Iqbal Balerani

Led backend development with MERN stack, designing RESTful and GraphQL APIs, integrating Shopify data and OAuth flows, and enabling real-time data flows via webhooks. Oversaw architectural decisions for microservices and advocated best practices across the team, contributing to scalable, maintainable systems and improved engineering processes.

Own AWS infrastructure including EC2, RDS, S3, Lambda, Step Functions, EventBridge, and Route 53. Managed Kubernetes, Docker, and Terraform-based multi-region deployments, automated provisioning of EC2/RDS/S3 for high availability and DR, and implemented DNS-based failover. Built CI/CD pipelines with GitHub Actions, automated code reviews, and ensured security through JWT auth, encryption, firewalls, and compliance audits. Implemented monitoring with Prometheus and Grafana, enabling proactive reliability and fault tolerance.

Current role leading AI and cloud architecture initiatives, overseeing architecture design, and driving engineering strategy to deliver scalable, value-driven solutions. Built two AI knowledge graph systems and an AI evaluation framework with multiple AWS Lambda functions, orchestrated by Step Functions and EventBridge, enabling weekly agent evaluation and knowledge graph expansion. Implemented InfraNodus integrations and LangChain/LangGraph-powered pipelines for multi-agent collaboration and knowledge enrichment. Led end-to-end product delivery with cross-functional teams and established governance for reliable, scalable infrastructure.