Badarinath Sadavarthi

Director of Engineering

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India19 yrs 10 mos experience
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Key Highlights

  • 19+ years of engineering experience across diverse sectors
  • Expert in leading cross-functional engineering teams
  • Pioneered cost-saving initiatives through cloud resource optimization
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Fintech and SaaS expert with a strong focus on engineering management and product development.

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Skills

Core Skills

Engineering ManagementFintech SystemsSaas PlatformsProduct DevelopmentAgile MethodologiesMicroservicesTechnical LeadershipAgile Development

Other Skills

Amazon Web Services (AWS)Apache KafkaArchitectural DesignCommunicationDatabasesE-CommerceEngineering LeadershipFraud DetectionGenerative AIGoogle Cloud Platform (GCP)HibernateKibanaLeadershipLuceneMemcached

About

Harnessing 19+ years of engineering prowess, I've navigated dynamic sectors like Fintech, SaaS CRM, E-Commerce, Banking & Insurance, and Pharmaceuticals. Renowned for sculpting transformative projects and nurturing global teams, my forte lies in Technical Engineering Management and Client Relationship Mastery. With a diverse background spanning Product, Small to Mid-Scale Startups, and Service-Based Industries, I've gained invaluable insights into various industries and their unique processes. Leveraging this multifaceted experience, I am adept at adapting and thriving in dynamic environments, driving innovation, and delivering impactful results. Passionate about continuous learning and leveraging cross-industry knowledge to drive success. Experienced Onsite Project Coordinator and Product Specialist With over 2 years of hands-on experience working onsite at client locations in Melbourne, Australia, and Toronto, Canada, I've been deeply involved in every phase of the project lifecycle. From capturing business and functional requirements to product development, coordinating project releases, and overseeing product implementation and configuration, I've consistently delivered results that align with client objectives and drive business success. Trailblazing Cost-Saving Endeavors I've pioneered initiatives resulting in a remarkable cost reduction through the strategic utilisation of cost-effective and high-performing cloud resources. Embracing automation for resource optimisation, we've ignited efficiency gains that reverberate monthly. Galvanizing Team Brilliance With a natural aptitude for leadership, I've cultivated and empowered a resilient team of engineers. Through the strategic implementation of automation and proactive alerting systems, we've realised an impressive 50% reduction in support activities, resulting in heightened developer productivity and streamlined operations. Fostering Collaborative Innovation: Beyond technical prowess, I've instilled a spirit of innovation and collaboration through organisational events like the Learning Series and Hackathons. These initiatives not only foster creativity but also cultivate a sense of unity that propels us toward greatness. Amplifying the Performance & Resilience of our highly scalable systems Eager to drive transformative change and ignite success in new endeavours! Let's Connect and Spark Innovation Together! đź’¬

Experience

19 yrs 10 mos
Total Experience
2 yrs 10 mos
Average Tenure
1 yr 9 mos
Current Experience

Razorpay

Senior Engineering Manager

Sep 2024 – Present · 1 yr 9 mos · Bangalore Urban, Karnataka, India · On-site

  • Senior Engineering Leader specializing in platform engineering, fintech systems, and large-scale payment technology. With over a two decade of leadership experience, I have built and scaled high-availability, high-throughput financial platforms that process millions of transactions daily for India’s leading businesses and banks.
  • At Razorpay, I lead cross-functional engineering teams to design, architect, and deliver scalable, reliable, and secure payment systems. Focused on product innovation, platform modernization, and AI-driven developer productivity to accelerate business outcomes.
  • Key achievements include:
  • Led the platform monetization initiative
  • 1) Reengineered real-time card payment fraud detection platform for major Indian banks, transforming into SaaS offering integrated with Card ACS systems, driving new revenue streams with 2 of top 5 Indian Bank .
  • 2) Reconcilation as SaaS Offering - SME and MidMarket merchants still rely on age old Excel for transaction Reconcilation . Was part of the journey in shaping Recon SaaS from 0 - 1 , 10 - 100 for merchants across the industry , E Commerce , HealthCare , Insurance etc
  • Mission-Critical Platform Leadership: Directed 4 cross-functional PODs (30+ engineers) delivering Reconciliation, Ledger, Pricing, and Risk services—core to Razorpay’s financial platform.
  • Operational Excellence: Established KPI/SLO-based operating rhythms, reduced incident volumes, improved uptime, and implemented observability dashboards for proactive monitoring.
  • Core Competencies & Keywords:
  • Platform Engineering • Fintech Systems • Payment Processing • Fraud Detection • SaaS Platforms • 0→1 Product Development • AI Developer Productivity • Scalable Architecture • Reconciliation Systems • Ledger Platforms • Risk Management • Engineering Leadership • KPI/SLO Governance • Cross-functional Team Management • High-performance Culture
Engineering ManagementEngineering LeadershipProject ManagementStakeholder ManagementAgile MethodologiesTeam Management+5

