Mahesh Pai

Software Engineer

Maharashtra, India11 yrs 11 mos experience

Key Highlights

  • Architected platforms for 200M+ users.
  • Reduced processing latency by 25% during peak traffic.
  • Mentored engineers leading to multiple promotions.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Backend-heavy Fullstack Engineer with expertise in Gaming and Financial Services.

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Skills

Core Skills

MicroservicesSystem DesignCore JavaData AnalysisJava

Other Skills

AWSArchitecture GovernanceSparkRxJavaDatabricksSnowflakeApache SparkSpring BootAzureReactive ProgrammingSpringOracle DatabaseCockroachDBDynatraceCucumber

About

Passionate Software Engineer with 12 years of experience in developing cloud based web applications and backend systems. Skilled at writing clear, concise code that is easy to maintain and troubleshoot. Experienced in working with both small and large teams across multiple projects and companies. Able to work independently of remote locations or in office environments as needed by the company. Dream11 Architected revenue-critical fantasy gaming platforms at 200M+ user scale, directly influencing monetization, liquidity, and fairness during IPL-scale traffic. Led launch of Guaranteed+ mega contests, reducing overlays by 70%, reversing a 50% join-rate drop, and unlocking $36M in revenue through data-backed architectural changes. Designed early winnings infrastructure under strict legal constraints, unlocking $7.7M incremental IPL revenue without increasing deposits or GST exposure. Reduced end-to-end contest processing latency by 25%, directly improving join-through rates and NGR during peak traffic events. Built a contest-primitive platform that cut new product time-to-market by 50%, enabling rapid expansion into new gaming verticals. Founded and led an org-wide architecture governance group across 5 teams, standardizing primitives and accelerating cross-team execution. Drove a 40% reduction in Sev-1/2 incidents by shifting teams from reactive firefighting to preventive, design-led engineering. Mentored 10+ engineers, with multiple promotions, focusing on ownership, system design, and staff-level thinking. Led development of enterprise-grade open-source libraries, establishing governance, modular APIs, and public contribution readiness. Architected a self-hosted AWS annotation platform for Visual LLM training, saving ~$310K annually compared to SaaS solutions. InMobi Projects: Postserve DSP Platform. Analysis, Design and Development of Product Business features for the Reporting aspects of Postserve DSP Platform. Tech Migration and integration from Snowflake to Databricks for DSP Platform. Data Interact, Client Management Dashboard Analysis, Design and Development of Client Management Dashboard. Analysis, Design and Development of Data Interact. Application based on Reactive programming and Server Sent Events. Work Experience @ Morgan Stanley, India :  Analysis, Design and development of Activiti BPM workflows with configurable approvals for People Tracker.  Analysis, Design and development for migration of legacy .Net and SharePoint based application to Java & Angular Web Stack. (Involves legacy data migration)

Experience

Alphasense

Staff Engineer

Feb 2026Present · 1 mo · Mumbai, Maharashtra, India · Remote

Dream11

2 roles

Staff Software Engineer

Promoted

Jul 2025Jan 2026 · 6 mos · Hybrid

  • Architected revenue-critical fantasy gaming platforms at 200M+ user scale, directly influencing monetization, liquidity, and fairness during IPL-scale traffic.
  • Led launch of Guaranteed+ mega contests, reducing overlays by 70%, reversing a 50% join-rate drop, and unlocking $36M in revenue through data-backed architectural changes.
  • Designed early winnings infrastructure under strict legal constraints, unlocking $7.7M incremental IPL revenue without increasing deposits or GST exposure.
  • Reduced end-to-end contest processing latency by 25%, directly improving join-through rates and NGR during peak traffic events.
  • Built a contest-primitive platform that cut new product time-to-market by 50%, enabling rapid expansion into new gaming verticals.
  • Founded and led an org-wide architecture governance group across 5 teams, standardizing primitives and accelerating cross-team execution.
  • Drove a 40% reduction in Sev-1/2 incidents by shifting teams from reactive firefighting to preventive, design-led engineering.
  • Mentored 10+ engineers, with multiple promotions, focusing on ownership, system design, and staff-level thinking.
  • Led development of enterprise-grade open-source libraries, establishing governance, modular APIs, and public contribution readiness.
  • Architected a self-hosted AWS annotation platform for Visual LLM training, saving ~$310K annually compared to SaaS solutions.
AWSMicroservicesData AnalysisSystem DesignArchitecture Governance

