Summary
Arvind L is a Principal Software Engineer based in Bengaluru with 16 years of experience delivering web and enterprise software, currently owning a suite of internal tools that ensure quality shipping to customers. He has progressed from hands-on development in mobile and Rails applications to engineering management, leading migrations, performance tuning, security fixes, and team growth at companies like Movius and Cleartrip. Known for a pragmatic, test-driven approach, he has upgraded legacy systems (including multiple Rails major-version migrations) and modernized frontends while mentoring engineers across levels. He combines individual coding enthusiasm with a strong belief in weekly accountability, knowledge sharing, and respectful team culture. Comfortable across stacks from legacy COBOL/DB2 maintenance to modern cloud-native web apps, he brings both operational discipline and a knack for simplifying maintenance-heavy codebases. Colleagues describe him as an upbeat, steady leader who prefers to enable teams to do their best work rather than micromanage outcomes.
16 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
B.E., Computer Science, B.E., Computer Science at Visvesvaraya Technological University
Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan