Platform Engineer building internal developer platforms, release systems, and secure cloud infrastructure at scale.
Currently AVP Platform Engineer in the CTO Developer Tooling organization at Barclays US.
I design and ship systems that improve developer velocity, reliability, and governance.
- Go-based internal tooling
- CI/CD guardrails using GitLab pipelines
- Container image scanning and promotion workflows
- Observability-first engineering
- GenAI developer tooling and inference experimentation
I care about systems that are predictable, auditable, and built for long-term scale.
Master of Science in Information Management
University of Maryland, College Park (2025)
Experience across:
- Platform Engineering and Developer Experience
- Cloud Infrastructure on AWS and Kubernetes
- Data Engineering and analytics platforms
- MLOps and inference infrastructure
- Fintech, mobility, and infrastructure analytics domains
Previously at:
- Barclays (India)
- Persistent Systems
- TaiyoAI
- AACRAO
- Developer tooling at enterprise scale
- Inference engineering and model serving infrastructure
- Secure software supply chains
- Observability and telemetry systems
- Systems thinking and long-arc engineering decisions
Current and upcoming projects:
godeps-guard– Go dependency impact analyzer and CI enforcement tool- Internal DevEx automation experiments
- GenAI tooling for structured workflows
- Observability experiments inspired by large-scale infra teams
Always open to collaborating on serious systems problems.
I write about systems, optionality, engineering maturity, and long-term thinking.
- Blog: https://ashishsalunkhe.in/blog
- Substack: https://ashish27.substack.com
- Email: ashishvs027@gmail.com
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/ashishsalunkhe