Selvamani Govindaraj

AI Engineer

Crafting intelligent systems & scalable backends with a focus on Generative AI and RAG architecture.

About Me

I am a Technical Lead and AI Engineer specializing in the architecture of high-impact AI solutions. My core expertise lies in Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) systems, AI Agents, and scalable backend infrastructure. I thrive on bridging the gap between complex AI capabilities and robust, high-performance software engineering.

With a track record of boosting system performance by 200% and cutting down manual processes by 40%, I am passionate about building efficient, innovative systems and leading teams to deliver exceptional results in the tech landscape.

Core Competencies

AI & Machine Learning

Generative AI RAG LLMs LangChain LangGraph Weaviate Vector DBs

Backend & DevOps

Node.js Python NestJS AWS Docker Terraform CI/CD

Full-Stack & Data

JavaScript TypeScript PostgreSQL MongoDB Redis Solidity

Career Trajectory

Technical Lead

JKTech, Bengaluru

June 2023 - Present

  • Leading GenAI strategy and RAG system architecture.
  • Achieved 40% reduction in manual review time and 50% cut in dev time.
  • Drove a 200% increase in system performance through backend optimization.

Senior Software Engineer

EXL Service, Bengaluru

Nov 2020 - May 2023

  • Engineered Solidity smart contracts and risk scoring systems.
  • Reduced costs by 20% and doubled throughput for fleet insurance platform.
  • Streamlined CI/CD pipelines, decreasing deployment time by 15%.

Senior Software Engineer

Photon Interactive & Ebrain

May 2016 - Oct 2020

  • Implemented incident management, reducing critical incidents by 40%.
  • Cut customer support tickets by 95% through mentorship and process improvement.
  • Developed and deployed cost-saving Angular applications using Docker.

Key Projects

Private Asset Management Platform (Generative AI)

A sophisticated platform designed to streamline and automate data extraction, validation, and interaction with financial documents for private asset management.

  • AI-Powered Data Extraction: Reduced manual data entry by over 40% by developing an intelligent module to extract data from financial documents using AWS Textract and LLMs.
  • Regulatory Compliance Agent: Engineered an AI agent with LangGraph and LangChain to validate financial regulations against internal policies, using a memory-first architecture.
  • Conversational AI Chat: Created a secure, interactive AI Chat for clients to query their documents, with robust guardrails for accuracy.
  • Automated Evaluation Pipeline: Accelerated the development lifecycle by 50% by building a pipeline that eliminated manual re-testing after prompt modifications.

E-commerce Microservices Ecosystem

A suite of scalable, independent microservices designed to handle the entire e-commerce lifecycle, from order placement to financial reporting.

  • Asynchronous Order Services: Designed asynchronous workflows using Node.js and RabbitMQ for high-volume order processing and recurring billing.
  • Finance & Reporting Service: Developed the core finance service for customer accounts and financial reports, using Elasticsearch and Kibana for monitoring.
  • Incident Management Integration: Integrated PagerDuty across all microservices, reducing system downtime and improving response times by 30%.

AI-Powered Risk Scoring System (Insurtech)

An innovative system for the fleet insurance sector to automate risk assessment and dynamically calculate premiums based on real-time data.

  • Serverless Architecture: Spearheaded development with AWS Lambda, leading to a 20% reduction in operational costs and a 100% increase in data processing throughput.
  • Machine Learning Integration: Integrated custom AI/ML models to analyze fleet data, identify risk patterns, and generate accurate risk scores.

Decentralized Reinsurance Platform (Blockchain)

A blockchain-based platform for the reinsurance industry, designed to enhance transparency, security, and efficiency in contractual agreements.

  • Smart Contract Development: Engineered and deployed secure Solidity smart contracts to automate and enforce reinsurance agreements.
  • Test-Driven Development (TDD): Applied TDD methodologies, resulting in a 25% reduction in development time and increased contract reliability.