Harish Balasubramanian

CTO

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India24 yrs 5 mos experience

Key Highlights

24 years of experience in technology and software products.
Led teams of up to 60 members across multiple locations.
Expert in product engineering and stakeholder management.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a seasoned engineering leader in Fintech and Cybersecurity with extensive product development experience.

Contact

bharish77@gmail.com LinkedIn

Skills

Core Skills

Product DevelopmentTeam ManagementSoftware Development

Other Skills

Agile MethodologiesAutomationCassandraCloud ComputingCommunicationCross-functional CollaborationCustomer EngagementData StructuresDebuggingElasticsearchEnterprise SoftwareEquities BackendGitGitHubHypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP)

About

A seasoned engineering leader with about 24 years of overall experience in Technology, building software products I have 13+ years of experience in managing / leading teams and have actively played the roles of a software developer, architect, product owner and principal engineer at various stages through the years I'm passionate about building / leading world-class teams and products that meet customer requirements Skills: • Product engineering • Expertise in working with cross-functional teams across Europe, Israel, US and India • Building high performance teams, staff engagement & retention • Stakeholder management • Customer escalation management • Mentoring and People management • Process improvement • Innovation • Agile / Scrum Technology Exposure: • Languages: C, C++, Perl, Python, Shell scripts, Java • OS: Linux, Solaris • Protocols: SMTP, HTTP, ICAP, LDAP, TCP/IP • Databases: Postgres, Cassandra, RabbitMQ, Redis, MySQL • Tools: GDB, SVN, Git, GitHub, Jira, Jenkins, Wireshark • Misc: AWS, Kubernetes, ELK stack, Docker, Spring Boot, Grafana, OAuth, REST APIs, Google Workspace, Terraform

Experience

Hdfc securities

Group Head of Engineering

Jul 2023 – Present · 2 yrs 8 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Paytm money

Sr. Director of Engineering

Sep 2021 – Jun 2023 · 1 yr 9 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Responsible for the Equities Backend vertical that powers the Paytm Money stock trading app
Lead an engineering team of about 60 members including Senior Managers, Managers and Technical Leads
Closely collaborate with Product Management, FrontEnd, DevOps, QA, Operations, Compliance and Customer service teams to deliver on roadmap items

Equities BackendTeam LeadershipCross-functional CollaborationProduct DevelopmentTeam Management

Blue yonder

Senior Engineering Manager

Jun 2021 – Sep 2021 · 3 mos · Bangalore Urban, Karnataka, India

Responsible for the strategy and delivery of the following Supply Chain product lines
> Linear Programming Optimization solver
> Supply Chain Strategist
Managed an engineering team of about 15 members including senior architects, developers, functional engineers and optimization engineers

Supply Chain OptimizationTeam ManagementProduct Development

Mcafee

Senior Engineering Manager

May 2004 – Mar 2021 · 16 yrs 10 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Most recent snapshot:
Managed the overall product engineering activities for the following fully owned products:
> Network Data Loss Prevention (NDLP) – An appliance-based enterprise product that helps protect organizations against data loss and ensures compliance
> McAfee Email Gateway (MEG) – An appliance-based enterprise product that helps protect organizations against inbound / outbound email threats and ensures compliance
Managed an engineering team of about 20 members including engineers, architects, leads, scrum master and lead managers
Typical responsibilities:
Lead technical and strategic discussions involving engineering, product management, customers and other stakeholders
Prioritization of the NDLP roadmap and ensuring quality and timely delivery of releases (major / minor / update)
Represent NDLP in Quarterly Business Reviews
Drive an innovative culture in the team
Drive top call driver analysis & associated process / product improvements
Engage and drive interactions with key customer accounts
Drive activities that’ll help improve customer satisfaction and in turn the Net Promoter Score (NPS)
Constantly review and optimize engineering efficiency
Review ideas and mentor people on innovation as part of the Ideas review board
Ensure strong partnership with global support, sales and training teams
Historic snapshot:
Instrumental in building & growing the MEG and NDLP engineering teams in Bangalore from ground up over the years
Designed, architected, developed and delivered on numerous customer features & fixes across NDLP and MEG product lines over the years
Contributed to the Cloud Access Security Broker (CASB) engineering team for about a year and was involved in the architecture and feature development activities of cloud connectors alongside other global architects and developers

Product EngineeringTeam ManagementCustomer EngagementProduct Development

Novell software

Software developer

Jul 2001 – May 2004 · 2 yrs 10 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Developed features and fixed customer escalations on Linux and Solaris platforms for Novell eDirectory – A directory service product based on the X.500 standard that natively supports LDAPv3 for directory access

LinuxSolarisLDAPSoftware Development