Sathish Kumar M

Industrial software and AI tools

Two decades of building, shipping and leading. Software engineer turned technical manager, PMP certified and Agile Scrum Master, still writing and reviewing code every week.

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Sathish Kumar M

More than two decades of experience. Software engineer turned technical manager, who still writes and reviews code every week.

20+years building and shipping software
PMPcertified
ScrumAgile Scrum Master
  • Developer and team lead. Web applications, hands-on from day one.
  • Project leadership and delivery. Portals, mobile apps and platforms, with teams of up to 30+ engineers.
  • Technical management, still hands-on. Industrial UIs in C++ and Qt, Python and PyQt, and applied AI.
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C++ and Qt

Operator control interfaces for heavy machinery.

  • C++
  • Qt
  • Agile
  • Cross-geo teams
  • Build operator control interfaces for industrial mining and construction machines.
  • Own UI feature design, development, quality and release delivery.
  • Work with product teams in Europe in a cross-geo Agile setup.

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Python and PyQt

Desktop platforms that ship continuously.

28 monthsof continuous releases
  • Python
  • PyQt
  • Docker
  • REST
  • Owned the full UI architecture of a field-service management platform for a global equipment maker.
  • Built it with Python, PyQt and Docker, and shipped continuous releases over 28 months.
  • Designed the REST integration layer that connects the interface to back-end services.

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REST integration

Connecting front ends to the services behind them.

  • REST
  • Python
  • Desktop
  • Mobile
  • Design REST integration layers that connect desktop and mobile front ends to back-end services.
  • Built the integration layer for a long-running field-service platform with continuous releases.

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Mobile and offline-first

Apps that keep working when the network does not.

  • Hybrid mobile
  • Cordova
  • SQLite
  • QR scanning
  • Delivered hybrid mobile applications alongside web portals, from solution design to release.
  • Built an offline-first logistics app with QR scanning that stores data locally.
  • The app syncs automatically when the connection returns.

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Web platforms

Portals and platforms, from first design to launch.

  • Web portals
  • Agile
  • Vendor micro-sites
  • Delivered end-to-end web portals, from solution design and scoping to launch.
  • Led a large online directory platform with tiered advertising and vendor micro-sites.
  • Ran Agile sprints and cross-functional delivery.

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Team leadership

Engineering teams that deliver, with habits that keep releases calm.

30+engineers led at peak
  • PMP
  • Scrum Master
  • Mentoring
  • Scoping
  • Code review
  • Estimation
  • Led teams of up to 30+ engineers, from solution design and scoping to resource planning and delivery.
  • Moved from software engineer to technical manager, and still write and review code every week.
  • Mentor junior engineers on the projects I work on.
  • Set UI engineering standards, review practices and estimation habits that several project streams adopted.

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WSL support

Developer environments that just work.

300+engineers supported
  • WSL
  • Linux
  • Tooling
  • Support
  • Support WSL-based developer environments used by 300+ engineers.
  • Diagnose and fix distro, tooling and setup problems so teams stay productive.

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Local AI

Private tools that run on ordinary hardware.

  • RAG
  • Ollama
  • PyQt
  • Local LLMs
  • M.Tech AI/ML
  • Built an open-source PDF chatbot that retrieves answers from your own documents.
  • Runs small language models on ordinary CPUs, with tuned chunk size, overlap and retrieval settings.
  • Completing an M.Tech in AI/ML at BITS Pilani, and applying it to retrieval and agent work.
View the PDF chatbot on GitHub

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Concepts

Ideas that change how you think about code.

  • Signals and slots. How Qt objects talk to each other without knowing about each other.
  • Offline-first design. Treat the network as a bonus, not a requirement, and your app gets simpler.
  • Retrieval-augmented generation. Give a language model the right pages before it answers, instead of hoping it remembers.
  • Estimating software work. Why estimates slip, and the habits that make them honest.

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Ideas

Working demos of ideas I want to try out.

  • JavaScript
  • Conversational UI
  • Concept demo
  • YourChatCart. A shop you use by chatting: describe what you want, add items in plain words, then check out and track orders in the same conversation.
Try the YourChatCart demo

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Games

Simple, casual games built in JavaScript for mobile phones.

  • JavaScript
  • Mobile
  • Android
  • iOS
  • Built basic casual games in JavaScript that run on mobile phones.
  • Published them on Google Play and the Apple App Store. They are no longer available on either store.

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Certifications

Credentials behind the delivery work.

PMPProject Management Professional
ASMAgile Scrum Master
  • PMP. Project Management Professional, the globally recognised project management credential awarded by PMI.
  • Agile Scrum Master. Certified to guide teams through Scrum and Agile delivery.

My path

  1. Developer and team lead

    Web applications, hands-on from day one.

  2. Project leadership and delivery

    Portals, mobile apps and platforms, with teams of up to 30+ engineers.

  3. Technical management, still hands-on

    Industrial UIs in C++ and Qt, Python and PyQt, and applied AI.