Susauparna Kundu

Director of Engineering

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India18 yrs 9 mos experience
Highly Stable

Key Highlights

  • 18+ years of experience in backend and mobile development.
  • Led teams delivering fintech products for user bases of 1 to 40+ million.
  • Expert in building resilient, high-throughput payment systems.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Fintech Engineering Leader with expertise in mobile and backend development.

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Skills

Core Skills

Team LeadershipTechnology ManagementProblem SolvingMobile DevelopmentBackend DevelopmentSoftware Development Life Cycle (sdlc)

Other Skills

Team BuildingAndroid DevelopmentMobile ApplicationsTest Driven DevelopmentJ2MEAgileBehavior-Driven Development (BDD)ScrumObject-Oriented Programming (OOP)Agile MethodologiesCertified Scrum MasterAlgorithmsArchitectural DesignData StructuresRequirements Management

About

TL;DR : Engineering leader , Fintech ,Android, Mobile, Mobile Development ,Agilist, TDDist, BDDist Agile/Scrum Methodologies Payment Systems & FinTech Solutions CI/CD Pipelines Scalability & Performance Optimization Cross-Functional Team Leadership Mentorship & Engineering Culture Stakeholder Management Profile: The PayPal journey : I started at PayPal as an Android Tech Lead and then transitioned to backend development as a backend engineer. I moved to the Payment Authorisation team as a Tech Lead, delivering multiple high-stakes projects across PPCP and transaction-saving initiatives. I then became Engineering Manager for the Payment Authorisation domain for six months before moving into the APAC Engineering Manager role for FRED domain, where I was promoted and now lead the Bank Processing technology team. I focus on building resilient, high-throughput payment systems and on scaling cross-functional engineering teams to deliver measurable business impact. I am an Engineering Manager with 18+ years of experience in backend technologies (Java, Spring, microservices) and mobile development . I have a strong background in fintech and have led teams to deliver products for user bases of 1 to 40+ million. Skilled in software architecture, testing, and CI/CD, I am passionate about mentoring, building mobile apps, and taking on leadership roles in both technical and managerial domains.

Experience

18 yrs 9 mos
Total Experience
6 yrs 5 mos
Average Tenure
5 yrs 10 mos
Current Experience

Paypal

3 roles

Manager, Software Engineering

Promoted

Mar 2025Present · 1 yr 2 mos

  • Engineering Manager for PayPal’s Bank processing flow for Payment domains like FRED, ACE(Auth Capture Engine), Settlement and Switch
  • Engineering Manager for PayPal’s APAC FRED domain.
Team LeadershipTeam BuildingTechnology Management

Manager, Software Development

Promoted

Aug 2023Mar 2025 · 1 yr 7 mos

  • Engineering Manager at PayPal for ACE(Auth Capture Engine) and SWITCH domain for multiple outcomes (PayPal Commerce Platform,Transaction Expense Savings, Elevated Payment Platform Bank and Card, Pay With Rewards).
Problem SolvingTeam LeadershipTechnology Management

MTS 1, Software Engineer

Jul 2020Aug 2023 · 3 yrs 1 mo

  • Worked as a Technical Lead at PayPal for the ACE (Auth Capture Engine) and SWITCH domains, contributing to multiple key initiatives including PayPal Commerce Platform , Transaction Expense Savings, Pay with Rewards
  • Mobile Payment Application Development: Led the end-to-end development of mobile applications for Android for PayPal, to improve authorization rate by 3 % by using full wallet experience.
Problem SolvingTeam LeadershipMobile DevelopmentBackend Development

Vmware

Senior Member of Technical Staff

Mar 2015Jul 2020 · 5 yrs 4 mos · Bangalore Area, India

  • •Designed and implemented features for the Boxer and Socialcast Mobile app for VMware, optimizing data handling and performance.
Test Driven DevelopmentAndroid DevelopmentMobile DevelopmentSoftware Development Life Cycle (SDLC)

Samsung r&d institute india - bangalore private limited

Technical Lead

Jul 2007Feb 2015 · 7 yrs 7 mos · Bangalore Area, India · On-site

  • Samsung Mobile Application Development: Led teams in designing, developing, and debugging preloaded Android and J2ME applications.
  • Key Projects: Video application, Media Hub, Instant Messenger (Android & J2ME), and JSR development.
Android DevelopmentMobile Development

Education

College of Engineering & Management, Kolaghat

B.tech — Computer Engineering

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