Shunmugam V is a Software Principal Engineer with 9+ years of experience designing and shipping cloud-native, test-driven backend systems, primarily in Golang. He specializes in distributed systems, scalable microservices (Kafka, gRPC, REST), and performance tuning, and has a proven track record at Dell of driving system design, CI/CD automation, and reducing test runtimes dramatically. A hands-on mentor and technical leader, he champions TDD, clean code, observability, and regular design reviews to improve team velocity and reliability. He has driven large-scale transformations at Thoughtworks and built simulators and tooling to remove test environment dependencies, underscoring a pragmatic focus on developer productivity. Based in Chennai, he pairs deep engineering craftsmanship with operational instincts to deliver high-coverage, production-ready services.
9 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
schooling, schooling at Pushpalata Matriculation Higher Secondary School, Tirunelveli
Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.), Electronics and Instrumentation Engineering, Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.), Electronics and Instrumentation Engineering at National Engineering College
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Shunmugam V - Software Principal Engineer at Dell Technologies