Nikhil Ponaganti

Summary

Senior Full-Stack & AI Engineer with 6+ years of production experience architecting scalable web applications, cross-platform desktop software, and cloud-native AI solutions. Proven track record deploying multi-cloud GenAI workloads across GCP Vertex AI and Azure AI Services, building enterprise agents with Microsoft Copilot Studio, and implementing automated AI evaluation frameworks. Expert in translating complex client requirements into production-ready RAG pipelines and agentic workflows while optimizing performance by 30%.

Experience

Senior Software Development Engineer Feb 2023 – May 2026

Ofofo Pvt Ltd — Bengaluru

Next.js · React · TypeScript · Node.js · Python FastAPI · GCP Vertex AI · Azure AI Services · Microsoft Copilot Studio · Electron · Flowise · Docker · D3.js · Neo4j

Engineered multi-cloud LLM pipelines routing complex tasks across GCP Vertex AI, Azure OpenAI, and Anthropic Claude to optimize inference latency, token cost, and context quality.
Architected and shipped a cross-platform Electron desktop app (configured with electron-builder, macOS Apple Notarization, and Windows Code Signing) automating cloud compliance evidence collection across GCP, Azure, and AWS.
Architected ontology-driven MCP servers and extended Microsoft Copilot Studio agents via custom REST action APIs and tool-calling schemas for enterprise customer integrations.
Designed a responsive, AI-native chat UI library rendering interactive dashboard components (forms, score cards, snapshot diffs) inline as streaming agent tool outputs.
Built RAG document ingestion pipelines leveraging Azure AI Search & GCP Vertex AI, establishing automated evaluation suites to benchmark response faithfulness, context recall, and safety metrics.
Implemented SSR + SEO; achieved a 30% page-load reduction through structured data and route-level code-splitting across 20+ pages.
Integrated Stripe payments, Twilio real-time communications, and knowledge-graph visualization using D3.js pulling live Neo4j data.
Led technical scoping and proof-of-concept (PoC) delivery for key enterprise clients, maintaining Docker deployment of 9 microservices on GCP and managing frontend-to-backend API contracts.

Full-Stack Developer Feb 2021 – Feb 2023

AxiomIO Technologies — Hyderabad

React · Angular · Vue.js · Node.js · Python Flask · .NET · AWS S3/CloudFront/Cognito · ng-bootstrap · SSR

Led major version upgrades of Angular marketplace applications (Angular 8 to Angular 18), resolving breaking API changes, optimizing bundles, and integrating SSR (Server-Side Rendering) for enhanced performance and SEO.
Developed responsive, interactive SPA interfaces using React, Vue.js, and Angular; implemented custom directives, reactive forms, and UI primitives with @ng-bootstrap/ng-bootstrap, prioritizing smooth hardware-accelerated scrolling and layout stability.
Built a React HR-management SaaS dashboard with approval chains and JWT authentication via AWS Cognito.
Developed a Vue.js real-time trading interface with live Chart.js price feeds and Web3 wallet integration.
Designed and developed frontend reactive web applications and integrated backend REST APIs with .NET/Python Flask.

Web Designer Jun 2020 – Feb 2021

Sam Computronics — Hyderabad

Built a custom internal tool that streamlined customer-service operations through automated request routing.

Skills

Frontend	Next.js, React, TypeScript, Vue.js, Angular, Tailwind CSS, D3.js, Chart.js, Electron, PWA, SSR, SSG
Backend	Node.js, Python, Flask, FastAPI, .NET (Dot Net), REST APIs, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, MySQL, Drizzle ORM
AI / LLM	Microsoft Copilot Studio, GCP Vertex AI, Azure AI Services (Azure OpenAI, Azure AI Search), AI Evaluation (Faithfulness, Context Recall, Ragas), LiteLLM, Flowise, RAG Pipelines, LanceDB, MCP (Model Context Protocol), AI Agents, Local SLMs, Tool Calls, Neo4j, Prompt Engineering
Cloud & DevOps	GCP (Vertex AI, Cloud Run), Azure (Azure AI Foundry / Studio), AWS (S3, CloudFront, Cognito), Docker, Vercel, GitHub Actions, CI/CD, Electron-Builder, Steampipe, Powerpipe
Integrations	Stripe, Twilio, Web3.js, JWT, NeoDB, AWS CodeCommit
Compliance	SOC 2, HIPAA, ISO 27001, NIST CSF, PCI DSS, GDPR, CIS CSC v8, Essential 8, SCF Frameworks

Education

M.Tech — Computer Science

BITS Pilani WILP

2026 — In Progress

B.Tech — Computer Science

Malla Reddy Institute of Technology

2020