Sunil Kumar

Director of Engineering

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India16 yrs 2 mos experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

15+ years of engineering leadership experience
Expert in building high-performance engineering teams
Proven track record in developing scalable solutions

Stackforce AI infers this person is a seasoned Engineering Leader in Fintech and Data Analytics sectors.

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Skills

Core Skills

Engineering ManagementTechnical LeadershipData EngineeringFull-stack DevelopmentTechnology LeadershipBusiness DevelopmentSoftware Development

Other Skills

ArchitecturePython (Programming Language)Platform as a Service (PAAS)AngularJ2EE Web ServicesApache AirflowScalaBootstrap (Framework)Web DevelopmentContinuous Integration and Continuous Delivery (CI/CD)Distributed Team ManagementStaff DevelopmentDistributed TeamsPeople ManagementDelivery Management

About

A seasoned leader with 15+ years of experience with a passion to lead and empower people by creating an environment of trust for them to learn, grow and deliver impactful result. Throughout my career, I have led teams and developed highly scalable, high-performance solutions With my team leading skills, comprehensive problem solving skills, analytical abilities along with understanding on the users’ side of things, I believe, I have right mix of skill and exposure you are looking for.

Experience

Blackhawk network

2 roles

Engineering Manager 2

Mar 2025 – Present · 1 yr

Leading 23 engineers in 3 engineering teams. Building and maintaining multiple different services like OneWallet, RAN services, Card Generation Services, Keystone Transaction processing which are vital to Blackhawk Network’s operations.
Built OneWallet team from ground up.
Leading a team of 15 engineers in 2 scrum teams (Keystone and OneWallet)
Working with the leadership to understand the quarterly and yearly business goals.
Prioritising the work for the teams by working closely with the product owners.
Providing personal and professional growth paths for the team members based on their expertise and aspirations.
Collaborating with the US counterparts for sharing work and knowledge.
Enabling collaboration between teams to groom the stories for a given sprint.
Involved in defining and standardising the hiring process
Involved in India Learning and Development group to come up with the upskilling ideas across different teams.
Involved in campus hiring events.

ArchitecturePython (Programming Language)Platform as a Service (PAAS)AngularJ2EE Web ServicesApache Airflow+90

Engineering Manager

May 2023 – Feb 2025 · 1 yr 9 mos

Leading 2 scrum teams as part of Processing and Issuance SPL. Building and maintaining multiple different services like OneWallet, RAN services, Card Generation Services, Keystone Transaction processing which are vital to Blackhawk Network’s operations.
Built OneWallet team from ground up.
Leading a team of 15 engineers in 2 scrum teams (Keystone and OneWallet)
Working with the leadership to understand the quarterly and yearly business goals.
Prioritising the work for the teams by working closely with the product owners.
Providing personal and professional growth paths for the team members based on their expertise and aspirations.
Collaborating with the US counterparts for sharing work and knowledge.
Enabling collaboration between teams to groom the stories for a given sprint.
Involved in defining and standardising the hiring process
Involved in India Learning and Development group to come up with the upskilling ideas across different teams.
Involved in campus hiring events.

Amazon Web Services (AWS)REST APIsCloud-Native ApplicationsSprint PlanningCross-functional CoordinationProduct Management+23

A.p. moller - maersk

Engineering Manager

Nov 2021 – Jan 2023 · 1 yr 2 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

As an Engineering Manager, I'm responsible for the people, technical and process aspects of the team. Being part of the Warehouse and Depots Platform (WDP), we are building a warehouse management platform called Chassis, which acts as a standard interface between the customers and multiple warehouses.
Lead a team of 18 developers
Prioritising and grooming the backlog through regular discussions with POs and TPM.
Providing a framework and guidelines for development process and governing it.
Involving in architecture discussions and reviews.
Defining the technical readiness roadmap catering to different levels of experience & expertise.
Performance reviews and management.
Mentoring and coaching employees on technical skills, soft-skills and career development.
Defining the ways of working

REST APIsCloud-Native ApplicationsSprint PlanningDistributed TeamsCross-functional CoordinationBack-End Web Development+21

Synchronoss technologies

Technical Expert

Jan 2017 – Nov 2021 · 4 yrs 10 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · On-site

Building a universal data processing pipeline called Synchronoss Insights Platform (SIP) used by many teams across Synchronoss to ingest, process and present the data at real-time as well as in batch mode.
Lead the team of developers by providing relevant training required for them on a day-to-day basis.
Developing a big data platform called Synchronoss Insights Platform (SIP) using Spark
Developed multiple components like Parser, ES Loader, JDBC Reader, Kafka producer, AWS S3 Reader for Extreme Data Framework (XDF)
Developed a module for real-time ingestion service which can ingest data to Kafka/MapR Streams at real-time.

Amazon Web Services (AWS)REST APIsData EngineeringCloud-Native ApplicationsSprint PlanningCross-functional Coordination+24

Livereach ai

Software Engineer

Nov 2014 – Jan 2017 · 2 yrs 2 mos

Building a big data platform called Ads Exchange (AdX) to ingest and process large volumes of data coming from the devices placed in the field.
Lead the team of UI developers.
Designed and developed real-time stream processor.
Designed and developed restful application.
Designed and developed user interfaces.

Amazon Web Services (AWS)REST APIsCSS3AngularJSData EngineeringBootstrap (Framework)+20

Adwitiya technologies

Co-Founder & Technology Lead

May 2011 – Nov 2014 · 3 yrs 6 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · Hybrid

Co-founded the organisation along with a few like-minded engineers. Focused on building engineering solutions for managing educational institutions (Vidyarthi Database – VDB) and hospitals (Hospital Management System – HMS).
Client engagement and interactions.
Building process orientation.
Understanding and executing business requirements.
Defining hiring process.
Understanding the technical aspects of the products/projects.
Managing the finances.
Managing the infrastructure.

REST APIsIT Infrastructure ManagementTechnology LeadershipBootstrap (Framework)Full-Stack DevelopmentBack-End Web Development+17

Signal networks pvt. ltd

Software Engineer

Aug 2009 – Oct 2014 · 5 yrs 2 mos · Bangalore · On-site

Part of the team which built the PBXs like Integrated Communication Manager and Integrated Mobile Gateway.
Designed and developed cross platform desktop applications, web applications and JS libraries.
Trained the developers on the relevant UI technologies.
Mentored the UI developers.

Software DesignREST APIsFull-Stack DevelopmentBack-End Web DevelopmentJavaC+8