Somin Ali | EV Charging Product & Engineering

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EV Charging Platforms

End-to-end OCPP & OCPI protocol implementation — real-time monitoring, remote operations, tariffs, billing, and roaming.

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Product Line Management

Roadmaps, requirement specs engineering can build from, OCPP/OCPI certification readiness, UAT, and sales enablement.

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Architecture & Backend

HLD & LLD for distributed real-time systems. Java and Spring Boot, WebSocket servers, REST APIs, caching, and CI/CD.

Why Companies Work With Me

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Ships to Production

Built and deployed a full EV CMS platform — live, scalable, and handling real charging sessions.

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Domain Expert in EV / IoT

Deep expertise in OCPP 1.6, OCPI 2.2.1 protocols — rare skill set in a fast-growing industry.

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Specs Engineering Can Build From

Writes the requirement doc, not just the wish list. Agreed solution stated as requirements, open decisions kept separate.

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Bridges Product and Protocol

Certification planning, roadmap calls, and CPO scope grounded in how the protocol behaves in the field, not how it reads on paper.

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Low-Level Systems Knowledge

Written multithreaded servers in C, custom data structures, and socket-level programming from scratch.

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Builds for Scale

Designs with concurrency, caching, message queues, and horizontal scalability in mind from day one.

Experience

Software Product Line Manager

ENERGIC

May 2026 – Present

Own three core products on a multi tenant SaaS platform — Device Hub, Network for CPOs, and Mobility for eMSPs — plus the ChargeX driver app, from requirement definition through UAT.
Scoped and specified a new Business Accounts product line covering RFID, prepaid and postpaid billing, and per vehicle cost allocation.
Ran an OCPP 1.6 gap analysis and produced the OCPP 2.0.1 readiness plan, OCPI readiness plan, and OCA certification checklist.
Connected 5 roaming partners over OCPI 2.2.1 and authored the tariff, settlement, and multi currency specifications behind them.

Product Roadmap OCPP 2.0.1 OCPI 2.2.1 Multi-tenant SaaS

OCPP Consultant

Transond System Private Limited

Jan 2026 – Apr 2026

Advised the engineering team on OCPP 1.6J, converting specification language into concrete message flows, state handling, and error cases.
Reviewed CMS architecture and operator workflows, mapping CPO pain points to the scalability gaps that surface past pilot scale.

OCPP 1.6J Architecture Review

Software Development Manager

Volttic (Tvesas Electric Solutions Pvt. Ltd.)

Aug 2021 – Nov 2025

Led a team of 5+ engineers through release planning, code review, and production support for a CPMS running 1,000 chargers at peak.
Automated B2B billing engine: multi model engine covering CAPEX and OPEX contracts, generating 200+ invoices a month with tax calculation and payment tracking.
OCPI 2.2.1 roaming: full implementation covering session authorisation, CDR exchange, and tariffs, opening the network to external eMSP partners.
Telematics monitoring: real time tracking of battery state, location, and charger status over WebSockets with automated fault alerting.

Team Leadership Spring Boot Billing Engine WebSocket

Software Engineer

Volttic (Tvesas Electric Solutions Pvt. Ltd.)

Feb 2019 – Aug 2021

Implemented OCPP 1.6J over Java WebSocket between charge points and the CPMS backend, covering the core profile, firmware management, and smart charging.
Built the CPMS from scratch: live charger tracking, tariffs, remote OCPP operations, OTA firmware upload, charging profiles, QR activation, third party APIs.
Wrote a desktop charge point simulator to validate CPMS behaviour and protocol conformance without physical test units.

Java OCPP 1.6J CPMS Simulator

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