Shiju Varghese — Product Manager

► Total 24 years of experience in IT industry; 17 years of experience as an Architect; 12 years of experience in the Go programming language. ► Solutions Architect focused on building highly scalable cloud-native applications in the Go programming language, with a strong focus on distributed systems, event-driven architectures and event streaming, domain-driven microservices, and modular monolith. ► Expert on Go (Golang), Zig (Ziglang), Google Cloud, Microservices, gRPC, NATS, NATS JetStream, DuckDB, CockroachDB, Go kit, DDD, Event Sourcing and CQRS, Service Weaver. ► Early adopter of Go programming language, and provides consulting and training for building scalable backend systems and Microservices with Go ecosystem; Mentored more than 50 companies for the successful adoption to Go ecosystem. ► Awarded Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) seven times. ► A regular speaker at numerous technology conferences including GopherCon India (Go Conference in India) and Great Indian Developer Summit (GIDS). ► Authored two books on Go, titled "Web Development with Go" and "Go Recipes", both published by Apress. ► Proficient in the Zig programming language. ► Available for Senior Solutions Architect/CTO role (for both consulting and full-time positions). ► Besides technology, Shiju Varghese is a mind-body healing practitioner, with an emphasis on Energy Psychology and Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT or Meridian Tapping), and provides mind-body coaching and nervous system level healing to resolve stress, anxiety and emotional trauma. Speaker ▬▬▬▬ • DevConf.IN by Red Hat: 2018, 2019 • GopherCon India (The Go Conference in India): Year 2015, 2016, 2017 • Great Indian Developer Summit (GIDS): Year 2016, 2017, 2018 - Sessions on Golang, Microservices, gRPC, NATS Published Author ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ • Web Development with Go (2015, US Edition) by Apress. • Go Recipes (2016, US Edition) by Apress. Recognition ▬▬▬▬▬ • Seven time award winner of Microsoft MVP. • Member of Advisory Board at Azure Mobile Services at Microsoft. • Microsoft Azure Insider. Articles ▬▬▬▬ Blog: https://shijuvar.medium.com Articles in TheNewStack: http://thenewstack.io/author/shijuvarghese Blog: http://weblogs.asp.net/shijuvarghese

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Backend-heavy Fullstack Architect specializing in cloud-native applications and distributed systems.

Location: Ernakulam, Kerala, India

Experience: 15 yrs 8 mos

Skills

Golang
Microservices

Career Highlights

24 years of IT experience with 17 years as an Architect.
Seven-time Microsoft MVP award winner.
Authored two influential books on Go programming.

Work Experience

Independent Technology Consultant

Solutions Architect, Mentor & Trainer: Go (Golang), Zig, Distributed Systems (11 yrs 3 mos)

Apress

Author (1 yr 10 mos)

Accel Frontline Limited - A CAC holdings group company

Technical Architect (1 yr 1 mo)

Microsoft

Microsoft Azure Insider (1 yr 8 mos)

Advisory Board, Microsoft Azure Mobile Services (2 yrs 1 mo)

Microsoft MVP (6 yrs 11 mos)

Marlabs Inc

Technical Architect (2 yrs 9 mos)

Wodux Solutions

Solution Architect (1 yr 8 mos)

Ernst & Young

Senior Software Engineer / Technical Architect (5 yrs 2 mos)

Digital Mesh Softech (I) Pvt Ltd

Senior Web Developer (7 mos)

Freelancer (Self-Employed)

Technical Consultant (1 yr 10 mos)

SSI Ltd

Sr. Faculty (1 yr 5 mos)

Shiju Varghese

Product Manager

Ernakulam, Kerala, India15 yrs 8 mos experience

Key Highlights

24 years of IT experience with 17 years as an Architect.
Seven-time Microsoft MVP award winner.
Authored two influential books on Go programming.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Backend-heavy Fullstack Architect specializing in cloud-native applications and distributed systems.

