Lenin Velu — VP of Engineering
As a Vice President of Engineering at MX Technologies, I lead MX India and our global SRE & Platforms, Infrastructure, and Cloud teams. At MX, our mission to empower the world to be financially strong requires platforms and teams that scale with care. I believe in leading with a founder’s mindset; taking ownership, thinking long term, and building capabilities that strengthen the company well beyond immediate outcomes. Over the past 2 years, I’ve helped build MX India from ground as a strategic Global Capability Center, designed to add depth, resilience, and execution strength to MX’s global engineering strategy. The focus has been on people first: hiring and developing strong leaders, creating clear ownership, and fostering a culture of trust, collaboration, and growth. The goal is not just scale, but durable impact and a team that meaningfully extends MX’s ability to innovate and deliver worldwide. In parallel, I lead MX’s global SRE, platforms, infrastructure, and cloud organizations, shaping how we modernize our technology, improve reliability, and enable product teams to move faster with confidence. I believe reliability, velocity, and cost discipline work best when teams are empowered and platforms are treated as long-term products. Always open to thoughtful conversations on engineering leadership, global capability centers, platforms, and building teams that grow people while strengthening the business.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Fintech expert with a strong focus on Site Reliability Engineering and leadership.
Location: Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Experience: 20 yrs 3 mos
Skills
- Site Reliability Engineering
- Executive Leadership
- Incident Management
- Product Management
- Solution Architecture
Career Highlights
- Led global SRE and engineering teams at PayPal.
- Built MX India as a strategic Global Capability Center.
- Expert in incident management and reliability engineering.
Work Experience
MX
Head of MX India | VP of Engineering (6 mos)
Head of MX India | Sr.Director of Engineering at MX (1 yr 6 mos)
PayPal
Director of Engineering, Site Reliability at PayPal (1 yr 11 mos)
Senior Manager, Embedded Site Reliability Engineering (eSRE) (2 yrs 2 mos)
Software Development Manager 2 - Site Reliability Engineering: Measurement & Attritbution Platforms (2 yrs 1 mo)
Software Development Manager 2 - Site Reliability Engineering Tools (2 yrs)
Software Development Manager 1, Site Reliability Engineering - Systems Support (1 yr)
Site Reliability Engineering - Systems Support (2 yrs)
Merchant Optimization Strategy Analyst (0 mo)
Merchant Technical Services - Level 3 (3 yrs)
Merchant Integrations Engineer - Large Enterprises (1 yr)
Merchant Intgrations Engineer - US Small Business (2 yrs)
Partner Certifications Engineer (0 mo)
HCL BPO
Technical Support Executive - British Telecom (1 yr 1 mo)
Education
Bachelor of Engineering - BE at KLN College of Information Technology
Higher Secondary at Seventh Day Adventist Matriculation School, Madurai
