Bhagyesh Radiya - Team Lead (AI & Backend Engineering)

Q: Where is Bhagyesh based?

Bhagyesh is based in Adalaj, India .

Q: What languages does Bhagyesh speak?

Bhagyesh speaks the following languages: Gujarati (Native), English (Advanced), Hindi (Advanced) .

Q: How many years of experience does Bhagyesh have?

Bhagyesh has at least 7 years of experience. During this time, Bhagyesh has worked in at least 3 different roles and for 3 different companies . The average length of individual experience is 2 years and 5 months . Note that Bhagyesh may not have shared all experience and actually has more experience.

Q: What is Bhagyesh's latest experience?

Bhagyesh's most recent position is Team Lead (AI & Backend Engineering) at 7span .

Q: What companies has Bhagyesh worked for in recent years?

In recent years, Bhagyesh has worked for 7span , HCL Technologies , and Zymr Systems .

Q: Which industries is Bhagyesh most experienced in?

Bhagyesh is most experienced in industries like Information Technology and Professional Services .

Q: Which business areas is Bhagyesh most experienced in?

Bhagyesh is most experienced in business areas like Information Technology and Product Development .

Q: Which industries has Bhagyesh worked in recently?

Bhagyesh has recently worked in industries like Information Technology and Professional Services .

Q: Which business areas has Bhagyesh worked in recently?

Bhagyesh has recently worked in business areas like Information Technology and Product Development .

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Adalaj, India

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Experience

Dec 2022 - Present

3 years 8 months

Ahmedabad, India

Team Lead (AI & Backend Engineering)

7span

Led the design of a multi-agent AI fitness platform with 3 agent personas (nutrition, supplement, coaching), each with dynamic tool composition, user-context-aware prompts, and Supabase Edge Function-based structured retrieval from PostgreSQL.
Implemented OpenTelemetry distributed tracing with Langfuse for LLM observability tracking token usage, session-level analytics, and AI evaluation metrics (human-in-the-loop + LLM-as-judge) to continuously improve recommendation accuracy.
Assessed the feasibility of RAG vs structured retrieval approaches, balancing response quality with cost efficiency for production usage.
Optimized prompts and workflows to support multiple LLMs (e.g., GPT-4, mini, Sonnet), enabling flexible model selection based on cost and performance.
Guided the team in adopting the Vercel AI SDK, standardizing agent implementation, and accelerating development and iteration cycles.
Defined and drove AI and backend engineering standards, institutionalizing AI-assisted development workflows (Cursor, Claude Code) that reduced feature delivery time by ~60% and improved code quality.
Architected and led backend development of a workspace collaboration platform on Supabase PostgreSQL with a full RBAC system (3 roles, 32 permission functions, RLS across 25 tables), 24 triggers for cascading business logic (group membership propagation, notification generation, archival cascading), real-time messaging via Pusher, and 50+ documented API operations.
Led backend development for a multi-platform memory preservation product using AWS Amplify, AppSync (GraphQL), Cognito, S3, CloudFront, and Lambda supporting real-time GraphQL subscriptions, Stripe payments, and print-on-demand fulfillment via third-party API integration.
Built backend for a dating platform handling real-time chat (Socket.IO + Redis), AWS Rekognition-based profile photo verification, Twilio OTP authentication, Square/Stripe payment processing, and geolocation-based discovery with MongoDB 2DSphere indexing.
Managed and mentored a 6-member engineering team (2 senior, 4 junior), establishing coding standards, PR reviews, and architectural guidelines to improve maintainability and reduce production issues.
Drove adoption of no-code and low-code platforms (Supabase, Directus, Strapi) to accelerate delivery by 50% of client-facing products, including a Notion-like property and investor management system.
Owned end-to-end delivery across 10+ projects, translating business requirements into scalable backend and AI-driven solutions in collaboration with clients and cross-functional stakeholders.
Acted as the primary technical point of contact for clients, resolving complex architectural and AI-related challenges while ensuring predictable delivery using Agile methodologies.

Mar 2022 - Dec 2022

10 months

Pune, India

Senior Software Engineer (Cloud & Backend) - ERS

HCL Technologies

Migrated AWS workloads (Lambda, SQS, Kinesis, Cognito, SES, S3) to Azure (Functions, Service Bus, Event Hub, AD B2C, SendGrid, Blob), refactoring 30+ functions.
Improved API performance using Redis-based caching and Lua scripts across 10+ repositories, and implemented environment-aware logging for better observability.
Configured Azure AD B2C for multi-platform auth and built IoT-enabled kitchen ecosystem services connecting smart devices, web apps, and users.

May 2019 - Mar 2022

2 years 11 months

Ahmedabad, India

Senior Backend Engineer

Zymr Systems

Built and maintained 100+ AWS Lambda–based microservices using Node.js, TypeScript, and DynamoDB, following test-driven development (TDD) practices with Jest and Supertest, and consistently maintaining ~90% automated test coverage to ensure reliable and safe deployments.
Designed event-driven microservice architectures on Azure using Function Apps, Cosmos DB (Mongo API), Service Bus, Event Hub, and Knex-based migrations, supporting high-throughput invoice and purchase order processing of 100,000+ transactions per hour.
Developed cloud-based notification and workflow systems using AWS SNS/SQS, Firebase, and Azure Logic Apps to handle high-volume, asynchronous event processing.
Led ESOP and internal tooling backend initiatives, building scalable services with Express.js, MySQL, Jenkins, Java Spring Boot, and Google services, and created an NPM starter package with standardized AWS and Azure presets to accelerate backend service development.
Engineered and maintained robust RESTful APIs enabling seamless integration across distributed microservices, improving overall system reliability, scalability, and cross-cloud interoperability on AWS and Azure.

