Leo Varghese

Senior Full Stack Developer &
AI Enthusiast

About

I am a Senior Full Stack Developer at IBM India Software Labs with over 8 years of experience engineering high-performance, cloud-native applications. My current focus is on driving performance engineering and scalable architecture for the Instana observability platform.

Technical Expertise: I specialize in architecting API-first and event-driven microservices, optimizing complex systems, and deploying fault-tolerant applications across AWS, Azure, and GCP utilizing Java, Python, and Angular.

Emerging Technologies: I am deeply invested in the intersection of Artificial Intelligence and software development. By leveraging Small Language Models (SLMs), Vibe Coding, and AI agents like Google Antigravity, I continuously explore innovative paradigms to augment developer productivity and build intelligent enterprise systems.

Career & Education

Experience

Senior Full Stack Developer

August 2022 - Present

IBM India Software Labs, Kochi

Actively developing and optimizing the Instana observability tool. Hands-on experience with IBM BOB, Google Antigravity, and Vibe Coding.

IT Analyst

March 2019 - August 2022

Tata Consultancy Services, Kochi

Designed micro-service architecture. Migrated applications to AWS. Event-driven apps using Active MQ and SQS.

Key Clients: Belgium Post (Bpost), Bayer.

Senior Software Engineer

September 2016 - February 2019

IBS Software, Kochi

Airline domain. Micro-services and web tools for major travel aggregators.

Key Client: Expedia.

Education

MBA in Operations Management

2020 - 2022

Indira Gandhi National Open University

BTech in Computer Science

2012 - 2016

Adi Shankara Institute of Engineering and Technology

Technical Arsenal

Languages & Frameworks

Java
Python
Bash
SpringBoot
Angular
HTML5
CSS3
JavaScript
Bootstrap

Cloud & Containers

AWS
GCP
Azure
Docker
Kubernetes

Data & Streaming

ClickHouse
Postgres
Kafka
Elasticsearch

DevOps & Architecture

Git
Bitbucket
Jenkins
Concourse
Automation
Event-Driven

Observability & Performance

Instana
Grafana
Prometheus
JMeter
Performance

AI & Emerging Tech

IBM BOB
Antigravity
Vibe Coding

Hobby Projects & Explorations

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Milestones

Every certification marks growth, every achievement fuels my drive to keep learning and pushing the limits.

AWS Certificate
IBM Kubernetes
Startup Mission