Gaurav Agarwal

Director of Engineering

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India7 yrs 9 mos experience

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Key Highlights

Led multiple engineering teams at Amazon.
Achieved significant cost savings through operational strategies.
Expert in architecting large-scale distributed systems.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Fintech expert with strong capabilities in software development and engineering management.

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Skills

Core Skills

Engineering ManagementAmazon Web Services (aws)Software DevelopmentTeam LeadershipOperational ExcellenceProcess OptimizationSystems DesignDatabase Management

Other Skills

AlgorithmsAndroidData StructuresDatabase TransitionFull-Stack DevelopmentJavaOperational StrategyProduct InnovationPrompt EngineeringSOLID Design PrinciplesSystem Migration

About

Software Engineering Manager with 7 years of experience at Amazon, including 3+ years as SDM and 4+ years as Software Engineer. I bring expertise in team leadership, technical strategy, and product innovation, with a focus on architecting and optimizing large-scale distributed systems. I have a strong track record of improving system performance, driving operational excellence, and managing cloud infrastructure efficiently.

Experience

Amazon

4 roles

Software Development Manager

Promoted

Mar 2022 – Present · 4 yrs

1. Sequentially led three distinct engineering teams of 10+ engineers each over a three-year period, covering Amazon Product Vouchers, Balance 2.0, and Amazon Pay Balance & Net Banking.
2. Launched Amazon Pay Vouchers, Amazon Pay Balance on UPI and Add Money & Pay combinely contributing INR 3bn+ issuance and INR 40 bn+ transaction volume in 2024.
3. Eliminated 1.5 SDE-years of recurring work annually via operational strategy implementation.
4. Localized Amazon Pay Balance operations (credit, debit, balance read) per
PAPG guidelines, achieving 14–55% latency reduction across all operations while saving $65K annually in IMR costs.

Engineering ManagementAmazon Web Services (AWS)Operational Strategy

Software Development Engineer II

Promoted

Apr 2021 – Mar 2022 · 11 mos

Launched Amazon Pay Vouchers for India as lead engineer, building eligibility engine, payment combination logic for vouchers + Amazon pay balance transactions, notification system, and voucher landing page.

Software DevelopmentJavaSystems Design

Software Development Engineer

Jul 2018 – Apr 2021 · 2 yrs 9 mos

Built pub-sub system to remove zero-balance Gift Cards from customer accounts, eliminating unnecessary database reads during redemption and reducing database query load by 90% (1.5B → 0.12B records/month)

Software DevelopmentDatabase Management