Principal software architect with over 18 years of experience across the full software development lifecycle, including close to nine years setting technical direction and governing architecture for a platform built from the ground up and now running in production at global scale. Skilled at aligning technology strategy with business goals, translating architecture concepts for senior leadership and technical teams, and building strong working relationships with business stakeholders. Experienced in defining architecture standards and driving their adoption across engineering and implementation teams, with a strong background in integration architecture, RESTful services, and non-functional requirements such as agility, resilience and performance. Comfortable directing distributed engineering teams and owning delivery from requirements through production support.
arul kumar
Principal Software Architect | Ackcio Pte Ltd
Summary
Experience
- Principal Software Architect Ackcio Pte Ltd Oct 2017 - Present • 9 yrs
Own the technical architecture, standards, and long-term roadmap for Ackcio's flagship loT edge-gateway platform, built from the ground up into the company's core product line Set and govern architecture standards across the engineering organisation, translating business and product requirements into system architecture that development teams build against Serve as technical lead for a remote, cross-functional development team spanning web and mobile disciplines, providing hands-on technical direction and mentorship while delivering the Snape and Nimbus systems Shape cloud and platform strategy, driving adoption of Azure services (IoT Hub, App Services, Functions, Container Registry) to support scalable, resilient data-transfer systems Engage directly with clients and cross-functional stakeholders to shape requirements and align architecture decisions with business goals Define database, API and integration architecture spanning web and mobile platforms, setting the technical direction subsequently implemented by engineering teams Drive Al-first software development practices across the engineering organisation - embedding tools such as Claude Code and GitHub Copilot into the development lifecycle to accelerate delivery and advance digital transformation
- Snape System IoT Edge Gateway Platform Ackcio Pte Ltd Oct 2019 - Present • 7 yrs
Served as technical lead and architect for the platform, defining its architecture and technical direction for wireless sensor data transfer across field-deployed devices Directed delivery of the web application for device management and the companion Android app for field users Established the database and API architecture supporting both the web and mobile clients
Education
- Nanyang Technological University Master of Science, Information Systems Aug 2016 - Aug 2017Singapore
- Anna University Bachelor of Engineering, Computer Science & Engineering Apr 2002 - Apr 2006India
Skills
- C#Expert
- PythonSkillfull
Work Preferences
Languages
- EnglishHighly proficient
Certifications
- Generative AI Leader Google CloudIssued Jan 2026 • Expired Jan 2029