Technical Architect

Irshad Melethil

Large-scale, AI-powered SaaS & platform systems — computer vision, voice agents, and event-driven systems built to stay reliable at scale.

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14+ years turning complex, distributed problems into reliable systems people trust.

Irshad Melethil is a Software Engineer and Technical Architect with over 14 years designing and delivering scalable, high-performance systems. Proven track record leading complex, distributed projects with Agile (Scrum & SAFe). Deep expertise across backend and frontend, with hands-on experience architecting AI-powered systems — voice agents, computer-vision damage detection, and NLP summarization — and integrating emerging tech into production while keeping reliability, performance, and security first.

14+
Years of experience
70+
Engineers led
30k+
Storage units managed
50%
Efficiency & revenue gains

Selected work.

Platforms that carry real load, in production today.

Self-storage platform

Nectar

A central hub for self-storage management connecting 4+ PMS platforms via microservices — managing unit availability, pricing, payments, and customer profiles in real time.

30k+
Storage units
25k+
Payments / mo
+50%
Revenue
  • Golang
  • gRPC
  • DynamoDB

Event backbone

Message Bus

Event-driven pub-sub backbone letting 30+ services exchange structured JSON events. The central integration layer of the Nectar ecosystem.

1000 msg/s
Throughput
-60%
Latency
+30%
Efficiency
  • Golang
  • Kafka
  • PostgreSQL

AI-powered SaaS

Car Service SaaS Platform

AI-powered SaaS for automotive service centers — intelligent scheduling, automated workflows, AI-assisted damage assessment, and voice-based customer interactions, end to end.

Computer vision
Damage detection
Voice agents
Customer support
Event-driven
Architecture
  • Angular
  • Node.js
  • Python
  • PostgreSQL
  • Redis
  • Kafka

Property management

Self-Storage PMS

A comprehensive property-management system for self-storage facilities — rent & reservation management, automated reporting, secure access control, and real-time occupancy monitoring.

Multi-tenant
Tenancy
Secure control
Access
Automated
Reporting
  • Node.js
  • Golang
  • Python
  • Vue.js
  • PostgreSQL
  • MySQL

Experience.

  1. Mar 2025 — PresentNow

    Technical Architect · Way.com

    • Architecting large-scale, AI-powered systems for automotive platforms, supporting 70+ engineers across insurance, service, and SaaS products.
    • Designed & deployed AI for insurance claims and vehicle service: computer-vision damage detection, voice agents, and NLP-based summarization.
    • Driving platform architecture, AI adoption, and cross-team alignment to improve scalability, efficiency, and time-to-market.
  2. Jan 2022 — Feb 2025

    Technical Architect · Alokin Software Pvt Ltd

    • Architected solutions for a team of 40+ engineers, improving delivery speed by 20% and productivity by 25%.
    • Guided technical decisions and managed complex client and third-party integrations.
    • Led feature and UI reviews, ensuring high-quality experience and design compliance.
  3. Jan 2021 — Dec 2021

    Technical Lead · Alokin Software Pvt Ltd

    • Led a distributed team of 15 in a SAFe Agile environment — 26 sprints, 26 retrospectives, 95% on-time delivery.
    • Reviewed features and UI for alignment with requirements and design standards.
    • Managed cross-functional collaboration across time zones (PST).
  4. Jan 2019 — Dec 2020

    Lead Software Engineer · Alokin Software Pvt Ltd

    • Led a distributed team building advanced web applications with a frontend focus.
    • Built expertise in Kubernetes and DevOps — container orchestration and pipelines.
    • Oversaw third-party integrations across global time zones.
  5. Jan 2011 — Dec 2018

    Senior Software Engineer · Alokin Software Pvt Ltd

    • Progressed from trainee to senior engineer across complex web and mobile applications, frontend and backend.
    • Partnered with clients, product owners, and cross-functional teams in Agile to ship scalable, maintainable solutions.

Capabilities.

Architecture & System Design

  • Large-scale SaaS
  • Microservices
  • Event-driven
  • API design
  • Scalability
  • Web performance
  • Security-first

Backend & Distributed Systems

  • Golang
  • Node.js
  • Python
  • Kafka
  • gRPC
  • REST
  • Async processing

AI & Intelligent Systems

  • Computer vision
  • Voice agents
  • NLP summarization
  • AI integration

Frontend & Client Platforms

  • Angular
  • Vue.js
  • Nuxt.js
  • JavaScript
  • UI architecture

Cloud, DevOps & Data

  • AWS
  • Docker
  • Kubernetes
  • CI/CD
  • GitHub Actions
  • PostgreSQL
  • MySQL
  • Redis
  • MongoDB
  • DynamoDB

B.Tech in Computer Science and Engineering — Govt. Engineering College, Thrissur — University of Calicut

SAFe Product Owner · Scrum Master

Let's build something reliable.

Open to conversations about platform architecture and applied AI.

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