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Apoorv Saxena

CEO

New Delhi, Delhi, India13 yrs 9 mos experience
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Key Highlights

  • 15+ years of product development experience.
  • Expert in building scalable, high-performance systems.
  • Strong leadership in engineering and team management.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a seasoned leader in Fintech and Gaming, specializing in scalable systems and engineering management.

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Skills

Core Skills

LeadershipStrategic PlanningSystem ArchitectureTeam ManagementEngineering LeadershipProject ManagementEngineering ManagementAd ExchangesEngineeringBack-end Web DevelopmentFront-end Development

Other Skills

MicroservicesNode.jsReact.jsReact NativeAWSDynamoDBSQSKubernetesElastic Cache ValkeyOpenTelemetryArtificial Intelligence (AI)Microservice ArchitectureJavaSpring BootKafka

About

I have a knack of building highly successful, performant and scalable products from scratch that deliver a significant increase in organisations' revenue, With a career spanning Ecommerce SaaS, Analytics, AdTech, Hyperlocal, Fintech, Gaming, and Social Networks, I combine strong technical acumen with business-first thinking to architect platforms that drive growth, efficiency, and long-term sustainability. • Possess more than 15+ years of product development in the areas of Analysis, Designing and Architecting. • Persistent manager and fearless leader with focus on getting things done on time with highest quality. • Experience in building high performance and self-organized teams from scratch and delivering critical projects. • Experienced in process implementation, which result in increasing long term productivity and goal achievements. • Performance coach, workshop organiser and speaker in several national and international conferences. • Open Source lover. Own open source projects on Github with over 8,000 stars and 500 million+ downloads every month.

Experience

13 yrs 9 mos
Total Experience
2 yrs 4 mos
Average Tenure
1 yr 9 mos
Current Experience

Sportsbaazi

Associate Vice President

Sep 2024Present · 1 yr 9 mos · Delhi, India · On-site

  • As Head of Engineering at SportsBaazi, I drive technology strategy and execution for one of India’s fastest-growing sports gaming platforms—scaling teams, architecting resilient systems, and innovating real-time gaming experiences.
  • Key Responsibilities & Achievements:
  • Technology Leadership: Evolved SportsBaazi’s tech stack to support high concurrency, low-latency gaming, and real-time leaderboards, ensuring seamless experiences across millions of sessions.
  • AI-Driven Engineering: Championed adoption of agentic AI tools and workflows to automate tasks, improve code quality, and accelerate delivery, boosting developer productivity and engineering velocity.
  • Cost Optimization: Delivered architectural and infrastructure improvements reducing annual AWS spend by $1M, strengthening unit economics.
  • Team Building: Scaled engineering to 40+ members, fostering a culture of ownership, agility, and continuous learning with an excellence framework.
  • Platform Scalability: Led migration to microservices on AWS, enhancing reliability and enabling rapid feature deployment.
  • Product Innovation: Partnered with product and design to launch new fantasy and prediction game formats, driving user engagement.
  • Tech Stack: Microservices, Node.js, React.js, React Native, AWS, DynamoDB, SQS, Kubernetes, Elastic Cache Valkey, OpenTelemetry
MicroservicesNode.jsReact.jsReact NativeAWSDynamoDB+6

