I am a results-driven Application Engineer with 5+ years of experience in full-stack development, mobile applications, AI-driven solutions, and automation. I excel at delivering scalable enterprise applications and intelligent workflows. I also specialize in integrating LLMs, building autonomous agents, and implementing AI guardrails to ensure safe, reliable model outputs. I am adept at architecting provider-agnostic AI systems, optimizing CI/CD pipelines, and driving business value through innovative generative AI tooling. My focus is on delivering practical AI-enabled capabilities that improve efficiency and outcomes while maintaining robust security and governance.

Akshay Lalwani

I am a results-driven Application Engineer with 5+ years of experience in full-stack development, mobile applications, AI-driven solutions, and automation. I excel at delivering scalable enterprise applications and intelligent workflows. I also specialize in integrating LLMs, building autonomous agents, and implementing AI guardrails to ensure safe, reliable model outputs. I am adept at architecting provider-agnostic AI systems, optimizing CI/CD pipelines, and driving business value through innovative generative AI tooling. My focus is on delivering practical AI-enabled capabilities that improve efficiency and outcomes while maintaining robust security and governance.

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I am a results-driven Application Engineer with 5+ years of experience in full-stack development, mobile applications, AI-driven solutions, and automation. I excel at delivering scalable enterprise applications and intelligent workflows. I also specialize in integrating LLMs, building autonomous agents, and implementing AI guardrails to ensure safe, reliable model outputs.

I am adept at architecting provider-agnostic AI systems, optimizing CI/CD pipelines, and driving business value through innovative generative AI tooling. My focus is on delivering practical AI-enabled capabilities that improve efficiency and outcomes while maintaining robust security and governance.

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Work Experience

Application Engineer at Vanguard Australia
May 1, 2023 - Present
Developed the Adviser Portal using Angular, NestJS, and Spring Boot, delivering a robust enterprise-grade interface for financial advisers in Australia. Built and maintained AWS cloud infrastructure (EC2, S3, Lambda, SNS, SQS, DynamoDB) to enable scalable microservices with high availability. Implemented a Datafeeds pipeline exporting transactional data to vendor Iress via an end-to-end AWS workflow (AWS Glue, Step Functions) and managed IAM roles, S3 lifecycle policies, and CloudWatch monitoring to ensure reliability and security compliance. Designed and maintained multi-environment GitHub Actions CI/CD pipelines, standardising deployment scripts and infrastructure configuration for weekly releases. Extended the Adviser Portal with a new SupportStaff entity and authorization model within the existing permissions framework. Built internal Claude Code extensions including custom MCP servers, slash command plugins, and reusable skill files to standardize AI tooling. Created PoC for intel
Full Stack Engineer at Accenture - AU
April 1, 2022 - May 1, 2023
Engineered full-stack features across Angular front-end and Spring Boot back-end services, delivering high-quality solutions for enterprise clients. Collaborated with cross-functional teams to define requirements, design APIs, and integrate third-party services via REST and GraphQL. Contributed to microservices architecture, improving system modularity and enabling independent deployment of service components.
Mobile Application Developer at Blackstream
May 1, 2021 - April 1, 2022
Developed the Tipex React Native mobile application, shaping data from external vendors using GraphQL Playground. Implemented smooth UI animations using Reanimated 2 and enhanced Android performance via native bridges.
Automation Tester at Zentest Pvt Ltd.
May 1, 2018 - April 1, 2019
Developed a Selenium-based automation framework and comprehensive test suites for a banking client, utilising in-house utilities to improve test coverage and reliability.

Education

Master of Information Technology at La Trobe University
October 1, 2019 - May 1, 2021
Bachelor of Engineering – Computer Science at Chhattisgarh Swami Vivekanand Technical University
August 1, 2012 - May 1, 2016

Qualifications

AWS Certified Developer - Associate
September 1, 2023 - April 25, 2026

Industry Experience

Software & Internet, Financial Services, Professional Services, Media & Entertainment, Education