Engineering Leader & Architect | Enterprise Modernization | Cloud Platforms | AI-Enabled Systems

Rohit Gholap

Building enterprise software & cloud-native solutions — for 15+ years.

Visionary technology leader delivering mission-critical, enterprise-scale platforms across energy, healthcare, travel, and supply chain. Passionate about cloud architecture and AI/ML.

Rohit Gholap

Engineering leadership at the intersection of architecture & AI

A brief introduction about who I am and what drives me.

15+
Years of experience
5+
Industries served
2
AI/ML projects shipped

I'm a visionary technology leader and enterprise solution architect with over 15 years of experience delivering mission-critical software across the energy, engineering, healthcare, travel, and supply chain industries.

I excel at leading cross-platform engineering teams, modernizing legacy systems, and designing scalable cloud-native architectures. I align technical roadmaps with business strategy, drive agile transformations, and cultivate high-performing, collaborative teams.

I'm passionate about harnessing AI and machine learning to build intelligent, data-driven platforms that enhance operational efficiency, personalization, and decision-making at scale.

My toolkit

Languages, frameworks, databases, and AI/ML platforms I work with daily.

Languages
C# Python 3.x Java TypeScript JavaScript Terraform YAML
Frameworks & Cloud
.NET Core 6/8 React 18 Next.js Node.js Azure AWS Kubernetes Vercel
Databases
MSSQL PostgreSQL CosmosDB DynamoDB Snowflake MySQL Oracle IBM DB2 GraphQL
AI & ML
Transformers Hugging Face Gradio scikit-learn pandas Jupyter Google Colab Kaggle

Work Experience

My professional journey — from engineer to engineering manager and architect.

Grand Circle Corporation — Boston, MA Jul 2024 — Present
Software Engineering Manager Aug 2025 — Present · 8 mos
  • Providing strategic leadership to cross-functional teams to deliver enterprise payment platforms and drive company-wide modernization initiatives.
  • Defining and owning organizational strategy and multi-year roadmaps aligned with business objectives and technology transformation.
  • Mentoring and developing high-performing teams to deliver scalable, resilient solutions while balancing speed, quality, and operational excellence.
Principal Software Engineer / Architect Jul 2024 — Jul 2025 · 1 yr 1 mo
  • Architected and led the modernization of enterprise systems supporting travel operations.
  • Drove end-to-end solution design and execution across cross-functional engineering teams.
  • Defined architecture patterns, set coding standards, and implemented DevOps best practices.
  • Collaborated closely with executive leadership to align technology vision with product strategy.
.NET Core 8 React / Next.js Python Azure IBM DB2 Kubernetes GitLab CI/CD Optimizely Vercel
Eversource Energy — Westwood, MA Mar 2023 — Jun 2024
Architect
  • Led agile release train, software development, architecture, and estimations.
  • Modernized legacy .NET Framework applications into microservices and micro frontends.
.NET Core 7/8 .NET Framework 4.8 React MSSQL Azure
Engie — Boston, MA 2019 — 2023
Senior / Lead Software Engineer
  • Developed REST APIs and microservices supporting sustainability business operations.
  • Built event-driven cloud solutions (Weather Normalization, Carbon Engine) using AWS API Gateway, Lambda, Aurora DB, Snowflake, and Terraform.
  • Created enterprise solutions using .NET Core, Cosmos DB, NServiceBus, and Elasticsearch.
C# .NET Core CosmosDB PostgreSQL Snowflake TypeScript Python Terraform React AWS Azure
HealthCareSource (Symplr) — Woburn, MA 2018 — 2019
Software Engineer
  • Developed RESTful microservices for enterprise healthcare talent management.
  • Worked with relational and non-relational databases including MSSQL, DynamoDB, and GraphDB.
.NET Core 2.2 MSSQL GraphDB AWS
Housing Works — Brooklyn, NY 2015 — 2018
Software Engineer
  • Designed and developed an Electronic Health Records (EHR) system used across multiple NYC healthcare organizations.
  • Built features for Pharmacy, Labs, Assessments, and Claims Submissions with full HL7/HIPAA compliance.
  • Managed SDLC including requirements gathering, testing, and offshore coordination.
ASP.NET C# Entity Framework MSSQL 2012 jQuery
Earlier Roles 2010 — 2015
Software Engineer
  • BRDATA — Melville, NY (2014–2015): Cloud migration; ASP.NET, Bootstrap, SQL Server, DevExpress.
  • IGATE Solutions — Pune, India (2010–2012): Enterprise projects for British Petroleum and Aveva (UK); C#, SharePoint, MVC, C++.

What I've built

Hands-on AI/ML projects published on Hugging Face Spaces.

Children's Book Generator
An LLM-powered storytelling tool for young readers built on Hugging Face Spaces. Generates age-appropriate stories using transformer-based language models via an intuitive Gradio interface.
LLM Transformers Gradio Hugging Face
View on Hugging Face
Electricity Stats Q&A Model
A hybrid search and transformer-based model for answering electricity-related queries. Covers usage, cost, and aggregate analysis — enabling natural language querying over structured energy datasets.
Hybrid Search Transformers Data Analytics Gradio
View on Hugging Face

Academic background

Formal education in Computer Science and Engineering.

M.S., Computer Science
State University of New York (SUNY), Binghamton, NY
Graduated 2014
B.E., Computer Engineering
University of Pune, India
Graduated 2009

Credentials

Professional certifications in AI, cloud architecture, and engineering.

Deep Learning LLM & Data Classification
Stanford University · 2025
AI Solution Architecture
ELVT Academy · 2025
Architecting on AWS
Amazon Web Services

Let's connect

Open to new opportunities, collaborations, and conversations.