Kaushik Bhat

VP of Engineering

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India14 yrs experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

Led AI initiatives improving operational efficiency.
Built high-performance API Gateway for Razorpay.
Scaled engineering teams and processes effectively.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Fintech engineering leader with expertise in API development and team scaling.

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Skills

Core Skills

Api DevelopmentInfrastructure ManagementProduct DevelopmentData-driven Decision MakingProject ManagementStakeholder ManagementTeam LeadershipAgile MethodologiesProduct ManagementClient RelationsSoftware DevelopmentIntegration EngineeringData EngineeringR&d

Other Skills

API GatewayAccount ManagementAgile ProcessesBackbone.jsBig DataClient OnboardingCoffeeScriptCore JavaCouchDBCross-Team CollaborationData AnalysisEmber.jsFullstack DevelopmentGitHTML 5

About

Engineer-Operator who loves conceptualizing, building, rebuilding and scaling amazing products in startups and scaleups. In the last year I have re-modeled myself as an Engineering leader who is constantly exploring how AI can make my current job redundant. Currently leading 2 key AI charters at Razorpay (i) to solve operational issues for our customers (ii) to improve efficiency for engineers. Previously I have built large developer platforms which have enabled more than 50 engineering teams scale their products with high TPS reliably in the most cost efficient way.

Experience

Razorpay

3 roles

Associate Director, Engineering

Promoted

Oct 2024 – Present · 1 yr 5 mos

Leading 2 groups - CX Automation and Developer Platforms. AI-first engineering on both ends

Senior Engineering Manager

Oct 2021 – Sep 2024 · 2 yrs 11 mos

Built Razorpay's API Gateway that processes more than 500million requests/day for 100+ services
Drove initiatives that improved platform availability to 99.99% and reduced infra costs by 60% with 100% adherence to security and compliance needs of Razorpay
Enabled Razorpay's transition from monolith to micro-services by becoming the 1 stop solution for everything auth and api-security
Built the team that launched our in-house API Gateway platform which scaled to multiple regions with better performance

API GatewayPlatform AvailabilityMicroservicesSecurity ComplianceAPI DevelopmentInfrastructure Management

Engineering Manager

Aug 2020 – Nov 2021 · 1 yr 3 mos

Built "Capital" from scratch - the lending arm of Razorpay. Owned Onboarding & Risk charter
Leveraged data across Razorpay to build automated Scorecards for decision making
Envisioned products for improved workforce management and productivity of Ops teams

Data AnalysisRisk ManagementProduct ManagementProduct DevelopmentData-Driven Decision Making

Zestmoney

Engineering Manager

Dec 2019 – Jul 2020 · 7 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Led the strategy and execution for partner integrations - led 3 engineering teams
Led key initiatives during Covid situation which involved massive cross-team collaboration
Worked with different stakeholders to define OKRs and the product engineering roadmap

Cross-Team CollaborationOKR DefinitionProduct EngineeringProject ManagementStakeholder Management

Artoo

3 roles

Engineering Lead

May 2017 – Nov 2019 · 2 yrs 6 mos

Part of the leadership team - defined OKRs, product, tech and ops strategy
Scaled the team from 5 to 20 high performing engineers across backend, front end, devops
Led the transformation from monolith to microservices. Built the processes for teams to own services
Introduced agile processes and CI/CD practices. We improved from quarterly release cycles to weekly
Strong focus on security and compliance. As CISO, played a major role in achieving VAPT and ISO 27001 certification
Built a culture of learning, ownership and feedback

OKR DefinitionTeam ScalingAgile ProcessesTeam LeadershipAgile Methodologies

Solutions Architect

Promoted

Dec 2015 – Apr 2017 · 1 yr 4 mos

Re-defined the product architecture to make it customisable and scalable for the next level of growth
Managed a team of Account managers and Sales engineers - conducted extensive user research to gather requirements while onboarding new clients. Led various initiatives on user training and education
Worked closely with the Engineering Manager to prioritize the delivery funnel
Worked closely with the founders to plan the product road-map and strategy
Artoo's new version of the platform was rolled out at this time. I was responsible to migrate 2 existing clients to the new version without any operational discrepancies, while also maintaining 2 clients on the old version with just a team of 4 people

Product ArchitectureUser ResearchClient OnboardingProduct ManagementClient Relations

Software Engineer

Aug 2013 – Nov 2015 · 2 yrs 3 mos

Fullstack - developed the first version of the product. Built integrations with Credit bureaus and Core Banking systems
Scaled the first client from pilot of 5 users to full adoption of 800 users across the country in the first 6 months of launch
by deep engagement across levels in the client organization

Fullstack DevelopmentIntegration DevelopmentSoftware DevelopmentIntegration Engineering

Infosys

Systems Engineer

Sep 2011 – Jul 2013 · 1 yr 10 mos · Bengaluru Area, India

Part of the first team in R&D which has now evolved to EdgeVerve. Part of the team which leveraged BigData to build a personalized recommendation engine product.

Big DataRecommendation EngineData EngineeringR&D