Solution Architect · Technical Program Leader

Rahul Vennapusa

TOGAF® 9 Certified · 15+ years · Bengaluru, India

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Rahul Vennapusa

About

TOGAF® 9 Certified Solution Architect with 15+ years of experience architecting and delivering scalable enterprise platforms across eCommerce, enterprise search, cloud-native systems, analytics, and AI-enabled digital solutions. Proven ability to bridge business strategy with technical execution, leading cross-functional teams through design, governance, and delivery. Experienced in Generative AI, Agentic AI, RAG-based retrieval, intelligent automation, DevSecOps-aligned delivery, and emerging AI use cases.

Experience

Schneider Electric

Solution Architect

  • Proposed and led API Mesh solution enabling seamless consumption of APIs from multiple source systems for a single client.
  • Instrumented OpenTelemetry with Dynatrace for end-to-end traceability across distributed services.
  • Established AI-driven test automation strategy across DCR CoE, improving quality engineering efficiency by 30% across 65 QA engineers.
  • Built a RAG solution for contextual AI grounding, improving output quality by 40%.
  • Led Hyper-Personalization integration initiative with se.com at scale.
Jan 2025 – Present

Ecommerce Program & Delivery Manager

  • Led comprehensive RFP and SOW process, conducting market analysis to select vendors aligned with global go-to-market strategy.
  • Co-owned the global eCommerce marketplace program plan, coordinating business, SI, and digital teams across multiple market releases.
  • Instituted release governance and post-release KPIs, reducing production incidents.
Jan 2023 – Dec 2024

General Manager – IT (Transformation Lead)

  • Delivered ATG 11.3 upgrade and contributed to web chat integration for APC.com, enabling chatbot-driven support journeys.
  • Influenced Magento upgrade (2.1 → 2.4), delivering a stable, secure, and high-performing platform.
  • Championed PCI compliance for eCommerce platforms and implemented scheduled performance monitoring.
  • Participated in Edison Hackathon and BME Sprint Challenge; conducted Digital Labs sessions on recommendation systems.
Aug 2021 – Dec 2022

Technical Expert – Search & Discovery

  • Led search platform modernization for APC.com across Oracle ATG and Endeca, improving performance and extensibility.
  • Built search-as-a-service on AWS Elasticsearch with scalable indexing pipelines for catalog and crawled content.
  • Implemented recommendation services using collaborative filtering; defined catalog data model for search relevancy.
Sep 2016 – Jul 2021

Senior Software Engineer

Amplifi Commerce
  • Delivered multi-site, multi-brand retail programs on Oracle Commerce for Stage Stores, La-Z-Boy, Beachbody, Barnes & Noble, and Eddie Bauer.
  • Designed generic indexing frameworks (Endeca/Solr) as part of Accelerator POC, standardizing search integrations across retailers.
May 2013 – Sep 2016

Consultant / Program Analyst

Capgemini / Cognizant
  • Delivered analytics dashboards and data workflows for Disney DATG using Oracle Information Discovery, Python, and Clover ETL.
  • Integrated Shopping List & Web Pickup for Walgreens; designed Spring Security-based access control for Lowe’s IPE Integration.
  • Developed Flavor Knowledge Portal for Firmenich using Groovy on Grails and Spring Security.
Jan 2010 – May 2013

Education

Dr. T. Thimmaiah Institute of Technology, K.G.F

Bachelor of Engineering
Computer Science  ·  Visvesvaraya Technological University
2005 – 2009

Certifications

TOGAF® 9 Certified

Enterprise Architecture

Applied Artificial Intelligence

Columbia Engineering

Professional Certificate in Cloud Computing and DevOps

IIT Kanpur

Redis Certified

Redis University

Adobe Commerce Business Practitioner Professional

Adobe

Skills

Languages Python Java Groovy JavaScript
Platforms & Cloud AWS (EC2, Lambda, S3, DynamoDB, API Gateway) Adobe Commerce Oracle ATG Spryker Linux
Search & Data Elasticsearch Solr / Endeca Redis OpenTelemetry Dynatrace ELK Stack
Architecture Solution Architecture Enterprise Architecture (TOGAF) REST / GraphQL API Design Distributed Systems Microservices DevSecOps CI/CD
AI / ML Generative AI Agentic AI RAG-based Retrieval Intelligent Automation GitHub Copilot
Delivery Technical Program Management Agile / Scrum RFP & Vendor Management Release Governance

Awards

Rainmaker

Recognized for valued contribution to project & organization.

Czar of the Month

Best performance in team.

Edison Digital Expert Level 1

Recognition for Software Engineering & Dev excellence.

Projects