Askar Ali — Director of Engineering
I'm a Senior Engineering Manager with over 13 years of experience leading platform engineering at scale. At Porter, I head the Core Platforms vertical, driving the engineering of foundational systems that power company-wide products and operations. My expertise spans distributed systems, cloud architecture (AWS/GCP), platform reliability, and organizational enablement through internal tooling, observability, and automation. I've led cross-functional teams through major platform modernization initiatives, reduced infrastructure and support costs significantly, and improved time-to-market through internal feature management systems. Known for blending technical depth with strategic thinking, I collaborate closely with product, design, and operations to ensure engineering is aligned with business goals. I believe in building empowered teams, fostering clear ownership, and architecting systems that evolve with scale and complexity.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a SaaS and logistics engineering leader with expertise in cloud architecture and platform reliability.
Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Experience: 11 yrs 3 mos
Skills
- Engineering Leadership
- Cloud Architecture
- Saas Development
- Performance Optimization
- Role-based Access Control (rbac)
- Data Visualization
- Artificial Intelligence (ai)
- Infrastructure Automation
- Security & Compliance (soc2)
- Continuous Integration (ci/cd)
- Cloud Migration (gcp To Aws)
- Scalability & Reliability
- Location-based Services
- Billing & Reconciliation Systems
- Backend Engineering
Career Highlights
- Over 13 years of experience in platform engineering.
- Led major platform modernization initiatives.
- Expertise in cloud architecture and distributed systems.
Work Experience
Porter
Senior Engineering Manager (2 yrs 5 mos)
Engineering Manager (2 yrs 4 mos)
Reflektive
Technical Lead → Engineering Manager (1 yr 2 mos)
Daybreak
Principal Software Engineer (1 yr)
Blowhorn
Principal Software Engineer (11 mos)
Shadowfax Technologies Pvt Ltd
Senior Software Engineer (1 yr 10 mos)
Codeyssus Labs
Software Engineer → Senior Software Engineer (1 yr 6 mos)
Education
Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.) at MES College of Engineering, Kuttippuram
at M.E.S International school