Anshuman Varshney

Engineering Manager

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India8 yrs 3 mos experience

AI EnabledHighly Stable

Key Highlights

Engineered high-availability systems with real-time fraud detection.
Recognized with Amazon Redshift Customer Appreciation Award 2023.
Drove AI innovation projects improving efficiency and accuracy.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Fintech and SaaS engineering leader with expertise in data engineering and system architecture.

Contact

aeybee00@gmail.com LinkedIn

Skills

Core Skills

Engineering ManagementData EngineeringSoftware Development

Other Skills

AI InnovationAWS GlueAWS LambdaAgile/ScrumAlgorithmsAmazon AthenaAmazon CloudWatchAmazon DynamodbAmazon EC2Amazon KinesisAmazon RedshiftAmazon S3Amazon SQSAmazon Simple Notification Service (SNS)Amazon Web Services (AWS)

About

"An innovative thinker, initiative taker and multidimensional professional with exceptional, logical and analytical skills". Engineering Manager with ~8 years of experience designing, building, and scaling real time systems and Engineering initiatives. Built engineering teams from scratch (SE/SSE/TL), fostering ownership, innovation, and cross-functional collaboration with Product, Business, Finance, Marketing, CX, and Payments. Recognized with the Amazon Redshift Customer Appreciation Award (2023), AWS Big Data Blog publication, and invited speaker at APJC Global Tech Summit, TechSparks, and Startup Leadership Forum. I believe in leading by example, mentoring engineers, rolling up my sleeves when needed, and aligning technology with business outcomes to deliver scalable, secure, and cost-efficient platforms. Core Expertise: Programming & Frameworks: Java, Scala, Python, Spring Boot, DockerData Engineering & Analytics: Databricks, Apache Spark (Batch + Streaming), Flink, Kafka, Redshift, Airflow, Apache Iceberg, Elasticsearch (ELK Stack)Databases & Storage: MySQL, ScyllaDB, MongoDB, Redis, Advanced SQL (query optimization, indexing, partitioning)Cloud (AWS): EC2, S3, EMR, RDS, MSK, Glue, Lambda, Athena, SQS, SNS, VPC, IAMLeadership & Core Competencies: Team Leadership, Agile/Scrum, Budget Ownership, OKRs, DevSecOpsMiscellaneous: Microservices Architecture, RESTful API Design, AI Agents Leadership Exposure: Kubernetes, Terraform, ArgoCD, Vault, Prometheus, Grafana, Wiz, JFrog, GuardDuty, SecurityHub, WAF

Experience

8 yrs 3 mos

Total Experience

3 yrs 9 mos

Average Tenure

8 mos

Current Experience

Licious

Engineering Manager

Oct 2025 – Present · 8 mos · Bengaluru · On-site

Gameskraft

3 roles

Engineering Manager

Promoted

Apr 2024 – Oct 2025 · 1 yr 6 mos · Bengaluru

Built and scaled cross-functional teams 0→25+ engineers with 90%+ retention.
Defined long-term architecture roadmap, quarterly milestones, and Agile delivery strategy, improving velocity by 35% and cutting downtime 40%.
Led promotion and appraisal cycles, ensuring fair and data-driven evaluations.
Conducted 1:1s, mentorship, and growth plans to strengthen ownership, performance, and leadership succession.
Partnered with Product, Finance, and Business stakeholders for roadmap alignment and measurable outcomes.
Hands-on with system design, data engineering, and reliability reviews; drove CFSI, DORA, and performance metrics for consistent delivery excellence.
Instituted process improvements reducing cycle time and increasing developer satisfaction.
Managed multi-million infra budgets, optimizing spend 20%.
Engineered high-availability systems (50K+ events/sec, sub-50 ms latency), real-time fraud detection (>95% accuracy), and a 5 PB+ lakehouse powering 1B+ events/day.
Drove AI innovation — coding assistant (-60% review effort), fraud engine (>90% precision), query optimizer (-15% infra cost) — leveraging OpenAI, LangChain, and in-house MLOps.
Established zero-trust security framework across backend, data, and AWS cloud layers with IAM roles, VPC isolation, and cross-account access control.
Implemented fine-grained data governance (row/table/column-level) and PII encryption ensuring GDPR, ISO, and SOC 2 compliance.

Team LeadershipAgile/ScrumSystem DesignData EngineeringAI InnovationSecurity Framework+2

Technical Lead

Promoted

Apr 2022 – Mar 2024 · 1 yr 11 mos · Bengaluru

Led Core Engineering to architect and scale Gameskraft’s backend & data platform, powering 1B+ daily events and improving system efficiency by 40%.
Drove architecture, code quality, and reliability, resolving high-priority issues 30% faster through deep system reviews and mentorship.
Featured on AWS Big Data Blog for large-scale data engineering innovation
Honored with AWS Redshift Customer Appreciation Award 2023 for Successful Customer Collaboration.

ArchitectureCode QualityMentorshipData EngineeringEngineering Management

Senior Software Engineer

Apr 2020 – Mar 2022 · 1 yr 11 mos · Bengaluru

Founding Senior Software Engineer, driving the 0→1 → 1→10 growth journey and scaling systems for 10× user growth.
Built and scaled 10+ distributed real-time services and data platforms handling billions of events/day with 99.99% uptime.
Owned system architecture, real-time systems, and automation initiatives, improving performance by 50% and reducing operational overhead by 40%.

System ArchitectureReal-Time SystemsAutomationEngineering Management

Quinbay

Software Engineer

Jan 2018 – Apr 2020 · 2 yrs 3 mos · Bengaluru · On-site

Built and launched products / features 0→1 with full E2E ownership (architecture → deployment).
Scaled distributed systems for 3× traffic with zero downtime, boosting API performance 45%.
Built real-time data pipelines processing 10 TB/day, enabling faster ETL and analytics.
Mentored 5+ engineers, automated CI/CD (-70% deploy time), and drove ~30% AWS cost savings.

Product DevelopmentDistributed SystemsReal-Time Data PipelinesSoftware Development