Engineering Lead who architected the cloud infrastructure powering Fireflies.ai's journey from startup to unicorn — now serving 20M+ users, 500K+ organizations, and 75% of Fortune 500 companies
Real impact at a unicorn-scale AI company serving millions daily
From early growth to $1B valuation — architecting systems that power millions of AI-driven meetings daily
Architected and scaled Fireflies' infrastructure from handling thousands to millions of concurrent users. Built redundant, multi-region cloud systems across AWS and GCP that process 1M+ API requests per minute at peak.
Delivered 70% reduction in cloud infrastructure costs while scaling to serve 20M+ users. Implemented intelligent resource allocation, spot instances, and architectural optimizations that saved millions annually.
Achieved 99.999% uptime SLA while supporting hypergrowth. Built comprehensive observability with Prometheus, Datadog, and Grafana. Reduced infrastructure boot times by 40% through optimization.
Led SOC2 Type 2, HIPAA, and GDPR compliance initiatives. Architected enterprise-grade security infrastructure with private storage options, enabling Fortune 500 adoption across 75% of companies.
Scaled engineering organization from 9 to 120+ engineers across DevOps, SRE, Backend, Database, and Security teams. Built remote-first culture with strong async communication and mentorship.
Architected Kubernetes infrastructure supporting 145K+ concurrent AI bot sessions. Enabled Fireflies' AI meeting assistant to serve 20M users with real-time transcription and analysis.
From IC engineer to leading infrastructure at a unicorn
Fireflies.ai • $1B Valuation (June 2025)
Led infrastructure scaling from early growth to unicorn status. Architected multi-cloud systems serving 20M+ users and 75% of Fortune 500. Achieved $1B valuation through profitable growth. Scaled team from 9 to 120+ engineers. Delivered 99.999% uptime while processing 1M+ API requests/min and supporting 145K+ concurrent AI bot sessions. Recognized with "Firebender" award for outstanding engineering leadership.
Al Jazeera (via Crossover.com) • Remote
Selected in Top 1% Global Engineering Talent. Owned entire AWS cloud footprint with full-stack automation. Built disaster recovery infrastructure and enforced Infrastructure as Code practices. Led Kubernetes migration and designed GitHub-based CI/CD workflows for secure, automated releases across distributed teams.
Intuit Inc.
Migrated legacy infrastructure to AWS cloud. Containerized legacy applications using Docker for improved scalability and deployment efficiency. Designed and deployed CI/CD pipelines using AWS CodePipeline and Jenkins to automate software delivery.
Cameo Global
Led cloud migration from Rackspace to AWS. Built AI-powered chatbot using AWS Lambda and Lex. Implemented comprehensive monitoring with Stackdriver achieving 99.99% uptime. Established SRE best practices for incident management and system reliability.
Samsung R&D
Developed automation pipelines with Jenkins, Python, and Bash. Managed build/release processes for distributed systems in AWS environments. Focused on system reliability and deployment automation.
Wipro Ltd.
Automation engineering using UNIX and Python. Infrastructure maintenance, incident triage, and root cause analysis. Performance tuning, log analysis, patching, and system hardening for critical production workloads.
Recognition for building world-class infrastructure
Fireflies.ai reached $1B valuation (June 2025) while remaining profitable
Outstanding engineering leadership at Fireflies.ai
Fireflies recognized as Forbes Top Startup Employer (2025)
Top 100 Customer Satisfaction & Top 50 Collaboration Products
Selected by Crossover as Top 1% Global Engineering Talent
IC Engineer → Engineering Lead across multiple organizations
Deep expertise across the modern cloud infrastructure stack
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