PankajAnupam

Open to enterprise architecture & senior engineering roles

Pankaj Anupam

Solutions Architect — 15+ years of enterprise platforms across cloud, data and AI.

I take platforms from a blank repository to production and beyond — designing the architecture, setting the engineering standards, writing the hard modules myself, and building the teams that carry them forward. AWS and Azure certified. Based in Noida, Delhi NCR; working with teams worldwide.

15+
years in software
35+
engineers hired & led
129
projects delivered
3+1
cloud & AI certifications

Energy & Utilities · Banking & Fintech · Insurance · FMCG · Real Estate

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Selected work

Four engagements that show the range — each taken from nothing to production, each still running. Client names are withheld out of professional courtesy; every fact below is from my resume.

A major US energy utility

via Brillio · Architecture lead · 2022–present

The gas-data platform that began as an empty repository

A greenfield platform that processes gas measurement data for more than a thousand industrial meters, every day. I defined the component architecture and engineering standards for the React + TypeScript build — scaffolding, build configuration, lint governance, code-structure conventions — adopted by a 12-member team, and represented the engineering side in architecture decisions with the client’s stakeholders.

  • Designed event-driven, serverless ingestion on AWS — Node.js Lambdas fed by S3 triggers, EventBridge schedules and SQS queues, integrated with the client’s billing system.
  • Migrated five business-critical years out of a 15-year-old SQL Server estate into PostgreSQL on AWS — schema mapping, cutover, validation, zero data loss.
  • Coded three major modules hands-on while running PR reviews and mentoring; primary technical contact for the client on requirements and demos.
  • Stabilised the platform through hypercare and storm support — 10+ production incidents triaged and root-caused live, then handed over to the client’s own operators through structured knowledge transfer.
  • Drove the CI/CD migration from Azure DevOps to GitHub Actions across three repositories.

React · TypeScript · Redux · Node.js · AWS Lambda · S3 · SQS · EventBridge · PostgreSQL · Terraform · GitHub Actions

A leading US commercial bank

via Brillio · Lead developer · 10 months

One code standard across a five-pod, multi-vendor delivery

The bank’s customer-facing portal, built by five pods across multiple vendors. I was hands-on in React, Redux and Node.js while owning code quality and technical unblocking for all five pods — the engineer other teams escalated to when something wouldn’t move. Core modules delivered over ten months, with written appreciation from the client’s product owner for delivery quality.

React · Redux · Node.js · AWS · GitHub Actions

A 160-year-old US mutual insurer

In-house platform team · Senior Team Lead · 2020–2022

Zero to thirty-five engineers — and the portal they shipped

The insurer’s flagship group-benefits portal, built on a micro frontend / micro backend architecture. I led development of all five registration modules and the post-login dashboards, and personally coded the registration and onboarding module end to end.

  • First hire on the development team — grew it to 35+ engineers across 7 pods (5 offshore, 2 onshore), including 4 lead engineers; ran 100+ final-round interviews.
  • Moved the release cadence from quarterly program increments to monthly — designed the branching, validation and rollback model behind it.

Micro frontends · Micro backends · React · Node.js · SAFe

Household-name global brands

Publicis Sapient · Senior developer → team lead · 2017–2020

Consumer platforms millions of people use

Web platforms for global FMCG and coffee brands, a major Gulf real-estate developer and a US tire manufacturer — each built from the ground up while leading the developers building it: hands-on coding, technical solutioning, CI/CD setup, and end-to-end frontend delivery, including an AEM-to-React migration.

JavaScript · React · Redux · Vue.js · AEM · Hybris · Jenkins · SCSS · Web Accessibility

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Skills & credentials

Depth where it matters — architecture, cloud, and the modern web stack — with certifications to back it and breadth from fifteen years of shipping.