Software Development Engineer III

Feb 2023Jul 2025 · 2 yrs 5 mos · Hybrid

  • Redesigned the Contest QC Spark job to integrate Partial QC Scenarios, accelerating leaderboard updates to within 2 minutes post-round lock. Optimized the process, cutting overall time by 40%, enhancing efficiency and performance.
  • Championed the design and execution of key features in the Customer Experience realm example : RAC, Responsible Play, etc; slashing Silent Sufferers by an impressive 20%
  • Collaborated seamlessly with Product, Design, Frontend, and Analytics teams, ensuring prompt delivery of CX enhancements.
  • Spearheaded Code Quality and Review initiatives, fortifying codebases across multiple teams.
  • Contributed to the Component and Tech Standardization committee, influencing tech stack recommendations for targeted use cases.
SparkMicroservicesCore JavaRxJava

Inmobi

Software Development Engineer III

Feb 2022Feb 2023 · 1 yr · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · Remote

  • Projects: Postserve DSP Platform.
  • Architected, Crafted, and Engineered high-impact Product Business features amplifying the Reporting facet of the Postserve DSP Platform.
  • Orchestrated a seamless Tech Migration, seamlessly transitioning from Snowflake to Databricks for the DSP Platform.
  • Pioneered the Design and Analysis of a game-changing Central Data Repository, harmonizing diverse platforms into a singular wellspring of business insights.
  • Awarded with high impact developer given to top ~5% employees
DatabricksSnowflakeMicroservicesApache SparkData Analysis

Morgan stanley

3 roles

Senior Manager

May 2021Feb 2022 · 9 mos · Mumbai, Maharashtra, India · Remote

  • Global Settlements Platform: Design, Analysis and development of Asset Transfers.
  • Cloud based Java Spring Web Development
  • Stack (Java 11, Spring Boot, Autosys, Azure, Angular 11, Service Bus ).
  • Development under Agile Methodology.
  • Tool and Build Environment Development.
  • Tools being used GIT,JIRA, Maven, Gradle, Intellij.
  • Mentoring Colleagues and new Joiners.
  • Led Transformational Ventures: Empowering Global Settlement Platform (GSP) with Seamless Asset Transfers.
  • Engineered Free Receives, Red Flag, and Blocked Security validations via CQRS Microservice Design Pattern—fusing precision and innovation to drive excellence.
JavaSpring BootMicroservicesAzure

Manager

Jan 2019Jul 2019 · 6 mos

  • Java Web Development
  • Stack (Java 8,Spring, Spring JDBC, Spring security, Activiti,Angular 4,flex,Autosys ).
  • Development under Agile Methodology.
  • Tool and Build Environment Development.
  • Tools being used GIT,JIRA, Apache Ivy, Jenkins, Eclipse.
  • Mentoring Colleagues and new Joiners
JavaSpringMicroservices

Senior Associate

Apr 2017Jan 2019 · 1 yr 9 mos

  • Java Web Development
  • Stack (Java 8,Spring, Spring JDBC, Spring security, Activiti,Angular 4,flex,Autosys ).
  • Development under Agile Methodology.
  • Tool and Build Environment Development.
  • Tools being used GIT,JIRA, Apache Ivy, Jenkins, Eclipse.
  • Acquaintance for Supply Chain domain knowledge.
  • Past Projects: Adidas/Reebok, Cardinal, MapTrack(Internal Tool).
  • Mentoring Colleagues and new Joiners.
JavaSpringMicroservices

Jpmorgan chase & co.

Senior Software Developer

Jul 2019May 2021 · 1 yr 10 mos · Mumbai Metropolitan Region · On-site

  • Data Interact, Client Management Dashboard
  • Unveiling Next-Gen Client Management Dashboard (CMD), Amplifying Service Measure Reporting (SMR), and Powering Data Interact (DI).
  • Orchestrated the Symphony of Analysis, Design, and Development for CMD Gen2 and SMR.
  • Pioneered the Revolutionary Data Interact Application, leveraging Reactive Programming and Server-Sent Events to architect the future of interaction.
JavaMicroservicesReactive Programming

Manhattan associates

Software Engineer

Feb 2014Mar 2017 · 3 yrs 1 mo · Bengaluru Area, India · On-site

  • Full Stack Development on Manhattan Supply chain product (Scope).
  • Stack (JSF, JavaScript, Java(Spring,Hibernate), C++, Oracle Pl/Sql).
  • Development under Agile Methodology.
  • Tool and Build Environment Development.
  • Tools being used GIT,jira, Salesforce, Ant, Jenkins, Eclipse.
  • Acquaintance for Supply Chain domain knowledge.
  • Past Projects: Adidas/Reebok, Cardinal, MapTrack(Internal Tool).
  • Mentoring Colleagues and new Joiners.
JavaSpringMicroservices

Education

Scaler

Academy Aug21

Aug 2021Jan 2022

Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC)

PGDAC — Advanced Computer Engineering

Aug 2013Feb 2014

University of Mumbai

Bachelor of Engineering (BE) — Computer Engineering

Jan 2009Jan 2013

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