All systems operational · 99.7% on-time delivery · 14+ years

Principal-grade engineering,
delivered as a service.

Girish as a Service is the personal practice of Girish B Hiremath — 14+ years of production delivery across 6 regulated verticals, now focused on AI-native systems, 0→1 product engineering, and embedded engineering leadership.

Engage Girish Review Capabilities

Verticals shipped in production

Banking
Pharma
Telecom
IoT
Compliance / RegTech
AI / ML

Years in Production: 14+
Industry Verticals: 6
Technologies Shipped: 30+
Products Launched: 12+
On-Time Delivery: 99.7%

Service Capabilities

What you can engage Girish for

Six production-tested practice areas, each backed by 14+ years of regulated-industry delivery and Fortune-500 standards.

Architecture
System Design & Tech Strategy
End-to-end architecture for distributed systems, polyglot persistence, event-driven workflows, and zero-downtime deployments.
- Polyglot persistence (Oracle, HBase, NuoDB, Postgres)
- Event-driven microservices on Kubernetes / OpenShift
- Blue-green deployments with 98% test coverage gates
Engineering
Full-Stack Product Engineering
Production builds across the modern web and JVM stack — from Spring Boot microservices to Next.js App Router and React Native.
- Spring Boot + Angular/React for enterprise platforms
- Next.js 14 + Prisma + Supabase for AI-native SaaS
- Razorpay, Clerk, WhatsApp UX for India-first products
AI Systems
Agentic Workflows & AI Integration
Design and ship Claude/LLM-backed agents, RAG pipelines, and AI-augmented internal tools that survive contact with production traffic.
- Claude API + LangChain + LlamaIndex orchestration
- RAG pipelines with eval harnesses and guardrails
- Agentic copilots for compliance, knowledge, and ops
Domain
Regulated Industry Expertise
Fourteen years across regulated verticals where correctness, auditability, and compliance are non-negotiable.
- Banking — Personal Accounts & Core APIs at global scale
- Pharma — Fortune 500 microservices, 7-engineer squads
- Compliance / RegTech — current Principal SE remit
Leadership
Engineering Leadership & Mentorship
Embedded principal-engineer engagements, code-review culture, and upskilling teams on modern AI-native tooling.
- Architecture ownership across cross-functional squads
- Hiring loops, code review, and onboarding playbooks
- Cursor + AI workflow rollout for engineering teams
0→1
0→1 Product Engineering
Founder-mode delivery: idea → prototype → revenue-ready SaaS, with India-first GTM patterns built in from day one.
- Multi-tenant SaaS with org-scoped RBAC
- Cursor scaffold, Prisma schema, Razorpay billing
- Six AI-native SaaS products launched under IntelliForge

Technology

A stack that has shipped, not just demoed

Every technology below has run in production. Bars indicate proficiency relative to current daily-driver use.

Next.js 14 App Router97%
Frontend · Primary
Spring Boot / Java97%
Backend · 14 yrs
Cursor IDE + Turborepo95%
Build Tooling
Claude API / Anthropic95%
AI Layer · Primary
Tailwind + shadcn/ui93%
Design System
Prisma + Supabase92%
Database · Primary
Vercel + Fly.io90%
Infra · Primary
LangChain / LlamaIndex88%
AI Orchestration
Kubernetes / Docker88%
DevOps · 7+ yrs
BullMQ / RabbitMQ87%
Queues & Workflows
Python + PyTorch85%
ML / Research
Razorpay / Clerk82%
India-first Auth/Pay

Engagement Models

Choose the engagement that fits your stage

All engagements include 14+ years of battle-tested judgment. No offshore handoffs, no junior staffing.

