Sumit Singh Kanwal
Backend Lead & Software Engineer
Driving growth through technical leadership and scalable solutions
About Me
Backend lead with 10 years of experience, driving growth at Cisco. Previously contributed to tech-hiring, e-commerce, ed-tech, gen-AI and healthcare platforms with proven success in tech leadership and automating scalable businesses.
Professional Experience
Cisco Systems
Software Engineer III, IV and V
- Led teams to develop network monitoring and data analyticssolutions for Airtel, Jio 5G and RioTinto - driving future business expansions.
- Developed an AI-powered pull request reviewer for internalGitHub, now used by 4 teams across ~45 repositories to enhance code quality and accelerate review cycles.
- Created a browser-based MCP with agents to automate testing and SRE workflows, running locally to maintain user sessions and improve developer productivity.
- Built a AI configuration generator for ETL pipelines, empowering 3 product managers to independently roll out customized use cases for 4 enterprise customers.
- Led teams to develop multiple gen-AI driven SAAS projects and POCs around assistants, agents and policy management.
- Implemented DevOps/ETL pipelines, reducing build/release times and streamlining business application pipelines to gather insights of network elements using Splunk.
- Designed disaster recovery plans for multiple customers in order to ensure business continuity during service outages.
- Led teams to design and implement network inventory, configuration, and syslog analysis solutions for Meta, Microsoft, and Google—enabling identification of vulnerabilities, migration opportunities, and automated remediation guides.
- Planned infrastructure, conducted multi-cloud deployments, and implemented operational strategies resulting in measurable reduction in MTTR(Mean time to resolve) for various 5G mobility clients of Cisco.
DoSelect
Senior Software Engineer
- Led the product development team of 4 engineers.
- Successfully migrated all Python2 EndOfLife microservices toPython3 to ensure business continuity.
- Managed the release process and ensure stable systems by promoting effective communication, collaboration, and continuous improvement within DevOps and SRE teams.
- Implemented security enhancements, managed AWS budgeting and cost planning, and optimized resource allocation for efficient operations.
ZenEducation Private Ltd.
Senior Software Engineer
- Led a development team of 2 engineers in creating ERP solutions for schools and an online analytics platform, involving decision-making based on student results.
Reckare Pvt Ltd
Cofounder and Director
- Co-founded Reckare, defined company guidelines, and formulated product strategy to digitize healthcare through shareable medical records via Aadhaar fingerprint.
- Connected 2 clinics and 5+ individual doctors to use ReckareERP solution.
Cisco Systems
Network Consulting Engineer
- Provided software recommendations as part of the network optimization team to enhance client network performance.
Personal Projects
Webvortex.site
Developed AI-powered platform that redefines how software is created—using an agentic, developer-grade approach to turn natural language prompts into fully functional web applications in minutes.
https://webvortex.site/AI Call Pro
Built an AI-powered calling agent capable of handling various real-world scenarios such as tech screening calls, loan application follow-ups, property agent inquiries, and credit card offers—automating conversations, scheduling, and information gathering for businesses.
https://preview--ai-agent-connect-now.lovable.app/Podcast AI
Podcast AI is a real-time, AI-generated podcast platform where you can select the podcaster, guest, and specify a topic of your choice. The system dynamically generates engaging podcast episodes, simulating authentic conversations between chosen personalities on any subject—enabling on-demand, personalized audio content for listeners.
https://podcast-ai-five.vercel.app/Motorg
Motorg is an LLM guardrail platform that enables you to define, enforce, and evaluate policies for generative AI systems. With Motorg, you can write custom guardrail policies—such as content moderation, safety checks, or compliance rules—and receive a confidence score from the LLM for each policy evaluation. This empowers teams to monitor, audit, and control LLM outputs, ensuring responsible and reliable AI deployments.
Technical Skills
Languages & Databases
Technologies
Frameworks & Tools
Automation
Gen-AI
Education
Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore
Bachelor of Technology - Information Technology
GPA: 8.2/10
Publications & Certifications
Publication
SQL injection and its counter measures, Elsevier Proceedings and its Digital Library, Paper ID - 1160, 2014
Certifications
- Cisco Certified Network Associate, 2015
- Cisco Certified Devnet Associate, 2020
- Machine Learning - ECornell, 2021