, Model Context Protocol (MCP), LangChain

## Projects

### Personal Website

Developed using Astro framework to create a fast and well optimized website with automated deployment pipeline and mail server setup.

Role: Full-Stack Developer | Status: in-progress | Jan 2020 – Present

Technologies: Astro, TypeScript, CSS, Cloudflare, GitHub Actions

- Achieved 90% Lighthouse score with 100% best practices
- Automated deployment to multiple platforms (Cloudflare, GitHub, GCP, home lab)
- Custom mail server with DMARC, SPF rules
- Zero cost hosting (excluding domain renewal)
- Technical blogs and project documentation

- [https://amrithnath.dev](https://amrithnath.dev)
- [https://github.com/Amrithnath](https://github.com/Amrithnath)

### Raspberry Pi Weather Station & ML Prediction

Designed and built a weather station using Raspberry Pi and sensors, with automated data collection and ML-based weather prediction using 10+ years of historical data.

Role: Hardware & Software Engineer | Status: completed | Jan 2017 – Dec 2018

Technologies: Raspberry Pi, Arduino, Python, DynamoDB, Machine Learning, DHT11, BMP180

- Real-time weather data collection using sensor array
- Automated data ingestion to DynamoDB
- ML model for next-day weather prediction
- Processed 10+ years of historical weather data
- Visualization dashboards for data analysis

### Home Lab & Home Automation

Built a comprehensive home server cluster for prototyping, development, and smart home automation, eliminating reliance on third-party cloud services.

Role: Systems Engineer | Status: in-progress | Jan 2016 – Present

Technologies: Raspberry Pi, Docker, Reverse Proxy, Load Balancer, IoT, Terraform

- 4 Raspberry Pi cluster for load balancing and prototyping
- Integrated all home IoT devices locally
- Reverse proxy and internal load balancer
- Working on NAS server for data backup
- Terraform scripts for local cloud testing

### Serverless URL Shortener

Created a scalable serverless web application using AWS services for URL shortening, currently used in production at Tydy.

Role: Full-Stack Developer | Status: completed | Oct 2019 – Oct 2019

Technologies: AWS Lambda, DynamoDB, API Gateway, REST APIs

- Serverless architecture for cost efficiency
- REST API endpoints for public access
- Production deployment at Tydy
- Scalable and reliable URL shortening

### Autonomous Agricultural Rover

Developed an agricultural rover using computer vision, machine learning, and reinforcement learning for autonomous navigation and farm management tasks.

Role: ML Engineer | Status: completed | Aug 2015 – May 2016

Technologies: OpenCV, Machine Learning, Reinforcement Learning, Python, Computer Vision

- Computer vision for navigation and obstacle detection
- Reinforcement learning for efficient path planning
- Sensor fusion for autonomous operation
- Agricultural application focus

## Contact

- Email: [hello@amrithnath.dev](mailto:hello@amrithnath.dev)
- Location: Bangalore, India
- [https://amrithnath.dev/](https://amrithnath.dev/)
- [https://linkedin.com/in/amrithnath](https://linkedin.com/in/amrithnath)
- [https://github.com/Amrithnath](https://github.com/Amrithnath)
- [https://x.com/arjunamrith](https://x.com/arjunamrith)


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