Gokul

Open to Opportunities

I build AI-powered automation, data platforms, and full stack products

I design end to end systems: APIs, pipelines, dashboards, and cloud infrastructure that turn messy data and manual workflows into reliable products and decision ready analytics.

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Gokul Nandakumar

What I Work On

Building systems that scale

AI + Automation

Automated extraction and classification, workflow automation, reliability patterns (retries/monitoring), and productivity tooling.

Data Platforms + Pipelines

Lakehouse and medallion architecture, Airflow orchestration, dbt-style testing, SQL modeling, and cross-system data integration.

APIs + Full-Stack Delivery

Building and modernizing REST APIs, connecting third-party services (payments, ads, maps), and shipping dashboards and UX for decision-making.

About Me

I'm a software and data engineer focused on building automation first systems, from automated document processing and workflow automation, to lakehouse architectures, data pipelines, and customer facing analytics. I've built solutions across civic/transit data, CRM/reporting systems, and marketing analytics, owning the path from requirements to implementation to reliability to measurable outcomes.

My Tech Stack

Extended hands that I've used to build my projects.

Languages

Python SQL JS JavaScript TS TypeScript Shell Scripting HTML CSS

AI & Automation

AI-assisted development LLM APIs Workflow automation Document extraction Task orchestration Monitoring & retries

Data

ETL / ELT pipelines Lakehouse architecture Airflow dbt Spark / PySpark Data modeling KPI standardization

Backend

REST API design FastAPI Django / Flask Node.js OAuth & webhooks API integrations

Cloud

AWS Azure Docker Kubernetes CI/CD (GitHub Actions) Terraform Linux

My Work Experience

Experiences that I've had throughout my career.

Jun 2025 - Present

Software Engineer

ChiEAC
Chicago, IL (Remote)

Nonprofit supporting student programs with internal analytics

  • Built AI powered internal document processing services using Python (FastAPI) and Claude API, automating report classification and extraction via webhook triggered uploads in the internal reporting platform
  • Implemented FastAPI service workflows that classify reports, extract structured fields, and publish validated outputs for downstream application services, eliminating manual processing across 3 departments
  • Deployed containerized backend services on AWS, maintaining 99.5% uptime with monitoring, health checks, and automated recovery
  • Standardized data pipelines for repeatable backfills and worked with senior engineers to automate build and deployment workflows using GitHub Actions, reducing deployment time from 2 hours to 30 minutes
Oct 2022 - Jul 2023

Software Engineer

ISQL Global
Remote

Multi-User SaaS CRM platform for roofing companies

  • Re-architected legacy REST APIs using Python (FastAPI) for a SaaS CRM platform serving roofing contractors, cutting redundant backend calls and reducing payload size, resulting in a 30% faster load time for reporting features
  • Designed and implemented OAuth-based authentication and API token management for backend CRM services, enabling secure login and role based access for sales reps and managers across a multi tenant environment
  • Integrated Google Maps Geocoding and Twilio into backend CRM services supporting sales rep workflows, route reassignment, and manager tracking, reducing manual follow-ups and operational overhead by 15 hours/week
  • Improved application performance and scalability by optimizing PostgreSQL queries with indexing, Redis caching for session data, and connection pooling, improving page load times by 35% and reducing AWS RDS costs by 15%
Sep 2021 - Oct 2022

Software Engineer

Out In Dreams
Remote

Tourism company building internal creator operations platform

  • Built a production Python payment service exposing internal APIs to calculate weekly creator payouts and execute payments via Stripe, eliminating manual finance workflows and saving 20+ hours/week
  • Integrated third-party APIs (Google Ads, Meta) into backend ingestion services, enabling automated consolidation of ad spend and ROI for cross functional teams
  • Designed backend data schemas for campaign performance services, reducing reporting turnaround time by 40%
  • Monitored backend pipeline health using CloudWatch alerts and custom metrics, reducing MTTR for ingestion failures

Projects

Portfolio Projects

Meeting Notes AI Application

Meeting Notes — AI Meeting Intelligence

Full-stack meeting intelligence app with RAG-powered chat, citation-backed answers, and automated decision/task/issue extraction from uploaded documents.

Next.js FastAPI RAG PostgreSQL
EV Charger Dashboard

EV Charger Uptime & Coverage Pulse (U.S.)

End-to-end data pipeline analyzing EV charger reliability and coverage across the U.S. using BigQuery and Tableau.

Python BigQuery Tableau GCP
Yoga Posture Classification

Yoga Posture Classification using Deep Learning

End-to-end deep learning project classifying yoga poses using CNN architectures (VGG16, VGG19, MobileNet).

Python TensorFlow CNN Deep Learning
COVID-19 Layoff Analysis

Analysis of Pre and Post COVID-19 Pandemic Layoffs

End-to-end data & machine learning analysis investigating layoffs before, during, and after the COVID-19 pandemic (2019-2023).

Python XGBoost Data Analysis ML
AutomateROI Calculator

AutomateROI - Automation ROI Calculator

Full-stack web app for data-driven automation investment decisions with instant ROI calculations, scenario comparison, and PDF report generation.

React FastAPI Python Chart.js
GPU Cluster Telemetry Lakehouse

GPU Cluster Telemetry Lakehouse

End-to-end GPU cluster telemetry ingestion, processing, and analytics pipeline using AWS, dbt, Airflow, DuckDB, and ML for anomaly detection.

Python AWS dbt Airflow DuckDB
Resume Modifier

Resume Modifier

Local-first resume editing app treating resumes as structured JSON with live preview, version control, quality linting, and PDF export.

Next.js TypeScript SQLite Playwright

Education & Certifications

Academic Background

MS in IT and Management

Aug 2023 - May 2025

Illinois Institute of Technology

Chicago, USA

Bachelor of Computer Science and Engineering

Apr 2020 - May 2023

SREC

Coimbatore, India

Certifications

AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate

Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Academy Accreditation - Databricks Fundamentals

Databricks

dbt Fundamentals

dbt Labs

Fundamentals of Deep Learning

NVIDIA

Foundations of Project Management

Google

AI For Everyone

DeepLearning.AI