Karthik Parameswaran

Cloud, Data & AI Workflow Architect

Associate Architect with 10+ years of experience in backend engineering, real-time data processing, cloud infrastructure, and AI workflow orchestration. I design scalable, cloud-native, and AI-integrated systems for enterprises.

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Work Experience

Qburst Technologies

Associate Architect

Sep 2022 — Present

Architected and delivered scalable ETL/ELT data pipelines using Apache Flink, Redpanda (Kafka), and Snowflake for high-volume financial systems.
Led AI agent orchestration projects integrating LangChain and vector databases for enterprise knowledge retrieval and real-time analytics.
Designed containerized, cloud-native applications with Ruby on Rails, AWS Lambda, Docker, and Kubernetes.
Conducted cloud infrastructure migrations and AI workload optimization for distributed microservices.
Mentored backend and data engineering teams on AI pipeline patterns and serverless infrastructure practices.

HCL Technologies

Technical Lead

Apr 2021 — Sep 2022

Led data processing optimization projects and cloud-native transformations for insurance and fintech clients.
Designed ETL pipelines using Kafka, Snowflake, and AWS Glue for multi-region enterprise deployments.
Integrated AI-powered fraud detection and real-time analytics modules with Apache Flink.

Qburst Technologies

Senior Software Engineer

2015 — Mar 2021

Developed and deployed scalable backend systems with Ruby on Rails, Python, and PostgreSQL.
Built ETL automation pipelines and real-time processing solutions for financial and real estate clients.
Implemented AI-powered notification systems and cloud-native infrastructure on AWS.

Featured Projects

Customer Information Management

Design and development of a scalable Customer Information Management system for a major US bank. High-volume ETL/ELT pipelines with Flink, and Redpanda, with low-latency transformations.

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Insurance Management

Migrated a legacy insurance management system for a major automotive client to cloud-native infrastructure on AWS and Azure. Delivered real-time fraud detection.

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Global Real-Estate ETL System

Designed and implemented large-scale ETL processes handling multi-source property management data using AWS Lambda, Kafka (MSK), Snowflake, and AWS Glue.

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Real-Estate ERM

Built a modular, cloud-deployed staff workflow platform for a real estate enterprise — covering staff management, property sales, PDF reporting, and authentication modules.

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Print Kiosk System

Contributed to a global print services platform with real-time print queue management, sentiment analysis using Apache Flink, and scalable cloud-based infrastructure migration.

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AI Agent Workflow Orchestrator

A serverless LangChain-based AI agent orchestration platform integrating AWS Lambda, Kafka, and Snowflake for enterprise real-time knowledge retrieval and data enrichment workflows.

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Enterprise ETL Pipeline System

High-performance ETL platform using Flink, Kafka, Snowflake, and Docker to manage large-scale financial data transformation and analytics pipelines.

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About Me

I’m an Associate Architect with 10+ years of experience in backend engineering, data infrastructure, and cloud-native systems. I specialize in architecting and optimizing ETL/ELT pipelines, real-time data streaming applications, and AI agent workflows for enterprise-grade systems. My tech stack includes Kafka, Flink, Snowflake, Ruby on Rails, Python, and AWS/Azure Cloud services. Recently, I’ve been working on AI workflow orchestration and infrastructure optimization for AI-based applications. Open for freelance, part-time consulting, and AI agent integration projects. Let’s build scalable, intelligent systems together.