Jan 2021 – Present · 5 yrs 5 mos · On-site

• Grew the company from 15 to 90 employees (50% in engineering), scaling operations to support 1.1M+ users and 390M transactions in production.
• Managed an 80-member team, leading product releases, code reviews, training, and stakeholder communications while also contributing as a hands-on technical lead.
• Delivered 8 projects as an individual contributor and 4 projects as a lead in the blockchain domain, spanning Web2 and Web3 architectures.
• Led migrations across the stack: Node.js 8→14, Angular 4→12, and MongoDB 3→4, improving maintainability and performance.
• Built multi-chain wallet integrations for Ethereum, Bitcoin, Ripple, Stellar, Tron, NEAR, Bitcoin Cash, BSC, Dash, Litecoin, and Polygon.
• Designed and enforced secure key management protocols for blockchain private keys across all user and company hot wallets.
• Created reusable frontend UI libraries for a consistent design system across platforms.
• Collaborated closely with product managers, executives, and user support teams to prioritize sprint scope and optimize delivery timelines.
• Led development of Kiwimoney (healthcare financing platform acquired by Anq Finance), including LOS, LMS, back-office systems, credit decisioning, credit bureau checks, and account aggregator integrations.
• Directed technical due diligence for:
• |- Kiwimoney acquisition by Anq Finance.
• |- Strategic partnership with MongoDB engineering team.
• |- Multiple VC and fundraising discussions.

Jan 2020 – Jan 2021 · 1 yr · On-site

• Architected and developed multiple trading platforms, including:
• |- Market, Limit, and Stop-limit order execution
• |- Peer-to-peer trading systems
• |- Metal trading (digital assets vs. metals)
• |- ICO platforms, coin listings, and escrow systems
• Built intelligent market-making bots to improve liquidity and reduce spread.
• Designed and implemented multi-node, blockchain-based referral programs with complex reward structures.
• Scaled the platform to 370,000 users within 14 months of launch.
• Led the architecture design for all product modules, ensuring scalability and maintainability.
• Provided technical guidance to engineering teams, conducted code reviews, and authored technical documentation.
• Delivered regular performance feedback for developers, supporting appraisal and promotion decisions.
• Drove technical hiring and interviews for key engineering roles.
• Worked in a fast-paced, high-priority environment, frequently switching between projects under short deadlines.
• Collaborated with product management, leadership, and customer support to prioritize sprint scope based on business goals and user feedback.

Jan 2019 – Dec 2019 · 11 mos · On-site

• Built the in-house engineering team from 3 to 25 developers in under a year, replacing reliance on external agencies.
• Led cloud migration from third-party infrastructure to internal-managed cloud, improving cost efficiency and control.
• Managed end-to-end hiring, onboarding, and training for new developers.
• Broke monolithic applications into microservices
• Completed onsite project handovers in Belgrade (Serbia) and Bangkok (Thailand).
• Acted as individual contributor on high-priority client projects, ensuring delivery when deadlines were at risk.
• Delivered 7 client projects in a single year while initiating development of the company’s first in-house product (1,275 users by year-end).
• Improved architecture by implementing event-driven systems (RabbitMQ) and caching layers (Redis) to enhance performance and scalability.
• Adapted quickly to rapid project context switching and tight deadlines based on shifting client and business priorities.

Jan 2018 – Jun 2018 · 5 mos

• Served as full-stack individual contributor for multiple data-intensive applications in the oil & gas domain.
• Optimized geospatial queries for well data using Elasticsearch, significantly improving query performance for large datasets.
• Led major technology migrations:
• |- Angular 1.x → Angular 2.x for the core application.
• |- Elasticsearch 3.x → 6.x for improved scalability and reliability.
• Developed a custom reporting system with faceted search and export capabilities for large datasets.
• Provided technical guidance and problem-solving support to team members facing complex challenges.
• Key Projects:
• Utah Gas – Real-time oil & energy data platform providing comprehensive well information for the state of Utah.
• SG Rail Track – Live train-tracking system for frac chemical deliveries, reducing penalty losses for Saint Gobain by improving logistics and delay management.
• Well Worth It – Customized oil & energy data platform for Saint Gobain, delivering real-time operational insights on company-owned wells.

