AI-first engineering · Human-accountable delivery

Debashis Chowdhury

Open to leading responsible AI transformation

Leading engineering into the AI-first era.

With 10+ years in software engineering, I lead teams to combine applied AI, intelligent automation, and dependable platforms—turning complex signals into responsible, production-ready decisions.

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Bengaluru, Karnataka, IndiaAI-First Engineering LeaderFormal role · Lead Software Engineer at Cisco
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10+Years building software
15+Professional recognitions
90%Faster performance analysis

AI-first operating model

Intelligence with
engineering accountability.

I lead AI adoption as a systems discipline: start with trustworthy evidence, make reasoning visible, automate at the right boundary, and measure what reaches production.

M.Tech AI at IISc · Applied automation · Secure platform leadership
01

Observe

Turn product, operational, and quality signals into evidence teams can trust.

Traceable inputs before automated conclusions.
02

Reason

Use AI and domain rules to surface options, confidence, and trade-offs—not opaque answers.

Evaluation criteria and explainable decisions.
03

Act

Automate repeatable engineering work while keeping people in control of consequential changes.

Human approval at the point of impact.
04

Assure

Treat security, testing, observability, and feedback as part of the intelligent system itself.

Measured outcomes, safe rollback, continuous learning.

01 / About

Platform depth.
Intelligent direction.

I'm an AI-first engineering leader with a backend core—most at home where intelligent systems, architecture, delivery, and human judgment intersect.

Across networking, connected care, public-sector platforms, and automation, I've led features from ambiguity to production, shortened evidence-to-decision cycles, modernized data systems, and helped engineers adopt new capabilities without compromising quality or trust.

01

AI & intelligent systems

  • Applied AI
  • Intelligent Automation
  • Semantic Retrieval
  • Human-in-the-loop
  • Evaluation
  • Responsible AI
02

Backend & platforms

  • Java
  • Spring Boot
  • Microservices
  • Python
  • REST APIs
  • System Design
03

Data, cloud & delivery

  • PostgreSQL
  • MongoDB
  • Kafka
  • Elasticsearch
  • Azure
  • AWS
  • Docker
  • Terraform
04

Product & leadership

  • React
  • Angular
  • TypeScript
  • Technical Strategy
  • Mentoring
  • Security
  • Code Review
Debashis Chowdhury smiling in a professional portrait

Professional profile

Engineering leadership grounded in clarity, accountability, and continuous learning.

Based in Bengaluru, I’m a Lead Software Engineer at Cisco with 10+ years of experience delivering enterprise platforms across networking, connected care, public-sector services, and intelligent automation.

I bring a backend and platform-engineering foundation to AI-led transformation—shaping architecture, modernizing data systems, strengthening security and quality, and mentoring engineers from discovery through production. Alongside my role, I’m pursuing an M.Tech in Artificial Intelligence at IISc to deepen the rigor behind the intelligent systems I build.

  • Family time
  • Cooking
  • Music

02 / Experience

Systems leadership,
evolving with intelligence.

Formal roles and outcomes, paired with the AI-first leadership capability each chapter built.

Jan 2022 - Present01

Cisco Systems India

Lead Software Engineer (SDE 4)

Cisco Optical Network Planner

Leading complex feature delivery across optical-network planning platforms, from stakeholder discovery and architecture through quality-focused execution.

  • Owned multi-carrier, transponder aggregation, and TXP integrations across the NCS platform family.
  • Led a MongoDB-to-PostgreSQL migration with backup automation and purpose-built migration tooling.
  • Reduced NCS1010 performance-analysis time by 90% through cross-module investigation and resolution.
  • Built automated L0 optical-parameter validation and mentored engineers through design and code reviews.
AI-first leadership lens

Transform complex network-planning evidence into faster engineering decisions through automation, validation, and measurable feedback loops.

JavaSpring BootPostgreSQLMongoDBDockerSystem Design
Feb 2021 - Dec 202102

Philips India

Software Technologist 1

Population Health Management - Connected Care

Developed secure onboarding and configuration capabilities for connected-care applications using a four-microservice architecture.

  • Created standards-based REST APIs with JUnit, Mockito, and Pact test coverage.
  • Led Black Duck, Fortify, and penetration-testing initiatives as a Security Champion.
  • Contributed to sprint planning, impact analysis, and junior-engineer mentoring.
AI-first leadership lens

Build the secure contracts, test evidence, and risk controls that trustworthy AI-enabled products need before they can scale.

JavaMicroservicesOpenAPIJUnitPactApplication Security
Oct 2019 - Feb 202103

Wipro Limited

Associate Consultant

CBIC Portal Development

Built and maintained taxation and dispute-resolution workflows for a Government of India portal.

  • Designed Spring MVC and Hibernate APIs integrated with BPM workflows.
  • Improved responsive Angular interfaces and cross-team delivery quality.
  • Mentored developers and performed implementation-focused code reviews.
AI-first leadership lens

Convert domain-heavy public workflows into structured, observable services that are ready for responsible automation.

JavaSpring MVCHibernateAngularBPM
Dec 2015 - Sep 201904

Infosys Limited

Senior Software Engineer

Automation COE & Logistics Super Suite

Created automation and knowledge systems that removed repetitive support work and accelerated ticket resolution.

  • Saved 40 hours of manual work per week with a Production Support Workbench.
  • Reduced ticket-resolution time by 30% with an intelligent Python assignment system.
  • Built Elasticsearch knowledge retrieval and reusable AngularJS UI components.
AI-first leadership lens

Apply Python, search, and operational context to intelligent ticket assignment and knowledge retrieval while keeping support teams in control.

PythonElasticsearchAngularJSAutomationJava

03 / Selected work

Production systems.
Intelligent futures.

Shipped software and exploratory case studies across secure operations, AI-assisted workflows, reliability, data, and automation.

Live project / Secure file operations

SFTP Manager

A secure web portal for managing authorized SFTP folders, scheduled file tasks, user access, folder grants, and audit activity.

Next.jsTypeScriptFastAPIPython
View use case Live app Source

Concept project / Cloud operations

InfraSight

A unified reliability console that correlates deployment health, service events, and engineering ownership across distributed systems.

JavaSpring BootKafkaReact
Explore concept GitHub

Concept project / Data migration

MigrateFlow

A resumable migration control plane for validating, moving, and reconciling document data into relational schemas.

JavaPostgreSQLMongoDBDocker
Explore concept GitHub

Concept project / Intelligent automation

SignalOps

An explainable ticket-triage assistant that combines semantic retrieval, operational history, and configurable assignment policies.

PythonElasticsearchAzure AIReact
Explore concept GitHub

04 / Recognition

Trust is the architecture.

AI-first teams move quickly because evaluation, security, review, and observable outcomes are designed into delivery—not added after it.

  • 01Microsoft Certified: DevOps Engineer Expert
  • 02Security Champion at Philips
  • 031st Prize - Cisco SUSTAIN-A-THON
  • 042nd Prize - BOTATHON
  • 053rd Prize - EdgeVerve Big Bot League

05 / Contact

Ready to lead an AI-first shift?
Let's make it responsible and real.

csdebashis@outlook.com