Vivek Gupta

CTO

Hyderabad, Telangana, India21 yrs 3 mos experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

Led engineering for national-level UPI payment initiatives.
Spearheaded cloud migration for high-traffic advertising systems.
Built and scaled AKQA Development Centre from scratch.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Fintech and AdTech expert with strong engineering leadership and cloud migration capabilities.

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Core Skills

Engineering LeadershipPayment SystemsSrePlatform EngineeringCloud MigrationInfrastructure ModernizationInfrastructure EngineeringSecurity EngineeringEngineering ProcessesDevopsEngineering ManagementTest Automation

Other Skills

AWSAmazon Web Services (AWS)Apache KafkaBigdataBusiness DevelopmentCloud ComputingCompliance ManagementContinuous DeliveryContinuous IntegrationContinuous Integration and Continuous Delivery (CI/CD)Distributed Team ManagementDockerIT StrategyInformation SecurityInfrastructure

Experience

Apple

2 roles

Engineering Lead at Apple Pay

Promoted

May 2025 – Present · 10 mos

Engineering Lead, Apple Ads

Jul 2017 – Mar 2021 · 3 yrs 8 mos · Hyderabad, Telangana, India

Built, scaled, and led high-performance Platform, Infrastructure, and Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) teams for AdPlatforms in Hyderabad.
Spearheaded the organization-wide public cloud migration strategy and execution, enabling broad adoption across AdPlatforms.
Drove the end-to-end tech-stack and infrastructure modernization for high-traffic, internet-scale advertising systems and services.
Architected and delivered large-scale, reusable platform capabilities that were adopted division-wide, directly contributing to significant business and engineering impact.
Championed and implemented cross-functional initiatives that yielded major developer productivity improvements across the organization.
Enhanced platform security by introducing and operationalizing a suite of new tools, automated processes, and engineering best practices.

Cloud MigrationInfrastructure ModernizationPlatform Security

Google

Engineering Lead Google Pay

Mar 2021 – May 2025 · 4 yrs 2 mos · Hyderabad, Telangana, India

Led engineering teams in building and scaling core capabilities for pivotal, national-level UPI initiatives, including RuPay CC on UPI, AutoPay, UPI Onboarding, and Tap&Pay.
Directed the end-to-end money-movement platform, owning the complete lifecycle of core entities (payment instruments, commerce orders, transactions) that power consumer and merchant experiences.
Engineered and operated a robust orchestration platform for India-specific payment rails (UPI), managing the full order lifecycle from fulfillment integration to Chargebacks, Refunds, and Reversals.
Owned the platform's SRE and operational strategy, ensuring 24/7 reliability, massive scalability, disaster recovery (DR), and business continuity (BCP) for critical payment systems.
Ensured full adherence to Payment Data Regulatory Compliance, including data localization, sharing, and retention policies, while managing all partner interfacing.
Managed critical financial operations, including automated Reporting, Reconciliation, and repair of entity states across internal and partner systems (NPCI, PSPs).
Served as the primary technical and platform owner for strategic partnerships with key ecosystem players, including NPCI and Payment Service Providers (PSPs).

Engineering LeadershipPayment SystemsSRECompliance Management

Akqa

2 roles

Group Technical Director

Promoted

Nov 2013 – Jul 2017 · 3 yrs 8 mos

Built and scaled the AKQA Development Centre in Gurgaon from scratch, establishing all engineering processes, the technology ecosystem, and the operational framework.
Grew and led a high-performance, multidisciplinary engineering organization of 50+ professionals, including Senior Managers, Architects, Data Scientists, Developers, and QA.
Provided international leadership, collaborating closely with technology executives across 10+ global AKQA locations to define and align on technical strategy.
Spearheaded the adoption of modern engineering practices by introducing DevOps, Test Automation, Microservices Architecture, and Operational Excellence frameworks.
Drove the strategic direction for technology, including the migration to AWS (Cloud Migration) and the integration of Machine Learning capabilities.
Architected and built large-scale, mission-critical, cloud-native systems from inception to production, ensuring high availability and fault tolerance.
Managed the balance between business priorities, technological enablement, and cost, ensuring sustainable and strategic growth for the development center.

Engineering ProcessesDevOpsCloud Migration