Tier 01
Spark
Let’sTalk
For early-stage founders & peers who need a quick architectural gut-check or a focused brain download.
- 30-minute technical deep-dive
- Architecture review & feedback
- Stack recommendation for your vertical
- India-market product insights
- Hands-on implementation
- Ongoing support
Start Conversation
Most Common
Tier 02
Forge
Let’sBuild
Full co-founder mode. Product conception → working prototype → GTM. Ideal for AI-native B2B SaaS in India.
- 0→1 product engineering
- Cursor scaffold + Prisma schema
- Next.js + Claude API integration
- Razorpay, Clerk, WhatsApp UX
- Multi-tenant SaaS architecture
- IntelliForge brand alignment
Deploy Together
Tier 03
Enterprise
Custom
Embedded Principal Engineer for your team. Architecture ownership, tech strategy, and engineering leadership at scale.
- Embedded tech leadership
- Full-stack team upskilling
- Compliance + RegTech expertise
- Banking, Pharma, IoT domain knowledge
- AI/ML integration strategy
- Fortune 500 delivery standards
Enterprise Enquiry

Service Level Agreement

Independently verifiable on LinkedIn

Metrics measured across 14 years of production deployments. Receipts on request.

Delivery Rate: 99.7%
Response Time: < 48h
Production Outages Caused: 0
Verticals Covered: 6

Career Timeline

Release history

Every career phase shipped to production. Every release is backward-compatible.

v14.0
2025–Present
AI Practitioner Era
AI
Principal SE @ Compliance RegTech · Founded IntelliForge AI · MTech DSAI @ IIIT Dharwad · Launched GarageOS, KinderOS, FacilityOS, MedForge, CareerOS, ClipForge and more AI-native SaaS products.
v12.0
Oct 2023
Full-Stack Mastery
Feature
Senior Full-Stack at Fortune 500 Pharma · Led 7-engineer Agile squad · Spring Boot microservices (+30% scale) · Angular 15 (+35% engagement) · Jenkins CI/CD.
v10.0
Dec 2021
Enterprise Banking Architecture
Architecture
Global Banking Corp · Personal Accounts & Core API Platform · Oracle + HBase + NuoDB polyglot persistence · OpenShift deployment · Angular 12 SPA.
v8.0
Apr 2019
Top-4 Investment Bank Deployment
Feature
Client Onboarding Lifecycle Tool on Pivotal Cloud Foundry & AWS · 98% test coverage · Docker + Jenkins · Zero-downtime deployments.
v5.0
Sep 2016
Telecom Scale & Leadership
Architecture
Module Lead at Global Telecom Leader · Microservices + RabbitMQ · Elasticsearch + Kibana · 13M+ test results · 2,600+ registered users.
v1.0
Feb 2012
Initial Release — IoT & Early AI
Initial
Semiconductor & IoT Company · Hindi Reader with OpenCV + ANNs · IoE Cloud Agent · CoAP Protocol · LTE UE/eNB Simulator in C++ & Perl.

Voices from the Field

Trusted by serious engineering leaders.

Teams in regulated industries, AI-native B2B products, and complex enterprise programs bring Girish in for embedded principal-engineer work where architecture, delivery, and stakeholder alignment have to land together.

He steers platform and data-flow decisions so our India expansion ships on a schedule risk and compliance can accept, without baking in rework.
CTO, Series B Banking
Core payments modernization
Our releases move through validation with fewer surprises because the system design maps cleanly to audit trails, change control, and quality gates the regulators expect.
VP Engineering, Regulated Pharma
Clinical data platform
We integrate AI into the product workflow while keeping a clear boundary between experimentation and what customers rely on, so delivery stays predictable.
Founder, B2B SaaS
Embedded principal-engineer stretch
He keeps architecture, security, and program leadership aligned on trade-offs, so enterprise milestones hold when scrutiny tightens before go-live.
Senior Director, Enterprise Software
Multi-year platform program

Ready to ship?

Let's build something India deserves.

AI-native. India-first. Production-grade. Whether you have a brief, a half-baked idea, or just an interesting problem — let's talk.

gen.girish@gmail.com LinkedIn GitHub

Reach out

Let's talk about your next ship

Brief, roadmap, or a gnarly production issue — send a note and I'll respond personally. For structured discovery, book a slot; for anything async, email works great.

Send an enquiry

I read every message. No recruiters, please.

Principal-grade engineering, delivered as a service.