Ravi Shekhar — Engineering Manager
“Great systems aren’t built, they’re grown, scaled, and nurtured by people who care.” Ever wondered how e-commerce and payment platforms handle millions of daily transactions while staying resilient and low-latency? That’s where my passion lies, transforming complex technical challenges into seamless, reliable experiences that delight users and drive business growth. I’m an engineering leader with 12+ years of experience building distributed systems that power real-time payments, supply-chain platforms, and large-scale e-commerce operations. I thrive at the intersection of technology and business impact, designing microservices, optimizing infrastructure, and mentoring high-performing teams to deliver resilient solutions that scale seamlessly. My journey spans startups to global enterprises, always with a focus on enabling growth, reducing costs, and ensuring operational excellence. What I bring to the Table? - Distributed Systems Architecture & Microservices - Real-Time Payment Platforms & Low-Latency Design - Scalability, Resilience & High Availability (99.99% uptime) - Java, Spring Boot, Kafka, Cassandra, MongoDB, Redis, Elasticsearch - Data Streaming, ETL Pipelines & Event-Driven Systems - Cloud Infrastructure (AWS, Basic GCP) & Cost Optimization - Engineering Leadership, Mentorship & Cross-Functional Collaboration Signature Achievement: I scaled the order management and supply-chain systems to support 10M+ daily orders, improving fulfillment SLAs by 25% and achieving 99.99% uptime. Previously at Paytm, I led real-time payment systems handling 50M+ daily transactions with sub-second latency, while at Walmart, I cut release cycles from monthly to weekly by migrating monoliths to microservices—all while reducing operational costs by up to 20%. Cross-Industry Expertise: From e-commerce to fintech, retail, and logistics, I’ve solved complex engineering challenges across multiple domains—designing resilient systems, optimizing data pipelines, and implementing intelligent recommendation engines that drive both performance and business outcomes. Leadership Philosophy: Empower engineers, drive architectural clarity, and focus relentlessly on business impact. Let's Connect: If you’re passionate about scalable systems, payments innovation, or high-performing engineering teams, let’s connect and exchange ideas.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Backend-heavy Fullstack Engineer with expertise in E-commerce and Fintech.
Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Experience: 12 yrs 8 mos
Skills
- Distributed Systems Architecture
- Microservices
- Real-time Payment Platforms
- Low-latency Design
- High Throughput Systems
- Recommendation Engines
- Microservices Architecture
- Data Streaming
- Backend Development
- Healthcare Systems
- System Reliability
Career Highlights
- Scaled systems to handle 10M+ daily orders.
- Achieved 99.99% uptime in critical services.
- Led real-time payment systems for 50M+ transactions.
Work Experience
Lenskart Solutions Private Limited
Engineering Manager (2 yrs 2 mos)
Paytm
Senior Technical Lead (2 yrs 3 mos)
Groupon
Senior Software Engineer (1 yr 8 mos)
Walmart labs
System Engineer III (1 yr 10 mos)
Deloitte India (Offices of the US)
Technology Consultant (1 yr 1 mo)
ABS Nautical Systems
Java Developer (8 mos)
Amdocs
Java Developer (2 yrs 11 mos)
Education
Bachelor's Degree at Indian Institute Of Information Technology Allahabad
