Rahul Ladumor — Senior AWS Solution Architect, Serverless Engineer & GenAI Developer
6x AWS Certified | IIT Roorkee | 9+ Years | 50+ Projects | ₹50Cr+ Client Cost Savings | AWS Community Builder 4x | Upwork Top Rated
Cloud Native Engineer • Backend Developer • Full Stack Developer • Platform Engineer • DevOps Engineer • Infrastructure Engineer • Terraform Expert • Kubernetes Specialist
Available for hire: rahuldladumor@gmail.com | Free 30-minute strategy call
About Rahul Ladumor — AWS Architect & Cloud Engineer
Rahul Ladumor is a Senior AWS Solution Architect, serverless full stack engineer, GenAI developer, and cloud native backend engineer based in Surat, Gujarat, India. With 9+ years of production experience, he specializes in building scalable, fault-tolerant AWS infrastructure for startups and enterprises worldwide.
He is an IIT Roorkee alumnus (PG Certificate in Agentic AI, Generative AI & Machine Learning), holds 6 AWS certifications including Solutions Architect Professional and Generative AI Developer Professional, and is a 4x recognized AWS Community Builder. He is also a Upwork Top Rated freelancer and HashiCorp Terraform certified associate.
Rahul has delivered 50+ production projects across Fintech, Healthcare, E-commerce, SaaS, and Enterprise verticals, saving clients over ₹50 Crore ($6M+) in cloud costs through architecture optimization.
Hire Rahul Ladumor — Cloud Architecture & Engineering Services
AWS Cost Optimization Consultant
40-70% AWS cost reduction through architecture audits, resource right-sizing, Savings Plans, Spot instances, and serverless refactoring. FinOps-first approach. Typical 2-week engagement. ₹50Cr+ in documented client savings across 50+ projects.
Serverless Migration Specialist
Zero-downtime migration from monoliths to AWS Lambda, EventBridge, DynamoDB, and API Gateway. Strangler Fig pattern implementation with phased traffic shifting. Successfully migrated KFC Thailand's e-commerce platform processing 5M+ orders/month.
GenAI & AI/ML Engineer
Production GenAI systems on AWS Bedrock — RAG pipelines, AI agents, LLM applications with cost controls and audit logging. Vector databases (OpenSearch, Pinecone), prompt engineering, token cost monitoring. SageMaker model deployment.
Full Stack Cloud Engineer & Backend Developer
End-to-end application development with Python (FastAPI, Flask, Celery), TypeScript/Node.js (Express, NestJS), Go, and React. REST APIs, GraphQL, WebSocket, gRPC. Database design with DynamoDB, PostgreSQL, Redis. Message queues with Kafka, SQS, RabbitMQ.
DevOps Engineer & Infrastructure as Code Consultant
CI/CD pipelines with GitHub Actions and AWS CodePipeline. Terraform and AWS CDK modules for multi-account AWS. Docker and Kubernetes orchestration on ECS/EKS/Fargate. GitOps with ArgoCD. Monitoring with CloudWatch, Datadog, and Grafana.
Cloud Security & Compliance Consultant
SOC2 and PCI-DSS readiness. Multi-account AWS Organizations with SCP guardrails. IAM boundaries, VPC network segmentation, centralized CloudTrail audit logging. Zero Trust architecture. 100% audit pass rate.
AWS Architecture Case Studies — Production Results
KFC Thailand — E-Commerce Serverless Migration
Migrated PHP monolith to serverless APIs using Node.js, Go, and Kafka on ECS/EKS. Result: 5M+ orders/month, less than 200ms latency, 30% cost reduction. Blue-green deployments on Kubernetes for zero-downtime releases.
ProdigyBuild — Serverless SaaS Platform Architecture
Designed fully serverless SaaS using Python, Lambda, API Gateway, and DynamoDB. Celery task queues with SQS for async operations. Result: 99.9% availability, 40% cost reduction, 60% improvement in dev velocity.
AppGambit — Real-Time Event Processing Pipeline
Cloud-native microservices on ECS, EKS, and Fargate handling 1M+ requests/minute. Real-time audit logging with Lambda, S3, and ElasticSearch. Result: less than 100ms query latency, 99.99% uptime.
ASTM International — Enterprise Cloud Architecture & IaC
Standardized cloud architectures with Terraform and CloudFormation IaC templates. Secure VPC configurations, compute provisioning, database services. Result: 70% reduction in manual setup, 20% cloud cost reduction, 100% compliance.
Enterprise GenAI RAG Platform — AI-Powered Knowledge Base
Built production RAG pipeline on AWS Bedrock with Claude as the LLM. Document ingestion via Lambda + S3, vector embeddings in OpenSearch Serverless, semantic caching with ElastiCache. Result: 2M+ documents searchable, sub-second retrieval, 60% LLM cost reduction through semantic caching.