Bharatpe

Associate Director Engineering

Oct 2021Sep 2024 · 2 yrs 11 mos · Delhi, India · Hybrid

  • At BharatPe, I led engineering for the company’s consumer-facing fintech products—postpe (BNPL) and Zillion (loyalty & rewards)—driving scalable product development and seamless user experiences. My role involved architecting reliable systems, managing cross-functional engineering teams, and delivering high-performance solutions aligned with aggressive business goals.
  • Key Responsibilities & Achievements:
  • Product Engineering Leadership: Directed end-to-end engineering for postpe and Zillion, enabling rapid iteration and stable releases in a high-growth environment.
  • System Modernization: Refactored a 15-year-old legacy codebase from the acquired Payback organization, migrating its monolithic architecture to a scalable microservices-based ecosystem.
  • Scalable Infrastructure: Delivered robust, cloud-native solutions optimized for performance, reliability, and future extensibility across consumer touchpoints.
  • Developer Productivity: Led the initiative to adopt GitHub Copilot across engineering teams, streamlining code development, reducing boilerplate work, and accelerating feature delivery cycles.
  • Team & Culture: Built and mentored high-performing engineering teams, fostering a culture of technical excellence, ownership, and collaboration.
  • Tech Stack: Microservice Architecture, Java, Spring Boot, Node.js, React.js, AWS, Kafka, Redis, PostgreSQL, Docker, Kubernetes
Microservice ArchitectureJavaSpring BootNode.jsReact.jsAWS+7

Fareye

Senior Engineering Manager

Jan 2019Sep 2021 · 2 yrs 8 mos · Delhi, India · On-site

  • FarEye is an Intelligent Delivery Management SaaS platform helping businesses across food, grocery, pharmacy, and logistics optimize delivery costs and enhance customer experience.
  • Key Responsibilities & Achievements:
  • Headed engineering for the Hyperlocal vertical, owning several mission-critical microservices.
  • Led platform efforts to run in high-availability, auto-scaling mode, ensuring performance and cost efficiency.
  • Collaborated with leadership and stakeholders to scale engineering team strength significantly across the organization.
  • Delivered solutions that balanced technical scalability with business agility in a fast-paced logistics tech environment.
  • Tech Stack: Microservice Architecture, Java, Spring Boot, React.js, React Native, AWS, Kafka, MongoDB, Redis, PostgreSQL, Docker, Kubernetes
Microservice ArchitectureJavaSpring BootReact.jsReact NativeAWS+8

Directi

3 roles

Engineering Manager

Promoted

May 2017Jan 2019 · 1 yr 8 mos · Gurgaon, India · On-site

  • At Media.net (Top 5 global ad tech company, #2 in contextual advertising), I managed engineering for large-scale, high-performance Ad-Exchange platform
  • Led one of the engineering team part of Ad Exchange platform powering Media.net’s ad inventory.
  • Delivered systems handling billions of impressions daily with ultra low latency and high availability.
  • Architected auto-scaling infrastructure to meet SLAs under dynamic traffic.
  • Partnered with stakeholders on roadmaps, feasibility, and effort estimation.
  • Balanced technical leadership with team management, including hiring and mentoring.
  • Focused on distributed systems, scalability, and performance optimization in high-throughput environments.
  • Tech Stack: Microservice Architecture, Java, Spring Boot, React.js, AWS, Kafka, Aerospike, Oracle DB, Docker
Microservice ArchitectureJavaSpring BootReact.jsAWSKafka+5

Senior Software Engineer

Promoted

Apr 2016May 2017 · 1 yr 1 mo · Gurgaon, India · On-site

  • Zeta offers cloud-native, API-integrated next-gen instant card issuing and transaction processing solutions for banks and FIs to launch secured and personalized card programs.
  • Led development of Zeta Corporate Benefits Suite, including architecting core components and ensuring secure, scalable delivery.
  • Built and scaled teams across Gurgaon and Bangalore for the product suite.
  • Designed and implemented new product features, focusing on app security, performance, and stability.
  • Delivered Zeta Web and Windows applications, ensuring seamless user experience.
  • Developed secure Single Sign-On (SSO) for Zeta, enhancing authentication and security.
  • Conducted code reviews, created project templates, and drove engineering best practices.
MicroservicesEnterprise Service Bus (ESB) ArchitectureSingle Sign-On (SSO)Web DevelopmentEngineering

