Sourabh Raheja

CTO

Gurgaon, Haryana, India20 yrs 3 mos experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

20+ years of experience in engineering leadership.
Proven record of driving high annual revenue impact.
Expert in scaling mobile and enterprise solutions.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a SaaS and Fintech expert with extensive experience in mobile applications and engineering leadership.

Contact

raheja@gmail.com LinkedIn

Skills

Core Skills

Artificial Intelligence (ai)Mobile ApplicationsAgile MethodologiesDeployment AutomationSoftware Development

Other Skills

Agile Project ManagementAnalyticsAutomationBlackberryDesign PatternsE-commerceFlexGitJSONJavaJavaScriptMachine LearningScrumTest Driven DevelopmentWeb Development

About

Engineering leader with 20+ years of experience scaling orgs and delivering mobile and enterprise solutions at scale. Proven record of driving high annual revenue impact, reducing costs through automation, and accelerating release velocity. Recognised for combining deep technical expertise with business-first execution, consistently improving reliability, retention, and customer experience at scale.

Experience

Microsoft

Principal Engineering Manager

Oct 2020 – Present · 5 yrs 5 mos · Noida · Hybrid

Leading AI Create charter for M365 Copilot Mobile Apps, enabling LLM-powered content generation and editing.
Built and launched Designer Mobile App (iOS & Android) from scratch, defined operational standards, and enabled enterprise-grade reliability.
Founded and grew an incubation team in Office AI, piloting and shipping multiple AI-first product concepts.

Machine LearningArtificial Intelligence (AI)Mobile ApplicationsAgile Project Management

Goibibo

Senior Director - Engineering

Sep 2016 – Oct 2020 · 4 yrs 1 mo · Gurgaon, India

Head of Engineering for Holidays BU; significantly reduced post-sales support cost through automation.
Scaled Goibibo mobile org from 20 → 40 engineers, reorganized into cross-functional pods, accelerating release cadence by 3x.
Drove non-linear growth with IPL Travel Fest gamification → 1M+ new user acquisition,
Architected real-time infrastructure for IPL campaigns: scaled concurrency from 20K → 400K users with median latency <15s.
Built Alexa skill for Goibibo, securing branding on the first Amazon Echo device in India.
Increased user retention by 15% through app engagement framework with geo-fenced and local notifications.

Agile MethodologiesMobile ApplicationsJavaScriptAutomation

Oxigen services india pvt ltd

Director of Technology, Mobile

Feb 2016 – Sep 2016 · 7 mos · Gurgaon, India

Led mobile org of 20+ engineers for wallet & payments apps.
Revamped B2B and B2C mobile funnel and improved conversion by 10%.
Enhanced mobile app performance measurement and conversion funnel insights through adoption of modern analytics frameworks.

Mobile ApplicationsAnalytics

Snapdeal

Senior Engineering Manager

May 2015 – Oct 2015 · 5 mos · Gurgaon, India

Headed Growth Hacking team and revamped referral program.
Built iOS telemetry logger with batch updates → reduced logging overhead by 40%.

Mobile ApplicationsAgile Methodologies

Homeshop18

Deputy General Manager (Technology)

Oct 2012 – Apr 2015 · 2 yrs 6 mos · Gurgaon, India

Built and launched India’s first TV shopping mobile app along with end to end e-commerce funnel (iOS and Android).
Scaled mobile org from 0 → 25 engineers, fostering high-performance culture with <5% attrition.

Mobile ApplicationsE-commerce

Xebia it architects india pvt. ltd.

Senior Consultant

Feb 2009 – Oct 2012 · 3 yrs 8 mos · Gurgaon, India

Lead Xebia India’s mobile competency; delivered showcase apps, winning multiple enterprise accounts.
Developed NearBuy iOS and Blackberry application, a location aware advertising solution for reaching customers as they move around shopping zones in the city with minimal battery usage.
Built NeXt Editor, an advanced Flex based Rich Internet Application (RIA) that allows users to create and order photo albums online. Implemented ObjectHandles around photo placeholders for resize and rotate.
Implemented Web user interface for Deployit, a Deployment Automation solution that allows both Operations and Development to manage their software deployments in an efficient, secure and predictable manner.

Mobile ApplicationsDeployment Automation

Adobe systems

Software Developer (MTS)

May 2005 – Dec 2008 · 3 yrs 7 mos

Implemented streaming Download Manager at Adobe for secure and reliable download of Adobe products on Linux. Designed and developed a thread-safe framework for GUI since GTK by itself was not thread-safe.

Software DevelopmentJava