Hi, I'm Nikhil Goud

Solution Architect • Full-Stack Engineer • AI / LLM Solutions

12+ years designing and scaling cloud-native web & mobile platforms on AWS — and shipping production LLM/AI capabilities. I turn complex problems into elegant, well-architected systems.

Currently Architect at PalTech

📍 Hyderabad, India 😄 He / Him ⚡ Fun fact: my name means “Infinity” ∞

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12+

Years experience

1M+

Users served

~95%

Platform uptime

50+

Team led

15+

Apps shipped

Career Highlights

Impact at a glance

From Software Engineer to Architect — measurable outcomes across architecture, delivery, and AI.

◆Architected cloud-native platforms for 1M+ users on AWS, sustaining ~95%
                uptime and scaling to ~5x peak traffic.
◆Shipped production AI/LLM features — RAG, vector search, prompt engineering
              and agentic workflows — improving manual effort by ~90%.
◆Cut new-project setup time by ~80% with reusable accelerators and a themed
              component library (4+ themes, 15+ apps).
◆Led 50+ person cross-functional teams — Web Dev CoE, Open Source &
              Solution Engineering — setting engineering standards (ESLint, Prettier, TypeScript, Husky, Jest/Cypress).
◆Reduced deployment time by ~70% via CI/CD pipelines and Terraform
              infrastructure-as-code.
◆Optimized MongoDB Atlas with sharding and global writes for performance and
              data compliance.
◆Drove agile delivery as Architect / BA — Given/When/Then user stories, UAT
              triage and RAID artifacts.

Experience

Where I've worked

12+ years across product engineering and architecture, growing from Software Engineer to Architect.

PalTech · Hyderabad, India

Mar 2021 – Present

ArchitectApr 2026 – Present

Associate ArchitectApr 2024 – Mar 2026

Sr. Principal Software EngineerApr 2022 – Mar 2024

Principal Software EngineerMar 2021 – Mar 2022

Architected scalable, multi-tenant platforms for 1M+ users on AWS with MongoDB Atlas sharding and global writes.
Led Web Dev CoE, Open Source and Solution Engineering teams; set engineering standards across the app ecosystem.
Built reusable accelerators and a themed component library (4+ themes, 15+ apps) to cut setup time by ~80%.
Delivered AI-powered features with LLMs (OpenAI, Claude, open-source) — RAG, vector search, agentic workflows.

ACS Technologies (GGK Tech) · Hyderabad, India

Jun 2014 – Mar 2021

Senior Software EngineerJun 2018 – Mar 2021

Software EngineerJun 2014 – Mar 2018

Modernized legacy business and HRMS portals, optimizing and automating resource usage by ~70%.
Built core business apps (HRMS, ticketing, timesheets, PM, invoicing) with Angular, React/Next.js, Node.js and .NET Core.
Implemented centralized SSO (LDAP / Outlook / Google via OIDC) and Docker-based, multi-environment deployments.

Tech Stack

Tools I build with

Full-stack across web, mobile, cloud and AI — with the supporting craft of testing, IaC and delivery.

Languages

JavaScript TypeScript C# Python

Frontend

React Next.js Angular React Native HTML CSS Tailwind Material UI Storybook

Backend

Node.js NestJS Fastify Express Koa hapi.js .NET / .NET Core FastAPI NATS

AI / LLM

OpenAI Claude Open-source LLMs RAG pipelines Vector search Prompt engineering Agentic workflows Ollama DIFY

Databases

MongoDB / Atlas MS SQL Server PostgreSQL MySQL DynamoDB

Cloud & DevOps

AWS Fargate · ECS · Lambda S3 · RDS · CloudFront Amplify · AppSync · Cognito EventBridge · EFS · ELB Azure Docker Terraform GitHub Actions CI/CD

Testing & Build

Jest Cypress Karma Jasmine Sinon Puppeteer Enzyme gulp Babel Webpack

Agile & Design

Jira / Kanban User stories (G/W/T) UAT triage · RAID TDD / BDD Figma draw.io Lucidchart

Industry Expertise

Domains I've delivered in

HCM / Workforce / VMS Banking / Fintech EdTech Insurance Identity & IAM Health-tech 3PL / Logistics

Projects

Selected work

Flagship enterprise platforms, plus open-source tools and live demos.

Enterprise & Client Platforms

Open Source & Live Demos

Education & Recognition

Background

🎓 Education

2019–2021

University of Hyderabad

PG Diploma, Business Management — Distinction, 92.6%

2010–2014

VNIT, Nagpur

B.Tech, Computer Science (CSE) — 6.95 CGPA

2008–2010

Narayana Junior College

Class XII (HSC, MPC) — Distinction, 91.3%

2006–2008

Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya

Class X (CBSE) — Distinction, 91.4%

🏆 Awards & Certifications

★

Best Employee — 2015 & 2016

Recognized two years running for outstanding contribution.

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Microsoft Certified: 70-480

Programming in HTML5 with JavaScript & CSS3.

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Highest customer-satisfaction reference

Secured a reference customer with the company's highest CSAT rating.

🗣️ Languages

English Hindi Telugu

Contact

Get in touch

Open to architecture, full-stack and AI/LLM engagements. Let's talk.

Location

Hyderabad, India