Freshworks

Group Engineering Manager at Freshworks

Jan 2023 – Sep 2024 · 1 yr 8 mos · Greater Bengaluru Area

  • Headed engineers managing the foundational infrastructure of large-scale Freshworks platform, including Reverse Proxy, Service Discovery, and asynchronous messaging systems, ensuring seamless operations and efficiency with Microservice-based Architecture
  • Managed 2 teams, totalling 12 members, dedicated to Ingress – Egress services, Service Discovery, Rate Limiting, and Kafka Messaging Service, fostering collaboration and synergy with Kafka MQ
  • Established and implemented agile methodologies, fostering continuous improvement and collaboration among platform and product teams, collaborating closely with Product Managers and TPMs to drive project success with agile development.
  • Exhibited proficiency in AWS, JAVA / J2EE, Kafka, and In-Memory and Distributed Cache, optimising system performance and scalability for enhanced efficiency leveraging AWS, EKS, E2C, and Redis.
  • Led standardisation and adoption of Scrum methodology, driving efficiency and alignment across project teams for streamlined project execution with Scrum methodology.
  • Accounted for defining, tracking, and reporting relevant metrics to measure program progress, acting as the crucial liaison between executives and project teams to ensure strategic alignment and informed decision-making.
  • Exhibited strong leadership skills in driving product and process improvements, fostering a culture of innovation and continuous learning within the organization utilizing agile leadership.
  • Spearheaded organisational initiatives, such as organising Learning Series and Hackathon Events, to promote collaboration and knowledge-sharing among team members, fostering a culture of teamwork and growth
NegotiationThink & Act StrategicallyTeam ManagementStakeholder ManagementRESTful WebServicesAmazon Web Services (AWS)+23

Quinbay blibli.com

Engineering Manager

May 2021 – Jan 2023 · 1 yr 8 mos · Bangalore Urban, Karnataka, India · On-site

  • Engineered excellence through Cache System Migration (Redis to Memcached on GCP), SOLR (Single Node to Cloud SOLR with HA), and optimizing Postgre & Mongo DB – Data Archival – Partitioning & Sharding for scalability.
  • Guided a 16-member team (Developers & Quality Assurance teams) for Blibli.com (E-Commerce) Order and Inventory Management microservices, ensuring efficiency with Spring Boot, Java / J2EE, and Microservice-based Architecture.
  • Employed agile methodologies, collaborating with cross-functional teams (Cart, Logistics, Warehouse) for synergy in tech, product, and business realms using agile development.
  • Accounted for defining, tracking, and reporting metrics, bridging executives and teams for strategic alignment with tools like ELK (Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana).
  • Resolved a pivotal Redis CPU bottleneck during the November 2021 e-commerce sale, optimizing with In-Memory Caffeine Cache and migrating to Memcached for enhanced efficiency.
  • Spearheaded scrum methodology standardization and integration, optimizing team efficiency and cohesion to streamline project execution.
  • Orchestrated definition, tracking, and reporting of key metrics, bridging the gap between executives and project teams for strategic alignment and informed decision-making.
  • Demonstrated exceptional leadership prowess by catalyzing product and process enhancements, cultivating an innovative and learning-centric culture through agile leadership principles
Project CoordinationSoftware DevelopmentNegotiationThink & Act StrategicallyTeam ManagementStakeholder Management+20

