Anshul Shukla

Director of Engineering

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India13 yrs experience

Highly Stable

Key Highlights

Scaled Navi UPI to 300M+ transactions/month.
Built and led a 45-member engineering team.
Expert in designing low-latency distributed systems.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Fintech expert with strong capabilities in distributed systems and engineering leadership.

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Skills

Core Skills

Distributed SystemsTechnical LeadershipScalabilityRisk Management

Other Skills

AJAXAgile DevelopmentCascading Style Sheets (CSS)CommunicationExpert CommunicatorFinTechJavaScriptJiraKubernetesLeadershipLow-latency SystemsMongoDBNode.jsProduct EngineeringProduct Quality

About

Engineering leader with a passion for building and scaling distributed systems, high-growth teams, and mission-critical fintech products. Led the development of Navi UPI, scaling it to 300M+ transactions per month, making it the 4th largest UPI player in India. Built and scaled a 45-member engineering team from scratch, fostering a culture of ownership, innovation, and execution excellence. Expert in designing highly available, low-latency systems, ensuring scalability, reliability, and cost efficiency. Adept at driving technical strategy, optimizing performance, and leading teams through hypergrowth. Let’s connect to discuss fintech, distributed systems, and building high-impact engineering teams!

Experience

Quince

Senior Engineering Manager - Logistics

Jul 2025 – Present · 8 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · Hybrid

Navi

2 roles

Senior Engineering Manager - UPI , Bill Payments

Promoted

Jul 2023 – Apr 2025 · 1 yr 9 mos

UPI (0-1 Project): Built Navi UPI from scratch, scaling it to 300M+ transactions/month, making it the 4th largest UPI player in India, with a low-latency, highly available distributed system.
BBPS (0-1 Project): Led the end-to-end development of Navi’s BBPS platform, enabling real-time bill payments at scale, ensuring high reliability, compliance, and seamless user experience.
In-House SWITCH (0-1 Project): Designed and built an in-house payment switch, optimizing transaction routing, failover handling, and bank integrations, improving success rates and reducing dependency on third-party switches.

Distributed SystemsScalabilityLow-latency SystemsTechnical LeadershipRisk Management

Engineering Manager - Lending & UPI

Jul 2021 – Jun 2023 · 1 yr 11 mos

Digital Lending (0-1 Project): Built a digital STP (Straight Through Processing) journey for lending operations, streamlining loan approvals, risk assessment, and disbursement.