Sathishkumar Durai

Director of Engineering

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India18 yrs 7 mos experience

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Key Highlights

Led a team of 15+ engineers in game development.
Delivered 30+ high-performance multiplayer games.
Expert in AI-powered solutions and CI/CD automation.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Gaming Industry expert with a strong focus on full-stack development and AI solutions.

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Skills

Core Skills

Artificial Intelligence (ai)Game ArchitectureSoftware DevelopmentGame Development

Other Skills

Agile MethodologiesAnalytical SkillsAnalyticsAndroidAndroid DevelopmentAndroid StudioArchitectural DesignBitbucketCC#C++CSSCasino GamingCocos CreatorCocos Creator Engine

About

Engineering Manager with 13+ years of experience leading full-stack development across gaming, Android, and web platforms. Proven track record in system architecture, backend scalability, and database design, alongside delivery of 30+ high-performance 2D/3D multiplayer, skill-based, and casino games and apps. Expert in team leadership, distributed systems, cloud-native deployments, AI-powered solutions, and CI/CD automation. Adept at balancing frontend innovation with backend reliability, consistently driving measurable improvements in acquisition, retention, and revenue.

Experience

Games24x7

Engineering Manager

Nov 2022 – Present · 3 yrs 4 mos · Bengaluru · On-site

Leading and mentoring a 15+ engineer team, I drive coding standards, system design and architecture best practices, and career growth through 1:1s, KPIs, and cross-team collaboration. I partner with Product to define PRDs, manage end-to-end releases, and analyze business metrics to optimize performance. Technically, I ensure app stability, system health, monitor acquisition and retention metrics, resolve production issues, reduce tech debt, and improve CI/CD pipelines. Key achievements include an AI-powered ticket triage system that accelerates RCA and performance optimizations that enhance app start times, lobby load, user experience, and revenue.

AnalyticsLeading Development TeamsArtificial Intelligence (AI)Game ArchitectureMentoringUnity3D+8

Bombay play

Engineering Manager

Jul 2020 – Nov 2022 · 2 yrs 4 mos · Bengaluru · Remote

Built and launched 4 games (Daily Word Puzzle, Crosswordly, Bingo Piggy, Card Wars, Dice Merge Puzzle) on Facebook Instant and Android; achieved D1 ~24% and D7 ~16% retention.
Designed game architecture (state machines, comms modules, add-on features: login, friends play, ads, asset bundles, IAP, analytics, storage, leaderboards, inbox, localization, sharing).
Oversaw timelines, code quality, liveops, and hotfixes.
Led 2 teams of 8 engineers.

Agile MethodologiesBitbucketArchitectural DesignAndroid DevelopmentGame ArchitectureSoftware Development+11

Gameskraft technologies private limited

Lead Engineer

Jan 2019 – Jul 2020 · 1 yr 6 mos · Greater Bengaluru Area · On-site

Core contributor to multiplayer framework (Neutrino).
Built Playship (merged with Gamezy) Android app for real-money gaming.
Published 3+ games (Carrom, 8 Ball Pool, Rattle (Snake), Dragons) on Android.
Managed timelines, code quality, mentoring juniors.

Agile MethodologiesGame ArchitectureSoftware DevelopmentGame DevelopmentMobile Game DevelopmentGit+1

Scientific games

Lead Engineer

Jan 2015 – Jan 2019 · 4 yrs · Bengaluru · On-site

Responsible for designing the base framework and modules for the project and manage junior resources effectively towards the successful project completion.
Also works as individual contributor.

Game ArchitectureSoftware DevelopmentUS PatentGaming IndustryCasino GamingPerforce

Bally technologies

Software Engineer

Jun 2012 – Dec 2014 · 2 yrs 6 mos · Bengaluru · On-site

My responsibilities included project design, development and delivery for trade shows.
Provide technical guidance to GET/ASE.
Unit testing of developed modules.

Software DevelopmentTortoise SVNGaming IndustryAndroid StudioCasino Gaming

Interchain solution

Intern

Nov 2011 – May 2012 · 6 mos · Bengaluru Area, India

Worked on "Fafafola", a J2ME based application and "EMRI Forms", android application designed for "108" Emergency service.

Tortoise SVNGaming Industry

Cordys software (r&d)

Research Intern

May 2010 – Nov 2010 · 6 mos · Coimbatore Area, India

Developed a cross platform application named "SMashApps" for Smart Mobiles using JavaScript as scripting language on PhoneGap and Appcelerator Titanium Framework

Psg college of technology

M.Sc Theoretical Computer Science

Jul 2007 – May 2012 · 4 yrs 10 mos · Coimbatore Area, India

Completed my degree M.Sc Theoretical Computer Science which is a 5 years integrated course mainly focusing on Research and Development in Software industries.