Varun Athreya

Software Engineer

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India2 yrs 10 mos experience
AI ML PractitionerAI Enabled

Key Highlights

  • Architected scalable backend systems for AI features.
  • Developed frameworks reducing automation creation time by 70%.
  • Led initiatives improving platform reliability and scalability.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Backend-focused Software Engineer in the SaaS industry with expertise in AI systems.

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Skills

Core Skills

Backend EngineeringAi SystemsAutomation Frameworks

Other Skills

NodeJSTypeScriptOAuthStreaming PipelinesReal-time ObservabilityAPI DesignNestJSMulti-Agent OrchestrationNatural Language ProcessingAutomation ToolsGo (Programming Language)JavaScriptDartPostgreSQLTailwind CSS

About

Software Engineer at Contentstack with strong experience in building scalable backend platforms, LLM-powered systems, and agentic automation frameworks. I specialize in designing provider-agnostic AI abstractions, multi-agent orchestration, and streaming pipelines that power production-grade AI features. Currently, I architect core backend systems including an MCP Server used across Contentstack products, and lead initiatives to improve platform reliability, global scalability, and backend standardization. My work focuses on hardened validation, rate limiting, migrations, region parity, and resilient error propagation—significantly reducing flaky production executions. Previously, I built an agentic framework supporting RAG, voice profiles, REAct-based continuous tool execution, and multi-agent workflows. I’ve also developed developer tooling such as a Golang-based CLI for connector management, automation sharing/import mechanisms, and prompt-driven automation generation. I enjoy working at the intersection of backend engineering, distributed systems, and applied AI. I’m passionate about clean API design, RFC-driven development, and collaborating across teams to ship reliable, scalable products.

Experience

2 yrs 10 mos
Total Experience
2 yrs 10 mos
Average Tenure
2 yrs 10 mos
Current Experience

Contentstack

3 roles

Software Engineer

Promoted

Feb 2025Present · 1 yr 4 mos

  • Architected an MCP Server for all Contentstack products with OAuth support, enabling AI agents to dynamically discover and invoke external tools.
  • Designed a provider-agnostic LLM abstraction and streaming pipeline supporting OpenAI, Azure, Anthropic, and Gemini.
  • Identified and fixed critical security vulnerabilities in AI features — prompt injection, broken access control, and cross-tenant data leakage.
  • Designed and built an execution tracing system from scratch (design doc, ingestion SDK, query API) for real-time observability of AI agent runs.
  • Architected a backend microservice for AI agent management with versioning, auth middleware, rate limiting, and multi-region support.
  • Shipped a full-stack AI Agent Builder from early access to GA — React frontend, Node.js backend, template marketplace, and reusable component library.
  • Built a context-resolution layer that injects real-time page state into AI agent prompts, enabling context-aware actions without manual user input.
  • Wrote 500+ unit tests and automated CI/CD quality gates via GitHub Actions across the codebase.
  • Improved platform reliability by hardening validation, error propagation, migrations, and region parity, reducing flaky execution in production.
  • Drove cross-team backend standardization by partnering with UI, Platform, and Integrations teams on API contracts, testing strategies, and RFC-led design.
NodeJSTypeScriptBackend EngineeringAI Systems

Associate Software Engineer

Jul 2023Jan 2025 · 1 yr 6 mos

  • Developed an Agentic AI framework supporting 5+ LLM providers, RAG, and voice profiles, enabling continuous tool execution via ReAct architecture and multi-agent orchestration for natural language task automation across 50+ use cases.
  • Built a Prompt-to-Automate framework that generates a complete automation skeleton, including triggers and actions, directly from a natural language prompt, reducing automation creation time by 70%.
  • Created a CLI tool in Golang to manage 100+ connectors at scale, supporting bulk create and update operations and reducing deployment time by 80%.
  • Designed and implemented a Share/Import automation feature using shareable recipe links, enabling 1,000+ users across different organizations to seamlessly share and import automations.
  • Developed a Sub-Automation framework as a reusable, modular component for automation workflows, enabling AI-driven tool calls and reducing redundant logic by 40%, improving maintainability and scalability.
  • Implemented 6+ third-party connectors from scratch including AWS Bedrock, Box.com, and Microsoft Teams, expanding the Automate platform's integration ecosystem.
  • Recognized with 2 "Above and Beyond" performance awards for consistent high-impact contributions.
TypeScriptNestJSAI SystemsAutomation Frameworks

Associate Software Engineering Intern

Jan 2023Jul 2023 · 6 mos

  • Worked in the Automation Hub Team.
  • Implemented 3rd party connector for Airtable, Azure ChatGPT in the Automation Hub platform from scratch.
  • Worked on Branch Support of Entities and Clone and Deployment of Releases using Automation Hub for Contentstack CMS Platform.
  • Implemented a feature to choose email frequency for errors in automation.
Go (Programming Language)JavaScript

Saigeware technologies

Software Engineer Intern

Mar 2022Jun 2022 · 3 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · Hybrid

  • Worked on a SAIWell Cross-Platform application using Flutter.
  • Implemented critical features such as Heart Rate Monitoring, Food/Diet Management, Prakriti, and Sleep Survey.
  • Architectured Authentication and Onboarding flow.
  • Redesigned and created responsive User Interface.
JavaScriptDart

Demeter systems private limited

Software Developer Intern

Apr 2021Jun 2021 · 2 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

  • Worked on the Employee management system.
  • Created a Full Stack WebApp (using NextJS, Typescript, MongoDB, NodeJS) to manage the employees with their details.
  • Automated the process of generating dynamic invoices as PDFs using the employee data and sending it to their e-mail using NodeMailer.
JavaScriptTailwind CSS

Tremendo.in

Full Stack Developer Intern

Nov 2020Sep 2021 · 10 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · Hybrid

  • Implemented critical features such as Real-time video conferencing using ZOOM SDK and Payment Gateway using Razorpay.
  • Implemented Server Side Rendering and reduced average initial loading time by 0.2s using Code Splitting.
  • Implemented real-time messaging using Socket.io and NodeJS.
  • Implemented Notification system using messaging queue.
PostgreSQLJavaScript

Wala services

Android Developer Intern

Aug 2020Oct 2020 · 2 mos · Remote

  • Worked on Wala Services and Wala-Preneur Mobile Application.
  • Redesigned and Improved User Interface and added reusable modals.
  • Handled API calls, Data parsing, and Global state management.
DartFlutter

Education

J S S Academy of Technical Education, BANGALORE

Bachelor's degree — Computer Science

Aug 2019Jun 2023

MES MPL Sastry PU College

Pre-University(12th) — Science(PCMC)

Mar 2017May 2019

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