Sanjay Bharkatiya — CTO

As Vice President and Head of Engineering (CIAM), I bring over 20 years of experience driving the architecture and delivery of secure, trust-centric, and highly scalable distributed systems. My expertise lies in Customer Identity and Access Management and cloud-native technologies, with a proven track record of scaling identity platforms to support over 1 billion users while adhering to strict global security and privacy standards. Currently, I am focused on the evolution of Identity platforms in the AI era. I am leading initiatives to modernize CIAM architectures by integrating Agentic AI and Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers, designing agentic workflows for fraud detection and risk intelligence that ensure responsible, audit-ready AI adoption. Establishing AI guardrails, including policy enforcement, auditability, and compliance alignment, to enable responsible AI adoption in security-critical environments. Leadership & Technical Focus: Strategic Business Alignment: Partnering with C-level executives to align technology roadmaps with revenue growth and operational efficiency. Driving platform investments that reduce risk, improve Customer Experience (CX), and enable ecosystem expansion. Platform & Engineering Excellence : Led the design and delivery of end-to-end identity platforms, APIs, web and mobile experiences, SDKs, BFFs, and backend systems, with a strong emphasis on security, scalability, and interoperability. Scaled initiatives from Proof of Concept to large-scale production, enforcing secure-by-design patterns, testing rigor, and OWASP-aligned practices. Security, Trust & Compliance: Championing Privacy-by-Design and Zero-Trust principles. Implementing robust security industry standards (OAuth2, OIDC, SAML2 ,FIDO2-Passkeys) while strictly adhering to regulations like DPDP, GDPR, CCPA, HIPAA, and PCI DSS. Cloud-Native Scale: Driving platform-first architectures using AWS, GCP, Azure, and Kubernetes that prioritize resilience and cost-efficiency. Deep focus on observability and reliability engineering to ensure high availability at internet scale. Customer-Centric Execution: Leading end-to-end delivery.Collaborating with product , security and design teams to map user journeys where security controls enhance rather than hinder the onboarding experience. Engineering Culture: Mentoring senior leaders and fostering a culture of ownership and innovation across large, distributed, cross-functional teams.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a leader in CIAM and cloud-native technologies for large-scale distributed systems.

Location: Thane, Maharashtra, India

Experience: 20 yrs