Levan Arabuli
Software Engineering Lead & Principal Software Architect
About Me
Professional Summary
Engineering leader with 15+ years of experience delivering high-impact systems and leading high-performance teams. I specialize in designing scalable, resilient software and building the teams, culture, and architecture that make it sustainable.
I have long experience working remotely and leading distributed, multilingual teams across multiple countries, ensuring effective collaboration and delivery across time zones and cultures.
From creating scalable systems to support 1 million concurrent users in real time during the FIFA World Cup, to architecting platforms that serve 100s of millions of visitors every month, my teams and I have consistently built and delivered platforms that perform reliably under real-world pressure.
Engineering Leadership
Leading 30+ engineers across multiple cross-functional teams
Performance Impact
Building systems that scale to 1 million concurrent users and 100+ million monthly visitors
Artificial Intelligence
Building agentic LLM/AI systems, personalisation and recommendation platforms
What I Bring to the Table
Architecture & Systems Design
Engineered distributed systems achieving 99.999% to 100% SLA, optimized for reliability, scalability, and resilience under real-world load
Team Growth & Leadership
Managing software engineers from hiring and skill development to guiding them in delivering top performance for employer
AI & Emerging Tech
AI-powered solutions using LLMs, AI Agents, ML systems such as personalisation and recommendation platforms
Business Impact
Consistently delivering measurable business impact - growing revenue, expanding user reach, elevating engagement, and optimizing core KPIs
Professional Experience
Over 15 years of leadership and technical excellence
Appointed to lead engineering efforts across multiple mission-critical systems after a track record of successful project delivery. Currently oversee several high-performing teams comprising 30+ engineers while serving as principal architect for large-scale digital platforms. Maintain a hands-on approach to system design, fostering alignment between technical execution and business strategy.
Selected Achievements:
- AI & LLMs: Designing and implementing AI agents to enhance the software development lifecycle. Accelerating workflows across product management, design, engineering, and quality assurance.
- Machine Learning: Led the development of a large-scale AI-powered content recommendation system, enabling personalized content delivery to millions of users. Implemented a hybrid recommendation engine combining collaborative filtering with content-based algorithms.
- Massively Scalable Infrastructure: Led the architecture and development of a high-throughput WebSocket server in collaboration with Google engineers. The platform seamlessly scaled to 1M concurrent users in under two minutes and successfully handled tens of millions of users during the FIFA World Cup 2022 — with zero downtime.
- Performance Engineering & Optimization: Directed a major frontend optimization initiative, improving Google Core Web Vitals scores from 37 to 86 and reducing LCP from 10+ seconds to under 3 seconds. These improvements contributed to increased user retention and revenue growth.
- Zero-Downtime Cloud Migrations: Spearheaded multiple large-scale infrastructure transitions, including the move from in-house systems to Kubernetes and from MariaDB to MySQL — all executed without service disruption.
- Organizational Leadership: Drive hiring, mentoring, and performance management for globally distributed, multilingual engineering teams. Established a culture of accountability, technical excellence, and alignment with business goals.
Technologies:
Architected and led the development of foundational platforms supporting editorial workflows and content delivery. Delivered high-impact systems that improved operational efficiency, scalability, and business agility.
Selected Achievements:
- Unified Content Management System (uCMS): Designed and implemented a GraphQL-based CMS serving six publishing properties. Reduced time-to-publish by 3x and enabled centralized content operations.
- Analytics Intelligence Platform: Delivered a data analytics platform supporting business KPIs in revenue, engagement, and content performance — enabling data-driven decision-making at scale.
- Frontend Observability Tooling: Developed AJ Speed, a reusable framework for monitoring Core Web Vitals and optimizing user experience metrics across multiple properties.
Technologies:
Led platform consolidation and architecture across multiple acquisitions in the mobile engagement domain. Promoted rapidly through successive leadership roles based on delivery excellence and technical depth.
Selected Achievements:
- Directed integration of three distinct technology stacks (Ruby on Rails, Java, .NET) into a unified architecture following Upland's acquisitions of Hipcricket, Mobile Commons, and Waterfall.
- Delivered substantial operational efficiencies and cost savings while modernizing legacy systems.
- Oversaw distributed engineering teams, established technical standards, and improved software delivery velocity across business units.
Technologies:
Skills & Expertise
Comprehensive technical and leadership capabilities
Education
Academic foundation in computer science and mathematics
Computer Science
Tbilisi State University
Mathematics and Computer Science
Tbilisi State University
Get In Touch
Ready to discuss your next project or opportunity? Let's connect!
I'm always interested in discussing new opportunities, innovative projects, and ways to leverage technology for business growth.
What I Can Help With:
- • Software Architecture & System Design
- • Team Leadership & Technical Management
- • Performance Optimization & Scalability
- • Technology Strategy & Implementation
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