<p>Led a team of 3 engineers on the IDProofing project, owning end-to-end technical delivery from architecture decisions and code reviews to sprint planning and stakeholder communication.</p><p> Architected and built scalable microservices and RESTful APIs for the BLOCK ID authentication platform, adopted by global enterprise clients including Concentrix, Bell Labs, Kotak Bank, Vodafone-Idea, Lowe's, and multiple US-based organisations across banking, telecom, and retail sectors.</p><p> Developed AI-powered automation workflows and enterprise pipelines that improved identity verification accuracy and reduced onboarding friction for end users.</p><p> Built RAG applications using vector-based search and large language models to enhance knowledge retrieval and internal engineering workflows.</p><p> Implemented multi-tenant architecture ensuring enterprise-grade isolation, scalability, and compliance, supporting concurrent deployments for multiple enterprise clients.</p><p> Optimised system performance by integrating Redis caching and asynchronous Kafka event processing, reducing API response times by ~40% under high-concurrency loads.</p><p> Led integration of AWS Rekognition, Microblink APIs, and in-house ML models into the 1KFace platform, enabling liveness detection, fraud detection, and face comparison workflows.</p><p> Integrated Twilio (SMS, Voice, IVR) and third-party identity verification services into the core authentication pipeline.</p><p> Championed security hardening initiatives by identifying and remediating software vulnerabilities, enforcing secure coding standards, and implementing dependency scanning in CI/CD pipelines.</p><p> Designed and implemented Kubernetes-based auto-scaling with Horizontal Pod Autoscaler (HPA) to dynamically scale services under high-demand traffic, ensuring zero-downtime deployments.</p><p> Contributed to FedRAMP-compliant system architecture, implementing encryption standards, secure authentication flows, and audit-ready logging infrastructure.</p><p> Developed end-to-end automation and testing frameworks using Playwright and Jest, reducing regression incidents and improving release quality.</p><p> Built Python-based load and performance testing tools to stress-test high-concurrency backend environments.</p>
