Varun Sobti

Director of Engineering

Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands15 yrs 4 mos experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

Led engineering teams for fintech products at scale.
Expert in building user-centric onboarding solutions.
Passionate about mentoring and team development.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Fintech Engineering Leader with expertise in scalable systems and user experience.

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Skills

Core Skills

Engineering ManagementMerchant & Sub-merchant OnboardingFrontend DevelopmentUser Experience (ux)Financial ServicesUi/ux OptimizationPerformance EngineeringReal-time Analytics

Other Skills

AJAXAndroidAngularJSArchitectural ImprovementsArchitectureCollaborationCommunicationCompliance AutomationCreative Problem SolvingCross-functional Team LeadershipCross-team CollaborationCustomer ExperienceDjangoE-commerceFront-end Engineering

About

Engineering leader with 15+ years of experience in fintech, payments, and large-scale consumer platforms. At Adyen, I lead teams building merchant and sub-merchant onboarding platforms, driving automation, web/app performance, and scalability to support global growth. At Paytm, I managed engineering for financial services products such as Postpaid and Digital Gold, scaling products to millions of users and improving performance across platforms. Earlier roles at Twitter and ZipDial sharpened my expertise in high-performance, lightweight applications for emerging markets. Passionate about bridging technology and customer experience, I focus on building global engineering teams that deliver measurable business impact. Specialties: Engineering Management | Merchant & Sub-merchant Onboarding | FinTech & Payments | Compliance Automation | Scalable Systems | Team Building & Mentorship

Experience

Adyen

2 roles

Engineering Manager

Promoted

Sep 2021 – Present · 4 yrs 6 mos · Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands

Leading the Platform & Financial Services framework team, building hosted onboarding and embedded component solutions for global merchants.
Own OKR planning, quarterly objectives, stakeholder management, and growth mentorship for team members, including performance reviews and compensation planning.
Managed frontend engineers across the In-person Payments vertical (4 teams), covering self-serve onboarding and robotic test management systems.
Partnered on global hiring, scaling user-facing solutions, and aligning multi-team efforts across geographies.
Work closely with merchants and internal stakeholders to ensure onboarding solutions meet compliance, scalability, and usability requirements.

Engineering ManagementMerchant & Sub-merchant OnboardingCompliance AutomationScalable SystemsTeam Building & Mentorship

Staff Software Engineer

Nov 2019 – Aug 2022 · 2 yrs 9 mos · Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands

Built and scaled frontend solutions for Point of Sale (POS) terminals, hired and led a team that delivered frameworks now powering 200k+ active devices.
Migrated legacy POS interfaces and merchant dashboards to VueJS, incorporating merchant feedback to enhance user experience.
Contributed to the Adyen Design Library (ADL) by creating reusable VueJS components, expanding adoption across the organization.
Designed and delivered the Store List Dashboard, enabling enterprise merchants to manage thousands of stores with detailed terminal insights.
Engaged directly with merchants through feedback sessions and site visits, refining product usability and store experience.
Developed Supply Chain & Control Center applications for terminal purchase, distribution, and support.
Reduced order wait times by ~2 days and improved customer support responsiveness through integrated workflows.
Mentored new hires on migration projects, architecture, and platform understanding, accelerating their onboarding and contribution.

Vue.jsFrontend DevelopmentUser Experience (UX)Team Leadership

Paytm

3 roles

Engineering Manager

Promoted

Apr 2019 – Oct 2019 · 6 mos

Led engineering teams for financial services products, including Paytm Postpaid and Credit Score.
Directed end-to-end development, ensuring seamless integration of credit products into Paytm’s ecosystem.
Defined engineering processes that improved team productivity, collaboration, and delivery timelines across multiple stakeholders.
Partnered with product and business leaders to align technical strategy with Paytm’s financial services expansion.

Engineering ManagementFinancial ServicesTeam Collaboration

Senior Technical Lead

Apr 2018 – Mar 2019 · 11 mos

Spearheaded the development of Paytm Postpaid across mobile, desktop, Android, and iOS platforms.
Designed frontend architecture using Weex framework, enabling consistent user experience across devices.
Contributed to the Weex framework core and improved official documentation, strengthening adoption across Paytm teams and the wider developer community.
Optimized UI/UX flows for Postpaid, improving adoption and customer satisfaction.
Mentored engineers and established reusable frontend patterns for financial services teams.

Weex FrameworkUI/UX OptimizationMentorship

Technical Lead

Nov 2016 – Mar 2018 · 1 yr 4 mos

Built and scaled the frontend team for Paytm’s Financial Services vertical.
Delivered the Digital Gold product, enabling users to buy/sell gold instantly with microtransactions as low as ₹1.
Improved Paytm Android app GPU performance and website load times (~1 second), significantly enhancing user engagement.
Drove architectural improvements and performance optimizations adopted across multiple Paytm products.

Frontend DevelopmentArchitectural ImprovementsPerformance Optimization

Twitter

Software Engineer II

Mar 2015 – Nov 2016 · 1 yr 8 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Built and optimized lightweight chat application UIs for Android, designed for emerging markets with strict size and performance constraints (<1MB footprint).
Developed partner-facing Scala applications enabling Twitter’s India ecosystem to consume and integrate APIs seamlessly.
Created and maintained debugging tools (mobile.twitter.com debug pages) used by global engineering teams to monitor and resolve production issues.
Focused on performance engineering, reliability, and scale.
Collaborated across product and engineering teams to deliver features for millions of users, driving adoption in high-growth markets.

Performance EngineeringScala ApplicationsCollaboration

Zipdial mobile solutions pvt ltd. ( acquired by twitter )

Senior Software Engineer

Mar 2013 – Feb 2015 · 1 yr 11 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Developed and maintained a real-time analytics dashboard (AngularJS) for campaign managers to track leads, campaign performance, and KPIs supporting data-driven decision-making.
Built and scaled admin tools and portals for onboarding and managing marketing campaigns, enabling smoother configuration and rollout.
Mentored frontend engineers, establishing standards for UI/UX optimization and scalable web development practices.
Played a key role in transitioning ZipDial’s engineering capabilities into Twitter after acquisition, ensuring continuity and scalability of core systems.
Delivered products supporting millions of user interactions daily, laying the groundwork for experience in high-scale, mission-critical systems.

AngularJSReal-time AnalyticsMentorship

Kraff softwares pvt ltd

Senior Software Engineer

Jul 2010 – Feb 2013 · 2 yrs 7 mos · Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India

Property search, estate broker portals and lead management tools at Terabitz, a leader in Real Estate Software innovation.
Neeyaa.com, an educational networking platform that helps students, tutors, and parents interact. It provides the ability for students to set up goals, for tutors to monitor progress and assign tasks, and for parents to be involved. Neeyaa also provides tools for tutors to conduct online tutoring sessions with students anywhere in the world.