Pankaj Khandelwal — CEO
Pankaj is a seasoned technology leader with over 11 years of experience building and scaling distributed backend systems across gaming (Gameskraft), fintech (Razorpay), and travel (Goibibo).As Director of Engineering at Gameskraft, he led the backend infrastructure for a Guinness World Record–setting tournament, supporting 2.15 lakh concurrent players with unmatched reliability. Previously, at Goibibo, he re-engineered the hotel search stack to reduce latency to ~200ms and at Razorpay, he delivered critical RBI-compliant financial workflows for India’s digital payments ecosystem.Pankaj combines deep expertise in high-concurrency architecture with operational excellence, having consistently built mission-critical systems that deliver low-latency performance at an extreme scale
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Backend-heavy Engineering Leader in Gaming and Fintech.
Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Experience: 11 yrs 4 mos
Skills
- High-concurrency Architecture
- Camera Algorithms
Career Highlights
- Led backend for Guinness World Record tournament.
- Reduced hotel search latency to ~200ms.
- Delivered RBI-compliant workflows for digital payments.
Work Experience
Stealth AI Startup
Building in stealth (3 mos)
Gameskraft
Director of Engineering (7 mos)
Engineering Manager (2 yrs 7 mos)
Razorpay
Lead Software Engineer (9 mos)
Goibibo
Principal Software Engineer (7 mos)
Technical Lead (2 yrs)
Senior Software Engineer (3 yrs 3 mos)
Cisco
Software Engineer (1 yr 4 mos)
Education
B.tech at IIT Jodhpur
Class XII at M.H.S. Jaipur