About
I'm a Senior Software Engineer working at the intersection of AI systems and container security. At Chainguard, I co-architect an agentic AI orchestration platform that automates 70% of secure package creation across a 2000+ image catalog. Before that, I built the foundational FIPS/secure container images that became Chainguard's core product — scaling from fewer than 50 to 500+ images in 14 months as part of a small team.
I'm a two-time Google Summer of Code alum (CNCF 2021, RTEMS 2020), KubeCon speaker (8 talks across EU/NA 2021–2024), and CNCF contributor with published research on Kubernetes policy CRDs.
Outside of work, I'm passionate about building AI projects, contributing to open source, and exploring how AI systems can be made more robust and reliable.
- Languages
- Go, Python, C, C++, Rust, JavaScript, SQL
- AI / ML Systems
- Agentic AI orchestration, vLLM, LLM workload hardening, AI-native automation
- Container & Cloud-Native
- Kubernetes, Wolfi, melange, apko, Docker, Kyverno, Falco
- Supply Chain Security
- sigstore/cosign, SBOM, SLSA, FIPS, image signing & verification
- Tools & CI/CD
- GitHub Actions, Git, Linux, event-driven automation
Senior Software Engineer, Fulfillment Automation
Feb 2026 – Present- Co-architected a new agentic AI orchestration system that automates 70% of the package creation workflow, processing 200+ concurrent requests across a 2000+ image catalog
- Drove the technical foundation of a newly formed team, translating ambiguous AI-native requirements into a production-grade, event-driven automation pipeline
Senior Software Engineer, Tech Lead (Delivery India)
Jul 2025 – Jan 2026- Led a 9-person Delivery India team as tech lead, owning the engineering roadmap and cross-functional delivery of secure container images
- Built production-grade AI/ML container images including vLLM, slashing CVE count from 700+ to fewer than 10 (98%+ reduction)
- Established technical standards and review processes that increased team throughput and image security posture across the catalog
Software Engineer
Oct 2024 – Jun 2025- Owned and scaled container image delivery while leading Chainguard's intern program, mentoring 3 interns and multiple engineers
- Continued driving image catalog growth and security hardening across the Wolfi and Enterprise repositories
Associate Software Engineer
Jul 2023 – Sep 2024- Built the foundational container images of Chainguard's product, including Node.js FIPS, Python FIPS, and Keycloak
- Scaled the secure image catalog from fewer than 50 to 500+ images within 14 months, directly establishing Chainguard's core product offering
- Foundational catalog became Chainguard Containers, driving 7x ARR growth to $40M with 150+ enterprise customers and Chainguard's $356M Series D at $3.5B valuation
Member of Technical Staff
Aug 2022 – Apr 2023- Built core subsystems of the Slim SaaS CLI, improving depth and accuracy of container vulnerability reports
- Designed a cache-warming system for build actions that increased CI efficiency by 20%
- Automated instrumented hardening of Docker and Kubernetes workloads, accelerating CI/CD pipelines
Software Engineering Intern
Jan 2022 – Jul 2022- Shipped new features for software supply chain security in CNCF Kyverno, the open-source Kubernetes policy engine
Software Engineering Intern
Jun 2021 – Dec 2021- Modernized the Library of Projects team's front-end by migrating from Backbone.js to React
A Survey on Kubernetes Policy Report CRD Kube-Bench Adapter
Advances in Data and Information Sciences · Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, vol 522 · Springer, Singapore, 2022
JSS Academy of Technical Education
B.Tech · Computer Science Engineering · CGPA 8.8
- Tech Lead, Delivery India — Chainguard (2025–2026) · Led a 9-person engineering team
- Intern Program Lead — Chainguard (2024–2025) · Mentored 3 interns and multiple engineers
- LFX Mentor, Fall 2021 — CNCF Kubernetes Policy Working Group
- Winner, Smart India Hackathon 2020 — Accessibility solution for the physically disabled
- Two-time Google Summer of Code alum — CNCF (2021), RTEMS (2020)