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Document Generator

Built a centralised document-generation platform on Azure, validating policy data with InRule across products.

C# .NET Core 6 Azure Functions Terraform

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Context: Multiple products each needed to generate documents from policy information, with no shared way to validate that data.
What I did: Spearheaded a new microservice and stood up the Azure environment with Terraform, centralising InRule validation.
Outcome: One service now serves document generation across products, with infrastructure reproducible from code.

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Problem solving

My compass for navigating the complexities of technology.

Design

Blending aesthetics and functionality into digital masterpieces.

6Years experience

15Projects

7Certifications

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University of Leeds

MSc Advanced Computer Science
2022 – 2023

JSS Academy of Technical Education

B.Tech, Computer Science
2012 – 2016

July 2021 – Aug 2022
Accenture · Senior Platform Engineer

Microservice architecture and cloud deployment.
Dec 2017 – June 2021
Imaginea · Senior Software Engineer

Built and shipped web applications on the cloud.

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Name: Kumar Chandrachooda
Location: United Kingdom
City: Leeds

title: A guest post about queues
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category: Architecture
author: Jo Tan jo-tan

Hello

Short history

A Cloud & Data Architect & Microsoft platform engineer. The notecard carries the biographical blurb on the about panel.

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Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert

Azure Solutions Architect Expert

July 2021

About this certification

Expertise crafting cloud and hybrid solutions across Compute, Network, Storage, Monitoring and Security.

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Hello!
My name is

Kumar Chandrachooda

AWS & Azure Cloud and Data Architect
Agentic AI Engineering

I’m a forward deployed engineer and AI implementation lead, and I design and build cloud platforms that other teams and agents can rely on.

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I deliver with agentic AI

I use agentic AI in day-to-day delivery: multi-agent spec-writing playbooks for data-pipeline, web and infrastructure work, with adversarial verification and an ADR loop; harness and context engineering; and agent-runnable tooling for Azure DevOps backlog sync and workspace setup. My knowledge base on AI engineering covers six disciplines: Prompt Craft, Context, Harness, Intent, Specification and Orchestration Engineering.

I build cloud platforms & .NET services

I created the security-first, zero-trust API framework every new web application on AWS starts from, taking a new service’s setup from 3 weeks to 2 days, and led the CI/CD and Infrastructure as Code modules (AWS CDK, Terraform on Azure) now used by nearly 20 services.

I am a Data Architect & platform builder

I architected the analytical data product on the medallion lakehouse: Kinesis ingestion, AWS Glue (PySpark) ETL, Apache Iceberg on Amazon S3 Tables and Lake Formation tenant isolation, all in AWS CDK. It cut report time for 100,000 records from 3 minutes to under a minute.

Short history

I'm an AWS & Azure Cloud and Data Architect based in Leeds, United Kingdom, and today an Agentic AI Implementation engineer, Forward deploying AI solutions to business.

I design and build cloud platforms that other teams and agents can rely on. Over eight years I've moved from .NET web applications and microservice migrations on Azure to leading AWS cloud and data architecture. My recent work includes CI/CD and reusable infrastructure modules, platform standards for APIs and caching, GDPR compliance, and an analytical data product on the medallion architecture. I also use agentic AI in day-to-day delivery: multi-agent spec-writing playbooks for data-pipeline, web and infrastructure work, with adversarial verification and an ADR loop; harness and context engineering; agent-runnable tooling for Azure DevOps backlog sync and workspace setup; and a structured knowledge base on AI engineering disciplines.

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What does he do? How many years of experience does he have? Where has he worked? What has he built with agents? What has he built on AWS data services? Which certifications does he hold? Has he led teams or mentored? How do I contact him?

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Portfolio

What does he do?

Kumar's portfolio says his current role is Senior Software Engineer at PebblePad since September 2023. Its flagship projects are Agentic Development, Analytical Data Product, API Framework and Build & Deploy.

experience · PebblePad projects · Agentic Development projects · Analytical Data Product projects · API Framework projects · Build & Deploy

How many years of experience does he have?

Kumar's portfolio says he has over 8 years of experience.

summary · Experience in years

Where has he worked?

Kumar's portfolio lists four roles: Senior Software Engineer at PebblePad since September 2023; Senior Product and Platform Engineer at Accenture, July 2021 to August 2022; Senior Software Engineer at Imaginea Technologies (now part of Accenture), December 2017 to June 2021; Programmer Analyst Trainee at Cognizant, February 2017 to November 2017.

experience · PebblePad experience · Accenture experience · Imaginea Technologies (now part of Accenture) experience · Cognizant

What has he built with agents?

Kumar's portfolio lists these projects with agents: Agent Memory & Knowledge (Developer): Hand-built agent loops, harnesses and workflows, with memory and documentation served to agents through RAG and an MCP server; Agentic Development (Lead): Agentic work follows the platform's own infrastructure and deployment rules, and data services move from specification to tested code through one repeatable workflow, delivered 3–5x faster.

projects · Agent Memory & Knowledge projects · Agentic Development

What has he built on AWS data services?

Kumar's portfolio lists these data projects on AWS: Analytical Data Product (Architect): One centralised analytical foundation for reporting and self-service analysis, separated from the operational systems and built entirely on AWS. It cut the report time for 100,000 records from 3 minutes to under a minute; Storage Limitation (Developer): The platform captures and keeps less personal data, and holds it only as long as it is needed, in compliance with the GDPR.

projects · Analytical Data Product projects · Storage Limitation

Which certifications does he hold?

Kumar's portfolio lists ten certifications held: AWS Certified Machine Learning Engineer – Associate, October 2026; AWS Certified Data Engineer – Associate, June 2026; AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate, February 2026; Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert, July 2021; Microsoft Certified: DevOps Engineer Expert, February 2022; Microsoft Certified: Azure Developer Associate, May 2021; Microsoft Certified Solution Associate, Web Applications, September 2017; Microsoft Certified Professional, Programming in C#; Microsoft Certified Professional, Querying Data with Transact-SQL, January 2018; Microsoft Technology Associate, Software Development Fundamentals, December 2016. It lists two more in preparation: Claude Certified Architect – Foundations; Claude Certified Architect – Professional.

certifications · AWS Certified Machine Learning Engineer – Associate certifications · AWS Certified Data Engineer – Associate certifications · AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate certifications · Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert certifications · Microsoft Certified: DevOps Engineer Expert certifications · Microsoft Certified: Azure Developer Associate certifications · Microsoft Certified Solution Associate, Web Applications certifications · Microsoft Certified Professional, Programming in C# certifications · Microsoft Certified Professional, Querying Data with Transact-SQL certifications · Microsoft Technology Associate, Software Development Fundamentals certifications · Claude Certified Architect – Foundations certifications · Claude Certified Architect – Professional

Has he led teams or mentored?

Kumar's portfolio says he mentored 11 engineers and 5 apprentices at Imaginea Technologies (now part of Accenture) and trained two senior and three junior developers at PebblePad.

experience · Imaginea Technologies (now part of Accenture), Senior Software Engineer experience · PebblePad, Senior Software Engineer

How do I contact him?

Kumar's portfolio does not take messages. His contact details are on the About panel.

contact · About

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JSS Academy of Technical Education

Accenture · Senior Platform Engineer

Imaginea · Senior Software Engineer

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Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert

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