Hello, I'm
Viresh Shah
Award winning engineering leader
About Me
Award-winning Senior Principal Engineer and Engineering Leader with over 20 years of experience architecting and delivering cutting-edge enterprise solutions. Expert in full-stack development, AI/ML integration, and cloud-native architectures. Passionate about driving digital transformation, mentoring high-performing teams, and leveraging emerging technologies to solve complex business challenges. Recognized as one of Canada's top software developers and engineering leaders, I specialize in building scalable, resilient systems that power mission-critical applications for global enterprises. My expertise spans modern JavaScript frameworks, cloud platforms, microservices architecture, and artificial intelligence implementation.
Full-Stack Architecture
Expert in building end-to-end enterprise solutions using React, Next.js, Node.js, and modern cloud platforms. Proven track record of delivering scalable applications serving millions of users across web and mobile platforms.
AI & Machine Learning
Leading the integration of artificial intelligence and machine learning capabilities into enterprise applications. Specializing in AI-powered features, intelligent automation, and data-driven decision systems.
Engineering Leadership
Recognized engineering leader with expertise in building and mentoring high-performing teams. Successfully led multiple cross-functional teams, established best practices, and driven technical excellence across organizations.
Cloud & DevOps Excellence
Deep expertise in AWS, Azure, and modern DevOps practices. Architecting cloud-native solutions with CI/CD pipelines, containerization, and microservices that ensure 99.9% uptime and optimal performance.
Technical Skills
Frontend Development & CMS
Backend & APIs
AI & Machine Learning
Database & Storage
Cloud & DevOps
Leadership & Management
Experience & Impact
Senior Principal Engineer
Led enterprise-scale web development initiatives for one of the world's largest design software companies. Led distributed teams and mentored emerging tech leads across the world. Driving technical strategy and innovation for applications serving millions of global users across multiple product lines.
Key Achievements
- Autodesk.com modernization: Architected multi-tenant web stack with Next.js/React, Headless CMS (Contentful), GraphQL/REST, and edge caching/CDN serving 37 locales with 50M+ annual visits. Led migration from classic AEM to hybrid, componentized, experimentation-based architecture (+27% conversion, +$35M revenue, p95 2s on key journeys)
- AI/ML personalization: Partnered with data science teams to deliver real-time AI/ML personalization engine that segments users dynamically and powers personalized customer journeys, increasing engagement by 40%
- SEO technical leadership: Led SEO-focused architecture initiatives including code optimization, site performance, and Core Web Vitals compliance, reversing organic traffic decline and achieving +10% YoY growth in SEO-driven visits and +31% CWV compliance
- Legacy Autodesk.com (AEM 6.x): Designed AEM sites publishing architecture with reusable core/proxy components, sling models, OSGi services, backed by dispatcher/CDN caching. Enabled governed self-service authoring across thousands of pages (+15% conversion, +34% YoY traffic)
- CI/CD transformation: Deployed automated CI/CD pipelines with PR checks and automated tests for AEM bundles/content packages, improving production deployment cycles from weeks to multiple releases per day
- Micro-frontend architecture: Pioneered micro-frontend and composable architecture, integrating React micro-frontends within AEM Sites for SPA-like experiences while preserving authoring workflows and versioning
- Fusion Team platform: Scaled real-time design collaboration platform supporting 50+ 2D/3D CAD formats, accelerating design reviews and cross-team decisions globally
- Fusion Production IIoT: Led engineering design for cloud-based production management platform combining planning, job tracking, and machine monitoring. Delivered real-time manufacturing visibility using AWS, AngularJS, React, and REST APIs, improving Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) and operational efficiency by 30%
Team Leader
Led software development teams delivering enterprise applications for Fortune 500 clients. Specialized in Microsoft .NET ecosystem, including ASP.NET MVC, C#, WCF, Silverlight, and SQL Server. Established agile development practices and drove technical excellence.
Key Achievements
- Successfully delivered 12+ enterprise applications on time and within budget for global clients
- Led cross-functional teams of 8-10 developers, achieving 95% project success rate
- Architected scalable n-tier applications using ASP.NET MVC, WCF, and SQL Server
- Mentored junior developers and conducted technical training sessions on best practices
Bitscape IT Solutions Pvt. Ltd (Team Leader) | Wipro Technologies (Software Engineer) | Universal Software (Module Leader)
Key Achievements
Recognized achievements and impact across 20+ years of engineering leadership and innovation
Recognized as one of Canada's top software developers and engineering leaders
Award recipient: Made the Greatest Leap and Omnipresent All-Rounder awards at Autodesk
Architected and delivered enterprise applications serving 50+ million users globally
Led AI/ML integration initiatives, implementing intelligent features that increased user engagement by 40%
Built and mentored high-performing engineering teams
Transformed DevOps processes, reducing deployment time from days to hours
Education
M.Sc. (Information Technology)
Veer Narmad South Gujarat University
B.Sc. (Information Technology)
Veer Narmad South Gujarat University
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