Ashutosh Sharma

Director of Engineering

Gurgaon, Haryana, India11 yrs 4 mos experience
Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

  • Led a team of 24 engineers across three groups.
  • Implemented frameworks that improved service level adherence.
  • Championed developer experience initiatives enhancing productivity.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Fintech Engineering Leader with a focus on developer experience and operational efficiency.

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Skills

Core Skills

Engineering ManagementProject ManagementFront-end Development

Other Skills

Active DirectoryAjaxAlgorithmsCC#C++CSSData StructuresEngineering LeadershipHTMLInformation SecurityJ2EE Web ServicesJavaJava Enterprise EditionJavaScript

About

🌐 Strategic Leadership: As a Senior Engineering Manager, leading a dynamic team of 24 engineers across three specialized groups, the focus is firmly on elevating performance, cultivating growth, and driving innovation. With the implementation of robust performance evaluation frameworks and enhancement of tailored career development paths, the outcome has been a culture rooted in ownership and accountability. These initiatives directly contributed to significant improvements in service level adherence and reduced mean time to recovery, advancing reliability and strengthening customer satisfaction. Championing developer experience, efforts include building comprehensive SDKs, refining documentation standards, and streamlining onboarding processes that accelerate productivity. 🀝 Collaboration and Communication: Effective communication forms the foundation of enduring engineering leadership. Building strong bridges between technical and business functions ensures complex engineering challenges are translated into clear, actionable strategies. By aligning cross-functional stakeholders in product, design, and operations, teams deliver on large-scale initiatives with greater speed and precision. This collaborative ethos makes decision-making smoother and anchors successful engagement across organizational boundaries. πŸš€ Driving Results: A passion for technological impact powers a commitment to creating measurable difference through sustained innovation. Initiatives span system performance optimization, platform scalability enablement, and the introduction of AI-driven automation for actionable data insights. Mentoring future leaders and promoting continuous learning drive elevated team performance while contributing to multiple high-impact product launches and measurable growth in business outcomes. πŸ’‘ What Drives Me: Purpose centers on turning engineering potential into tangible impact. The focus is on building products that users genuinely value and experience. A commitment to technical excellence, advancing innovation, and fostering seamless collaboration has unlocked meaningful, scalable outcomes that position teams to make lasting contributions.

Experience

11 yrs 4 mos
Total Experience
2 yrs 3 mos
Average Tenure
4 yrs 4 mos
Current Experience

Razorpay

2 roles

Senior Engineering Manager

Promoted

Oct 2023 – Present Β· 2 yrs 8 mos Β· Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

  • I currently lead three key groups as a Senior Engineering Manager at Razorpay.
  • Partnership: Built and scaled a fully self-serve framework for partner and sub-merchant onboarding, reducing the overall onboarding time from several weeks to just a few hours. This transformation significantly improved operational efficiency and reduced customer escalations from around 45 per month to only 3.
  • Discovery and Growth: Own and drive the strategy for razorpay.com, executing multiple growth initiatives aimed at improving customer acquisition and conversion rates. Ensured platform reliability with 99.999 percent availability while optimizing system performance and scalability.
  • Rize: Lead engineering for Rize, a founder community that enables entrepreneurs to share challenges, exchange ideas, and learn from one another. The platform also helps founders incorporate their businesses seamlessly with the Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA).
Engineering ManagementEngineering LeadershipProject ManagementStakeholder Management

Engineering Manager

Feb 2022 – Oct 2023 Β· 1 yr 8 mos Β· Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

  • External Developer Experience: Led efforts to improve how developers integrate with Razorpay’s payment systems. Delivered SDKs in seven programming languages covering over 90 percent of all critical APIs, significantly improving integration speed and reliability. Championed a culture shift around creating high-quality technical documentation, resulting in an 80 percent reduction in missing documentation complaints. Additionally, led the integration of an LLM-based search system to enhance content discovery and developer self-service.
  • Discovery and Growth: Focused on improving platform scalability, consistency, and efficiency. Standardized code contributions and led a major architecture cleanup to ensure long-term maintainability. Drove design system integration and established unified content guidelines across teams. Built a CMS platform enabling business teams to make website updates independently, reducing engineering dependency and accelerating go-to-market timelines.
Engineering ManagementFront-End DevelopmentJavaScriptNode.js

Housing.com

2 roles

Engineering Manager

Oct 2020 – Mar 2022 Β· 1 yr 5 mos

Technology Lead

Nov 2018 – Oct 2020 Β· 1 yr 11 mos

Times internet

Software Manager

Oct 2017 – Nov 2018 Β· 1 yr 1 mo Β· Gurgaon, India

Goibibo

Software Engineer

Aug 2016 – Oct 2017 Β· 1 yr 2 mos Β· Gurgaon, India

Zoho corporation

Member of Technical Staff

Jun 2014 – Dec 2015 Β· 1 yr 6 mos Β· Chennai Area, India

Education

National Institute of Technology Calicut

M.Tech β€” Computer Science and Information Security

Jan 2012 – Jan 2014

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