Available for fractional & advisory work

Head of AI & Principal Architect

Dinesh Babu

I help companies design, build, and scale production AI products — agentic systems, RAG, and real-time AI — and build the teams behind them.

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Dinesh Babu

15+ years shipping software, the last several building AI-native products at scale. I take AI products 0→1 and grow both the platform and the team behind them — deep across architecture, data pipelines, and multi-cloud infrastructure, comfortable owning the whole path from strategy to shipped.

15+
Years shipping
0→1
AI platforms built
20+
Engineers led
400K+
Users served

Trusted by teams at

AutodeskSpacemakerArthurSafetyIoDripshopAutodeskSpacemakerArthurSafetyIoDripshop

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Ways we can work together

From owning your AI strategy end-to-end to a focused build or a second set of senior eyes — pick the engagement that fits where you are.

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Fractional Head of AI

Embed part-time to own your AI strategy and delivery — from roadmap to shipped product, without a full-time hire.

  • AI roadmap & architecture
  • Hands-on delivery + team leadership
  • Monthly retainer, flexible scope
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Zero to one

AI Product Build

Take an AI product from idea to launched and scalable — agentic workflows, RAG, real-time, multi-tenant from day one.

  • Agentic & RAG systems
  • Data pipelines at scale
  • Production-ready, not a demo
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Advisory

Architecture & Advisory

De-risk your biggest AI and platform decisions with senior review, architecture design, and hands-on guidance.

  • Architecture & tech due diligence
  • Agentic / RAG design review
  • Scaling, cost & reliability
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Expertise

What I bring to the table

AI & Intelligent Systems

  • LLM Applications
  • Agentic Workflows
  • RAG Systems
  • Semantic Search
  • Vector Databases
  • Real-time AI (LiveKit)
  • Knowledge Platforms

Architecture & Platform

  • Distributed Systems
  • Microservices
  • Event-Driven Architecture
  • Multi-Tenant SaaS
  • System Design
  • Scalability & Performance

Backend & Data

  • Python
  • Node.js
  • Go
  • GraphQL
  • Data Pipelines
  • PostgreSQL
  • Real-Time Systems

Cloud & Infrastructure

  • AWS
  • GCP
  • Terraform
  • Serverless
  • Multi-Cloud
  • Cost Optimization

Frontend & Product

  • React
  • TypeScript
  • Next.js
  • Design Systems
  • Component Architecture

Leadership

  • Team Scaling (20+)
  • Hiring & Mentorship
  • Org Design
  • Technical Strategy
  • Product Delivery

Experience

Where I've made an impact

Arthur Technologies

Arthur TechnologiesCurrent

Head of Cloud Engineering · Germany · remote

April 2024 — Current
  • Led architecture, platform engineering, and team growth for Arthur Vibe, an AI-powered SaaS platform for capturing, structuring, and analyzing organizational knowledge at scale; built and scaled the engineering team to 20+ members.
  • Owned end-to-end architecture and delivery of an AI-native SaaS platform, transforming it into a horizontally scalable, multi-tenant system while significantly reducing cloud costs via multi-cloud optimization.
  • Built AI-first capabilities: an agentic 'Digital Expert' for contextual insights, vector-based semantic retrieval and knowledge systems, and dynamic report and document generation.
  • Engineered distributed backend systems (Python, Node.js) for real-time and long-running AI workloads, plus high-throughput data pipelines for large-scale ingestion, transformation, and analysis.
  • Architected a real-time AI interaction layer using LiveKit and event-driven systems; integrated enterprise ecosystems (Slack, WhatsApp, Teams, Zoom).
  • Scaled and led a 20+ engineering organization, owning hiring, architecture, and execution strategy.
  • AI Agents
  • RAG
  • Semantic Search
  • Python
  • Node.js
  • LiveKit
  • React
  • TypeScript
  • AWS
  • GCP
  • Terraform
  • PostgreSQL
  • Vector Databases
  • Event-Driven Architecture
Dripshop

Dripshop

Lead FullStack Engineer · US · remote

April 2023 — March 2024
  • Architected and scaled a real-time, stream-based e-commerce platform supporting high concurrency.
  • Built an in-house FAQ bot handling user queries using Next.js, Node, LangChain, Pinecone and GPT — improved after-sales customer service by 80%.
  • Designed microservices (Node.js, Python) improving scalability by 70% and growing the user base by 50%.
  • Built backend services for payments, logistics, and social-commerce integrations, deployed as API Gateway endpoints on Lambda, Kafka, RDS and DynamoDB.
  • Developed automation systems (bots, workflows) increasing customer acquisition 10x and reducing costs by 50%.
  • Led CI/CD transformation (Terraform, GitHub Actions) reducing deployment effort by 3x; managed and mentored a cross-functional team of 10+.
  • React
  • Next.js
  • TypeScript
  • GraphQL
  • Node
  • Python
  • Prisma
  • Postgres
  • Kafka
  • AWS
  • Terraform
  • CI/CD
Spacemaker · Autodesk

