Neeraj Pant
Lead Cloud Engineer | Senior Software Engineer | Technical Architect
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Lead Cloud Engineer and senior software engineering professional with 15+ years of hands-on experience designing, developing, modernizing and supporting enterprise applications, cloud platforms, engineering tools and connected-device solutions. Strong background across Java/Spring Boot, C#/.NET, C++, Azure and AWS, translating complex business requirements into practical technical solutions. Experienced in application architecture, REST APIs, microservices, event-driven systems, cloud-native solutions, database-driven applications, CI/CD, production troubleshooting and Agile delivery.
Current role at Signify combines hands-on coding with technical design, architecture discussions, cross-team collaboration and mentoring. Strong experience developing enterprise engineering, desktop, web and cloud applications across industrial, engineering and connected-device domains. Progressed from desktop and C++/.NET application development to cloud-native engineering, Java/Spring Boot, Azure, AWS and technical architecture.
Experience
Lead Development Engineer at Signify (Philips Lighting) (2015-09 – Present)
Hands-on technical contributor responsible for architecture, technical design, implementation, integration, testing, troubleshooting and customer release for enterprise cloud and connected-device solutions.
- Develop scalable applications and services using C#,.NET Core, Java/Spring Boot, REST APIs and Azure/AWS services.
- Interact Retail Cloud: Azure,.NET Core, C#, Angular, TypeScript, Azure AD, IoT, Functions, Web Apps, WebJobs, Azure SQL, Blob Storage, Files, Queues and Tables; provides REST APIs to mobile apps, AutoCAD plugins and site/store gateway integrations.
- Dynalite Cloud Platform: AWS, Java Spring Boot, Lambda, SQS, S3, DynamoDB, MQTT, OPA, OpenID Connect and OpenAPI; contributed to migration of System Builder capabilities to cloud.
- System Builder / System Manager / Interact Hospitality: C++, Boost, C#, WPF, WCF, ASP.NET Core, SQL/PostgreSQL and RabbitMQ; contributed to enterprise application development and device configuration/monitoring solutions.
- Participate in requirement analysis, technical design, coding, unit/integration testing, story/task breakdown and estimation in Agile/Scrum teams.
- Recent hands-on use of GitHub Copilot CLI and AI skills as part of daily engineering activities for code generation, code analysis, architecture exploration and architecture diagram generation, improving development productivity and accelerating technical analysis.
- Mentor junior developers and collaborate with geographically distributed teams across Sydney, Eindhoven and Zagreb.
Associate Lead (Software) at Schneider Electric (2010-06 – 2015-09)
Five years of hands-on software engineering experience developing enterprise desktop engineering and electrical-design applications for Schneider Electric.
- PowerCET — Senior Developer / Junior Architect: C#, WPF, PRISM, Entity Framework, WCF, SQL, Unity, MEF. Enterprise application for remote Schneider device configuration with online/offline configuration storage.
- Spacial.pro — Senior/Lead Developer: C#, WinForms, PRISM, Unity, Microsoft Access. Quotation and design tool for panel builders to design electrical enclosures and accessories, including CAD-format export.
- Ecodial Advance Calculations — Senior Developer: C#, WPF, PRISM, MS Access. Electrical circuit design and calculation software covering voltage drop and related parameters, device selection and BOM generation.
- LiveUpdate / Tracking & Improvement Program — Senior Software Developer: C#/.NET assembly used by multiple applications for user-data tracking and server-side improvement-program participation.
- Performed requirement analysis, technical design, feature implementation, coding, unit/integration testing, estimation and story/task breakdown; mentored junior developers.
- Worked in Agile/Scrum teams and contributed as senior/lead developer and junior architect.
Senior Software Engineer at Markem-Imaje (2006-08 – 2010-06)
- Developed enterprise desktop and printer-related software using C#, C++, COM and Windows CE.
- Worked on printer UI, printer-driver integration and communication components, including COM DLLs and Ethernet/RS232 interfaces.
- Implemented features, coding, unit/integration testing and customer issue resolution across desktop and printer applications.
Education
Bachelor of Technology in B.Tech – Govind Ballabh Pant University of Agriculture & Technology (2005)
Diploma in Advanced Computing in PG-DAC – C-DAC (2006)

