Manikandan Sundarraj

About Manikandan Sundarraj

I am a distributed systems and integration architect operating at principal-level scope, with 15 years of experience building and scaling large enterprise platforms across supply chain, manufacturing, logistics, and finance.My expertise sits at the intersection of deep technical architecture and functional domain understanding. I don’t just build APIs — I design integration ecosystems that power procurement, order-to-cash, logistics orchestration, financial reconciliation, and global trading partner networks. This dual technical-functional fluency enables me to translate complex operational requirements into scalable, fault-tolerant platform systems.I bring extensive experience across both commercial integration platforms and custom cloud-native engineering. I have led architectural evaluations and modernization initiatives using Dell Boomi, SnapLogic, Workato, MuleSoft, and IBM Sterling. When scale, cost, or extensibility demanded greater control, I architected and built in-house integration frameworks to replace traditional iPaaS solutions.Technically, I specialize in event-driven, API-first distributed systems on AWS (Lambda, ECS/EKS, DynamoDB, SQS), Kafka-based streaming architectures, and Airflow-based orchestration for multi-system enterprise workflows. My Airflow implementations coordinate data movement, partner integrations, financial processes, and system synchronization with strong observability, idempotency, and failure recovery patterns.In the B2B domain, I have designed enterprise-grade EDI ecosystems supporting ANSI X12, EDIFACT, AS2, automated 997 acknowledgments, trading partner onboarding, and transaction monitoring. I built and containerized in-house AS2 infrastructure using open-source frameworks such as OpenAS2 to reduce vendor dependency while increasing operational control.I bring deep domain fluency across procure-to-pay, transportation management, manufacturing operations, global trade compliance, and financial integration — grounding architecture decisions in real operational constraints.Looking ahead, I am focused on how AI can optimize enterprise integration: intelligent schema mapping, adaptive contract validation, AI-assisted EDI translation, anomaly detection in event streams, and autonomous orchestration optimization.I operate with a strong contribute-and-learn mindset grounded in architectural rigor, first-principles thinking, and cross-functional leadership.

Experience

1. Staff Engineer, Integrations

   Rivian

   Dec 2022 — Present · Irvine, CA, US

Education

• Anna University Chennai

  Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.), Electrical and Electronics Engineering

  2007 — 2011