Abiraman Ramanathan

I specialize in taking products from 0 to 1—building the right technical foundation, shipping fast, and evolving the product milestone by milestone without compromising scalability.

At Emirates NBD, I architected a transaction-critical notification system running across 27 Node.js containers, where reliability really mattered. I also migrated 4 million user records in 90 minutes with zero data loss and upgraded 20 Node.js containers from Node 14 to Node 20 without missing any use cases.

I also led a team of 10 engineers to build a Financial Crime Risk Assessment (FCRA) system for the UAE Central Bank.

My entrepreneurial journey started at a US-based children's startup, where I held a 5% equity stake and helped ship three products. Unfortunately, the business couldn't survive COVID.

Today, I'm building Akadmex, a proof-of-learning platform for students. Being a founder myself, I understand the challenges of early-stage products: making the right technical decisions, prioritizing features, and moving from an idea to a working product without overengineering.

What makes me a strong fit is that I bring both sides: startup execution and enterprise-level engineering experience. I can own the architecture while staying hands-on with development.