May 2023 – Apr 2025 · 1 yr 11 mos · Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India · On-site

• Promoted to lead broader technical charters, including infrastructure cost optimization, internal tech operations, platform security enhancements, and governance at scale while balancing IC leadership and organizational process improvements.
• Key contributions included:
• Defining platform strategies and scaling core systems sustainably
• Leading cross-team technical initiatives across security, observability, and platform reliability
• Mentoring engineering leads and driving technical excellence during hypergrowth

Apr 2022 – May 2023 · 1 yr 1 mo · Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India · On-site

• Joined as one of the founding member of the engineering team, helping build core platform and infrastructure systems from the ground up. Led the initial scaling of the cloud infrastructure, CI/CD processes, observability, and internal developer tooling. Worked hands-on across platform engineering, DevOps/SRE, and early security initiatives to support rapid business growth.
• Focused heavily on:
• Building foundational infrastructure practices
• Improving engineering velocity and deployment reliability

Sep 2020 – Apr 2022 · 1 yr 7 mos · Gurugram, Haryana, India · Hybrid

• Worked on the Platform Engineering team to build scalable, reliable systems that empowered all engineering sub-verticals at Urban Company. Focused on improving developer productivity, evolving the infrastructure tech stack, and strengthening core engineering capabilities across the organization.
• Key areas of contribution:
• Built and enhanced core platform services spanning infrastructure, developer tooling, security, and data platforms
• Improved CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure-as-code practices, and proactive reliability initiatives
• Contributed to security platforms including authentication, authorization frameworks, and anomaly detection systems
• Collaborated across engineering teams to evolve developer experience, system scalability, and observability standards
• Enjoyed working in complex, cross-cutting problem spaces that required a blend of deep technical work and cross-team collaboration.

Sep 2019 – Sep 2020 · 1 yr · Mumbai, Maharashtra, India · Hybrid

• Joined as the first DevOps engineer to establish infrastructure and operational foundations at upGrad during a high-growth phase. Built and led the DevOps function from scratch, setting up scalable, secure AWS infrastructure and driving developer productivity improvements across teams.
• Key contributions:
• Designed and implemented scalable, secure AWS infrastructure to support product and platform growth
• Built DevOps processes, ticketing systems, and internal workflows to streamline operations and improve response times
• Hired and mentored interns and consultants to scale the DevOps function alongside business needs
• Focused on automation, CI/CD improvements, and operational excellence to support a rapidly growing engineering team
• Loved the opportunity to work in a zero-to-one environment, building systems, teams, and practices for long-term success.

Mar 2019 – Sep 2019 · 6 mos · Mumbai Area, India · On-site

• Worked as part of the Global Delivery team, supporting high-availability infrastructure across multiple data centers. Focused on improving system reliability, cost optimization, and change management processes for critical production environments.
• Key contributions:
• Maintained high uptime and operational excellence across multi-data center setups
• Drove infrastructure cost optimization initiatives, balancing performance and efficiency
• Led discussions around Service Level Objectives (SLOs) and Error Budgets with engineering stakeholders
• Improved automation and deployment workflows to strengthen system resilience
• Gained valuable experience balancing operational rigor with continuous delivery needs in a high-demand environment.

Apr 2018 – Feb 2019 · 10 mos · On-site

• Converted full-time after a successful internship to help scale and maintain high-availability, customer-facing applications serving millions of users. Focused on infrastructure automation, production reliability, and cloud migration initiatives during a major scaling phase.
• Key contributions:
• Worked closely with different product teams, on business critical enhancements and innovative features.
• Improved system monitoring, alerting, and operational runbooks to enhance reliability
• Worked closely with engineering teams to automate deployments and developer experience
• Contributed to documentation, SOPs, and on-call readiness for production support
• Learned the foundations of operating large-scale distributed systems, on-prem data centres, and incident management in a real-world, high-growth environment.

Apr 2017 – Apr 2018 · 1 yr · On-site

• Selected as an engineering intern, focusing on early DevOps and system automation projects. Gained hands-on experience in system reliability, infrastructure tooling, and production operations that led to a full-time conversion.
• Key projects:
• Worked on setting up On-Call schedules and automations across Organisation
• Assisted in operational tasks, monitoring, and system reliability improvements
• Documented technical SOPs and participated in cross-team engineering discussions