About.

Product engineering, platform architecture, and technical leadership across the startup lifecycle
Akhil Naidu

Fractional CTO · Founder · Technical Advisor

  • I work at the intersection of product, platform, and engineering leadership — helping companies move from idea to production to scale.

  • My focus spans product engineering, platform engineering, cloud infrastructure, AI systems, developer experience, and building teams that ship reliably.

overview

  • Architect complex systems and developer platforms that teams can operate with confidence.

  • Lead engineering organizations through product strategy, technical due diligence, and AI adoption.

  • Design AI-first products with agentic workflows, LLM integration, and production-grade infrastructure.

  • Partner with founders, startups, and enterprises as a Fractional CTO and technical advisor.

what I do

  • I have worked with startups from early ideation through production scale — building real products, not demos.

  • Experience spans Internal Developer Platforms, SaaS platforms, hiring automation, workflow systems, and developer tooling.

  • Previously at Hasura, Edumatica, and Amazon, with deep roots in GraphQL, APIs, cloud platforms, and enterprise developer experience.

background

  • I enjoy solving difficult engineering problems — the kind that sit at the boundary of product, infrastructure, and organizational design.

  • I believe great platforms are built through clarity, strong architecture, and teams that understand both the business and the system.

approach

I speak and facilitate workshops on engineering leadership, platform engineering, AI, and system design.

AI Engineering

Building production AI systems — LLM integration, agentic workflows, and RAG architectures.

Developer Platforms

Designing Internal Developer Platforms that accelerate engineering teams.

Engineering Leadership

Scaling engineering organizations, hiring, and building high-performing teams.

Platform Engineering

Infrastructure as product — self-hosted platforms, CI/CD, and developer experience.

System Design

Architecting scalable SaaS, microservices, and distributed systems.

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Speaking

Coming Soon

Technical articles on platform engineering, AI adoption, system design, and building engineering organizations. Check back for new posts.

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Writing