[{"content":"I\u0026rsquo;m Ashish — a Principal Software Engineer at Skydda.ai, building next-gen agentic cybersecurity solutions. Previously I spent ~4 years at Devo working on cloud-native security data platforms (SIEM / SOAR). This site is where I write about software, systems, and the things I\u0026rsquo;m learning.\nGitHub: ajha-dev LinkedIn: Ashish Jha Email: reach@ajha.dev Experience # Principal Software Engineer — Skydda.ai # Apr 2026 – Present · Remote\nBuilding next-gen agentic cybersecurity solutions. Devo · Noida # Sep 2022 – Jul 2026 · Cloud-Native Security Data Platform | SIEM | SOAR\nEngineering Manager — Nov 2023 – Jul 2026 · Hybrid\nBuilt a no-code Agentic Workflow Orchestration platform (strike48.com) for the enterprise — creating and deploying agentic workflows across verticals including Security and Compliance. Led a team of 5 engineers owning the development of Devo\u0026rsquo;s SOAR product. Designed and led the migration of Devo\u0026rsquo;s largest SOAR customer from an air-gapped on-premises environment to SaaS with zero downtime and seamless data transition. Contributed to SOC 2 Type II and FedRAMP certifications by implementing robust technical controls and streamlining compliance processes. Senior Software Engineer — Sep 2022 – Nov 2023 (Devo acquired Logichub)\nArchitected and implemented the migration of Devo SOAR to a Kubernetes-based microservices architecture, improving scalability, availability, and monitoring. Managed the SIEM offering of Logichub, ingesting terabytes of data via OpenDistro on Kubernetes — ~30% of net ARR. Built an S3-backed data lake using Spark and Scala for efficient querying of cold data in S3. Software Developer — Storymirror · Mumbai # June 2020 – June 2021 · Content Platform for Vernacular Languages\nOwned end-to-end product development, deployment, and reliability. Built internal and external product features using Django. Implemented system and application monitoring from scratch with Prometheus, Grafana, and NewRelic, plus log management via the ELK stack. Built site search using Elasticsearch and FastAPI so users could find content and other users efficiently. Software Developer — OYO · Gurugram # July 2019 – June 2020 · Hospitality chain\nBuilt and deployed a Django application on Kubernetes serving competitive data on prices, amenities, and hotel metadata; automated partner extranet portals with Selenium. Developed a price-parity platform analyzing OYO property prices across online channels, improving the price quality score by 9.5%. Education # IIT (ISM) Dhanbad — B.Tech. in Civil Engineering · 2015 – 2019\nSkills # Languages: Scala, Python, Java, Elixir\nTools \u0026amp; Frameworks: Spark, SQL, Django, Flask, FastAPI, Elasticsearch, Kafka, Kibana, Grafana, Kubernetes, Docker\nSpoken: Hindi (native), English (proficient)\n","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/about/","section":"Ashish Jha","summary":"About Ashish Jha — Principal Software Engineer @ Skydda.ai","title":"About","type":"page"},{"content":"","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/","section":"Ashish Jha","summary":"","title":"Ashish Jha","type":"page"},{"content":"","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/authors/","section":"Authors","summary":"","title":"Authors","type":"authors"},{"content":"","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/categories/","section":"Categories","summary":"","title":"Categories","type":"categories"},{"content":"A few things I\u0026rsquo;ve built and put online. More on GitHub.\nSave This Read # A self-hosted read-it-later app. Save links from the browser, a Chrome extension, Telegram, Signal, or WhatsApp and read them later with clean, distraction-free content extraction — with site-specific handlers for Twitter/X, Reddit, GitHub, and ChatGPT shares, full-text search, reading progress, and light/dark/sepia themes.\n🔗 savethisread.com · Chrome extension\nMarkdoc # A real-time collaborative document editor — think shared Markdown docs with live multi-user editing.\n🔗 markdoc.live · GitHub · Elixir\nmanim-gpt # AI-powered Manim video generation — turn text prompts into mathematical animations via LLM-powered code generation.\n🔗 manim-gpt.fastlearn.in · GitHub · Python\nSystemic-Designer # An AI web app that generates system-design problems and visualizes the solutions. Great for practicing architecture and design interviews.\n🔗 systemic-designer.fastlearn.in · GitHub · TypeScript\n","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/projects/","section":"Ashish Jha","summary":"Things I have built","title":"Projects","type":"page"},{"content":"","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/series/","section":"Series","summary":"","title":"Series","type":"series"},{"content":"","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/tags/","section":"Tags","summary":"","title":"Tags","type":"tags"}]