Sivasankar Mathiyazhagan

CTO

Cuddalore, Tamil Nadu, India3 yrs 5 mos experience
AI ML PractitionerHighly Stable

Key Highlights

  • Led development of AI-powered developer tools.
  • Achieved over 70% productivity increase for developers.
  • Developed multiple extensions enhancing VS Code functionality.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a SaaS-focused software engineer with expertise in AI tools and developer productivity enhancements.

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Skills

Core Skills

Engineering ManagementTechnical ArchitectureAi Tools DevelopmentMicrosoft Visual Studio Code Extension DevelopmentAi-powered Developer ToolsMicrosoft Visual Studio Extension Development

Other Skills

ReactTypeScriptTeam MonitoringAI extension developmentLLM integrationAzure BoardsGitHubPlaywrightDocument Viewer Extension.NET MAUI UI ToolkitBlazor ScaffoldingWPF Template StudioBlazorWPFMVC

About

Hi there 👋 I’m Sivasankar, I’m a software engineer, currently working as a Technical Lead at Syncfusion, focused on building AI‑powered developer tools that streamline workflows and boost productivity. My current work centers on evolving Syncfusion Code Studio, an enterprise AI‑powered IDE designed to help teams achieve measurable improvements in developer productivity and simplify workflows. Earlier, I played a key role in strengthening Syncfusion’s extension suite for both Visual Studio and VS Code, with contributions like the Document Viewer Extension and the .NET MAUI UI Toolkit, helping developers work more efficiently. Passionate about bridging human creativity with AI to make software development faster, smarter, and more accessible. I thrive on turning complex challenges into impactful solutions

Experience

3 yrs 5 mos
Total Experience
3 yrs 5 mos
Average Tenure
3 yrs 5 mos
Current Experience

Syncfusion

5 roles

Technical Lead

Promoted

Jan 2026 – Present · 5 mos

  • Leading the next phase of Syncfusion Code Studio, aligning features and roadmap with enterprise customer needs to further reduce developer friction and maximize productivity gains.
Engineering ManagementTechnical ArchitectureReactTypeScriptTeam Monitoring

Software Engineer Level 3

Promoted

Apr 2025 – Dec 2025 · 8 mos

  • Played a major role in evolving the AI extension (now powering Code Studio), delivering >70% developer productivity increase and achieving widespread adoption across the organization, with positive feedback from more than 1,500 users.
  • Served as a core senior developer in building Syncfusion Code Studio from 0 to production, delivering enterprise-grade features including Ask, Edit, Agent, Autocomplete, and admin-controlled LLM integration.
  • Designed secure enterprise-server-to-IDE LLM connectivity with dashboard controls, allowing organizations to govern model usage for their development teams.
  • Built MCP servers integrating Azure Boards, GitHub, and Playwright, automating task cloning, committing, and browser test execution to eliminate manual workflows.
  • Optimized LLM and agent performance through context management, streaming, Ollama support, agentic tools (code-search, exact-search), hyperlink/image input, and evaluation frameworks — resulting in 60% higher agent success rate and 45% cost reduction vs. previous versions.
  • Added .docx viewing support to the Syncfusion Document Viewer Extension, enabling seamless in-VS Code previews of Word documents and further reducing external tool dependency.
AI extension developmentLLM integrationAzure BoardsGitHubPlaywrightAI Tools Development+1

Software Engineer Level 2

Promoted

Dec 2023 – Mar 2025 · 1 yr 3 mos

  • Single-handedly developed the Syncfusion Document Viewer Extension from concept to launch, enabling direct CSV, XLS, and XLSX file viewing inside VS Code — boosting productivity and eliminating external app/subscription needs.
  • Led creation of the Syncfusion .NET MAUI UI Toolkit extension, providing ready-to-use Syncfusion component templates that significantly accelerated project setup for customers.
  • Extended VB.NET support to WPF Template Studio and WPF Item Templates, and added Item Template support to WinForms Extension, broadening language and framework accessibility.
  • Implemented Blazor Scaffolding with WebAPI (removing local DB dependency) to improve scalability and modern deployment patterns.
  • Conducted direct customer web meetings to resolve critical tickets and revamped .NET MAUI Template Studio documentation for better user experience.
  • Removed legacy .NET 5.0 support, patched third-party DLL security risks, and resolved long-standing loading issues (in collaboration with Microsoft teams) to modernize and harden extensions.
Document Viewer Extension.NET MAUI UI ToolkitBlazor ScaffoldingWPF Template StudioMicrosoft Visual Studio Code Extension DevelopmentAI-Powered Developer Tools

Software Engineer Level 1

Promoted

Mar 2023 – Nov 2023 · 8 mos

  • Delivered .NET 8 support for Syncfusion Blazor Template Studio and VB.NET support for WinForms Template Studio, keeping products current with latest frameworks and languages.
  • Integrated Syncfusion UI components directly into WPF Template Studio UI and updated MVC EJ2 Sample Creators with latest templates/components for faster prototyping.
  • Restructured legacy extensions into portable C# libraries published as NuGet packages, improving maintainability, performance, and reusability.
  • Contributed to customer feedback sessions, technical blogs , user guides (Blazor, MAUI, WPF), release notes, and overall extension stability.
BlazorWPFMVCNuGet packagesMicrosoft Visual Studio Extension DevelopmentAI-Powered Developer Tools

Junior Developer

Sep 2022 – Feb 2023 · 5 mos

  • Implemented trial/subscription notifications in extension products, improving user awareness and timely renewals.
  • Standardized versioning to semantic formats across extensions for global compatibility and better release management.
  • Integrated Syncfusion .NET MAUI and Web VS Code project templates, streamlining new project creation for developers.
  • Supported release processes, resolved bugs in update utilities and code generators, and delivered stability enhancements across Syncfusion extensions.
GitASP.NETMicrosoft Visual Studio Code Extension DevelopmentMicrosoft Visual Studio Extension DevelopmentAI-Powered Developer Tools

Education

Government College of Engineering, Salem

B.E — Mechanical Engineering

Jan 2018 – Jan 2022

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