Varun Achar

VP of Engineering

Bengaluru South, Karnataka, India15 yrs experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

Led UPI engineering team driving 70% of transactions.
Founded healthcare startup selected for accelerator program.
Built world-class tech teams at Treebo Hotels.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Fintech leader with extensive experience in building scalable payment systems.

Contact

achar_varun@hotmail.com LinkedIn

Skills

Core Skills

LeadershipSoftware DevelopmentProduct ManagementStrategyProject ManagementProduct DevelopmentMarketing & Sales

Other Skills

AJAXAgile MethodologiesCI/CDChaos EngineeringContinuous DeliveryDecision-MakingDevOpsDistributed SystemsExt JSGitHibernateJDBCJSONJSPJUnit

About

All round engineer interested in building systems that drive value. Currently heading UPI at Razorpay. Previously headed the their Platform team. First 5 engineer at Treebo. Led consumer facing services, Engg Platform and DevOps at Treebo. Previously founder of Trelta, a healthcare startup which was selected for the 3rd batch of startup accelerator VentureNursey, India's first angel-backed startup accelerator. Worked on one of the global top 150 mission-critical systems of JP Morgan servicing billions of $ worth of transactions daily. Was part of the core team at imlee.com, a startup incubated under Pebstone. R&D Engineer at Zycus Inc.

Experience

Razorpay

4 roles

Senior Director of Engineering

Promoted

May 2024 – Present · 1 yr 10 mos

Current: Driving central initiatives
Previous: Driving innovation in UPI Payments. My team and I are not just powering UPI payments, which drive 70% of Razorpay’s transactions, but also building the foundational infrastructure that enables it — including the advanced payer and payee switch stack.
We are proud to deliver transformative solutions like UPI Turbo, a groundbreaking P2M plugin, and TPAP as a Service, empowering businesses to harness the full potential of UPI. Additionally, we’re exploring new frontiers with initiatives like Credit on UPI, shaping the next era of digital payments.
Transforming the way India transacts, one innovation at a time.

LeadershipMicroservicesStrategySoftware DevelopmentWeb ApplicationsProduct Management+3

Director Of Engineering

Promoted

May 2021 – Jun 2024 · 3 yrs 1 mo

Currently heading the UPI engineering team and Financial infrastructure team.
Previously headed the developer platform group.
As part of the developer platform, my teams manage the Edge Platform, Observability, Test engineering, Messaging Platform, Microservice frameworks, FE frameworks, Frontend tooling.
Responsible for Engineering Branding.

LeadershipMicroservicesSoftware DevelopmentWeb ApplicationsAgile MethodologiesProject Management

Associate Director

Promoted

Apr 2020 – May 2021 · 1 yr 1 mo

Sr EM, Platform and Tools

Jul 2019 – Mar 2020 · 8 mos

Managing multiple teams of Platform and Tools unit at Razorpay.

Treebo hotels

3 roles

Associate Director, Engineering

Promoted

Jan 2018 – Apr 2019 · 1 yr 3 mos

First 5 engineer at Treebo. Have been involved since the beginning in all decision making for the Technology team. We were successful in building a world class team that is building world class tech.
Over the years some of the things I have been responsible for are: setting up the technical strategy including OKRs of different teams, org technology blueprint, engg processes/practices, production support, hiring practices, product managing the DevOps and engg platform products, driving execution etc.
Teams I have led at Treebo: Consumer services platform (including the web and mobile platforms), Growth, B2B, DevOps, Engineering Platform.
Links for some of the amazing work my teams have done are attached below.

LeadershipProject ManagementDevOps

Engineering Manager

Promoted

Jan 2017 – Dec 2017 · 11 mos

Tech Lead

Sep 2015 – Dec 2016 · 1 yr 3 mos

Headlyt

Co Founder

Dec 2015 – Apr 2016 · 4 mos · Bengaluru

One of India's first Bike Taxi Startups.
Responsible for :
Product development.
Marketing & Sales.
Fund raising.
Recruitment.

Product DevelopmentMarketing & SalesRecruitment

Jpmorgan chase & co.

Associate

Mar 2014 – Jul 2015 · 1 yr 4 mos · Mumbai Area, India

Worked on one of the global top 150 mission critical systems of JP Morgan servicing billions of $ worth of transactions daily.

Trelta

Founder

Jul 2012 – May 2014 · 1 yr 10 mos · Mumbai

Founded and launched the healthcare startup focused on helping patients suffering from chronic ailments manage their health better.
Responsible for :
Product development.
Marketing & Sales.
Fund raising.
Recruitment.