Ishan Bhagawati
Principal Software Engineer
Gen AI · Technology Leadership · Cloud Architecture
Anthropic Claude Certified ArchitectWith over 10 years of experience, I specialize in leading GenAI development across organizations — driving strategic decision-making, technical innovation, and AI adoption that scales.
About
The story behind the code
With over 10 years of experience, I specialize in leading GenAI development across organizations, driving strategic decision-making, technical innovation, and AI adoption. I work closely with clients, stakeholders, and engineering teams to architect and implement cutting-edge AI and cloud solutions that scale.
I'm passionate about building high-performing teams, driving impactful AI solutions, and shaping the future of technology. As an Anthropic Claude Certified Architect, I bring validated, hands-on expertise in Claude, agentic systems, and the Model Context Protocol.
Code with purpose, lead with empathy.
Leadership & Strategy
I lead cross-functional teams, mentor engineers, and foster a culture of innovation and collaboration to achieve business goals.
GenAI & Cloud Expertise
Hands-on experience in AWS, NVIDIA, Serverless Architectures, and Big Data, designing high-performance AI-driven solutions.
Business Impact
I translate business objectives into technical strategies, ensuring seamless AI adoption and digital transformation.
Experience
A decade of building, leading, and scaling
Principal Software Engineer
Spearheading generative AI initiatives across the organization. Collaborating with clients to design and implement cutting-edge AI solutions while shaping the strategic roadmap for generative AI adoption, and driving training programs that elevate the team's expertise in the GenAI space.
Director of Engineering
Led and mentored a high-performing team of 15+ engineers across disciplines. Enhanced and scaled cloud-based architecture using AWS Kinesis, Athena, DynamoDB, Lambda, and Elastic Search. Increased team efficiency by 20% and delivered multiple complex projects on time and within budget.
Software Architect
Built and designed the Serverless architecture of Convosight from a scalability perspective. Maintained data consistency, managed migrations across platforms, and helped build the engineering team from the ground up while shipping live projects.
Tech Lead
Led development of the core product using React, Node.js, Neo4j, TensorFlow, and AWS. Spearheaded platform creation and enhancement focusing on user experience, and built and mentored the engineering team.
Data Engineer
Built analytical logic and database structure for the Touchpoint product. Designed a graph data model in Neo4j with 60M+ edges and 6M+ nodes, and optimized graph query and traversal logic.
Software Engineer
Built and designed the Data Quality module for Zaloni's in-house product Bedrock 4.0. Implemented graph queries using the Gremlin and TinkerPop stack in Neo4j.
Co-developer
Contributed to SuperX, a FOSS derivative of Ubuntu, working across KDE, Qt4, QML, Python, and C++. Took part in product design, community development, and training junior contributors.
Skills
What I bring to the table
AI & Machine Learning
Cloud & Infrastructure
Engineering
Leadership & Process
Certifications
Anthropic-verified credentials
Claude Certified Architect – Foundations
Anthropic's certification validating expertise in architecting solutions with Claude — model capabilities, agentic patterns, and production best practices.
Verify credentialAdditional certifications
Academy Accreditation – Generative AI Fundamentals · Inclusive Leadership · Be the Manager People Won't Leave · Improving Your Leadership Communications · Improve Communication Using Lean Thinking
Education
Academic foundation
Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani
MTech, Software Systems — Specialization in Data Analytics
2017 — 2019
Jorhat Engineering College
BE, Computer Software Engineering
2010 — 2014
Assam Engineering Institute
3-year Diploma, Computer Science
2008 — 2011
Contact
Let's build something together
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@ishanbhagawatiLocation
Guwahati, Assam, India
Remote-first, globally available
Ready to collaborate?
I'm currently open to new opportunities in Generative AI, cloud architecture, and engineering leadership roles. Let's connect and explore how we can create impact together.