Vinay Gupta — Director of Engineering

Engineering Leader (Engineering Manager / Principal) with 14+ years of experience in software engineering and 6+ years leading high-performing teams, delivering scalable, production-grade cloud and SaaS platforms.I help organisations solve complex, real-world problems by aligning business outcomes, product vision, technical strategy, and execution. My focus is on building high-performing engineering teams, strong engineering culture, and reliable, scalable platforms that ship with quality, ownership, and long-term maintainability.I’ve led and built cloud-native and edge-to-cloud SaaS platforms across AI-driven video systems, fleet management, and financial trading systems, owning outcomes from architecture, system design, and technical strategy through delivery, scale, reliability, and operability.Strong technical foundation across C++, Java, Python, Linux, and Android on x86-64 and ARM64, with deep expertise in distributed systems, microservices architecture, event-driven systems, and performance-critical software.Hands-on experience in cloud and platform engineering using AWS and Azure, including CI/CD pipelines, DevOps practices, infrastructure automation, monitoring, and observability, supporting high-availability and mission-critical systems.Deep domain experience in FinTech and trading platforms, including execution trading systems, OMS, low-touch trading platforms, FIX protocol, enterprise messaging (Tibco, Solace), and market data services.I operate at the intersection of engineering leadership, architecture, and business, bringing clarity, pragmatism, and long-term technical thinking to complex, cross-functional problems.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a SaaS and FinTech expert with a focus on cloud-native solutions and engineering leadership.

Location: Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand

Experience: 13 yrs 6 mos

Skills

Engineering Leadership
Cloud-native Development
Technical Strategy
Cloud-ai Development
Technical Solution Design
Fintech Development
Trading Systems
Execution Systems
Technical Development

Career Highlights

14+ years in software engineering leadership.
Expertise in cloud-native and edge-to-cloud platforms.
Strong background in FinTech and trading systems.

Work Experience

Tribes Digital

Software Engineering Team Lead (1 yr 2 mos)

edgetensor

Engineering Director - SaaS, Edge AI platforms (4 yrs 11 mos)

Citi

Assistant Vice President (3 yrs 7 mos)

Application Developer Intermed Programmer Analyst (2 yrs 6 mos)

Application Dev Programmer Analyst (1 yr 4 mos)

NetApp

Summer Intern (2 mos)

Education

Master of Technology (M.Tech.) at Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur

Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.) at Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur

Vinay Gupta

Director of Engineering

Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand13 yrs 6 mos experience

Highly StableAI Enabled

Key Highlights

14+ years in software engineering leadership.
Expertise in cloud-native and edge-to-cloud platforms.
Strong background in FinTech and trading systems.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a SaaS and FinTech expert with a focus on cloud-native solutions and engineering leadership.

Contact

vinay.h2@gmail.com LinkedIn

Skills

Core Skills

Engineering LeadershipCloud-native DevelopmentTechnical StrategyCloud-ai DevelopmentTechnical Solution DesignFintech DevelopmentTrading SystemsExecution SystemsTechnical Development

Other Skills

AJAXAWSAlgorithmsAzureBitbucketBusiness RequirementsCC++CI/CDCloud EngineeringCommunicationConfluenceContinuous IntegrationCross-Functional Team BuildingData Structures

About

Experience

Tribes digital

Software Engineering Team Lead

Jan 2025 – Present · 1 yr 2 mos · Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand

Leading architecture and delivery of a next-generation Edge-to-Cloud AI SaaS platform for telematics, automotive, and driver safety solutions across NZ and AU markets.
Own technical strategy, system design, and platform scalability, spanning edge devices, cloud backend, and SaaS applications.
Build and lead high-performing, cross-functional engineering teams, setting standards for engineering excellence, code quality, and delivery discipline.
Drive cloud-native development (AWS/Azure/GCP), CI/CD pipelines, DevOps practices, and production reliability.
Architect and deliver distributed, event-driven systems supporting AI-driven video processing, computer vision, and real-time data pipelines.
Partner closely with product, business, and stakeholders to translate complex requirements into scalable, production-ready solutions.

Leading Development TeamsEngineering LeadershipCloud-Native Development

Edgetensor

Engineering Director - SaaS, Edge AI platforms

Feb 2020 – Jan 2025 · 4 yrs 11 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · On-site

Leading 10+ engineering team to design, develop, and support cloud-AI SaaS platform for advanced Video Telematics and Fleet Management.
Scaled the edge-AI SDK device installations by 5x in 2023, for DMS and ADAS.
Handling key business accounts for edge-AI SDK integrations with Automotive tier-I and TSPs.
Responsible for development and maintenance of edge-AI SDKs for Edgetensor's products - DMS, OMS, FaceID and Seat Belt detection

Technical Solution DesignStrategic PlanningEngineering LeadershipCloud-AI Development

Citi

3 roles

Assistant Vice President

Promoted

Aug 2015 – Mar 2019 · 3 yrs 7 mos

Technologies - C++(Visual Studio), Java(Eclipse), Vim, Perl, SybaseASE, Jira, BitBucket(Stash), Teamcity CI/CD, Urban Code Deploy
A key member of APAC Volatility trading Team for Equity Derivatives, closely working with HK business desks, directly responsible for the development, L2 Support and maintenance of Volatility trading platform for Listed Options and Futures across HK & Asian markets.
Responsible for Development, Testing, deployment & support for – Option Pricing Engine in C++, Order Engine and Auto hedger in Java and frontend GUI in C#, apart from other Database modules and scripts in Perl, Python, and bash.

Technical Solution DesignCommunicationFinTech DevelopmentTrading Systems

Application Developer Intermed Programmer Analyst

Promoted

Jan 2013 – Jul 2015 · 2 yrs 6 mos

Technologies - C++(Unix), Vim, Ruby, Perl, OracleDB, Jira, Fisheye, Bamboo build CI, TDD
Worked as an integral member of the NAM Equities technology, electronic execution team (Automated trading desk ATD), involved in design, development and testing efforts in BORG – a model-driven OMS (order management system) and execution platform handling both agency and principal flows in North America(NAM) cash equities markets

CommunicationOral CommunicationExecution SystemsTechnical Development

Application Dev Programmer Analyst

Aug 2011 – Dec 2012 · 1 yr 4 mos

Technologies - C++, MySQL, Visual Studio & TFS
Hired amongst the first batch of graduate recruits for Citi’s Equities technology team in India. Worked as part of electronic execution Smart-Order-Router (SOR) team in a number of key supporting projects like Order trail reporting and recon and passive risk monitoring applications.
Learned application tech stack with individual components handling – Order Routing, Order Handling and Execution handling of customer orders in Equities (NAM).

Technical Solution DesignCommunicationExecution SystemsTechnical Development

Netapp

Summer Intern

May 2009 – Jul 2009 · 2 mos · Bangalore, India

Technologies - NetApp DFM DB, Perl, HTML, AJAX, XSS
Worked as an Application Developer on a project DFM Data Miner Tool and acquired fair knowledge about NetApp's virtualization products and services.
Developed a web-tool for analyzing customers' DFM deployments, NetApp's proprietary network storage solution.
Enabled in-house teams to recreate DFM DB structure, audit and prepare high-level reports against customer deployments
Won Best Presentation Award at 2009 Summer Intern Showcase (out of 8 interns from all IITs)

CommunicationOral Communication