Rakshith Aradhya

Director of Engineering

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India15 yrs 8 mos experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

Led successful cloud migration with significant cost savings.
Launched a new SaaS product onboarding enterprise clients rapidly.
Established a high-performance engineering culture with DORA metrics.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a SaaS engineering leader with expertise in cloud-native transformations and scalable platform architecture.

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Skills

Core Skills

Cloud EngineeringEngineering StrategyDevsecopsScalable Saas Platform ArchitectureSoftware Development

Other Skills

API OptimizationAPI Performance OptimizationASP.NETASP.NET CoreASP.NET MVCAzureBackend Systems DesignCC#Client OnboardingConsultancy ServicesDORADORA metricsDocker ProductsGCP

About

Engineering leader with 14+ years of experience building scalable, secure, and reliable B2B SaaS platforms in fast-paced tech environments. I specialize in leading cross-functional teams, driving cloud-native transformations, and delivering engineering roadmaps aligned with business goals. As Director of Engineering at Mystifly, I led multiple high-impact initiatives — including a full cloud migration (Azure → GCP) with 32% cost savings, launch of a new SaaS product, and implementation of DORA metrics and SRE practices in collaboration with Google engineers. I take pride in balancing strategic vision with hands-on architectural depth. I have consistently built high-performing teams, fostered DevSecOps culture, and shipped features that improve developer velocity, scalability, and customer experience. 🔹 Specialties: Cloud Engineering (Azure, GCP, Kubernetes) DevSecOps, SRE & Observability Scalable SaaS Platform Architecture Engineering Strategy & OKRs Developer Experience & CI/CD Automation Data-Driven Delivery (DORA, Harness)

Experience

Mystifly

4 roles

Director of Engineering

Promoted

Oct 2022 – Present · 3 yrs 5 mos

Led a team of 3 engineering managers, 40 engineers, and 9 direct reports, fostering a culture of accountability and delivery excellence.
Successfully migrated cloud infrastructure from Azure to GCP, achieving 32% cost savings with zero disruption.
Launched a new SaaS product (“Azygos”), onboarding 3 enterprise clients within months of release.
Partnered with Google’s SRE team to introduce reliability engineering best practices across systems.
Rolled out DORA metrics using Harness, improving deployment frequency and reducing MTTR.
Drove OKR-based performance culture; aligned engineering initiatives with org-wide strategic goals.

Cloud EngineeringDevSecOpsSREDORA metricsEngineering StrategyOKRs

Technical Architect

Promoted

May 2019 – Present · 6 yrs 10 mos

Led a team of SDEs and architects to define and deliver scalable backend systems for travel tech products.
Designed & launched MystiPay, a revenue-generating product built during the COVID period.
Improved flight search API performance by 85%, handling over 3M requests/day.
Established observability stack (ELK, New Relic) and achieved PCI-DSS Level 2 compliance.
Integrated complex client-side payment systems, improving throughput by 300 tickets/day.

Backend Systems DesignAPI Performance OptimizationObservability StackPCI-DSS ComplianceScalable SaaS Platform Architecture

Senior Software Engineer

Promoted

Aug 2012 – Feb 2020 · 7 yrs 6 mos

Developed ‘OnePoint’ — a key WCF-based platform product widely adopted within the company.
Integrated major payment gateways (ICICI, AMEX, Cybersource) with credit card fraud prevention.
Represented company in client-facing roles across the US and China; led onboarding and API integrations.

WCFPayment Gateway IntegrationClient OnboardingSoftware Development