Jagadesh Babu Thangavelu — CTO
I’m an engineering leader with over 12+ years of experience driving both product-led engineering and large-scale platform initiatives across fintech, edtech, and SaaS. I enjoy operating at the intersection of product velocity, platform strategy, and operational excellence—building engineering organisations that ship reliably, scale sustainably, and stay deeply aligned with business outcomes. My career spans hands-on 0→1 product development, multi-team leadership, and the architecture of systems that balance strong user impact with long-term structural integrity. At slice Small Finance Bank, I built the Platform organisation from the ground up, leading Infrastructure, Developer Experience, Core Platform, and Risk/Fraud Platform teams. I led the design of our multi-region, compliant AWS foundation, drove the migration of all business units into this new environment, improved our compliance posture to 90%+, and delivered more than $200K/month in cost savings. Before that, I led Risk, Data Integrations, and Fraud Engineering, where I built Valyria—a real-time credit risk engine that reduced policy rollout time by 90% and significantly improved underwriting and onboarding flows. Earlier in my career, I led multiple product engineering teams at Relevel by Unacademy, where I scaled the Jobs platform 20×, helped the business achieve PMF in under five months, and shipped several 0→1 platforms in startup timelines. Before that, I founded a consulting firm and built ATS, CMS, analytics, collaboration, and booking systems across diverse domains. Across every role, I focus on building strong teams, mentoring leaders, and creating platforms and products that meaningfully improve developer experience, system reliability, and business impact.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Fintech and EdTech engineering leader with extensive experience in platform development and team management.
Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Experience: 8 yrs
Skills
- Platform Engineering
- Aws
- Developer Experience
- Risk Engineering
- Data Integrations
- Engineering Management
- Operations Management
- Product Management
- Product Development
- Software Development
Career Highlights
- Built a platform organization from scratch at slice.
- Developed a real-time credit risk engine reducing rollout time by 90%.
- Scaled Jobs platform to 20x within five months.
Work Experience
slice
Senior Engineering Manager - Platform Engineering (Infra, DevEx, Core Platform, FRM Platform) (1 yr 5 mos)
Engineering Manager - Risk, DI & FRM Engineering (1 yr 10 mos)
Relevel by Unacademy
Senior Engineering Manager - Courses Platform (8 mos)
Senior Engineering Manager - Runway Team (1 mo)
Senior Engineering Manager - Jobs Platform (4 mos)
Engineering Manager (6 mos)
TapChief
Senior Product Engineer (1 yr 1 mo)
Intrick Consulting
Chief Executive Officer (4 yrs)
PYDAN Consulting Pvt Ltd.
Software Engineer (1 yr 7 mos)
COREFACTORS SOFTWARE AND COMMUNICATION SERVICES
Business Development Manager (6 mos)
Focus Academy For Career Enhancement
Softskill Trainer (2 mos)
Education
Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.) at KPR Institute of Engineering and Technology
at G.Ramaswamy Naidu Matric Higher Secondary School