Bagish Mishra

Director of Engineering

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India18 yrs 8 mos experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

18 years of engineering leadership experience.
Expert in AI-driven product development.
Proven track record in mentoring future leaders.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a SaaS and Fintech engineering leader with a strong focus on product development and team management.

Contact

mishrabagish@gmail.com LinkedIn

Skills

Core Skills

Engineering ManagementProduct DevelopmentSoftware Development

Other Skills

AI integrationAI-first product developmentAgile MethodologiesApplication ArchitectureArchitectureBest PracticesBig DataCloud ComputingCloud ProvisioningCollaborationCollaboration toolsConcurrent Execution ModelCore JavaCustomer ConversionCustomer Experience

About

As a passionate and results-driven engineering leader with over 18 years of industry experience, I have successfully led cross-functional teams to deliver scalable and impactful solutions. My expertise lies in engineering-first product development, ensuring alignment with strategic goals and driving measurable business outcomes. I take pride in fostering innovation, maintaining the highest standards of quality, and building collaborative environments that inspire teams to excel. By combining deep technical acumen with strong leadership, I have consistently delivered improved efficiency, significant cost savings, and enhanced customer satisfaction. Outside of work, I am an avid reader of non-fiction books, with a keen interest in self-development, history, and leadership. I also enjoy mentoring aspiring leaders, sharing insights, and contributing to their growth and success.

Experience

Adobe

2 roles

Director of Engineering

Promoted

Jul 2025 – Present · 8 mos

Head of Engineering for Adobe Captivate and Adobe ColdFusion at Adobe.
Captivate, our flagship eLearning authoring tool, is evolving into an AI-first, collaboration-driven platform across both desktop and web.
ColdFusion is a trusted technology for rapid web application development, and we're advancing it with a strong focus on modernization, cloud-readiness, AI-readiness, and enhanced security and scalability.
Beyond delivering features, I focus on engineering excellence driving best practices, improving execution quality, and scaling operational efficiency.
I'm also passionate about mentoring future leaders and fostering a culture of innovation, ownership, and continuous improvement.

Engineering ManagementAI-first product developmentCloud ComputingCollaborationProduct Development

Sr. Engineering Manager

Apr 2023 – Aug 2025 · 2 yrs 4 mos

As a Senior Engineering Manager, I lead the teams behind Adobe Captivate and Adobe ColdFusion. Captivate, a leader in the eLearning authoring space, is evolving into a collaboration-first desktop and web app, with my team integrating generative AI to simplify content creation for authors. ColdFusion, a trusted platform for rapid web application development, is being enhanced under my leadership to become more secure, scalable, and reliable. Beyond feature development, I focus on driving engineering excellence, implementing best practices, optimising operational efficiency, and fostering team growth by mentoring and developing future leaders.

Engineering ManagementAI integrationAgile MethodologiesProduct Development

Pine labs

Head Of Engineering PayLater

Mar 2022 – Mar 2023 · 1 yr

As the Head of Engineering for the Buy Now Pay Later and Petroleum businesses, I was responsible for driving engineering excellence and ensuring the delivery of robust, scalable solutions. My role focused on establishing best practices, improving system reliability, and modernising the technology stack to support business growth.

Engineering ExcellenceScalable SolutionsBest PracticesEngineering ManagementProduct Development

Paypal

4 roles

Manager, Software Development 3

Sep 2020 – Mar 2022 · 1 yr 6 mos

As an Sr. Engineering Manager for the Billing & Subscription product within PayPal Checkout, I successfully managed and scaled multiple high-performing Scrum teams. My primary focus was on building the next-generation subscription product from the ground up while modernising legacy systems to support large-scale operations.

ScrumSoftware DevelopmentModernizationEngineering Management

Manager, Software Development -2

Apr 2018 – Sep 2020 · 2 yrs 5 mos

As an Engineering Manager, I led the development of a next-generation subscription product from the ground up, driving innovation and efficiency within an enterprise environment. My focus was on building high-performing teams, modernising technology stacks, and enhancing customer experience through data-driven strategies.

InnovationTechnology ModernizationCustomer ExperienceSoftware DevelopmentEngineering Management

Manager, Software Development -1

Nov 2016 – Mar 2018 · 1 yr 4 mos

As an Engineering Manager, I led the development of a next-generation billing product platform tailored for large enterprises and mid-market businesses. My responsibilities included driving innovation, optimising customer conversion, and ensuring the seamless operation of legacy systems.

InnovationCustomer ConversionLegacy SystemsSoftware DevelopmentEngineering Management

MTS-1 Software Engineer

Oct 2014 – Nov 2016 · 2 yrs 1 mo

As the Lead Engineer, I spearheaded the re-platforming of a monolithic tech stack into a modern, scalable micro-services architecture, driving significant improvements in system performance and reliability.

InnovationCustomer ConversionLegacy SystemsSoftware DevelopmentEngineering Management

Morgan stanley

Sr. Manager

Apr 2014 – Oct 2014 · 6 mos · Bengaluru Area, India

As a Lead Engineer, I built a scalable rules execution engine for trade data, enhancing its performance and efficiency. By replacing the synchronized model with a concurrent execution model, I improved the rules engine's performance by 150%, enabling faster and more reliable processing of trade data.

Microservices ArchitectureSystem PerformanceReliabilitySoftware DevelopmentEngineering Management

Oracle

2 roles

Principal Member Technical Staff

Aug 2013 – Mar 2014 · 7 mos

As a Lead Engineer, I developed Oracle Database as a Service (DBaaS) for a private cloud, enabling seamless self-service database provisioning and cloning. By leveraging RMAN and dNFS technologies, I reduced provisioning times from days to hours or minutes, significantly improving agility and user satisfaction. Additionally, I created an Exadata setup kit that streamlined deployments, cutting setup times from couple of days to just few hours, driving operational efficiency and accelerating infrastructure readiness.

Rules Execution EnginePerformance ImprovementConcurrent Execution ModelSoftware DevelopmentEngineering Management

Senior Member Technical Staff

May 2010 – Jul 2013 · 3 yrs 2 mos

As a Lead Engineer, I developed Oracle Database as a Service (DBaaS) for a private cloud, enabling seamless self-service database provisioning and cloning. By leveraging RMAN and dNFS technologies, I reduced provisioning times from days to hours or minutes, significantly improving agility and user satisfaction. Additionally, I created an Exadata setup kit that streamlined deployments, cutting setup times from couple of days to just few hours, driving operational efficiency and accelerating infrastructure readiness.

Database as a ServiceCloud ProvisioningOperational EfficiencySoftware DevelopmentEngineering Management

Jp morgan chase

Application Developer

Sep 2009 – May 2010 · 8 mos · Mumbai Area, India

Played lead role for re-write of BDS Dashboard application
Major Contributor to the Re-Architecture new Dashboard project, Estimation of tasks and managing the team
Involved in Release and milestone planning
Major contributor for implementing new Dashboard using Flex, Spring and BlazeDS
Responsible for Code review for all check-ins and keeping code repository stable
Helped other teams adopting Adobe Flex
Successfully completed performance improvement changes for New Dashboard identifying hot-spots in application

Database as a ServiceCloud ProvisioningOperational EfficiencySoftware DevelopmentEngineering Management