Aditya Bhargava — CTO

A seasoned leader with a proven track record in driving technical excellence and innovation. With extensive experience in engineering management, I am dedicated to shaping and executing strategic initiatives that propel the organisation towards its goals. My expertise lies in: * Crafting robust engineering strategies to tackle complex challenges and drive sustainable growth. Fostering a culture of collaboration and continuous improvement, empowering teams to deliver high-quality solutions efficiently. * Leading the design and implementation of scalable, resilient distributed systems to support our evolving business needs. * Spearheading the adoption of best practices in Micro services, clean code, CI/CD, automation, and DevOps to streamline our development processes and enhance productivity. * Cultivating a diverse and inclusive environment where talent thrives, through effective recruitment, mentorship, and talent development programs. * Establishing strong partnerships with stakeholders to align technical initiatives with business objectives and drive impactful outcomes. I am committed to providing exceptional leadership and support across various domains, including: *Strategic planning and roadmap development to guide our engineering efforts towards achieving organisational goals. * Resource allocation and prioritisation to ensure optimal use of our technical resources and maximize efficiency. * Continuous learning and innovation to stay ahead of industry trends and drive technological advancements within our organization. * Collaboration with cross-functional teams to facilitate seamless integration of engineering solutions across the business. * Advocating for a customer-centric approach to product development, focusing on delivering value and exceeding expectations.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a seasoned leader in E-commerce and Software Development with expertise in Microservices architecture.

Location: Gurgaon, Haryana, India

Experience: 14 yrs 7 mos

Skills

Leadership
Microservices
Software Development

Career Highlights

Led engineering across 180+ microservices.
Managed teams delivering high-quality solutions.
Expert in driving technical excellence and innovation.

Work Experience

OLX Indonesia

Head of Engineering (2 yrs 4 mos)

OLX Group

Engineering Manager (2 yrs 3 mos)

McKinsey & Company

Software Architect (1 yr 2 mos)

ThoughtWorks

Lead Consultant (11 mos)

Senior Consultant (2 yrs 3 mos)

Think Money Group

Software Developer (1 yr)

SOTI Inc.

Software Engineer (1 yr 1 mo)

The Advisory Board Company

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Aithent

Senior Software Engineer (1 yr 5 mos)

Software Engineer (5 mos)

Junior Software Engineer (5 mos)

Software Engineer Trainee (5 mos)

GrapeCity, Inc.

Software Engineer Trainee (2 mos)

Education

Master’s Degree at Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University

Aditya Bhargava

CTO

Gurgaon, Haryana, India14 yrs 7 mos experience

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Key Highlights

Led engineering across 180+ microservices.
Managed teams delivering high-quality solutions.
Expert in driving technical excellence and innovation.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a seasoned leader in E-commerce and Software Development with expertise in Microservices architecture.

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Skills

Core Skills

LeadershipMicroservicesSoftware Development

Other Skills

Agile MethodologiesAmazon SQSAmazon Web Services (AWS)Apache KafkaC#Capacity PlanningClean CodingCoachingConsultingConvincing PeopleData StructuresDeep LearningDesign PatternsDevOpsDomain-Driven Design (DDD)

About

Experience

14 yrs 7 mos

Total Experience

1 yr 9 mos

Average Tenure

2 yrs 4 mos

Current Experience

Olx indonesia

Head of Engineering

Jan 2024 – Present · 2 yrs 4 mos · Gurugram, Haryana, India · Hybrid

Leading Engineering of OLX classified and OLX Autos (ID) span across
180+ microservices and mutiple application across mobile & PWA, catering to 10 million MAU.
Overseeing 10 product teams, in total of 70+ engineers, ensuring their
productivity and success in delivering high-quality work.
Responsible for defining and delivering quarterly OKR of 10 product
teams with the help of Engineering Managers and Product counterpart.
Guiding teams in evolving the architecture and achieving operational
excellence.
Responsible for hiring and nurturing tech talent in the organisation.
Helping CTO in defining and achieving the yearly tech budget.
Helping business in taking strategic decisions.

Amazon Web Services (AWS)Capacity PlanningCoachingDevOpsDomain-Driven Design (DDD)IT Strategy+10

Olx group

Engineering Manager

Oct 2021 – Jan 2024 · 2 yrs 3 mos · Gurugram, Haryana, India

Managing and leading multiple streams of the OLX Classified and Dealer Super App, which span across 26 micro services deployed on EKS and using SQS, SNS, Lambda, Kafka, Aurora ,Go lang, Node js, Java and Kotlin, 3 frontend platforms. Serving millions of customers across geography (IN, ID, TR & LATAM) .
Overseeing multiple teams, in total of 40+ engineers, ensuring their productivity and success in delivering high-quality work.
Managing planning and delivery of quarterly OKRs, in close collaboration with product leaders, UX folks, chapters and SRE.
Responsible for defining and maintaining operational excellence, engineering practices, SLI and SLO.
Responsible for resource planning, hiring and retaining talent of managed teams.
Leading classified tribe along with product leader in India, Indonesia and Turkey.
Active participant in OLX campus hiring and recruitment.
Responsible for yearly goal setting and appraisal of team members.
Helping product leaders in managing market SPOC and stakeholders.