Hi,
I'm Nagaraj Basarkod
Engineering Leader | AI First | Tech & Business Strategy
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The DNA
I am a builder at heart, grounded in engineering and strengthened by the strategic rigour of an MBA from IIM Bangalore. I build with purpose, starting with the problem and business objective, simplifying complexity, and taking ownership from architecture to execution and outcomes.
The Engineering Foundation: Over a decade building and architecting software systems across mobile, backend, enterprise SaaS, APIs, IoT, and distributed systems. I have led engineering teams while remaining close to architecture, implementation, and the decisions that shape scalable systems.
The Business Perspective: Engineering is most valuable when it connects to why the business exists and what it is trying to achieve. My MBA strengthened my ability to look beyond implementation - to understand strategy, value creation, commercial considerations, and how technology can contribute to meaningful business outcomes.
The Current Direction: Bringing these two perspectives together to build intelligent systems. I am focused on AI-first system design and engineering, building agentic workflows that combine contextual retrieval, orchestration, deterministic services, and workflow guardrails to turn business problems into practical solutions.