building autonomous systems

Abhinav Deepala

Senior Full Stack Engineer

I build scalable, production-grade systems — and lately, the autonomous AI agents that run them.

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01 — About

Who I am

Full Stack Engineer with 10+ years building scalable, production-grade applications across the JavaScript/TypeScript ecosystem (React, Node.js, Angular), with hands-on experience in event-driven architectures using Kafka, container orchestration with Docker/Kubernetes, and cloud infrastructure on both AWS and Azure.

Strong backend proficiency in Java/Spring Boot and Node.js REST APIs, with deep experience building real-time, data-intensive UIs for high-throughput systems — currently in the warehouse automation and robotics domain.

These days I'm especially focused on applying AI to software workflows: designing autonomous agent systems that plan, execute, and self-correct. Building the tools has become as interesting as building the products.

Education

Master of Science (MS), Computer Science and Information Systems

University of Michigan-Flint

Fall 2015

02 — Experience

Where I've built

Senior Software Engineer — Full Stack

Symbotic · acquired Walmart Advanced Systems & Robotics

Oct 2023 – Present

  • Built and maintained full-stack features across Angular, React, Java, Spring Boot, and Kafka within a microservices architecture, owning ~20% of backend service development alongside frontend work.
  • Delivered a next-gen workstation UI using React + Vite, improving build speed and deployment efficiency for warehouse automation platforms.
  • Led development of scalable, modular Angular applications with real-time UI updates via WebSocket, optimizing responsiveness for live warehouse operations.
  • Enhanced event-driven state machines integrating Kafka, Java, and Spring Boot services to manage real-time workflow transitions at scale.
  • Built dynamic CMS tooling enabling non-technical users to manage UI content and layouts without code changes.
  • Streamlined CI/CD via GitLab pipelines, with automated deployments using Ansible and Kubernetes on Azure.
  • Automated E2E testing with Playwright and enforced TDD across the team; mentored engineers and managed an offshore team in India.
ReactAngularJavaSpring BootKafkaKubernetesAzurePlaywright

Senior Software Engineer — Frontend

AT&T

May 2022 – Oct 2023

  • Built and maintained full-stack applications using Spring Boot, enhancing legacy systems and integrating REST APIs for authentication, payments, and third-party services.
  • Led the frontend revamp of the user authentication experience (OTP, KMSI, RMI flows) with Angular and reactive patterns via RxJS.
  • Created an enterprise-ready UI component library using Angular and Storybook, with visual test cases and documentation.
  • Improved frontend build pipeline via Webpack optimization and tree-shaking, reducing bundle size and build times.
  • Integrated feature flag management for controlled releases and A/B testing; wrote unit/integration tests (Jasmine, TDD) and built accessible (WCAG) responsive UI.
AngularRxJSSpring BootStorybookWebpack

Senior Software Engineer — Frontend

J.P. Morgan Chase

Jan 2018 – Apr 2022

  • Spearheaded frontend architecture using Angular and React for internal data tools and dashboards, including custom ag-grid extensions for large-dataset visualization.
  • Implemented backend services using Java 8, Spring Boot, JPA/Hibernate, and Node.js — RESTful APIs (JAX-RS/Jersey) and Node services for distributed system integration.
  • Designed and maintained a scalable design system in Figma and Angular for cross-application UI consistency.
  • Built a micro-frontend-ready Angular application with dynamic feature loading for team-level decoupling and independent deployments.
  • Implemented state management using RxJS and centralized services; mentored interns and managed an offshore team in India.
AngularReactJavaSpring BootNode.jsag-gridFigma

Software Engineer — Full Stack

Nationwide Children's Hospital

Jan 2016 – Jan 2018

  • Developed modern single-page applications (Angular, Bootstrap) with form-driven interfaces and real-time updates via REST APIs and WebSocket services.
  • Built custom Angular form components (dynamic inputs, selectors, validators) and responsive, mobile-first layouts using Flexbox and CSS Grid.
  • Practiced behavior-driven development (Jasmine, Karma) and conducted cross-browser testing for consistent rendering.
AngularBootstrapRESTWebSocketJasmine

03 — Skills

What I work with

Frontend

ReactAngularTypeScriptJavaScriptRxJSNGRXViteHTML5CSS3

Backend

Node.jsJavaSpring BootRESTful APIsEvent-Driven ArchitectureKafka

Cloud & Infra

AWSAzureDockerKubernetesAnsibleIaC workflows

Testing & CI/CD

JestJasminePlaywrightGitHub ActionsGitLab CI/CDTDD/BDD

Design & AI

FigmaDesign SystemsLLM AgentsPrompt EngineeringAgentic Workflows

04 — Projects

Things I've made

NEXUS

Real-time systems platform

A clean, dark, high-signal interface for monitoring and driving live systems — the design language and engineering philosophy this very site is built to echo.

ReactTypeScriptWebSocketDesign System

Autonomous Agent Infrastructure

Self-hosted AI operator

A self-hosted OpenClaw setup: a persistent AI agent with its own workspace, memory, tooling, and scheduling — capable of shipping code, managing infra, and running long-lived tasks end to end. (This site was scaffolded, built, and deployed by it.)

LLM AgentsNode.jsAutomationSelf-hosted

Warehouse Automation UIs

High-throughput operations

Real-time, data-intensive interfaces for live warehouse robotics — WebSocket-driven state, event-sourced workflows via Kafka, and modular Angular/React front ends built for uptime.

ReactAngularKafkaWebSocket

05 — Contact

Let's build something

I'm always up for interesting problems — scalable systems, real-time UIs, or AI agents that do real work. Reach out.

abhinav.deepala@gmail.comLinkedInGitHub