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Skills

Core Skills

GolangMicroservices

Other Skills

Distributed SystemsService WeaverNATS JetStreamgRPCZigWeb DevelopmentAgile MethodologiesCloud ComputingTest Driven DevelopmentSOAEnterprise ArchitectureDockerBlockchainASP.NET MVCWindows Azure

About

Experience

15 yrs 8 mos

Total Experience

2 yrs 6 mos

Average Tenure

Current Experience

Independent technology consultant

Solutions Architect, Mentor & Trainer: Go (Golang), Zig, Distributed Systems

Jan 2015 – Present · 11 yrs 3 mos · Kochi / Bengaluru / Chennai / Hyderabad / Pune / Delhi NCR · Hybrid

Senior Solutions Architect and Consultant, who provides training and consulting for building large-scale distributed systems in the Go programming language, with a strong focus on clean architecture, domain-driven microservices architecture and event-driven streaming architectures.
Distributed systems programming with Go programming language:
► Working as Principal Architect/CTO roles for product engineering start-ups.
► Providing best practices and guidance for the successful adoption of Go in enterprises.
► Providing Go Programming Masterclass in PAN India: https://bit.ly/shiju-go.
► Architecture guidance for building highly scalable distributed systems and microservices.
► Nurturing young engineers and product engineering startups.
► Providing One on One mentoring to individuals.
Systems programming with Zig programming language:
► Guidance on Zig programming language.

Distributed SystemsService WeaverNATS JetStreamMicroservicesGolanggRPC+1

Apress

Author

Jan 2015 – Nov 2016 · 1 yr 10 mos

Authored "Web Development with Go" - Building Scalable Web Apps and RESTful Services in Go.
Authored "Go Recipes" - A Problem-Solution Approach in Go.

Accel frontline limited - a cac holdings group company

Technical Architect

Aug 2014 – Sep 2015 · 1 yr 1 mo · Kochi, Kerala, India

Worked directly with CTO.
Head of Center of Excellence (CoE) on Social, Mobile, Analytics and Cloud (SMAC).
Build Cloud Computing practice team from the scratch.
Cloud Solutions Architect on Azure, AWS and Google Cloud.
Worked with clients such as HP, Agero and CAC Corporation.

Microsoft

3 roles

Microsoft Azure Insider

Apr 2014 – Dec 2015 · 1 yr 8 mos

Advisory Board, Microsoft Azure Mobile Services

Nov 2013 – Dec 2015 · 2 yrs 1 mo

Advisory board member to Microsoft Azure Mobile Services, for shaping the mobile services technology to the next level.

Microsoft MVP

Jul 2010 – Jun 2017 · 6 yrs 11 mos

Awarded Microsoft MVP seven times.

Marlabs inc

Technical Architect

Oct 2011 – Jul 2014 · 2 yrs 9 mos

Worked as a Technical Architect with Cloud & Mobile CoE.
Cloud Solutions Architect with focus on Microsoft Azure.
Worked with clients such as UL, Elsevier, and Gannett.
Managed multiple teams in different locations, and worked with delivery managers to ensure end to end delivery.
Architect for building apps on Microsoft Azure, Microsoft .NET and Node.js.
Mentor on Microsoft, Cloud, JavaScript and Hybrid Mobile stacks.
Early adopter and Architect for Mobile Backend as a Service solutions on the Cloud.
Led open source projects in Github.

Wodux solutions

Solution Architect

Feb 2010 – Oct 2011 · 1 yr 8 mos · Kochi, India

Architect at Wodux Solutions (formerly BlueLabs Technology Solutions Pvt Ltd)
Provided technology solutions and strategies to organization and to clients.
Focused on Microsoft Web Platform stack.
Competency development in Microsoft Platforms.

Ernst & young

Senior Software Engineer / Technical Architect

Dec 2004 – Feb 2010 · 5 yrs 2 mos

Worked with Enterprise Architecture (EA) Team and provided technical solutions on the Microsoft .Net stack. Done R & D, POC Applications and Technology Evangelism on various technology spaces.

Digital mesh softech (i) pvt ltd

Senior Web Developer

May 2004 – Dec 2004 · 7 mos

Developer and Technical Lead of ASP.NET projects

Freelancer (self-employed)

Technical Consultant

Jun 2002 – Apr 2004 · 1 yr 10 mos

Served half-dozen companies as a .Net consultant.
Independent Consultant and Trainer in the Microsoft .Net technology area. Provided technical training and technology solutions for migrating VB 6.0/ASP 3.0 projects into C#./ASP.NET.