Architecture & design

Solution Architecture · System Design · HLD / LLD · Event-Driven Architecture · Microservices · Micro Frontends · Serverless · REST / OpenAPI · API Gateway · Cloud Migration · Scalability · High Availability · Observability · OAuth · JWT · SSO

Cloud & infrastructure

AWS (Lambda, S3, SQS, EventBridge, CloudWatch) · Azure (DevOps, Key Vault) · GCP (Cloud Run, Cloud SQL, GKE, Vertex AI) · Terraform · Docker · Kafka · Nginx · CDN

Development

React · Next.js · TypeScript · Redux · Node.js · Express · PostgreSQL · SQL Server · Redis · Jest · TDD · Webpack · SCSS · Web Accessibility

AI & ways of working

Generative AI · LLM Workflows · AI Agents · MCP · Prompt Engineering · AI-Assisted Development · GitHub Actions · Jenkins · CI/CD · SAFe · Agile

Certifications

  1. AWS Certified Generative AI Developer — ProfessionalAmazon Web Services · AIP-C01
  2. Azure Solutions Architect ExpertMicrosoft · AZ-305
  3. Azure Administrator AssociateMicrosoft · AZ-104
  4. TOGAF EA Foundation, 10th EditionThe Open Group · OGEA-101 · in progress

Awards

  1. High Impact Team Award ×2Brillio · 2025
  2. Brillian of the QuarterBrillio · 2024
  3. Shining Star AwardGuardian · 2021
  4. Delivery Excellence · Innovator · Fast & FuriousPublicis Sapient · 2018–2019

Education & writing

  1. MBA, Information TechnologyUniversity of Mysore · 2026–2028 · pursuing
  2. Bachelor of Computer ApplicationsManipal University · 2005–2009
  3. 1,000+ articleson architecture & engineering at techkiz.com

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Experience

  1. 2022 — present

    Senior Lead Engineer · Brillio

    Architecture lead on a greenfield energy-data platform; previously lead developer on a US bank’s customer portal across a five-pod, multi-vendor programme.

  2. 2020 — 2022

    Senior Team Lead · Guardian India Operations

    Led development of the flagship group-benefits portal on a micro frontend architecture; first hire, grew the team to 35+ engineers across 7 pods, moved releases from quarterly to monthly.

  3. 2017 — 2020

    Sr. Associate XT L1 · Publicis Sapient

    Built consumer platforms for global FMCG, coffee and real-estate brands from scratch; led frontend teams and an AEM-to-React migration.

  4. 2016 — 2017

    Full-Stack Consultant · Independent

    Sole developer of a US video-marketing SaaS in React and Node.js; senior consultant to a US fintech startup; paid module development for the BuddyPress open-source core team.

  5. 2015 — 2016

    Product Engineer · Aspiring Minds

    Lead developer on a SaaS hiring-assessment platform for US corporate drives — frontend and REST APIs with Node.js and Elasticsearch.

  6. 2010 — 2014

    Software Engineer → Sr. Software Engineer · Algoworks / Mobicules · AAPNA Infotech · QUAQUO

    50+ web and mobile projects across JavaScript, Node.js, PHP, MySQL, MongoDB and WordPress — the decade that taught me how software actually breaks.

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In clients’ own words

Real feedback from the consulting years — quoted as written.

Working with Pankaj has been my strongest experience to date. He’s by far one of the most knowledgeable freelancers I have ever dealt with. He thinks outside of the box and always appears to be one step ahead of my thoughts. Extremely diligent, very professional, and did not stop until the work was complete.
Entrepreneur, 8+ years hiring freelancers
AMAZING WORK! He understood a complex issue and delivered 100% perfectly. Another contractor spent 2 hours and said it was impossible. Pankaj took just an hour to understand and resolve what I needed. 5 STARS!
Satisfied client
An extremely skilled developer able to solve any problem in a blink of an eye. He converted our entire website to WordPress, did all the coding, matched our design perfectly, and handled mobile optimization. After bad experiences on UpWork, I was delighted to find Pankaj.
WordPress client
Pankaj worked very hard to make sure my issue was resolved. It was more difficult than originally thought, but he got it resolved and had a great attitude the entire time. Thank you!
Happy client

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Let’s build something that lasts

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