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Principal Product Architect
& Security Expert

12+ years designing distributed cloud systems, scaling engineering teams, and leading digital transformation at enterprise scale.

Arun Shinde

About Me

Principal Product Architect with 12+ years of expertise in distributed systems, full-stack cloud architecture, and microservices modernization. I am a validated Google Developer Expert (Cloud) and Cloud Champion Innovator, recognized for bridging technical depth with business outcomes.

I specialize in migrating legacy monoliths to scalable, containerized environments (GKE/Cloud Run) and building Agentic AI workflows with Gemini and Vertex AI. My approach prioritizes security-first engineering to ensure enterprise-grade compliance with zero critical vulnerabilities.

12+

Years Experience

50+

Microservices

70%

Effort Reduced

Zero

Vulnerabilities (VAPT)

TECHNICAL ARSENAL

GCP (Expert) AWS (Intermediate) Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) Cloud Run Docker Terraform Anthos Service Mesh Strategic Policy & Compliance Cloud Armor Cloud IAM & Security Cloud Load Balancing Workload Identity Federation Cloud Build Artifact Registry OWASP Compliance Docker Hardening VAPT Remediation
Java / Spring Boot Microservices Architecture Domain-Driven Design (DDD) Event-Driven Patterns Go (Golang) Pub/Sub gRPC
BigQuery Firestore (NoSQL) Cloud SQL Redis / Memorystore Vertex AI (Gemini) Generative AI ADK (Agentic SDK) Agentic AI Tools
Python TypeScript / JavaScript Node.js Spring Boot PHP jQuery AJAX Angular Google Maps Platform WebRTC

Summary

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Professional Journey & Impact

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Google Developer Expert (GDE) Google 2025 - Present

Recognized for technical authority in GKE, Cloud Run, and Serverless architectures.

Cloud Champion Innovator Google Cloud Sep 2022 - 2024

Global recognition for top-tier contributions to the Google Cloud ecosystem.

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Zenith Award (Highest Honor) Dista Technologies 2022

Received the highest recognition at Dista's inaugural awards ceremony for long-term contribution, architectural excellence in location intelligence, and scaling the core engine.

View LinkedIn Recognition →
Principal Product Architect Dista Technologies 2021 - Present

Migrated monolith to GKE/Cloud Run & designed no-code frameworks. Cloud & Security Leadership.

Lead Consultant MediaAgility 2017 - 2021

Optimized logistics routing & built location intelligence algorithms. High-Performance Geo-Analytics.

Senior Software Engineer Wyze 2015 - 2017

Built real-time school communication platform. Full-Cycle Product Development.

Software Engineer PolicyDecisions 2014 - 2015

Developed insurance comparison web application. End-to-End Product Ownership.

Software Developer EdBoards 2013 - 2014

Built school collaboration platform. Stakeholder-Centric Design.

Bachelor of Engineering University of Pune Completed 2013

Computer Science. Focus on Distributed Systems and Algorithms.

GitHub Projects

Enterprise Automation

License Compliance Agent →

The Challenge

Manual open-source license auditing was a bottleneck, consuming 40+ hours per release cycle with high risk of human error.

The Innovation

Architected an autonomous GenAI agent using Vertex AI & Gemini Pro that recursively analyzes dependency trees and validates licenses against corporate policy.

70% Faster Audits
100% Compliance
Vertex AI Gemini Pro Python Cloud Run
The Challenge

Client onboarding for the Dista logistics platform required weeks of custom frontend engineering, delaying revenue recognition.

The Innovation

Designed a JSON-driven UI rendering engine that allows solution engineers to configure complex workflows without writing code.

Angular TypeScript JSON Schema GKE
Security Modernization

Cloud Run Sidecar Security →

The Challenge

Legacy Java microservices lacked native SSL termination and modern authorization, but refactoring them posed significant regression risks.

The Innovation

Implemented a multi-container Cloud Run architecture using Nginx sidecars to handle TLS/Auth, decoupling security from the application layer.

Cloud Run Nginx Docker Java

Articles

Beyond the Code

🏏 Cricket
📚 Reading
💻 Development
🏔️ Trekking
🚴 Cycling
AI Consultant | Gemini Vertex AI
Hello. I am Arun's Gemini-powered Technical Consultant. Ask me about his experience with Microservices, GCP architecture, or Team Leadership.