Vijay Anantharamaiah
Engineering Leader & Product Builder
I build two things: high-performing engineering teams and the scalable cloud platforms they need to thrive. As an engineering leader with 20 years of experience, I love solving complex technical challenges and turning ambitious ideas into reality.
Download ResumeWhat I Bring to the Table
Pragmatic Tech Leadership
I focus on creating clear, actionable technology plans that directly support business goals. I enjoy connecting the dots between the company’s vision and the day-to-day work of the engineering team.
Modern Cloud Architecture
I have extensive experience designing and building scalable, resilient applications for the cloud. My approach is to create systems that are not only powerful and reliable but also practical and cost-effective to maintain.
Data-Informed Product Development
I’m experienced in guiding teams to use data and AI in a meaningful way. My focus is on leveraging these tools to build smarter features and better user experiences, rather than just for the sake of technology.
Improving How Developers Work
I’m a firm believer that great products come from happy, productive teams. I’m passionate about improving the tools, processes, and automation that developers use every day to make their work more efficient and enjoyable.
Guiding Technical Evolution
I have a lot of experience helping companies modernize their technology. I enjoy the challenge of updating legacy systems and introducing more effective, modern ways of working in a way that is smooth and sustainable.
Mentoring & Growing Talent
I am passionate about building up the next generation of engineering leaders. I take great pride in mentoring team members, helping them grow their skills, and creating clear career paths that allow them to do their best work.
Writing
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Featured Articles
Driving AI Code: Why TDD is Essential in the LLM Era
Explore how Test-Driven Development (TDD) can be effectively applied to AI and machine learning projects, ensuring robust, reliable, and maintainable code.
Read More →Bad Code Is Not Tech Debt
The debt metaphor helps us think about how to deal with design problems and how to communicate that thinking.
Read More →Polymorphism, Dynamic Dispatch, and Visitor
Let’s revisit a classic example from our early days of object-oriented programming. We will design a system that allows applying scaling and rotation to lines, circles, and rectangles. However, this time, we’ll take it a step further and make it extensible.
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Selected Talks
AI Based Technologies for Authentication
Discussed the limitations of existing authentication methods and examined how to leverage AI to authenticate customers in the digital/online age.
(Why?) Should You Know Category Theory
Explored the link between the abstract mathematical field of Category Theory and the concrete world of real-world Programming.
Have you GADT?
Introduced GADTs and explored their role in ensuring program correctness, demonstrating how they eliminate the need for runtime checks.
FP 101
An introduction to Functional Programming and the Haskell programming language.
Corporate Workshops & Training
I offer a range of interactive workshops and training sessions designed to level-up your engineering team. These sessions are tailored to your specific needs and can be delivered remotely or in-person.
Pragmatic Tech Leadership
A workshop for new and aspiring tech leads on how to build and manage high-performing engineering teams.
Read More →Software Architecture: From Patterns to Practice
A foundational workshop for software engineers who want to learn the principles of software architecture and how to apply them in practice.
Read More →Modern Cloud Architectures: A Hands-On Guide
A practical workshop for software engineers and architects who want to learn how to design and build scalable, resilient, and cost-effective cloud-native applications.
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I’m always open to discussing new projects, creative ideas, or opportunities to be part of something great. Feel free to reach out.