Jul 2017 – Dec 2017 · 5 mos

• Consulting work

Jan 2018 – Dec 2018 · 11 mos · Pune, Maharashtra, India · Hybrid

• Oclavi — Machine Learning Annotation Platform for Supervised Image-based Models
• Led full-stack development and end-to-end engineering of a cloud-based annotation platform supporting images, LiDAR, DICOM medical imagery, and 30fps video frames.
• Developed the core annotation engine (image/video canvas operations) with auto-annotation capabilities by forking and customizing Facebook AI Research’s Mask R-CNN semantic segmentation models.
• Built integrations for Google Drive → Amazon S3 synchronization and PayPal international payments.
• Delivered multi-format export compatibility with VGGNet schema standards.
• Achieved 2,112 platform users, primarily PhD researchers and academic institutions.
• Kyrei — Satellite Imagery Analysis & Real Estate Livability Index
• Built data pipelines for satellite image cleaning and preprocessing using ArcGIS and OpenCV.
• Designed object detection models for vegetation, housing, rivers, and roads using Mask R-CNN with Feature Pyramid Networks (FPN) and ResNet101 backbones.
• Aggregated crime statistics (FIRs) and Google Places/Maps API data for livability scoring.
• Developed regression-based livability index models for Pune and Hyderabad, integrating geospatial and socio-economic datasets.

Dec 2016 – Dec 2017 · 1 yr · On-site

• Took initiative to bring frontend development in-house, reducing reliance on external vendors by delivering UI features using jQuery, Angular, Bootstrap, and Semantic UI.
• Developed and maintained multiple applications:
• |- NRV – Integrated Oracle DB with a Java Spring backend and Angular/HTML frontend for financial data workflows.
• |- Concordia – Automated fraud detection workflows by aggregating data from 4 banking platforms; desktop application in VB.NET.
• |- Elinq – Built desktop app for integrating phone dialers with banking systems in VB.NET.
• Led key modernization initiatives:
• |- Advocated and implemented Electron.js to replace legacy VB.NET desktop apps.
• |- Introduced GitHub for version control, replacing an expensive proprietary system.
• |- Standardized UI development by adopting Bootstrap and Semantic UI plugins, improving delivery speed and consistency.

Jun 2016 – Dec 2016 · 6 mos · On-site

• Completed intensive training in HSBC’s financial products, enterprise systems, and team workflows.
• Gained technical proficiency through hands-on training in Java Spring Boot, Oracle SQL, HTML/CSS, and jQuery.
• Built foundational knowledge in enterprise-grade software development and financial domain operations, enabling smooth transition to full-time software development role.

Apr 2016 – Apr 2016 · 0 mo · Pune, Maharashtra, India · Remote

• Designed and developed a full-stack food delivery web application from scratch, using a leading U.S. food delivery platform as a reference model.
• Built the frontend UI in Semantic-UI with a responsive, user-friendly design.
• Developed backend features in Meteor.js with MongoDB, ensuring fast, real-time order processing.
• Implemented core features including menu browsing, order placement, and user account management.

Dec 2015 – Jun 2016 · 6 mos · Pune/Pimpri-Chinchwad Area · Remote

• Led backend-heavy development for an oil & gas business intelligence platform, optimizing data pipelines and analytics dashboards.
• Designed and implemented ETL pipelines in Node.js to migrate gigabytes of heterogeneous JSON data to MongoDB and subsequently to an Elasticsearch cluster, ensuring data integrity through validation of geographic, temporal, and value constraints. Reduced single-file migration runtime from ~9 hours to a more efficient process.
• Built Change Data Capture (CDC) scripts to keep Elasticsearch clusters in real-time sync with MongoDB.
• Developed interactive analytics dashboards using nvD3.js, enabling year-over-year and month-over-month data comparisons for industry metrics.
• Integrated Stripe payment gateway with Node.js backend, supporting complex subscription models (regional/state/country tiers, monthly/annual billing, recurring payments, and cancellations).