Principal Software Engineer | .NET • Azure • Distributed Systems • AI Engineering

I'm a software engineer with 13+ years of experience building enterprise applications, distributed systems, cloud-native platforms, and AI-powered software.

Currently, I work as a Principal Software Engineer at Dell Technologies, building full-stack enterprise software using .NET, Microsoft Azure, event-driven microservices, and modern engineering practices.

My recent focus is on the intersection of Software Engineering and AI — particularly LLM applications, AI agents, RAG, MCP, and agentic software development.

• C# / .NET / ASP.NET Core
• Microservices Architecture
• Event-Driven Architecture
• REST APIs
• CQRS & Design Patterns
• SQL & NoSQL Databases
• Azure Service Bus

• Microsoft Azure
• Docker & Kubernetes
• Azure DevOps
• GitHub & GitHub Actions
• CI/CD
• Azure SQL & Blob Storage
• Application Monitoring & Observability

• Large Language Models (LLMs)
• Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG)
• Function Calling & Tool Calling
• AI Agents & Agentic Workflows
• Model Context Protocol (MCP)
• Spec-Driven Development
• AI-assisted Software Engineering

• React / Redux
• Next.js
• TypeScript / JavaScript
• WPF / MVVM

• NUnit
• Playwright
• Automated & Integration Testing
• SonarQube
• Secure Software Development

I'm particularly interested in how AI is changing the way software is designed, built, tested, and operated.

My experience includes building applications that integrate LLMs using function/tool calling and RAG, as well as working with agentic development workflows and MCP-based integrations.

Areas I'm currently exploring and building around:

• 🤖 AI Agents & Agentic Workflows
• 🔌 Model Context Protocol (MCP)
• 🧠 RAG & Knowledge Systems
• 📊 LLM Evaluation & Benchmarking
• 📐 Spec-Driven Development
• 🛠️ AI-powered Developer Tooling
• ⚙️ AI-assisted Software Development

My engineering journey has covered multiple domains and generations of the .NET ecosystem.

Dell Technologies — Principal Software Engineer

Building enterprise distributed systems using .NET and Microsoft Azure, with event-driven microservices and cloud-native infrastructure. Working with modern agentic and spec-driven software development practices.

JustAnswer — Lead Software Engineer

Built platforms and automation systems using .NET, React, Python, microservices, Docker and Kubernetes. Worked on integrating LLMs into application workflows using function/tool calling and RAG.

Allscripts — Senior Software Engineer

Built and modernized healthcare applications using .NET, microservices, Azure, SQL Server and WPF. Worked extensively on distributed systems, performance optimization, automated testing and legacy modernization.

PARI Robotics — Software Engineer

Developed software for industrial automation and robotics systems, including automated car parking and automated guided vehicle systems.

A collection of practical examples and experiments demonstrating ASP.NET Core patterns and features.

More projects around AI Agents, MCP, RAG, LLM evaluation and .NET + AI are coming soon.

I'm actively looking to contribute to open-source projects around:

.NET • AI Agents • MCP • LLM Evaluation • RAG • Developer Tooling

I'm particularly interested in projects that bring together production software engineering and modern AI systems.

I have written about software engineering, .NET, cloud technologies and development practices at TechArtifacts.

• LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/bhushanak
• Technical Blog: techartifacts.com