Summary
Deepak Shakya is a Principal Software Engineer with 14 years of experience, currently leading AI-driven customer service automation at Zalando from Berlin. He designs and ships production-grade chatbot and intent-recognition systems using Java, Python, LLMs (ChatGPT, LLaMa), AWS, and diverse data stores, and has a track record of improving business KPIs like automation and CSAT. Deepak combines hands-on engineering with technical strategy—authoring design documents, defining automation architectures, and conducting incident post-mortems—while mentoring multiple cross-functional teams. Earlier roles span building in-house automation frameworks, Salesforce-based customer care tooling, and large-scale data pipelines for retail and telecom, showing strong full-stack and data engineering breadth. Notably, he managed cloud-native deployments with Docker on AWS and led hiring and operational improvements, blending delivery ownership with people leadership.
14 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan
BCA Computers, BCA Computers at Symbiosis Institute of Computer Studies and Research
The Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU)
English, Hindi