KoustavRay.
Principal Engineer
12+ years of designing and scaling distributed systems, geospatial platforms, and cloud-native architectures. Currently building OlaMaps at Krutrim — India's sovereign AI ecosystem.
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// experience
Professional History
01
Krutrim AI (Ola)
Principal Engineer
2023 — Present
GeospatialAI/ML PipelinesReal-time SystemsPlatform Architecture
- Built OlaMaps Platform from the ground up, now powering maps.olakrutrim.com as the core geospatial intelligence platform for India's sovereign AI ecosystem.
- Architected an AI-assisted geospatial data editor with intelligent address parsing, normalization, and structured entity extraction for India-scale location datasets.
- Designed real-time location systems for mobility, delivery, and scooter use cases with stringent low-latency requirements.
- Scaled AI-enhanced data pipelines for ingesting and enriching POI, road networks, and building footprints across India using automated ML-driven classification.
- Drove coding best practices via Gemini-assisted reviews, GitHub Actions CI/CD, and SonarQube quality checks.
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HERE Technologies
Lead Engineer
Oct 2017 — Oct 2023
AWSPOI SystemsHD MapsTraffic Intelligence
- Places – Global POI Platform: Architected large-scale cloud-native POI data pipeline on AWS processing 10TB+ daily and managing 500M+ global map entities; improved data accuracy to 95%+ and reduced duplicates by 40%.
- HD Map Alignment Tool: Delivered full-stack map data processing tool handling 100K+ miles of imagery per day, boosting operational efficiency by 25%.
- Traffic Intelligence Platform: Re-architected real-time traffic intelligence systems for global automotive; achieved 99.9% uptime and 35% reduction in false detections.
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Zepo Technologies
Software Engineer
Dec 2016 — Sep 2017
MicroservicesE-commercePayment Integration
- Designed microservices for store creation, product catalog management, and order processing with third-party payment gateway and shipping integrations.
- Implemented payment processing with automated reconciliation and settlement workflows.
- Optimized CI/CD pipelines, cutting release cycles from weekly to daily.
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Zycus Infotech
Software Engineer
Jun 2014 — Dec 2016
Data VisualizationWebSocketsReal-time Systems
- Rainbow: Built interactive visualization modules with WebSocket real-time updates for 500+ concurrent users.
- Seat Management System: Engineered internal HR seat reservation platform scaling from 100 to 1,000 active users.
- Geographic Disaster Alert Beacon: Created hackathon-winning real-time disaster alert platform (95%+ event detection accuracy) aggregating UN, news, and social media feeds.
// skills
Core Competencies
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Architecture & Design
System ArchitectureMicroservices DesignDistributed SystemsCloud-Native ArchitecturePlatform ArchitectureScalability & Performance
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Technology Stack
JavaTypeScriptJavaScriptNext.jsSpring BootSQLMongoDBRedisElasticsearch
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AI Systems & Tooling
Agentic AI SystemsTask WorkflowsMultimodal LLM IntegrationAI Code ReviewAI Data Labeling Pipelines
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Geospatial & Location
Geospatial Data SystemsOSM / GeoJSONPostGISReal-time Location ServicesMap Data EngineeringPOI SystemsBuilding Footprints
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Cloud & DevOps
AWS (EC2, S3, EMR, RDS)Lambda & API GatewayKubernetesDockerHelm ChartsCI/CDSonarQube
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Big Data & Streaming
Apache SparkApache Kafka
// education
Academic Background
M.Tech in Software Systems
Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani
2019 – 2021
B.Tech in Computer Science
Techno India College of Technology, New Town, Kolkata
2010 – 2014
12th (ISC), Science
St. Thomas' Boys' School, Kidderpore, Kolkata
2007 – 2009
10th (ICSE)
St. Vincent's High & Technical School, Asansol
2007
Languages
English
Fluent
Bengali
Native
Hindi
Proficient
By the numbers
12+
Years Engineering
4
Companies
M.Tech
Software Systems, BITS Pilani
2014
First Job
// interests
Beyond the Terminal
Engineering is problem-solving and exploring. So is everything else I love - just with different tools.
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Adventure
Scuba Diving
Exploring underwater worlds, coral reefs, and marine life.
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Creative
Wildlife Photography
Capturing animals in their natural habitats across India.
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Adventure
Trekking & Rock Climbing
Long mountain trails, solitude, and dramatic landscapes.
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Exploration
Travel
Experiencing new cultures, cuisines, and geographies.
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Intellectual
Reading
History, technology, philosophy, and science fiction.
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Collecting
Numismatics
Collecting and studying coins — history held in metal.
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Creative
Sketching
Hand-drawn illustrations, architecture, and nature.
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always learning,
always exploring
Community & Presence
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Open Source
GitHub Contributions
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Stack Overflow
1,000+ Reputation
✍
Technical Writing
Published in Magazines
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Conference Speaking
Technical Events
// contact
Get in Touch
I'm open to staff and principal engineering roles — particularly in distributed systems, geospatial platforms, or AI infrastructure. Let's build something meaningful together.
Available for opportunities
Bangalore
India · IST (UTC+5:30)
12.931423° N · 77.931423° E
Open to remote and hybrid arrangements