Vinay Chikkaveera Thippaiah — VP of Engineering

Vinay C is a seasoned technology executive with over 21 years of global experience, currently leading engineering for Off-Amazon Payments at Amazon from the Bangalore, India development center. He drives engineering strategy, product innovation, and third-party merchant integrations across Amazon Pay’s external payments ecosystem. With deep expertise in customer-centric product development using dual-track agile methodologies, Vinay has successfully led full product lifecycles - from market analysis and business case development to architecture, engineering execution, and post-launch support. He has built and scaled several high-impact products, including Amazon Pay’s ‘Link&Pay’, and ‘Click&Pay’, transforming them from ideation into profitable business lines. Vinay has extensive experience collaborating with global stakeholders across North America, Europe, and Asia-Pacific. He has a proven track record of establishing and managing offshore development and innovation centers, leading large cross-functional teams (100+), and delivering scalable, high-availability platforms that support millions of monthly transactions. He is passionate about building high-performance teams, bridging technology with business strategy, and driving innovation at scale. His areas of specialization include external payments architecture, compliance and risk management, product-market fit strategy, and cloud-native application development. Specialties: Engineering leadership, Third-party merchant payments, Agile product delivery, Payment architecture, Compliance (PCI, PPI, DL), Product strategy, Software platform scalability, and Global stakeholder management.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Fintech expert with a strong focus on payment architecture and product innovation.

Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Experience: 20 yrs 8 mos