Vivek Surulimuthu
Software Development Engineer III at Expedia Group
Austin, Texas, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolVivek Surulimuthu is a Senior Software Development Engineer specializing in applied AI, platform engineering, and developer experience with eight years of impact-driven experience. He architects production-grade AI agents and RAG systems—at Expedia Group he led projects that unlocked a $98M opportunity, slashed VRBO partner onboarding from 120 minutes to under 10, and delivered infrastructure optimizations saving $86K annually. Comfortable across React/TypeScript front-ends, Kubernetes-based backends, and model tooling (Bedrock, Langchain, LlamaIndex), he pairs hands-on engineering with product-minded system design and cross-team leadership. Vivek also advances the AI community through widely used open-source work (notably mcp-pandoc) and publications on context engineering, reflecting a research-informed approach to practical problems. He’s known for turning complex operational friction into automated, measurable outcomes—like reducing incident investigation from minutes to seconds—while mentoring teams to adopt modern testing and developer workflows.
8 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree, Computer Science, 3.8, Master's degree, Computer Science, 3.8 at Marist CollegeSecondary School Leaving Certificate (SSLC), Mathematics and Computer Science, 9.5 out of 10, Secondary School Leaving Certificate (SSLC), Mathematics and Computer Science, 9.5 out of 10 at Sri Ramakrishna Mission Vidhyalaya Higher Secondary SchoolBachelor of Engineering (BEng), Electronics and Communication Engineering, 8.5/10, Bachelor of Engineering (BEng), Electronics and Communication Engineering, 8.5/10 at Sri Krishna College of Engineering and TechnologyComputer Science, 9.4 out of 10, Computer Science, 9.4 out of 10 at A.V.B. Matriculation Higher Secondary School
English
Stackoverflow
834reputation
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11answers
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Github Skills (82)
testing10
firefox10
test-automation10
chrome10
webkit9
webdriver9
javascript9
browser-automation9
chromium9
api9
sub-directory9
e2e-testing9
automation9
web-testing9
selenium9
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
vivekVells/MSCS721-roomScheduler
Feb 2018 - Nov 2021
Contributions:75 pushes, 12 comments, 20 issues in 3 years 10 months
vivekVells/EmployeeWorkTimeLogManagement
Mar 2018 - Oct 2018
An app to manage the employee work hours log like checked-in, break, lunch, checked-out
Contributions:28 commits, 23 pushes, 2 branches in 7 months
reactbreaklogin-systemlunchboostrap
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