Arbi Stepanian

Senior Software Engineer • AI-Powered Architectures

Full-Stack Developer

Expert in building scalable SaaS platforms and AI-integrated systems with Node.js, JavaScript/TypeScript, Python, C#, and cloud technologies. Proven leader delivering enterprise-grade solutions that accelerate innovation and business growth.

AI-Driven Development
Microservices & Cloud
Technical Leadership
AI-Integrated Systems
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Arbi Stepanian

SENIOR SOFTWARE ENGINEER • AI-POWERED ARCHITECTURES

Driving Innovation with AI-Enhanced Software Solutions and Scalable Architectures

C#PythonNode.jsNest.jsNext.jsReactOpenAIVector EmbeddingsPrompt EngineeringRAGMCPAWSGCPAzureDockerGitHub ActionsCI/CDSQL ServerPostgresRedisTailwind CSSSystem ArchitectureTechnical LeadershipTeam MentorshipAI Workflow DesignMongoDBDynamoDBLambdaGlue AWSCursor
United States

Arlington, Texas, United States

Projects

Portura.ai: AI-Powered Portfolio & Recruiter Assistant

Node.jsNext.jsAWSMongoDBDockerOpenAICloudinary

Architecting an AI‑driven platform enabling dynamic portfolios, recruiter search, and AI agent interaction.

Designed microservices with Lambda, ECS, SQS, Redis, MongoDB (structured + vector), and OpenAI.

Built normalization pipelines, embedding workflows, RAG search, and real‑time recruiter–AI chat.

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Experience

  1. Jan 2026

    Senior Software Engineer

    Ikon Technologies

    Present

    At Ikon Technologies I help build next gen dealership platform for GPS telematics, inventory, and day-to-day dealer operations. My work cuts across product UI, backend services, and the cloud systems that turn raw device pings into live maps, alerts, and analytics.

    I work end-to-end on the platform: dealer-facing apps (Toolbox / Smart Marketing), NestJS APIs for inventory and telematics, real-time GPS delivery, and serverless / event-driven pipelines that decode, enrich, and store high-volume device data on AWS. I also contribute to shared data and infra foundations, auth, databases, Terraform, and lakehouse pipelines that feed reporting and marketing insights.

    Highlights

    • Full-stack delivery on a multi-tenant platform for automotive dealerships

    • Real-time and near-real-time GPS / IoT systems (ingest → decode → enrich → notify → map)

    • Event-driven AWS architecture for telemetry, alerts, and integrations

    • Data platform work supporting analytics and Smart Marketing use case ... [truncated]

    • Designed architecture for next-gen Toolbox app, reducing AWS infrastructure costs from over $100,000 to under $10,000 per month.

  2. Jan 2021

    Technical Co-Founder

    Vertical Drop LLC

    May 2026

    Co‑founded and built the next‑gen Risen Media platform, a live church presentation system with real‑time collaboration, multilingual support, and AI‑powered workflows.

    Designed scalable architecture using ASP.NET, secure APIs, WebSockets, Redis Pub/Sub, and GCP/Azure hosting.

    Led development of Risen Media’s Android TV display app (v2.0), overseeing offshore teams and code quality.

    Implemented AI‑assisted tooling with ChatGPT + Copilot to accelerate feature development, debugging, and documentation.

    Collaborated closely with church teams to enhance UX, accessibility, reliability, and live performance stability.

    Tech stack: ASP.NET | C# | Node.js | Azure | GCP | Redis | SQL Server | WebSockets | MAUI | jQuery | LESS

  3. Dec 2015

    Senior Software Engineer

    Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)

    Apr 2025

    Developed internal platforms, automation tools, and enterprise analytics dashboards for global Data Science teams.

    Built product recommendation engine powering HPE.com & Buy.HPE.com.

    Delivered GenAI-powered internal systems including Ask BI, CMO Chat, and SDR AI agent tools.

    Leveraged ChatGPT & Copilot to auto‑generate tests, improve API reliability, refactor legacy code, and accelerate delivery.

    Tech stack: C# | ASP.NET MVC | Java | Python | Vertica | SQL Server | jQuery | GenAI Tools

  4. Feb 2011

    Director of Technology

    Threshold Interactive

    Dec 2015

    Directed engineering/QA teams delivering high‑traffic websites (Honda, Nestlé, Aspen Dental).

    Led architecture, performance optimization, offshore team management, and large‑scale deployments.

    Tech stack: ASP.NET | MVC | Razor | SQL Server | NHibernate | PHP | jQuery

Summary

Highly experienced Senior Software Engineer specializing in AI-assisted development, scalable SaaS architecture, and full‑stack engineering across .NET, JavaScript/TypeScript, Python, and cloud ecosystems (AWS, Azure, GCP). Expert in building AI‑integrated products using OpenAI, LLM pipelines, vector databases, semantic search, and agent workflows. Advanced use of ChatGPT and GitHub Copilot for rapid prototyping, code generation, debugging, refactoring, test creation, API design, and system architecture acceleration.

Proven track record in leading engineering teams, delivering enterprise systems, designing microservices, optimizing performance, and shipping production‑grade AI‑enabled platforms.

Education

Bachelor of Science, BSME

Azad University (Tehran South Branch, Iran)

Jan 1994 – Jan 1999

Languages

Englishfluent
Armeniannative
Persiannative
Arbi Stepanian – SENIOR SOFTWARE ENGINEER • AI-POWERED ARCHITECTURES