Software Engineer

Jul 2012Sep 2014 · 2 yrs 2 mos · Mumbai Area, India · On-site

  • Contributed to flagship product SuperSite, powering global domain registration and reseller businesses.
  • Key Contributions:
  • White-Labeled SaaS: Developed features for SuperSite, a white-labeled eCommerce SaaS application enabling resellers to launch fully customizable storefronts for domain and hosting services.
  • API Integrations: Implemented RESTful APIs for domain lifecycle operations, billing, and reseller management, ensuring seamless interoperability across systems.
  • Performance Optimization: Improved page load times and backend query performance, enhancing user experience and reducing latency.
  • Agile Delivery: Collaborated in cross-functional teams, contributing to sprint planning, code reviews, and continuous integration for high-quality releases.
  • Tech Stack: PHP, MySQL, Backbone.js, HTML5, CSS3, AWS
PHPMySQLBackbone.jsHTML5CSS3AWS+1

Wingify

Senior Software Engineer

Sep 2014Mar 2016 · 1 yr 6 mos · New Delhi Area, India · On-site

  • VWO is a digital experience optimization platform that helps businesses improve their websites and apps to increase conversions through Conversion Rate Optimization (CRO) techniques like A/B testing, behavioral analysis (heatmaps, click maps, recordings), and personalization.
  • Built core components for Conversion Rate Optimization (CRO) platform, enabling advanced A/B testing and analytics.
  • Developed in-house Dynamic CDN (DACDN) for optimized content delivery.
  • Implemented Heatmaps, Scrollmaps, and full visitor behavior tracking for user insights.
  • Worked across platform, application, and client-side layers, delivering multiple high-impact features.
  • Exposed CRO platform APIs for third-party integrations and extensibility.
  • Contributed to team building and hiring across engineering roles.
  • Tech Stack: Lua, JavaScript (ES6+), PHP Laravel framework, Node.js, Angular.js, CSS3, Client-side JS library development
LuaJavaScript (ES6+)PHP Laravel frameworkNode.jsAngular.jsCSS3+3

Linkedin

Software Development Intern

Jan 2012Mar 2012 · 2 mos · New Delhi Area, India · On-site

  • As an SDE Intern at SlideShare, I contributed to both backend and frontend development, working on scalable features and performance optimizations.
  • My role involved:
  • Backend Development: Built and enhanced APIs using Ruby on Rails (RoR) and Sinatra, leveraging metaprogramming in Ruby to create dynamic, reusable components and improve code maintainability.
  • Frontend Development: Developed interactive UI components and improved user experience using Backbone.js, ensuring seamless integration with backend services.
  • Collaborated in an agile environment, participating in code reviews, debugging, and performance tuning to deliver high-quality features.
  • Tech Stack: Ruby on Rails, Sinatra, Ruby (Metaprogramming), Backbone.js, REST APIs, Git
Ruby on RailsSinatraRuby (Metaprogramming)Backbone.jsREST APIsGit

Adomado.com, valueoffers media pvt ltd

Intern

Jan 2011Dec 2011 · 11 mos · New Delhi Area, India · On-site

  • Contributed to Adomado, a browser extension platform built for promoting ad-serving ecosystem.
  • Developed browser extensions and web application features for cross-browser-platform compatibility.
  • Implemented Ruby metaprogramming for dynamic and reusable backend components.
  • Built responsive UIs using JavaScript, HTML, and CSS.
  • Collaborated in an agile environment with Git for version control.
  • Tech Stack: Ruby, Browser Extension Development, JavaScript, HTML, CSS, Git
RubyBrowser Extension DevelopmentJavaScriptHTMLCSSGit

Vinsol.com, vinayak solutions pvt. ltd.

Intern

May 2010Jul 2010 · 2 mos · New Delhi Area, India · On-site

  • Worked as a Web Applications Developer at Vinsol, a company specializing in custom web applications and prototype development.
  • Built and enhanced web application features using Ruby on Rails and Meta-programming in Ruby for dynamic, reusable components.
  • Developed interactive front-end functionality with JavaScript, ensuring seamless integration with backend services.
  • Collaborated in an agile environment, contributing to design, development, and code reviews.
  • Tech Stack: Ruby on Rails, Ruby (Metaprogramming), JavaScript, Git
Ruby on RailsRuby (Metaprogramming)JavaScriptGit

Education

Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University

Bachelor of Technology — Information Technology

Jan 2008Jan 2012

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