Ravi Chakrapani

Director of Engineering

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India18 yrs experience

Highly Stable

Key Highlights

Led cross-functional teams across multiple countries.
Architected high-availability solutions for major platforms.
Established KPI-driven rhythms improving operational sustainability.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a FinTech and SaaS expert with strong leadership in software development.

Contact

raviop531@gmail.com LinkedIn

Skills

Core Skills

FintechSoftware DevelopmentTeam LeadershipProject ManagementCloud ComputingTechnical LeadershipAnalyticsTeam ManagementEngineering ManagementArchitecture ReviewsMobile Applications

Other Skills

Ad OpsAgile MethodologiesAgile Project ManagementAmazon Web Services (AWS)Business DevelopmentBusiness StrategyCloud SecurityCore JavaGDPRGeneral Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)Global paymentsGoGolangJ2MEJIRA

Experience

Razorpay

Senior Engineering Manager

Aug 2022 – Nov 2025 · 3 yrs 3 mos · Bangalore Urban, Karnataka, India

Leading 5 cross-functional engineering pods (30+ engineers) across India and
Malaysia, with accountability across frontend, backend, and support domains.
Spearheaded the launch of PA/PG operations in 2 countries (1 underway) as part
of Razorpay’s global expansion charter, delivering against MTU and GMV growth
targets.
Repurposed and scaled core Payments, Payouts, Subscription & Merchant
Experience platforms to support multi-region deployments across 3 geographies
with minimal rework.
Institutionalized AI-driven governance systems to embed
internationalization-by-design across 30+ user-facing products and platforms
components.
Drove the adoption of cell-based architecture in collaboration with Senior
Engineers and Infra teams, enabling infra isolation and resilience at a regional level.
Established KPI-driven operating rhythms across Product, Engineering, and Infra;
improved operational sustainability through SLOs, reduced incident volume, and
visibility via dashboards.
Influenced cross-functional stakeholders (Product, Program, Business, Founders) to
align on and deliver strategic OKRs across two business cycles.
Built and scaled a high-performance engineering culture, earning the company’s
Dream Team Award and sustaining top-tier MnPS across performance cycles.

FinTechGlobal paymentsGolangStakeholder ManagementArchitecture ReviewsTeam Leadership+31

Hackerrank

Engineering Manager

Dec 2020 – Aug 2022 · 1 yr 8 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Sixt research & development india

Engineering Manager

Jun 2019 – Mar 2020 · 9 mos · Greater Bengaluru Area

Bonzai – the creative management platform

Director of Engineering

May 2010 – Jun 2019 · 9 yrs 1 mo · Pune/Pimpri-Chinchwad Area

A founding engineer. Have actively contributed towards product and engineering decisions for the organization
Built a Creative Management Platform that's widely used by some the most prominent publishers and agencies across the world
Currently Managing a cross functional engineering team that involved Front End, Backend, Devops and Partner integrations.
Setup engineering processes right from development to deployment.
Driven crucial product decisions that required technical expertise.
Managed organisation’s recruitment for various technical positions.
Single handedly drove platform availability, security, stability and compliances for the product.
Successfully managed product pivots in the course of organisation’s evolution.
Architected and built an Ad Server with low latency and high availability as a primary criteria.
Contributed and performed code reviews for numerous APIs that were consumed by various client applications.
Managed technical integrations with various Vendors and third party.
Performed Technology and Vendor assessments for key components like CDN, DNS, Technology and Compliance audit

Network18 group (cnbc tv18, cnn ibn, moneycontrol.com)

Software Developer

Jan 2007 – Apr 2010 · 3 yrs 3 mos · Mumbai Metropolitan Region

Key Responsibilities
Built a J2ME mobile application for BookMyShow
Built various application to provide portfolio and stock related information on mobile devices
Built mobile pages and mobile portals for various content available across Network 18 properties.