const velan = {
name: "Velmurugan Jeyakumar",
alias: "Velan",
location: "Chennai, India 🇮🇳",
degree: "B.E. CSE @ CEG, Anna University (2024)",
stack: [
"Node.js", "Spring Boot", "React.js",
"TypeScript", "Python", "Java",
"AWS", "PostgreSQL", "Redis", "DynamoDB"
],
currentlyLearning: [
"Java Spring Boot Microservices",
"System Design (LLD + HLD)",
"Advanced Agent Patterns & MCP Servers"
],
certifications: [
"AWS SA Professional [SAP-C02]",
"Building with the Claude API"
],
funFact: "I cut AI spend by $1k+/month with an SDK I built 💸",
motto: () => "Ship systems that scale. Learn what's next. Repeat.",
};Languages
Frameworks & Libraries
Cloud & DevOps
Databases
AI / GenAI
🏢 Rootquotient — Software Development Engineer II | Mar 2026 – Present | Chennai, India
Stack:
Node.jsTypeScriptAWSLLM ObservabilityClaude APIOpenAI GPTPostgreSQLECSDocker
- 🧑🏫 Mentoring junior developers on diagnosing production issues — N+1 queries, missing database indexes, and silent latency regressions from slow third-party APIs
- ☁️ Optimized AWS infrastructure cost by eliminating a redundant load balancer in a single-instance ECS setup (ASG + ECS), simplifying architecture with zero availability impact
- 🤖 Built a GenAI Monitor SDK tracking LLM token usage, latency, and cost-per-request across Claude and GPT models — enabled prompt-level observability and cut AI spend by $1k+/month
- 🔍 Introduced structured LLM observability patterns across the team, identifying wasteful model choices and informing prompt optimization strategies
🏢 Rootquotient — Software Development Engineer I | Jan 2024 – Mar 2026 | Chennai, India
Stack:
Node.jsTypeScriptAWS LambdaIoT CoreSQSPostgreSQLRedisDynamoDBWebSocketsPythonFacebook ProphetEventBridgeSalesforce REST API
- 🌐 Gridsteward.com — Owned backend of a serverless IoT energy platform with a cursor-based pipeline (IoT Core → SQS → Lambda → RDS/PostgreSQL) ingesting 10M+ sensor readings/day from 10k+ households, with real-time WebSocket dashboards and ML forecasting
- ⚡ Introduced Redis caching for high-traffic Salesforce REST APIs with automatic cache invalidation on outbound change events — dropped p95 latency by 66% (1.2s → 400ms)
- 🏅 Received "Learning Enthusiast Award" for driving serverless adoption across the team and maintaining delivery pace under tight timelines
| Project | Stack | Highlights |
|---|---|---|
| Gridsteward – Smart Grid & Home Energy Automation | Node.js · Python · AWS Lambda · PostgreSQL · DynamoDB · EventBridge | 10M+ sensor readings/day · 10k+ households · TOU pricing engine · Prophet forecasting · Seam API thermostat integration · Power leakage multi-stage alerts |
| College Placement Portal (CUIC) | React.js · Node.js · PostgreSQL · AWS EC2/RDS/S3 · Cloudflare R2 | Serves 5,000+ students & recruiters annually · 800+ peak concurrent users · Real-time WebSocket placement alerts · Queue-driven emails · Headless Chromium PDF reports |
| College Induction App | Spring Boot · PostgreSQL · AWS | Induction system for activities, batches, and enrollments · Recurring schedules with exceptions · Real-time venue/timetable change notifications |
| 🏆 | Achievement | Details |
|---|---|---|
| ☁️ | AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional | SAP-C02 · Valid Aug 2025 – Aug 2028 |
| 🤖 | Building with the Claude API | Anthropic Certification · March 2026 |
| 💸 | GenAI Cost Optimization | Cut LLM spend by $1k+/month via custom observability SDK |
| ⚡ | 66% Latency Reduction | Salesforce API p95 latency: 1.2s → 400ms with Redis caching |
| 📡 | IoT Scale Engineering | Handled 10M+ sensor readings/day across 10k+ households |
| 🎓 | Director of Technology | Led 20+ member tech team at CEG Tech Forum · Deployed AWS infra handling 1M+ requests |
| 💳 | Payment System | Built Instamojo payment integration with <1% failure rate for CEG Tech Forum |
| 🏫 | Co-Founded CUIC Portal | Official Anna University placement portal · 5,000+ users annually |
| Degree | Institution | Year | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| B.E. Computer Science & Engineering | College of Engineering, Guindy – Anna University | Class of 2024 | First Class with Distinction |
🔧 Java Spring Boot → Microservices · REST APIs · JPA · Spring Security
🏗️ System Design → LLD · HLD · Distributed Systems · CAP Theorem
🤖 Agent Patterns → MCP Servers · Tool Use · Multi-agent Orchestration
☁️ Cloud Advanced → Multi-region · Service Mesh · FinOps Patterns
🔬 GenAI Internals → RAG · Fine-tuning · Eval Frameworks · LLM Observability
"Ship systems that scale. Learn what's next. Repeat."
