Varun Gupta

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Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India16 yrs experience
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Key Highlights

  • Led engineering delivery for a growing fintech vertical.
  • Established agile processes for teams exceeding 100 members.
  • Managed end-to-end portfolio and risk for multiple tech solutions.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Fintech expert with extensive experience in engineering leadership and agile methodologies.

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Skills

Core Skills

Engineering LeadershipProgram ManagementAgile Methodologies

Other Skills

AJAXActive LearningAmazon Web Services (AWS)AnalyticsAngularJSArchitectureArtificial Intelligence (AI)Artificial Intelligence for BusinessCapacity PlanningCommunicationCore JavaData Structures and AlgorithmsDelivery ManagementDistributed SystemsE-commerce

About

Senior Director of Engineering for Paytm OCIL/Finmate UPI Vertical from program, process, strategy & engineering delivery perspective. Taking care of full portfolio, risk and stakeholder management for my CTO. Helped set-up agile processes for this new vertical which has now grown in headcount to 100+. Previously managed Paytm Devices & Paytm ecommerce (post order journey, logistics, payouts and seller platform teams) from program perspective.

Experience

Paytm

4 roles

Senior Director of Engineering

Promoted

Apr 2025Present · 11 mos

  • Taking care of Paytm OCIL/Finmate UPI vertical from program, process, strategy & engineering delivery perspective.
Engineering ManagementEngineering LeadershipStrategyProgram ManagementRisk ManagementRelease Management+4

Director of Engineering

Promoted

Apr 2023Mar 2025 · 1 yr 11 mos

  • Taking care of Paytm Bank UPI vertical (till Mar 2024) & Paytm OCIL/finmate UPI vertical (from Apr 2024) from program, process, strategy & engineering delivery perspective.
Agile MethodologiesTeam ManagementProgram ManagementDelivery ManagementJava

Senior Manager, Technology

Promoted

Oct 2020Mar 2023 · 2 yrs 5 mos

  • Taking care of Paytm Devices & EDC/IOT Tech Solutions from program, delivery and process perspective. Handling end to end portfolio, delivery and risk management. Helped build-up a new team with agile processes.

Manager, Technology

Feb 2019Sep 2020 · 1 yr 7 mos

  • Took care of Paytm Ecommerce post ordering Tech Solution end to end, which includes Seller Platform, Order Fulfilment, Logistics, Seller Payouts and Seller API Integrations from Program/delivery and process perspective.

Cvent

Principal Engineer

Nov 2018Feb 2019 · 3 mos · Gurgaon, Haryana, India

  • Manager for Lead capture module handling team of 10 engineers. Helped build up a new team and set-up processes from scratch.

Makemytrip

4 roles

Lead Engineer

Promoted

Apr 2016Nov 2018 · 2 yrs 7 mos

  • Helping in architecting, designing and developing highly optimised makemytrip hotels web application from process and program management perspective. My work includes complete delivery ownership of front-end and backend of hotels search, listing, detail, review, payment and thank you funnel pages. My job is of end to end program activities involving requirement discussions, designing, planning, estimating, developing, monitoring, people management, qa support, production deployment, reporting and risk management. While in parallel I and my team also takes care of hotels website operational issues. I report to VP-Technology and manage a horizontal team of 8 engineers. In my current role I have been recruiting, mentoring and growing young engineers and had built a dynamic team while delivering superb quality engineering projects following agile methodologies.

Technical Lead

Promoted

Apr 2014Mar 2016 · 1 yr 11 mos

  • Helping in Architecting, designing and developing Landing Pages of all makemytrip verticals from a project management and process perspective . In this role I report to Associate Director and lead/manage a horizontal team of 5 engineers. I also have technical ownership of Marketing pages, working closely with Store marketing and Analytics team. Additionally I technically own some horizontal Backend Services, makemytrip international sites for USA and UAE and several micro-sites for MakeMyTrip. I am also working on various internal R&D projects on latest backend and front-end technologies. In my current role I have been recruiting, mentoring and growing young engineers and had built a dynamic team while delivering superb quality engineering projects following agile methodologies.

Senior Software Developer

Promoted

Apr 2013Mar 2014 · 11 mos

  • Full stack development of applications for MakeMyTrip Holidays web application and end to end ownership as an IC

Software Developer

Jul 2012Mar 2013 · 8 mos

  • Full stack development of applications for MakeMyTrip Holidays web application and end to end ownership as an IC

Infosys

2 roles

Senior Systems Engineer

Oct 2011Jun 2012 · 8 mos · Bangalore

  • Development of backend java applications and algorithms for Apple(US)

Systems Engineer

Aug 2009Sep 2011 · 2 yrs 1 mo · Bangalore

  • Campus recruited. Full stack development of java applications for NorthWestern Mutual(US)

Education

University of Rajasthan

Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.) — Computer Science

Jan 2005Jan 2009

Karnataka State Open University

Executive MBA(distance learning) — Information Technology Management

Jan 2014Jan 2015

CMS, Gomti Nagar, Lucknow

ISC(HSC)

Jan 2003Jan 2004

VSEC Awadhpuri, Kanpur

ICSE(SSC)

Jan 2001Jan 2002

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