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Experience

15+ years building for the web, from R&D at Nokia to principal engineer on Jira at Atlassian, and now co-founder of Seerly. Download the résumé (PDF).

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201120142017202020232026NokiaLangoorPublicis SapientMaerskAtlassianSeerlylangoor.mobiSenior architect20+ apps, one shellSeerlyBook out

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Seerly

Jun 2025 to now

Building autonomous agents that help brands get found and cited in ChatGPT and Google AI Overviews: they track rankings and AI citations, find the gaps and draft the content that wins them.

  1. Co-FounderJun 2025 to now

Seerly

Jun 2025 to now · Bengaluru, India

Co-Founder

Jun 2025 to now

  • Building Seerly, where autonomous agents help brands get found and cited in ChatGPT and Google AI Overviews: they track rankings and AI citations, find the gaps and draft the content that wins them.
  • Running founder-led go-to-market: customer discovery, pricing strategy and sales.
AI Search VisibilityProductFounder-Led GTM

Atlassian

Jul 2024 to May 2025 · Remote, Bengaluru hub

Principal Engineer · Jira Platform

Jul 2024 to May 2025

  • Drove the evolution of Jira's shared frontend foundations across component APIs, rendering infrastructure, and design tokens to balance velocity with reliability.
  • Partnered with product, research, and design to ship cross-surface experiments aimed at activation and collaboration KPIs.
  • Guided senior ICs through architectural reviews, RFC processes, and platform governance forums across 7 Jira squads.
Frontend ArchitectureExperimentationOrg Leadership

Maersk

Aug 2021 to Jun 2024 · Bengaluru, India

Lead Platform Architect · Experience Engineering

Aug 2021 to Jun 2024

  • Unified 20+ customer-facing apps into a cohesive platform with shared navigation, widgets, and experience design system.
  • Established front-end performance SLOs with Grafana dashboards, real-time alerting, and runway for optimizations.
  • Co-led the experience guild with mentorship, standards, and hiring loops for the global Experience Engineering org.
Micro FrontendsPerformance SLOsDesign Systems

Publicis Sapient

Oct 2014 to Jul 2021 · Bengaluru & Gurgaon, India

Senior Architect · eXperience Technology

Oct 2017 to Jul 2021

  • Delivered custom SSR micro-frontend framework, BFF GraphQL layer, and automated DX tooling for global retail programs.
  • Built design system foundations and reusable component libraries to standardize global brand experiences.
  • Ran mentorship programs and developer rituals across India, North America, and EMEA studios.
  • Implemented serverless GraphQL (AppSync + Lambda) with automated persisted queries, Redis caching, and end-to-end cache-clearing playbooks.
Micro FrontendsGraphQLMentorshipDesign Systems

Architect · eXperience Technology

Oct 2014 to Oct 2017

  • Defined presentation-layer architecture for greenfield programs with tooling, workflows, and team onboarding at scale.
  • Led client co-creation with design, product, and engineering partners to align UX direction with delivery roadmaps.
  • Instituted developer experience tooling for reusable estimation models, CI automation, and creative coding spikes.
  • Diagnosed performance bottlenecks across React estates, addressing memory leaks, rerenders, and monitoring with CloudWatch and AppDynamics.
ArchitectureDX ToolingLeadership

Langoor

Apr 2012 to Oct 2014 · Bengaluru, India

Tech Manager

Sep 2013 to Oct 2014

  • Owned technical delivery across client programs by aligning scope, estimates, and staffing for multi-team engagements.
  • Introduced tooling and process improvements that streamlined estimation, reviews, and release cadences.
  • Mentored engineers through growth plans, training sessions, and emerging-technology workshops.
Delivery LeadershipProcess DesignMentorship

UI Lead (Products)

Oct 2012 to Aug 2013

  • Led UX and engineering for langoor.mobi and EnterpriseMO, building responsive mobile-first product experiences.
  • Collaborated with product, design, and backend teams to ship rapid prototypes and usability-driven iterations.
  • Pushed the frontier on HTML5 and mobile web capabilities, culminating in the Yahoo Hack 2012 winning prototype.
Product DesignMobile WebRapid Prototyping

Development Guru (langoor.mobi)

Apr 2012 to Oct 2012

  • Engineered the langoor.mobi editor to automate desktop-to-mobile transformations with customizable WYSIWYG controls.
  • Established customer-ready workflows for optimizing navigation, content, and publishing pipelines.
  • Supported go-to-market efforts with developer documentation, training, and hands-on onboarding.
Product EngineeringCustomer EnablementAutomation

Nokia

Sep 2010 to Mar 2012 · Bengaluru, India

Software Development Engineer

Aug 2011 to Mar 2012

  • Designed and shipped modular web components for network-operator consoles, improving usability without CLI knowledge.
  • Prototyped the migration from YUI 2 to YUI 3 to unlock modularity, code health, and long-term maintainability for the platform.
  • Championed responsive design adoption, enabling the product to serve multi-device workflows beyond desktop.
Frontend EngineeringDesign SystemsResponsive Web

R&D Engineer · Web Development

Sep 2010 to Jul 2011

  • Built web UIs and custom components that let operators configure network elements without low-level CLI commands.
  • Integrated Java, JSP, and C++ layers via SWIG to deliver a seamless management interface within aggressive release cycles.
  • Maintained the front-end platform on Tomcat, introducing reusable patterns and documentation for global teams.
Full StackOperator ToolsSystems Integration
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ReactNode.jsGraphQLMicro-frontendsDesign systemsAWSKubernetesDockerAI/ML
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