NikhilChoubey

Engineering Manager

Vatika India Next, Gurgaon, Sector 83

Accomplished Engineering Manager with over 8+ years of experience steering high-performing teams to deliver innovative AI-driven applications and scalable cloud solutions. Expert in bridging technical strategy with business objectives, fostering a culture of DevOps excellence, and mentoring engineering talent. Proven ability to lead the full product lifecycle, from architectural design to deployment, driving operational efficiency and significant improvements in user engagement and system performance.

About Me

Accomplished Engineering Manager with over 8+ years of experience steering high-performing teams to deliver innovative AI-driven applications and scalable cloud solutions. Expert in bridging technical strategy with business objectives, fostering a culture of DevOps excellence, and mentoring engineering talent. Proven ability to lead the full product lifecycle, from architectural design to deployment, driving operational efficiency and significant improvements in user engagement and system performance.

8+ Years Experience

Leading high-performing engineering teams

40% Efficiency Gains

Through AI-powered solutions and optimizations

Full-Stack Leadership

From architecture design to deployment

Technical Excellence

DevOps culture and scalable cloud solutions

My Approach

I believe in bridging technical strategy with business objectives, fostering a culture of DevOps excellence, and mentoring engineering talent. My focus is on delivering innovative solutions that drive operational efficiency and create significant value for organizations and their customers.

Professional Experience

A journey of technical leadership, innovation, and delivering impactful solutions across diverse industries and cutting-edge technologies.

Engineering Manager

Convrse AI

Oct 2024 -- Present
Gurgaon, Haryana
AI
React Native
IaC
DevOps
Microservices

Oversaw the product lifecycle of a real-estate agentic AI, from concept to deployment on web and WhatsApp, significantly boosting customer engagement.

Led the development of an AI-powered conversation summarization engine, reducing manual analysis time by 40% and surfacing key customer insights.

Drove the initiative for an internal project management tool, aligning engineering efforts with business goals and improving budget accuracy.

Fostered a strong DevOps culture by leading the full adoption of Infrastructure as Code (IaC), enhancing deployment velocity and system reliability.

Orchestrated the implementation of centralized logging, monitoring, and audit logging for all microservices, improving system observability and security posture.

Guided a team to engineer a sophisticated analytics system for React Native apps with full offline capabilities and advanced conversation analysis.

Directed engineering teams in delivering complex metaverse solutions, achieving a 15% increase in client satisfaction through technical excellence.

Cultivated engineering talent through active mentorship, strategic team growth, and establishing a culture of continuous learning and high-quality code.

Technology Lead

Convrse AI

Oct 2022 -- Oct 2024
Gurgaon, Haryana
Python
FastAPI
AWS
Ray
ArgoCD

Architected and implemented a scalable microservices infrastructure, optimizing development and deployment velocity by 30%.

Implemented Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) models over conversational data to generate actionable business insights.

Deployed a Ray cluster for distributed computing to optimize resource-intensive 3D processing and AI model training tasks.

Engineered backend optimizations for heavy 3D file processing using Python FastAPI and AWS SQS, reducing latency by 20%.

Spearheaded CI/CD pipelines using AWS CodeBuild and ArgoCD for seamless deployment to AWS EKS, reducing deployment time by 40%.

Developed and published reusable Java and Node.js packages to a private CodeArtifact repository to streamline development.

Technology Lead

Tracxn Technologies Ltd

Nov 2020 -- Oct 2022
Bengaluru, Karnataka
OAuth
ELK Stack
AWS
GCP
Pub/Sub

Pioneered a secure inter-service communication framework with OAuth and token rotation, enhancing system security.

Designed and maintained platform-level services to support cross-functional engineering teams, ensuring scalability and efficient resource use.

Developed and managed a centralized ELK stack for logging and monitoring, improving platform observability and incident response.

Built a robust port scanning system using AWS and GCP Pub/Sub to monitor platform-wide instance connectivity, improving uptime by 25%.

Technology Lead

Hatcher

Dec 2018 -- Oct 2020
Gurgaon, Haryana
AWS Lex
Lambda
CI/CD
GitHub
pm2

Engineered and launched an MVP for customizable e-commerce chatbots, enhancing user engagement metrics by 20%.

Automated chatbot deployment workflows with AWS Lex APIs and AWS Lambda, reducing setup times by 30%.

Implemented robust CI/CD pipelines leveraging GitHub and pm2, expediting development cycles by 35%.

Deep Learning Engineer

Silversparrow

May 2018 -- Nov 2018
Gurgaon, Haryana
Deep Learning
Computer Vision
Python
ML
Image Processing

Designed and trained a deep learning model achieving 90% accuracy in liquor brand recognition, enhancing marketing analytics.

Developed advanced data annotation utilities for image and video processing, accelerating project delivery.

Software Developer

Greenclouds

Feb 2017 -- Apr 2018
Gurgaon, Haryana
Backend
Rule Engines
Scheduling
Email Systems

Developed advanced features for a mailer system, including rule engines and scheduling modules, boosting efficiency by 35%.

Junior Software Developer

Innoplexus

Jun 2016 -- Sep 2016
Gurgaon, Haryana
Neo4J
Graph Analytics
Data Migration
Algorithms

Directed the migration of data to Neo4J and designed algorithms for graph data analytics, reducing query times by 25%.

Education

Strong academic foundation in Computer Science with focus on advanced concepts and practical applications.

M.Tech in Computer Science

NIT Goa

Jul 2014 -- Jul 2016
Goa

B.Tech in Computer Science

College of Engineering Roorkee

Aug 2010 -- Jul 2014
Roorkee

Academic Excellence

My educational journey has provided me with a solid foundation in computer science fundamentals, advanced algorithms, and system design principles. This academic background continues to inform my approach to solving complex engineering challenges.

Technical Expertise

A comprehensive toolkit spanning AI/ML, cloud technologies, and leadership capabilities to drive innovation and deliver scalable solutions.

AI & Machine Learning

LLMs
RAG
Conversation AI
Summarization
LangChain
Vector Databases
FastAPI

DevOps & Cloud

AWS
Kubernetes
Terraform
Ansible
CI/CD (ArgoCD, GitHub)
Docker
ELK Stack

Languages & Frameworks

Python
Java
Node.js
ReactJS

Leadership & Management

Agile Methodologies
Project Management
Team Mentorship
Strategic Planning

Continuous Learning & Innovation

I stay at the forefront of technology trends, continuously expanding my skillset to leverage cutting-edge tools and methodologies. My approach combines technical depth with strategic thinking to deliver solutions that scale and evolve with business needs.

Let's Connect

I'm always interested in discussing new opportunities, innovative projects, and ways to drive technological excellence. Let's start a conversation.

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Location

Vatika India Next, Gurgaon, Sector 83

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Whether you're looking for technical leadership, AI/ML expertise, or scalable cloud solutions, I'd love to discuss how we can create something amazing together.