Shubham Aher

Shubham Aher

Lead Software Engineer

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Profile summary

Lead Software Engineer | Enterprise Systems with 13 years of experience in technical strategy and architecture. Transitioned from Associate Consultant to engineering leadership, managing cross-cultural teams across 4 organizations. Defined architecture for risk analytics and ad delivery platforms while migrating legacy systems to AWS. Built integrations and resolved platform issues to maintain system reliability.

Career highlights

Technical Leadership: Led engineering initiatives across 5 roles, including architectural design for Risk Analytics APIs and the implementation of observability modules using OpenTelemetry and Jaeger for enterprise clients.

Client Satisfaction: Managed L3 support teams to resolve critical platform issues, resulting in an increase in customer NPS from 4.8 to 6.9 through coordinated hotfixes and system updates.

System Architecture: Designed and delivered RESTful microservices and LLM integrations, while migrating legacy systems to modern Java-based AWS deployments to improve overall integration reliability and performance.

Enterprise Integration: Built real-time decision management systems for banking clients and owned Ad Delivery Service platforms, ensuring stable integrations and timely resolution of technical issues.

Key skills

SkillsCI/CD AWS Java Spring Hibernate Oracle Postgres Groovy Grails Spring Boot MongoDB Liquibase Angular NodeJS Maven Git JUnit Kafka NestJS React

Professional experience

Lead Software EngineerFeb 2024 - Present
IndexNine Technologies (Clients: Smarsh Inc. / Entreda / Cygeniq.ai - UAE/KSA )

Architected backend strategy for risk analytics and endpoint monitoring platforms, steering technical delivery for enterprise clients across UAE and KSA markets. Coordinates cross-functional teams to align API integration standards with client-specific security requirements.

  • Architected end-to-end Risk Analytics APIs and integration platforms to support client implementations.
  • Developed and integrated the snap.observe observability module using OpenTelemetry and Jaeger to monitor system performance.
  • Designed and delivered LLM integrations for enterprise clients using spec-driven development methodologies.
  • Managed CI/CD pipelines and architectural initiatives while coordinating with stakeholders to ensure product delivery.
  • Delivered feature enhancements and troubleshooting for Endpoint Device Monitoring and Integrated Risk Analytics platforms.
Principal Software EngineerOct 2021 - Feb 2024
Operative Media

Steered the Ad Delivery Service and end-to-end Integration Manager Platform, overseeing technical strategy and cross-functional delivery. Managed engineering initiatives to maintain API contracts and client-facing integration processes while providing technical mentorship to the team.

  • Owned the Ad Delivery Service and Integration Manager Platform, ensuring stable client integrations and timely resolution of technical issues.
  • Performed root cause analysis and implemented fixes for critical integration issues to prevent revenue impact.
  • Led engineering initiatives including contract testing and tech stack upgrades to improve integration reliability.
Team Lead (Product Development)Jan 2020 - Sep 2021
PierianDx (Velsera)enabling seamless integra-

Shaped the technical support strategy for L3 operations, steering cross-functional collaboration between Product Development and Customer Success. Managed the resolution of complex platform integrations to maintain system stability and client operational continuity.

  • Led the L3 support team, increasing customer NPS from 4.8 to 6.9 through the resolution of critical integration and platform issues.
  • Facilitated communication between Product Development and Customer Success teams to coordinate hotfixes and client updates.
  • Performed root cause analysis on client-reported issues to decrease turnaround times for system fixes.
Senior Software DeveloperDec 2015 - Dec 2019
PierianDx (Velsera)Singapore

Defined software engineering standards and architecture for microservices, steering the transition of legacy systems to cloud-native environments. Managed the integration of external systems while maintaining code quality and deployment stability across AWS infrastructure.

  • Designed and implemented RESTful microservices using Spring Boot to enable integrations with external systems.
  • Migrated legacy systems to modern Java microservices and maintained AWS-based deployments.
  • Delivered features with a focus on testing and code quality.
Associate ConsultantJul 2013 - Dec 2015
TIBCO Software

Executed technical requirements analysis and software development for high-volume banking systems. Managed the implementation of SOAP and REST services while coordinating defect resolution cycles within the integration team.

  • Built real-time banking decision management systems using Java and Oracle to support high-volume transactional integrations.
  • Performed end-to-end requirement analysis, service implementation, and defect resolution for enterprise banking clients.

Education

Bachelor of Engineering (Information Technology)Jan 2013

72%

Certifications

Develop Generative AI Solutions with Azure OpenAI ServiceMicrosoft Azure2023-01-01T00:00:00.000Z
Transformer Models and BERT ModelGoogle2024-01-01T00:00:00.000Z
Sailpoint Identity Security Cloud with IdentityIQSailpoint2026-07-01T00:00:00.000Z

Languages

English · Fluent

Arabic · Basic

French · Intermediate

Russian · Basic