Ajay Prem Shankar
Principal Engineer at Atlassian
12+ years building scalable distributed systems. Indie builder on the side.
Experience
Principal Engineer
Atlassian2020 - PresentBengaluru
- Building Teams platform — Atlassian's connective tissue for collaboration
- Built RAG-based help platform; saved $1.9M in year one
- Leading and mentoring engineers to become the best versions of themselves
Senior Software Developer
Target Corporation2017 - 2020Bengaluru
- Designed business module for grocery audit saving $300k/year
- Identified bottlenecks and single points of failure
- Built with SpringBoot, Docker, Kibana, Kafka
Software Engineer
Orange2017Gurugram
- Business-focused problem solving with technology
- Code reviews at scale
- Promoted engineering practices and team learning
Software Development Engineer
Intel Security2015 - 2017Bengaluru
- Java/J2EE development with custom Spring framework
- JavaScript and Angular SPA development
- Conducted technical sessions for team
Java Developer
Tata Consultancy Services2013 - 2015Mumbai
- Struts, Hibernate, JavaScript application development
- Enterprise application maintenance and enhancement
Skills
Core
JavaSpring BootMicroservicesSystem DesignSQL
Infrastructure
KafkaDockerKubernetesAWS
Frontend
ReactTypeScriptNext.jsSwift
Education
B.Tech Computer Science
KNIT Sultanpur
2009 - 2013