Sachin Arora

Director of Engineering

Delhi, India14 yrs 9 mos experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

Over 14 years of experience in scalable systems.
Expert in system design and scalability best practices.
Led multiple high-impact projects in Fintech and Travel Tech.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Fintech and Travel Tech expert with strong system architecture and scalability skills.

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Skills

Core Skills

Team LeadershipIt StrategyTechnical LeadershipReliability

Other Skills

Business RequirementsCloud ComputingCoding ExperienceEmerging TechnologiesInternal AuditsJavaLeadershipMongoDBMySQLOperational ExcellenceProblem SolvingProject ManagementSoftware DesignSpringSpring Framework

About

I have over 14 years of experience specialising in creating scalable systems, both transactional and non-transactional. My expertise lies in applying system design principles and scalability best practices to build architectures that effortlessly scale to accommodate increasing demands.

Experience

Bharatpe

3 roles

Associate Director

May 2024 – Present · 1 yr 10 mos · Gurugram, Haryana, India · On-site

Leading the Merchant Lending Risk & Funnel team, driving EDI and EMI journeys end-to-end, from application, KYC, selfie, NACH to disbursement. Orchestrated data from bureaus, bank statements, SMS, and transactions into the BRE for automated decisions. Automated daily merchant eligibility checks, enabling scale through data-driven insights and operational efficiency.

Internal AuditsBusiness RequirementsTeam MotivationTeam LeadershipTechnical ProficiencyStakeholder Management+2

Associate Director

Promoted

Oct 2022 – Apr 2024 · 1 yr 6 mos · Gurugram, Haryana, India · On-site

As Associate Director, I designed a comprehensive loyalty management system for Bharatpe Zillion (formerly PAYBACK) with a customer base of over 150 million and a data warehouse size exceeding 25 terabytes include components like partner management, member management, OAuth 2.0 authentication, redemption services, BEFE, filters, search, catalogue addition, order management, and CMS integration. Additionally, I optimised user experience by removing vendor-dependent order management. I also led the setup of an AWS-based data warehousing solution using Glue, Spark, Parquet, and Athena.

Business RequirementsTeam MotivationLeadershipReliabilityIT StrategyTechnical Proficiency+3

Senior Engineering Manager

Nov 2021 – Sep 2022 · 10 mos · Gurugram, Haryana, India · On-site

As Senior EM at Unity Bank, I oversaw the development of a secure digital banking platform, integrating AES encryption and OAuth 2.0. Additionally, I led the launch of the Unity Bank KYC app, simplifying customer verification processes by incorporating PAN, Aadhar, Photo and location-based KYC details.

Business RequirementsTeam MotivationLeadershipReliabilityTechnical ProficiencyTechnical Leadership+2

Makemytrip

4 roles

Principal Engineer

Promoted

Apr 2020 – Nov 2021 · 1 yr 7 mos · Gurugram, Haryana, India

I spearheaded the design and development of a location platform capable of managing 2000 requests per second utilising multiple technologies for seamless location management. This included API management, GeoJSON-based location ingestion, and fast geospatial queries using Mongo and Aerospike. I implemented GraphQL for flexible API requests and integrated ElasticSearch for robust location-based searches.

Business RequirementsTeam MotivationLeadershipReliabilityTechnical ProficiencyCoding Experience+3

Lead Software Engineer

Promoted

Apr 2018 – Mar 2020 · 1 yr 11 mos · Gurugram, Haryana, India

I have played a key role in the development and enhancement of a hotels content platform component capable of managing 5000 requests per second. This component serves as a foundation for managing and delivering rich hotel-related content from different suppliers & we leverage cutting-edge technologies such as pHash, NIMA, and Google Cloud Vision to enhance the image optimisation process.

Coding Experience

Senior Software Engineer II

Apr 2016 – Mar 2018 · 1 yr 11 mos · Gurugram, Haryana, India

I have had the opportunity to maintain a legacy hotels content platform. Involved migrating hotels content data from MySQL to Solr using the DIH. I crafted SQL queries to fetch the necessary hotel content data, including amenities, location, images etc. I monitored the indexing process, ensuring that data updates from MySQL were synchronised with Solr through scheduled batch jobs.

Coding Experience

Senior Software Engineer I

Nov 2013 – Mar 2016 · 2 yrs 4 mos · Gurugram, Haryana, India

I have played a pivotal role in designing and implementing a bus aggregator connector component from the ground up. This crucial component acts as a bridge between the aggregator platform and diverse bus service providers. I leveraged MapStruct to facilitated seamless mapping and transformation along with Couchbase to store & manage the vast amount of data associated with aggregators.

Coding Experience

Sapientnitro

Associate Technology

Jul 2013 – Nov 2013 · 4 mos · Gurugram, Haryana, India · On-site

During the period I was on the bench but proactively utilised my time to acquire new skills and enhance my professional knowledge. Despite not being actively assigned to a project, I remained committed to personal growth and development.

Coding Experience

Magnaquest technologies ltd

Sr. Software Engineer

Jan 2011 – Jul 2013 · 2 yrs 6 mos · Hyderabad, Telangana, India · On-site

I have gained hands-on experience in working on RADIUS & DIAMETER protocol servers using Java. With a strong focus on network authentication and accounting, I have contributed to the implementation of robust and scalable RADIUS & DIAMETER solutions. Through my work, I have acquired in-depth knowledge of the RADIUS & DIAMETER protocols and its integration within various network environments.

Coding Experience