About
Hi, I'm Sooraj, I’m a Product Engineer at Strollby Inc, and I love solving real-world problems with programming. Most of my work revolves around building backend systems that are practical, reliable, and easy to evolve as products grow. I contribute to open-source frameworks like Agno AGI and Google ADK, and I enjoy sharing what I learn through community talks at events such as PyData 2025, PyCon Asia 2026, FOSS Asia 2026 and the Trivandrum Python Community around backend engineering, AI systems, and developer productivity. I was also a finalist in the Python Code Jam 2025, where I was recognized for practical, out-of-the-box problem solving.
Skills
Programming Languages
Frameworks and Tools
Backend Development
Databases
Cloud Infrastructure
Observability
Agentic Development
Experience
Product Engineering
Product Engineer @ Strollby Inc
July 2023 - Present
- Built ETL pipelines for over 4 million+ hotel listings from providers like Amadeus, ingesting data into MongoDB and powering search & recommendations using Elasticsearch.
- Designed and optimized CI/CD pipelines using Bitbucket, reducing deployment time by 40% and minimizing human errors.
- Established scalable Kubernetes deployment workflows on GCP, reducing system downtime by 60% and improving application availability by 35% under high traffic.
- Engineered a low-latency GeoLocations Microservice delivering sub-80ms (P95) responses at 500K+ requests/day, backed by PostgreSQL, containerized with Docker, and autoscaled on Google Cloud.
- Hands-on experience with Linux systems, performance tuning, debugging, and automation pipelines, reducing infrastructure bootstrap time.
- Provisioned and managed infrastructure using Terraform, improving maintainability, resilience, and secrets management abstraction.
- Contributed to system reliability by building comprehensive Pytest test suites and observability via Datadog dashboards.
- Led a team to build an Agentic AI Travel Planner & Booking Platform with context-aware intelligent agents using LangGraph, Google ADK, and vector databases.
Internship
Backend Developer @ Simmi Foundation
Feb 2023 - Jul 2023
- Deployed a web application on a virtual machine (VM) and optimized server configurations for performance and security
- Optimized database queries, reducing execution time and improving overall efficiency
- Debugged and resolved critical issues in both backend APIs and frontend integrations, enhancing system stability
Education
Bachelor of Technology - Electrical and Electronics Engineering
TKM College Of Engineering, Kerala
Aug 2019 - Jul 2023
- CGPA: 9.1/10
- Minor Degree in Machine Learning
- - Pothole Detection & Mapping using Deep Learning and Computer Vision
- - Engineered a lightweight real-time indoor navigation system using Computer Vision, featuring a user-friendly web interface.
- - Developed an Automated Page Scroller using OpenCV that detects hand gestures to enable hands-free scrolling for an enhanced reading experience.
Awards and Honours
- Speaker at PyData Global 2025, PyCon Asia 2026, and FOSS Asia 2026.
- Python Code Jam Finalist 2025, ranked among top international competitors.
- Open-source contributor to agentic frameworks including Google ADK (13K+ stars) and Agno (30K+ stars).
- Two-time UST “Super Star” Award recipient for engineering excellence and delivery impact.
- Oracle Certified Foundation Associate (ID: 324120383OCI25FNDCFA) — view certificate
Projects
Uplog
Uplog is a CLI-first logging tool that streams local application logs to the cloud in real time. It gives you instant, shareable log links with zero setup, built for debugging, collaboration, and production-grade observability.
