Kailash Sudhakar
Director, Web & Digital Eng· Ireland
Kailash Sudhakar

Technology specialist with 13+ years building full stack applications across startups, fintechs, and large enterprises, each with their own distributed teams, pace, and inherited complexity. I work across the full length of the stack, shipping systems where engineering decisions have a direct impact on business outcomes. Alongside tech, I have hired, mentored, and managed engineers across multiple levels, fostering a culture where ownership, experimentation, and craft are taken seriously. With an M.E. in Info & Network Security – security is part of how I think about architecture and operations, not something bolted on at the end.

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Work & Education

PromptQL / Hasura
Director, Web & Digital Eng.
May 2022 — Mar 2026 · 4 yrs · SF Remote
PromptQL

Owned the end-to-end web and growth engineering function for a next-gen B2B AI platform, taking full responsibility for the tech stack from domain configuration, DNS, and security through to frontend and backend application development, data infrastructure, and GTM execution. Built and shipped full stack applications that directly supported the GTM org in generating over $5M in B2B inbound qualified pipeline. Managed a team of 3 full stack engineers alongside a design team responsible for UI/UX and brand, introducing structured processes, clear ownership, and regular rituals to keep delivery on track. Played a key role in the 0-to-1 journey, growing organic traffic and SEO/GEO visibility from zero to 10,000 visitors/month. Contributed to the documentation of the open source GraphQL Engine and maintained shared libraries supporting multiple internal and external applications. Architected lead routing, data hygiene, and multi-touch attribution across Marketo and BigQuery, and implemented Clay and AI tools to improve targeting, personalisation, and operational efficiency.

ACI Worldwide
Senior Software Engineer
2021 — 2022 · 1 yr · Limerick
ACI Worldwide

Drove the rewrite of the fraud detection platform from scratch using Angular and Java Spring Boot, introducing nginx as a reverse proxy to handle millions of fraud detection requests per day. Managed a team of 5 engineers and a centralised UI architecture function, partnering with product, design, and QA across the full development lifecycle. Served as the primary bridge between UX designers and engineering, breaking down complex business requirements into tangible user stories and measurable deliverables.

General Motors
Senior Full-Stack Developer
2019 — 2021 · 2+ yrs · Limerick
GM

Built Carzuo, a GM initiative, and served as a core member of Galileo, GM's cloud automation product. Selected by the architecture team to evaluate and recommend a replacement for the API gateway handling over 2 million requests per day across the organisation. Owned the rewrite of a high-volume payment transaction microservice from .NET to Spring Boot. Introduced Docker for local development environments, improving consistency and reducing onboarding friction. Served as principal trainer for the graduate and new hire programme, onboarding and upskilling incoming engineers across the function.

Sanmina
Frontend Developer
2018 — 2019 · 1 yr · Cork
Sanmina

Developed the master dashboard for managing storage servers used by clients including Apple and Netflix, integrating Elasticsearch, Prometheus, InfluxDB, Grafana, and Rook to provide centralised control and visibility across automated cluster deployments.

University of Limerick
M.E. Information & Network Security
2017 — 2018 · Limerick
UL

Postgraduate degree focused on cybersecurity architecture, network defence, and information security systems.

Evantage Media
Senior Full-Stack Developer
2016 — 2018 · 2 yrs · Toronto
Evantage Media

Drove full stack development across multiple commercial enterprise projects. Set up an entire team from scratch to manage and maintain both client projects and plugin development for Shopify and WordPress. Continued part-time during M.E. studies.

PromptQL / Hasura
Application Engineer
2014 — 2016 · 2+ yrs · Chennai
Hasura

Key contributor to building the frontend for Hasura's core product during its formative years. The open-source engine went on to reach over 200 million downloads on GitHub, making it one of the most widely adopted GraphQL engines in the world.

S.V.C.E, Anna University
B.E. Information Technology
2011 — 2014 · Chennai
SV

Undergraduate degree in Information Technology, covering software engineering, networks, and systems.

Dell Technologies
Technology Specialist
2010 — 2011 · 1 yr · Chennai
Dell

Enterprise technology support and solutions delivery across hardware and software systems.

St Michael's Polytechnic College
Diploma in Information Technology
2007 — 2011 · Chennai
SM

Diploma in Information Technology with a focus on programming fundamentals, systems, and applied labs.

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Tech & Tools Stack

Frontend & Web
React / Next.jsAngularTypeScript Node.jsMERNGraphQL TailwindREST APIsCloudflare
Backend & Systems
Java Spring BootPythonRXJava JUnitMicroservicesnginx Docker
Cloud & Infra
GCP / GKEAWSAzure KubernetesPostgreSQLMySQL RedisApache KafkaOracle
Data & ETL
BigQuerySnowflakedbt FivetranCensusSegment Reverse ETL
Marketing Ops & GTM
MarketoHubSpotSalesforce GA4PostHogLooker ClaySEO / AEO / GEO
Security
Network SecurityInfoSecArchitecture M.E. Information Security
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Featured Testimonials

Kai and I worked together at Hasura on a number of projects as well as day-to-day tasks. He is a thoughtful contributor and has a wealth of knowledge. I came to rely on him as the ultimate sounding board since he is exceptional at consuming and processing information from multiple sources before suggesting a solution or helping to implement one.

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Cyndie Shaffstall
Strategic marketing/web operations & optimisations leader · Oct 2022

Kailash worked with us at Tiara Haemophilia and Cancer Foundation to develop our website and integrate our payment gateway. He was very helpful and went out of his way to accommodate our timelines. His work was always to our utmost satisfaction. I would definitely recommend Kailash.

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Aparna Guhan Shyam
Managing Trustee - Tiara Kids · Jan 2019

Kailash is a talented and creative JavaScript developer, UI designer and an excellent problem solver. He consulted with BlueZen Technologies for two years wherein he worked on a number of projects with our development team. He re-designed our IOT Controller/Gateway UI and also developed many of the dashboards for our IOT product and solution offerings.

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Muthu Logan
CEO, BlueZen Technologies · Apr 2018
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Beyond Work

Help manage the website for Tiara Kids, a non-profit organisation supporting children with cancer and haemophilia.

Provide guest lectures at SVCE, Chennai, helping students learn the latest in the tech industry.

Core member of Lions Club, supporting initiatives that help the poor and needy.

Planted thousands of native trees to support the return of wildlife and actively maintain them over time.