Industry Experience

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Experienced in Information Technology and Professional Services.

Information Technology

Professional Services

Business Area Experience

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Experienced in Information Technology and Product Development.

Information Technology

Product Development

Summary

Team Lead / Senior Backend Engineer with 7+ years building distributed systems across Node.js, TypeScript, AWS, and Azure. Architected and delivered 10+ production backends from serverless Lambda/API Gateway microservices and ECS-deployed containers to real-time TCP audio streaming pipelines across 13 AWS regions. Led AI agent development using LLM tool-calling, OpenAI APIs, Vercel AI SDK, and Langfuse evaluation pipelines. Proven track record managing a 6-member team, reducing delivery time by 60%, and owning end-to-end backend delivery for products serving 50,000+ DAU.

Skills

Backend & Cloud Engineering

Node.Js
Typescript
Nestjs
Express
Directus
Rest Apis
Graphql
Socket.Io
Prisma
Sequelize

Cloud & Infrastructure

Aws (Lambda, Api Gateway, Ecs, Ecr, Ec2, Dynamodb, Sqs, Sns, S3, Eventbridge, Cloudformation, Codepipeline, Codebuild, Cloudfront, Route53, Cognito, Appsync, Amplify)
Azure (Functions, Service Bus, Event Hub, Cosmos Db, Ad B2c, Pipelines)
Gcp (Cloud Run, Iam, Vertex Ai)

Databases & Data

Postgresql
Mysql
Mongodb
Dynamodb
Redis
Elasticsearch
Supabase (Edge Functions, Rls, Auth)

Ai & Llm Systems

Llm Agents
Tool Calling
Openai Api
Vercel Ai Sdk
Langfuse
Playwrite
Opentelemetry
Mcp
Prompt Engineering
Ai Evals
Cost & Accuracy Optimization
Ai-Assisted Development Practices (Cursor, Claude Code(Skills, Hooks, Custom Commands), Devin, Amp Code)

Architecture & Devops

Event-Driven Architectures
Microservices
Serverless
Caching Strategies
Ci/Cd (Codepipeline, Jenkins, Github Actions)
Docker
Cloudformation
Git
Observability And Monitoring (Newrelic, Sentry)

Payments & Integrations

Stripe
Stripe Connect
Square
Twilio
Sendgrid
Firebase (Auth, Fcm, Cloud Functions)
Getstream
Icecast
Ffmpeg

Leadership & Delivery

Technical Leadership
Code Standards And Reviews
Mentoring And Coaching
Agile Delivery
Ownership Of End-To-End Delivery
Stakeholder Collaboration

Languages

Gujarati

Native

English

Advanced

Hindi

Advanced

Education

Jul 2016 - May 2019

Birla Vishvakarma Mahavidyalaya (GIA)

Bachelor of Technology - BTech · Computer Engineering · Anand, India

Jul 2013 - May 2016

Nirma University

Diploma · Computer Engineering · Ahmedabad, India

Statistics

Experience

Total positions 3

Experience in Information Technology 7 y

Avg length 2 y 5 m

Longest experience 3 y 7 m

Global Experience

Countries worked in 1 (India)

Primary country India

Expertise

Recent roles Team Lead (AI & Backend Engineering), Senior Software Engineer (Cloud & Backend) - ERS, Senior Backend Engineer

Main industries Information Technology, Professional Services

Main business areas Information Technology, Product Development

Qualifications

Highest degree Bachelor

Profile

Created

February 2026

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Where is Bhagyesh based?

Bhagyesh is based in Adalaj, India.

What languages does Bhagyesh speak?

Bhagyesh speaks the following languages: Gujarati (Native), English (Advanced), Hindi (Advanced).

How many years of experience does Bhagyesh have?

Bhagyesh has at least 7 years of experience. During this time, Bhagyesh has worked in at least 3 different roles and for 3 different companies. The average length of individual experience is 2 years and 5 months. Note that Bhagyesh may not have shared all experience and actually has more experience.

What roles would Bhagyesh be best suited for?

Based on recent experience, Bhagyesh would be well-suited for roles such as: Team Lead (AI & Backend Engineering), Senior Software Engineer (Cloud & Backend) - ERS, Senior Backend Engineer.

What is Bhagyesh's latest experience?

Bhagyesh's most recent position is Team Lead (AI & Backend Engineering) at 7span.

What companies has Bhagyesh worked for in recent years?

In recent years, Bhagyesh has worked for 7span, HCL Technologies, and Zymr Systems.

Which industries is Bhagyesh most experienced in?

Bhagyesh is most experienced in industries like Information Technology and Professional Services.

Which business areas is Bhagyesh most experienced in?

Bhagyesh is most experienced in business areas like Information Technology and Product Development.

Which industries has Bhagyesh worked in recently?

Bhagyesh has recently worked in industries like Information Technology and Professional Services.

Which business areas has Bhagyesh worked in recently?

Bhagyesh has recently worked in business areas like Information Technology and Product Development.

What is Bhagyesh's education?

Bhagyesh holds a Bachelor in Computer Engineering from Birla Vishvakarma Mahavidyalaya (GIA) and a Bachelor in Computer Engineering from Nirma University.

What is the availability of Bhagyesh?

Bhagyesh is immediately available full-time for suitable projects.

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