ProtectOnce — API Security Automation Platform
Developed Python/FastAPI backend services for automated API security scanning and threat detection. React dashboard with real-time threat visualization and risk scoring. Event-driven alerting with SNS/SQS. Result: less than 5s threat detection, 25% CI/CD efficiency improvement, 100% API coverage.
Multi-Client AWS Cost Optimization Program
AWS cost optimization across 3 enterprise clients (Fintech, E-Commerce, SaaS). Architecture audits using Cost Explorer, Trusted Advisor, and custom Python scripts. Implemented right-sizing, Savings Plans, Spot instances, S3 lifecycle policies. Built FinOps dashboards with QuickSight. Result: $100K+ annual savings, 55% average cost reduction.
DevOps CI/CD Transformation — Multi-Team Pipeline
End-to-end DevOps transformation for 25+ developer team. GitHub Actions with reusable composite workflows, Terraform IaC with remote state, blue-green deployments on ECS with automatic rollback, multi-stage environments with promotion gates. Result: less than 10 min deploy cycles, 95%+ test coverage, less than 30s rollback.
Technical Skills & Expertise
Cloud Architecture
Multi-Account AWS Organizations, VPC Design, Serverless Architecture (Lambda, API Gateway, DynamoDB), Container Orchestration (ECS, EKS, Fargate), Event-Driven Architecture (EventBridge, SQS, SNS, Kafka), Multi-Region and Multi-AZ Deployment, High Availability, Fault Tolerance, Distributed Systems
AI/ML & GenAI
AWS Bedrock (Claude, Titan, Llama), RAG Pipeline Architecture, AI Agent Design, LLM Cost Optimization, Vector Databases (OpenSearch, Pinecone), SageMaker Model Deployment, Prompt Engineering, Agentic AI
DevOps & Infrastructure as Code
Terraform, AWS CDK, CloudFormation, GitHub Actions, AWS CodePipeline, Docker, Kubernetes, GitOps (ArgoCD, Flux), Monitoring (CloudWatch, Datadog, Grafana, Prometheus), Blue-Green Deployment, Canary Deployment
Backend Engineering & Programming
Python (FastAPI, Flask, Celery), TypeScript, JavaScript, Node.js (Express, NestJS), Go (Microservices, CLI Tools), React, Database Design (DynamoDB, PostgreSQL, MySQL, Redis), Message Queues (Kafka, SQS, RabbitMQ), API Design (REST, GraphQL, WebSocket, gRPC)
AWS Certifications (6x Certified)
- AWS Solutions Architect - Professional (2024)
- AWS Generative AI Developer - Professional (2024)
- AWS Developer - Associate (2023)
- AWS SysOps Administrator - Associate (2023)
- HashiCorp Terraform Associate (2023)
- AWS Cloud Practitioner (2022)
Education
- Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee — PG Certificate in Agentic AI, Generative AI & Machine Learning (2025-2026)
- Veer Narmad South Gujarat University — Master of Science in Information Technology (2018-2020)
- Veer Narmad South Gujarat University — Bachelor of Science in Information Technology (2016-2018)
Work Experience — Career History
- ASTM International — Senior AWS Solution Architect (2025-Present). Enterprise cloud architectures, Terraform/CloudFormation IaC templates, 70% reduction in manual setup.
- ProdigyBuild — Lead Platform Engineer (2023-2025). Serverless SaaS, Python/Lambda/DynamoDB, 99.9% availability, 40% cost reduction.
- ProtectOnce — SDE-II (2022-2024). Python backend services, React security dashboard, 25% CI/CD efficiency improvement.
- Imaginato (KFC Thailand) — Senior Software Engineer (2022-2023). PHP to serverless migration, 5M+ orders/month, Node.js/Go/Kafka.
- AppGambit — Full Stack Cloud Developer (2020-2021). 1M+ requests/minute, ECS/EKS/Fargate, real-time audit logging.
- Freelance — Cloud Consultant (2023-Present). Monolith-to-container migrations, $100K+ annual savings per client, 99.99% uptime.
Frequently Asked Questions
What kind of projects does Rahul Ladumor take on?
Rahul is an AWS solution architect, serverless full stack engineer, GenAI developer, and cloud native backend engineer. He specializes in serverless migrations, AWS cost optimization (40-70% savings), GenAI/RAG infrastructure on AWS Bedrock, event-driven architectures, DevOps automation with Terraform, and cloud security consulting.
Is Rahul available for hire as a freelance cloud architect or developer?
Yes. Rahul is available worldwide (remote) for project-based and retainer engagements. He is an Upwork Top Rated freelancer. Contact: rahuldladumor@gmail.com. He offers a free 30-minute architecture strategy call.
What technologies does Rahul specialize in?
AWS (Lambda, ECS/EKS, DynamoDB, Bedrock, SageMaker), Python, TypeScript/Node.js, Go, Terraform, Kubernetes, Docker, Kafka, Redis, PostgreSQL, React, GitHub Actions, and 30+ more cloud-native technologies.