Spacemaker · Autodesk

Lead FullStack Engineer · Norway · remote

August 2021 — March 2023
  • Led backend transformation into serverless microservices (Python, Node.js) on AWS, reducing costs by 60% and scaling to 400K+ users.
  • Architected data-intensive systems and APIs for AI-driven urban planning workflows.
  • Designed a micro-frontend architecture, improving development velocity by 60%.
  • Built secure data platforms for enterprise and government users.
  • Led a component-library (Storybook) initiative, reducing frontend development time by 70%.
  • Contributed to technical roadmap and system architecture strategy.
  • React
  • TypeScript
  • Three JS
  • Node
  • Python
  • GraphQL
  • Serverless
  • Lambda
  • DynamoDb
  • S3
  • Storybook
  • Micro-frontends
SafetyIo

SafetyIo

Senior Software Engineer · Germany · hybrid

April 2019 — March 2021
  • Built real-time IoT and fleet-monitoring systems using Python, AWS IoT, Kinesis, Angular and Lambda — helping attract a €10M investment.
  • Designed event-driven backend systems (Python, Node.js) handling high-throughput device data.
  • Migrated a monolith to microservices, improving reliability by 90%.
  • Scaled the platform to a multi-tenant architecture supporting 200K+ users globally.
  • Led an engineering squad delivering features contributing to 70% revenue growth.
  • Python
  • Node.js
  • AWS IoT
  • Angular
  • React
  • Kinesis
  • Lambda
  • Microservices
  • Event-Driven Systems
  • DynamoDb
Gem Enterprises

Gem Enterprises

Senior Software Engineer · India · hybrid

June 2014 — October 2018
  • Built and scaled full-stack applications using React and Node.js.
  • Developed REST APIs and backend systems (Node.js, Spring Boot, PostgreSQL, MongoDB).
  • Established testing frameworks (unit, integration, e2e) improving system quality.
  • Mentored engineers and collaborated with stakeholders to deliver business-aligned solutions.
  • React
  • Node.js
  • Spring Boot
  • PostgreSQL
  • MongoDB
Freelance Developer

Freelance Developer

Developer & Designer · India

June 2010 — May 2014
  • Delivered end-to-end web and mobile solutions for clients across development and deployment.
  • Built applications using JavaScript, PHP and MySQL, optimizing for cost-effective delivery.
  • JavaScript
  • PHP
  • MySQL
  • HTML
  • CSS
  • jQuery

Education

Electronics & Communication Engineering · Karunya University
June 2006 — June 2010
Master in VLSI Design · Anna University
June 2012 — June 2014

Testimonials

What people say

  • “Dinesh joined us as a consultant/sub-contractor software engineer with our cloud based 3D modelling tool, Spacemaker. He has been a valuable member of several of our teams, showing great flexibility, working with a varied set of tasks from backend cloud configuration to frontend 3D modelling in the browser. He even adjusted his schedule to be able to work Norwegian working hours even though he was based in India throughout his engagement with us! His broad knowledge, can-do attitude and quirky humour made him a great addition to our team!
    Jorgen
    Jorgen
    Principal Engineer @ Spacemaker AI
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  • “Dinesh is super senior to me but very down to earth and also a funny guy. He helped me to learn many things in software development, one was how to properly design and estimate a project. He is that one guy who reach out to people and share his knowledge whenever he finds something new, that helped me gain knowledge. He always creates a positive vibe around him, which makes it enjoyable working with him.
    Ashwin
    Ashwin
    Senior Software Engineer @ DripShop
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  • “Dinesh is a highly talented engineer who was able to create some very complex features in our project. He was a high performer, an ambitious achiever, a quick learner, and a pleasure to be around. I'll miss working with Dinesh.
    Per Wessel Nore
    Per Wessel Nore
    Principal Product Manager @ Autodesk
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  • “Working with Dinesh was always a pleasure. He is part of a rare species of developers who are able to switch easily between flight levels, able to see the whole from above but also able to dig deep into every rabbit hole for hunting bugs or gain for performance improvements. Dinesh really knows how to get things done and comes up with working architectures and solutions.
    Thomas Rega
    Thomas Rega
    Senior Backend Engineer @ SafetyIo GMBH
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Let's build something

Fractional AI leadership, a 0→1 product build, or an architecture review — the fastest way to reach me is a direct message. No forms.

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