Nikhil Ugane

CEO

Pune, Maharashtra, India12 yrs 1 mo experience
Highly Stable

Key Highlights

  • Over 12 years of engineering leadership experience.
  • Expert in system scalability and platform optimization.
  • Passionate about mentoring and team collaboration.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Fintech expert with strong leadership in scalable systems and payment solutions.

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Skills

Core Skills

LeadershipProject ManagementOrganizational LeadershipSolution ArchitectureSystems DesignSoftware DevelopmentJavaData StructuresFull-stack Development

Other Skills

Agile & Waterfall MethodologiesApacheArchitectural DesignBusiness RequirementsCash ManagementCode ReviewCommunicationComputer ScienceContinuous ImprovementContinuous Integration and Continuous Delivery (CI/CD)Couch BaseCross-functional Team LeadershipDistributed SystemsDocker ProductsDropwizard

About

With over 12 years of experience in engineering leadership, currently serving as Associate Vice President at Paytm, India's leading digital payment platform. Specializing in system scalability, platform optimization, and strategic leadership, contributing to solutions that enhance user experience and operational efficiency. At Paytm, spearheading initiatives to optimize the Payment Gateway platform, driving cost efficiency, and leveraging cutting-edge technology to scale systems to handle high transaction loads. Passionate about mentoring teams, fostering collaboration, and aligning technical strategies with organizational objectives to deliver impactful results in the fintech landscape.

Experience

Amazon

Software Development Manager

Sep 2025Present · 6 mos · Pune, Maharashtra, India · On-site

Engineering ManagementLeadershipProject ManagementSystem ArchitecturePeople Management

Paytm

7 roles

Associate Vice President

Apr 2025Sep 2025 · 5 mos

Director of Engineering

Promoted

Apr 2023Jun 2025 · 2 yrs 2 mos

  • 1. Contributing to India's largest digital payment platform Paytm which is used by millions of people everyday.
  • 2. Leading 3 core team having 30 team members of PG Platform.
  • 3. Worked on multiple cost optimization and migration projects.
Organizational LeadershipNoSQLMySQLCross-functional Team LeadershipSolution ArchitectureTechnology Solutions+47

Senior Engineering Manager

Promoted

Apr 2022Mar 2023 · 11 mos

  • 1. worked on project to re-architect PG platform with cutting edge technology to handle 10k TPS.
  • 2. Successfully delivered multiple complex features which added significant contribution in improving user experience and system better performance.
Organizational LeadershipNoSQLMySQLCross-functional Team LeadershipSolution ArchitectureTechnology Solutions+47

Engineering Manager

Aug 2021Mar 2022 · 7 mos

  • 1. Closely worked with Ant Financial Alipay team to build paytm payment platform which is supporting 3000 TPS traffic.
  • 2. Led team of 11 engineers with 3 applications. 2 out 3 are core of payment gateway.
  • 3. Reviewed project goals and objectives on quarterly basis with product manager and engineering leads. Awarded as Rock star 2 times and hall of fame till now.
Organizational LeadershipNoSQLMySQLCross-functional Team LeadershipSolution ArchitectureTechnology Solutions+48

Sr. Technical Lead

Promoted

Nov 2020Aug 2021 · 9 mos

Organizational LeadershipNoSQLMySQLCross-functional Team LeadershipSolution ArchitectureTechnology Solutions+48

Tech Lead

Apr 2019Oct 2020 · 1 yr 6 mos

NoSQLMySQLCross-functional Team LeadershipSolution ArchitectureProject ManagementSystems Design+35

Senior Software Engineer

Nov 2017Mar 2019 · 1 yr 4 mos

NoSQLMySQLSystems DesignData StructuresDistributed SystemsSystem Architecture+21

Makemytrip.com

2 roles

Sr. Software Engineer - II

Apr 2017Nov 2017 · 7 mos

  • Worked as part of Bus & Rail team, homestay team and hotel team
  • Best Project: Bus Re-architecture
  • 1. It was the revamp of MakeMytrip Bus funnel with latest technology to provide good user experience and better performance of site.
  • 2. Designed architecture, implemented and led module bus-services which consists of 6-7 micro services providing REST APIs, consumed by web, mobile and app.
  • 3. Integrated bus services with other modules of project like bus- connector, cache services, data base service to serve end user request.
  • 4. Technology: Java 8, Dropwizard framework, Couch Base, MYSQL
NoSQLMySQLSystems DesignData StructuresDistributed SystemsSystem Architecture+12

Senior Software Engineer l

May 2015Mar 2017 · 1 yr 10 mos

  • Worked as part of Bus & Rail team and delivered couple of projects successfully.
  • Best Project: Generic Query Framework
  • 1. It is generic framework used to server queries/request for data from different resource/services like cache, database or third party APIs with data refresh logic based on configurable TTLs. It can be easily configured for any LOBs.
  • 2. Successfully delivered this project with holding responsibilities of HLD, LLD and implementation, production release.
  • 3. Technology: Java 8, Spring, MYSQL
NoSQLMySQLSystems DesignData StructuresDistributed SystemsSystem Architecture+11

Zclap

Co-Founder

Nov 2015Jan 2017 · 1 yr 2 mos

NoSQLMySQLData StructuresComputer ScienceFront-End DevelopmentCode Review+7

Farmerzden

Software Engineer

Jun 2014Apr 2015 · 10 mos · Gurgaon, India

  • 1. Worked on design process flow, application architecture, database design.
  • 2. Successfully developed and launched the web application which can be used to discover lifestyle products/brands and to know their details, reviews. (www.branddify.com).
  • 3. Held responsibilities for gathering and analysing requirements and preparing project schedule, backend development, Unit testing.
MySQLComputer ScienceJavaFull-Stack DevelopmentSoftware DevelopmentWeb Services

Cognizant technology solutions

Software Engineer

Sep 2010Jul 2011 · 10 mos · Pune, India

  • 1. Worked in data warehousing project for one of the world’s leading pharmaceutical companies AstraZeneca.
  • 2. Designed and implemented data warehousing projects using ETL tool informatica and reporting tool cognos.
MySQLData StructuresComputer ScienceFront-End DevelopmentFull-Stack DevelopmentSoftware Development+1

Education

Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi

Master of Technology (MTech) — Computer Science

Jan 2012Jan 2014

Sinhgad Institute of Technology,Lonavala

Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.) — Computer Engineering

Jan 2006Jan 2010

Modern High school,Pune

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