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Ashutosh Saxena

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Mumbai, Maharashtra, India15 yrs 9 mos experience
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Key Highlights

  • 15+ years of experience in software development.
  • Proven track record in driving technical excellence.
  • Passionate about continuous learning and improvement.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a SaaS and Cloud Solutions Architect with strong leadership in engineering and product management.

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Skills

Core Skills

Technology LeadershipSystem Design & ScalabilityCloud-native ApplicationsSoftware As A Service (saas)Technology ConsultingSolution DesignProduct ManagementProduct Life Cycle ManagementClient ManagementTechnical SupportTeam ManagementSoftware DevelopmentProduct QualityBack-end Development

Other Skills

Agile MethodologiesAmazon EKSApache SparkApplication SecurityArchitectureArtificial IntelligenceArtificial Intelligence (AI)Azure Data LakeAzure DevOps ServicesBack-End Web DevelopmentBudgetingBusiness MetricsBusiness RequirementsBusiness WorkflowsBusiness-to-Business (B2B)

About

As the Head of Engineering at WiStride, I lead a team of talented engineers in delivering innovative solutions for various clients. With over 15+ years of experience in software development and technology consulting, I have a proven track record of driving technical excellence and business growth. I am passionate about leveraging my skills in software development methodologies and IT strategy to create value for our clients and stakeholders. I am also committed to continuous learning and improvement, as evidenced by my certifications in critical thinking, ethical hacking, and leadership. My goal is to empower my team and organization to achieve their full potential and make a positive impact in the world.

Experience

15 yrs 9 mos
Total Experience
1 yr 11 mos
Average Tenure
3 yrs
Current Experience

Wistride

Head of Engineering

Jun 2023Present · 3 yrs · Mumbai, Maharashtra, India · On-site

  • As the Head of Engineering at Wistride, I lead the strategic and technical direction of our platform, combining hands-on architecture with leadership to scale products, teams, and systems. My focus is on building resilient, cloud-native solutions that support our fast-evolving product roadmap while fostering a culture of ownership, innovation, and excellence.
  • Key Responsibilities:
  • 🚀 Technology Leadership: Define and drive the technical vision, architecture, and roadmap aligned with business goals.
  • 🧠 System Design & Scalability: Architect fault-tolerant, microservices-based systems using AWS, Kubernetes, and serverless patterns.
  • 👥 Team Building & Mentorship: Hire, lead, and mentor a high-performing engineering team across backend, frontend, and DevOps.
  • 🔐 Security & Compliance: Embed security best practices into development and deployment workflows.
  • 🧪 Process & Delivery Excellence: Implement agile processes, CI/CD pipelines, and code quality standards to ensure timely and reliable delivery.
  • 📊 Data-Driven Decision Making: Leverage analytics and monitoring to inform engineering priorities and product impact.
  • 🤝 Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner closely with product, design, and leadership teams to translate vision into execution.
  • 🧭 Innovation & R&D: Explore emerging technologies like GenAI and VergeSense APIs to drive forward-thinking solutions.
Business WorkflowsKubernetesAgile MethodologiesHigh Performance TeamsProduct EngineeringTechnology Leadership+1

Leena ai

Director - Solution Engineering

Nov 2021Feb 2023 · 1 yr 3 mos · Gurugram, Haryana, India · Remote

Capital ExpendituresCloud-Native ApplicationsPeople ManagementBusiness RequirementsSoftware as a Service (SaaS)Computer Science+20

Infozion technologies

Co-Founder & Chief Technology Officer

Sep 2019Oct 2021 · 2 yrs 1 mo · Gurgaon, India

  • We get together with our clients in quick projects, perfect for developing new products, growing business and exploring ideas. We mainstream your design and development concepts without hassle. We can jump-start revenue, inspire the new product and service development, and then target and build audiences for you.
  • Due to the client-facing nature of my experience role I have spent a fair amount of time with clients, typically presenting solutions and findings to stakeholders.Responsible for all technical and consulting delivery across the business, both direct and through trusted partners, using employees and trusted associates.
  • As well as having senior technology delivery experience I continue to be an active Cloud Solutions Architect and Full Stack Developer.
  • Core focus Areas:
  • Architecture & Design in Big Data Ecosystems
  • Digital Data Integration & Cloud Ecosystems
  • Analytics & Information Management
  • Technology Consulting & Solution design
  • Technology Capability Development, exploration & incubation
  • Strategic Consulting with focus on Technology strategy
  • Digital Enterprise Integration
  • Cloud Big Data ecosystems
  • Enabling Data Journey in IoT
  • Capability Building & Strategy development.
  • Architecture & Solutions design
  • Strategic Consulting
  • Leadership role leading in house and client agile teams.
  • Bid Management & Presales
Capital ExpendituresCloud-Native ApplicationsPeople ManagementBusiness RequirementsSoftware as a Service (SaaS)Computer Science+22

Lockthedeal (a sar group company)

