Sivaramakrishnan Kasiviswanathan

CTO | Gurucose

Driving innovation in healthcare and education through AI and cloud solutions

AI Consulting Mentorship

About Me

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With 12+ years of experience specializing in building and scaling large software systems, I've focused on AI-powered platforms and distributed systems throughout my career.

As the CTO of Gurucose, I lead the technical vision and strategy for our educational technology platform. My expertise lies in AI implementation, cloud architecture, and building high-performing engineering teams.

I'm passionate about leveraging technology to transform education, optimizing performance, and creating scalable solutions. My background in machine learning, cloud infrastructure, and technical leadership enables me to drive innovation while delivering business results.

M.Tech., Computational Science, IISc, Bangalore
CTO, Gurucose
sivacosc@gmail.com
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Professional Experience

CTO @ Gurucose

Bangalore

Current

AI & Product Strategy

  • Leading the technical vision and strategy for Gurucose's AI-powered educational platform.
  • Established the company's technology roadmap and architecture, focusing on scalability and innovation.
  • Building AI-driven personalization features to improve engagement metrics.

Infrastructure & DevOps

  • Designing cloud-native multi-provider architecture to improve cost-efficiency and reduce downtime during peak usage periods.
  • Establishing CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices to reduce deployment time and to improve code quality.
  • Implementing comprehensive monitoring and alerting systems to ensure platform reliability and performance.

Leadership & Business Growth

  • Collaborating closely with CEO and product teams to align technology initiatives with business objectives.
  • Managing technology budget and resource allocation, optimizing for both innovation and operational efficiency.
  • Representing the company's technical vision to investors, partners, and at industry conferences.
  • Establishing security and compliance protocols to protect sensitive user data and ensure regulatory compliance.

Software Engineer (Tech Lead) @ Google

Bangalore, Chicago & Mountain View

5 years - Current

Search Next & AI Infrastructure

  • Led development of core infrastructure tools handling spiky traffic patterns and real-time updates across Search verticals.
  • Scaled mission-critical internal platform to 2800+ DAU across multiple verticals while maintaining high availability.
  • Architected robust debugging infrastructure for AI-powered search experiences with 24/7 reliability.
  • Improved system performance by 15% through optimization of AI model inference pipelines.

Search Infrastructure Optimization

  • Led international team in standardizing UI components, resulting in 20% reduction in data usage and improved response times.
  • Enhanced system reliability through comprehensive testing and monitoring frameworks, reducing downtime by 30%.
  • Successfully delivered infrastructure compliance projects ahead of schedule, ensuring zero compliance violations.

Google Web Server (GWS)

  • Resolved critical bottlenecks in Search architecture, improving page-load times by 3%.
  • Increased engineering productivity 4x through infrastructure modernization and automation.
  • Extended support across 32 different user experiences while maintaining system stability and performance.
  • Pioneered automated code refactoring using LLMs for infrastructure optimization.

Senior Member Technical Staff @ Oracle

Bangalore

2013 - 2019

  • Led the largest refactoring at Oracle, reducing order processing time by over 50%.
  • Automated Docker deployment as Container as a Service (CaaS) and prototyped Function as a Service (FaaS).
  • Led software and data transition to Cloud at Customer (OCC), enhancing data security and client autonomy.
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AI & Infrastructure Consulting

AI Implementation

Expert guidance on integrating AI solutions into existing infrastructure, optimizing model performance, and scaling AI capabilities.

  • AI model inference optimization
  • Machine learning pipeline development
  • AI infrastructure architecture

Search Optimization

Leverage my Google Search experience to enhance your search capabilities, improve relevance, and optimize performance.

  • Search architecture design
  • Query performance optimization
  • Relevance tuning and evaluation

Infrastructure Scaling

Solutions for handling high-traffic systems with real-time updates and ensuring 24/7 reliability.

  • Distributed systems architecture
  • High-availability design
  • Performance bottleneck resolution

Cloud Migration

Strategic guidance for transitioning to cloud platforms while optimizing costs and maintaining performance.

  • Cloud architecture planning
  • Migration strategy development
  • Cost optimization
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Technical Mentorship

With experience conducting over 100 technical interviews and mentoring numerous engineers, I offer personalized guidance to help you advance your technical career.

My mentorship approach focuses on practical skill development, strategic career planning, and building the confidence needed to tackle complex technical challenges.

Technical Skill Development

Personalized guidance on advancing your programming, system design, and problem-solving skills.

Interview Preparation

Comprehensive preparation for technical interviews, including mock interviews, feedback, and strategic guidance.

Leadership Development

Guidance on transitioning to technical leadership roles and effectively managing engineering teams.

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Key Projects

Chromanalysis (ML diagnostic tool)

Created and deployed a machine learning tool for biomedical image segmentation and analysis on the cloud, along with a corresponding Flutter app.

40% reduction in analysis time TensorFlow, Flutter, Cloud Deployment

Autonomous Trading Service

Developed a personal project focused on stock market forecasting and autonomous trading using machine learning models.

24% annual returns Python, ML, Financial APIs

GPU Performance Enhancement

Enhanced GPU performance through OpenCL API extension, optimizing matrix multiplication for deep learning workloads.

25% faster computation OpenCL, CUDA, C++

Search Debugger (SFDBG)

Led the design and implementation of multiple critical features, improving debugging efficiency for Google Search and YouTube developers.

Multiple SWE years saved Angular, TypeScript, Distributed Systems

Whole Page Media Carousel (WPMC)

Designed and implemented SDS Carousel specifications, enabling the successful launch of WPMC with zero major incidents.

Improved rendering times Java, JavaScript, Distributed Systems

Non-Tier1 Migrations

Migrated over 30 complex features to modern rendering frameworks, reducing technical debt and improving system performance.

Reduced technical debt Java, JavaScript, Modern Rendering Frameworks
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Technical Skills

Programming Languages

Java JavaScript Python C++ C Perl Shell Scripting CUDA OpenCL

Databases

SQL (Oracle) MongoDB DynamoDB

Machine Learning

TensorFlow Pandas NumPy scikit-learn OpenCV Jupyter Notebooks

Web Development

Angular React Node.js Express Spring Hibernate Flask Django

Cloud Technologies

AWS Oracle Cloud (OCI) Google Cloud (GCP) Firebase Heroku

DevOps

Docker Kubernetes Jenkins Terraform Apache Nginx

Awards & Achievements

Olympics, Tokyo 2020 Launch

Credited for support from Google Search team for the successful Olympics launch.

Healthy's Code Health Award

Received multiple spot & peer bonuses for contributions to Google Search.

Super Achiever Award

Awarded for contributions to Oracle Cloud Infrastructure.

Hiring Committee

Conducted 100+ interviews, including campus recruitment and leadership assessments.

Get In Touch

sivacosc@gmail.com

linkedin.com/in/sivacosc

+91 96111 87378