Summary
Utkal Nayak is a Director of Software Engineering with over 18 years of experience designing and delivering large-scale, cloud-native systems and enterprise policy administration platforms. He blends hands-on technical depth in distributed systems, REST APIs, AWS serverless, Kubernetes, Node.js, PostgreSQL and MongoDB with strategic leadership in solution architecture, performance tuning, and stakeholder risk management. Known for driving developer productivity through generative AI for automated testing and for implementing infrastructure-as-code with Terraform, he focuses on cost-efficient, high-resilience outcomes. A mentor and cross-team collaborator, he has led global delivery teams across Agile/SAFe and traditional lifecycles and holds an MBA from the University of Maryland. Based in Maryland, he brings a rare mix of early Java/J2EE product engineering roots and modern cloud-first architecture experience.
7 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.) Business Administration and Management General, Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.) Business Administration and Management General at University of Maryland - Robert H. Smith School of Business
Bachelor in Engineering Electronics and Communication, Bachelor in Engineering Electronics and Communication at Utkal University
Hindi