Head of Engineering

Mar 2017Aug 2019 · 2 yrs 5 mos · Gurugram, Haryana, India

  • Responsible for providing technology leadership and business strategic vision for software product development and delivery for all the company portfolio products.
  • Spearhead product design, architecture, development and delivery for existing & new products.
  • Responsible for P&L (Product Management), IT budgeting and forecasting, ROI optimization and complete financial planning for new product or services.
  • Responsible for Product release cycle, product roadmaps, versions and release dates.
  • Defining KPI’s at all levels, employee reviews, performance evaluations & mentoring teams.
  • Responsible for post-sales management processes and customer involvement in identify new features of the product through various work groups.
  • Led the R&D team, identifying emerging technologies, improving existing product architecture, customer integration and talent development program.
  • Review and audit business processes, mapping to business goals and process re-engineering.
  • worked on modern technology like python, php, machine learning, IOT, Stream Analytics
Capital ExpendituresCloud-Native ApplicationsPeople ManagementBusiness RequirementsSoftware as a Service (SaaS)Computer Science+22

Mydala.com

3 roles

Associate Technical Architect

Promoted

Jul 2016Mar 2017 · 8 mos

  • Responsible for managing complete Product Life cycle by innovating different thought processes and help in develop marketing plan for the key products.
  • Project Management, Planning and Estimation, Team Management, Requirement Study, Analysis, Design and Implementation of application.
  • Responsible for Client Management, Requirement Study, Analysis and Designing of the application.
  • Resource Management in various Product development teams, allocation of work and monitoring their Progress till completion.
  • Involved in designing Quality Process for different Product to confirm the quality standards of each Product. This involves planning Quality Assurance teams, team members and different Quality parameters as per the Product Requirement.
  • Deepdive into mobile platfrom to serve content faster and make platform more reliable
  • Worked on data crunching and data mining for 3TB database
  • Engineered recommendation enginer to profile 40 Million users data
  • The managed value added service models replace the separate, vendor-specific delivery models with a standardized, comprehensive approach
Cloud-Native ApplicationsPeople ManagementBusiness RequirementsComputer ScienceTechnical ReviewsChaos Engineering+20

Team Lead

Promoted

Mar 2015Jun 2016 · 1 yr 3 mos

  • Improved the HTTP life cycle which include request management, Load balancer & CDN
  • Added 6 web servers to smoothen the user experience and manage load.
  • Worked on “User Created Deal” Section and its running successfully
  • Worked on Amazon EC2, SES and other important module.
  • Implemented SVN Server for code versioning & UNISON File Sync for pushing code on servers with zero down time
  • Worked on VAS platform [USSD, Subscription, and Value Pack] which include design, integration, development and deployment.
  • Created alert system to notify staff about critical issues via SMS
  • Interact with client for API integration.
Cloud-Native ApplicationsPeople ManagementBusiness RequirementsComputer ScienceTechnical ReviewsChaos Engineering+18

Senior Software Engineer

Aug 2013Feb 2015 · 1 yr 6 mos

Business RequirementsComputer ScienceNode.jsFull-Stack DevelopmentCode ReviewProduct Road Mapping+10

Berkshire india limited

Senior Program Analyst

Jun 2012Aug 2013 · 1 yr 2 mos · Gurgaon, India

  • Drove Product Management of web based application for Motor Insurance Domain
  • Integrate various social platform for marketing
  • Normalize the database to 3NF to reduce redundancy
  • Optimize the database by view, procedure & query cache
  • code the application according to design pattern to make it more resilient and bug free
  • Offload major traffic by implementing crons and reporting system separate
  • Improved the customer experience by enable all major notification instantly
  • Act as a tech spoc for the motor insurance implementation
  • Hands on zero downtime deployment on the production
Business RequirementsComputer ScienceCode ReviewProduct Road MappingNegotiationCritical Thinking+7

Fcs software solutions

Software Engineer

Nov 2010Jun 2012 · 1 yr 7 mos · Noida

  • Designing and Architecting web-based custom solutions
  • Providing technical support to the team, work allocation and responsible for last delivery,
  • Planning, Scoping, Estimation, Team Management
  • Communication with Ops: handling client queries
  • Involved in doing the high and low-level design, coding, and QA checks.
  • Worked on various javascript libraries to make the UI more user-friendly
  • Developed browser plugin to get instant update of jobs and messages
  • Started working on agile method to carry out and change the product at fast pace
Business RequirementsComputer ScienceCode ReviewProduct Road MappingNegotiationCritical Thinking+7

Pseudo technology

Software Engineer

Jan 2010Nov 2010 · 10 mos · Noida

Computer ScienceCritical ThinkingBack-End Web DevelopmentProblem Solving

Education

Indian Institute of Management Bangalore

Managing Innovation

Jul 2023Dec 2023

FEROZE GANDHI INSTITUTE OF ENGG AND TECHNOLOGY , RAEBARELI

B.Tech — Computer Science

Saraswati Vidhya Mandir

Intermediate — science

Jan 2003Jan 2004

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