Salil Arora

I am a systems thinker who loves solving problems at the intersection of Architecture, AI and Business Value.

I believe AI should create economic leverage in software — not just automation. My work is about designing systems where capability and velocity go up without scaling headcount linearly.

I apply AI-first engineering principles to compress time, reduce complexity and eliminate waste across the SDLC. I enjoy converting ambiguous business goals into elegant architectures that are simple, scalable and directly tied to business economics. When AI is used correctly — teams do less rework, systems self-adapt and delivery becomes predictable.

Over the last 18+ years, I have consistently prioritized:

• solving the problem with the right abstraction, not more code
• designing systems that age gracefully & don’t need constant rewriting
• building architectures that are composable, testable and measurable
• making optimization a first-class design principle (cost, time, iteration)

I value clarity, minimalism in architecture, and constantly learning where AI can remove human cognitive load.

And at the end of the day, I’ve always believed real engineering is problem solving — not the programming language you use, not the framework, not the trendy platform. It’s the ability to find the simplest, smartest solution to the problem in front of you.

Webomates — CTO, (2018 – Present)

Built and own the full technology stack of a cloud-native AI QA SaaS platform — distributed execution engine on AWS, 100 GB AI data lake, DoD IL4/DISA STIG federal compliance, and active LLM/agentic AI development using Anthropic Claude and N8N. Co-inventor on 4 granted patents. Promoted from Director of Technology in 2021.

Fonantrix Solutions — Technical Lead & Project Manager (2012 – 2018)

Led technical delivery across Ad-Tech and Media-Tech SaaS engagements — built real-time bidding APIs, campaign management systems, and Hadoop-based analytics pipelines using Java, Spring, MongoDB, and MySQL.

Compro Technologies — Software Engineer → Senior Software Engineer (2007 – 2012)

Built enterprise content management and e-learning platforms for Pearson and Cengage using Java, Spring, Hibernate, MarkLogic, and MySQL.

BITS Pilani — M.S. Software Systems

Postgraduate study in software systems with a focus on architecture, algorithms, and distributed computing. Graduated with a GPA of 9.16/10.

NIT Jalandhar — B.Tech Instrumentation Engineering

Undergraduate engineering degree with strong foundations in electronics, systems design, and programming. Graduated with a GPA of 8.89/10.

Certifications

AWS Certified Developer — hands-on certification validating cloud architecture and development expertise across AWS services including EC2, S3, Lambda, SQS, and CloudWatch