Vijo Cherian

Curriculum vitae

Vijo Cherian

Independent founder and builder. Engineering, search, and creator tooling.

[email protected] github.com x.com

[01]   Expertise

[E.01]   Embedded Linux

  • — Yocto
  • — Buildroot
  • — U-Boot
  • — Kernel configuration
  • — Device drivers
  • — Cross-compilation
  • — Board bring-up
  • — BSP development
  • — Real-time Linux

[E.02]   Linux systems

  • — systemd
  • — Networking
  • — Performance tuning
  • — Kernel internals
  • — Containers (Docker, containerd)
  • — Shell and Python automation
  • — Observability

[E.03]   Cloud and infrastructure

  • — Kubernetes (cluster ops, operators, Helm)
  • — AWS and GCP
  • — Terraform
  • — CI/CD pipelines
  • — GitOps
  • — Service mesh
  • — Edge deployments

[02]   Experience

[E.01]   Founder work

  • 01
    Independent founder and builder
    Self-directed — Swiftly, TV platform, creator SEO tools
    • — Building Swiftly, a YouTube trend detection pipeline used by independent creators and small studios.
    • — Designing a channel-based video aggregation platform and shipping free SEO utilities as a distribution channel.
    • — Writing publicly about programmatic SEO, search, and the mechanics of solo product work.
    2024 — present

[E.02]   Systems engineering

  • 01
    Senior cloud and platform engineer
    Company name
    • — Owned Kubernetes platform for fleet-scale edge deployments, including operators and Helm-based release pipelines.
    • — Designed Terraform and GitOps workflows across AWS and GCP for multi-region production environments.
    • — Built observability and CI/CD pipelines used by application teams across the organization.
    YYYY — YYYY
  • 02
    Embedded Linux engineer
    Company name
    • — Led board bring-up and BSP development on ARM platforms using Yocto and Buildroot.
    • — Tuned the Linux kernel and userspace for real-time workloads on constrained hardware.
    • — Maintained U-Boot, device drivers, and the device tree across multiple hardware revisions.
    YYYY — YYYY
  • 03
    Linux systems engineer
    Company name
    • — Worked on systemd-based service architectures, networking, and performance tuning across production fleets.
    • — Automated provisioning and operational tooling in shell and Python.
    YYYY — YYYY

[03]   Projects

  • 01
    Swiftly
    YouTube trend detection pipeline.
    live
  • 02
    TV platform
    Channel-based video aggregation.
    building
  • 03
    SEO tools
    Free utilities for YouTube creators.
    building
  • 04
    Virtually
    AI analyst concept.
    idea

[04]   Stack

TypeScript · React · TanStack Start · Node · Python · Postgres · Redis · ClickHouse · Cloudflare · BigQuery