Oracle financial services software ltd

2 roles

Principal Member Technical Staff

Promoted

Jul 2017 – May 2021 · 3 yrs 10 mos · Bangalore

  • Engineered product changes to meet High Availability (HA) requirements and ensure compliance with Oracle's Autonomous Database platform, utilizing Spring MVC, Java/J2EE, and Oracle DB technologies to achieve efficient resource utilization and system reliability.
  • Architected performance improvements to reduce memory footprints and optimize response time, leveraging Hibernate and Spring Core frameworks, resulting in enhanced system performance and user experience.
  • Spearheaded implementation of Off-Heap Processing in a cloud environment, leveraging Hibernate and Spring Core frameworks, to facilitate efficient data handling and processing across shared components, enhancing system scalability and performance.
  • Led design and implementation of a unique Member ID feature in the OLAP engine, collaborating with cross-functional teams to meet client requirements and enhance system functionality, utilising Essbase/Hyperion and Oracle DB technologies.
  • Innovated HTTP Tunnelling Framework for Cross-Partition scenarios, enabling users to create partitions across instances and obtain consolidated query responses, leveraging Java/J2EE and Oracle DB technologies to enhance system scalability and performance.
  • Developed a Real-Time Patching solution to ensure 99.99% system availability, utilising Java/J2EE and Oracle DB technologies, to minimize downtime and maximize user accessibility and satisfaction.
  • Implemented a configurable fail-safe logic for long-running requests in Essbase OLAP engine, enhancing system reliability and stability during extended query executions, contributing to improved user experience and satisfaction.
  • Designed and deployed a Selenium-based Test Framework for Web Automation, empowering the QA team to streamline testing processes and ensure application functionality, leveraging Spring Core and Hibernate frameworks to enhance testing efficiency and effectiveness.
NegotiationThink & Act StrategicallyTeam ManagementStakeholder ManagementAgile MethodologiesHibernate+7

Software Consultant

Oct 2010 – Feb 2013 · 2 yrs 4 mos · Melbourne, Australia

  • Senior Technical Consultant with 6 years and 4 month of work experience in Oracle Financial Software and Services (OFSS). My main area of work in OFSS has been in implementation, configuration and enhancement of Oracle Financial Software Advanced Analytical Application (OFSAA) product for NextGen project National Australian Bank (NAB) in Melbourne Australia.
  • Roles and Responsibilities
  • Has been involved in OFSAA product implementation, enhancement, support and configuration as per NAB business requirements.
  • Understanding NAB business requirement on implementation of BASEL, FTP,GL RECON
  • solution configuration
  • Enhance of product presentation layer in JSP, JavaScript, AJAX Handler and controller in
  • Servlet and model in Java/J2EE
  • Development of SQL statements for database update.
  • Code integration.
  • Metadata migration utility at the implementation site.
Stakeholder ManagementProblem SolvingRDBMSSystem DevelopmentCommunication

Envestnet | yodlee india

Senior Member Technical Staff

Feb 2013 – Jul 2017 · 4 yrs 5 mos · Bangalore

  • Yodlee Customer Care (YCC) is one stop solution for all the customer care support. YCC has multiple modules to cater to Customer Relationship Management process.
  • Has multi-tier support system for customer issues and has research & analysis module which helps Client Service team to look into customer issues and resolve them.
  • Service Request management module, which handle client Service Requests.
  • Had SLA management module to configure and maintain Service Level Agreements of clients as per the contract.
  • Client on-boarding module to enables end user to get on boarded into Yodlee platform smoothly
  • Involved in full life cycle development/enhancements in YCC
  • Requirement gathering with product owners.
  • User Story creation and review
  • High and Low, level design of use cases.
  • End to end ownership of YCC modules.
  • UI and backend code development.
  • Presentation layer development in Spring MVC , JSP , Angular JS
  • Integrated of Spring MVC with Angular JS component
  • Code review and Code integration
  • Writing TESTNG test cases.
NegotiationThink & Act StrategicallyStakeholder ManagementProblem SolvingRDBMSMongoDB+5

Nab

Software Development Consultant

Feb 2011 – Feb 2013 · 2 yrs · Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

  • NextGen project focuses on the replacement of NAB’s legacy system with Oracle Financial Software Advanced Analytical Application (OFSAA) product.
  • OFSAAI product provides the infrastructure for various financial solutions like BASEL for Risk-Weighted Asset (RWA) as per BASEL 2 standards. Fund Transfer Pricing (FTP) and GL Reconciliation.
  • Oracle Data Integrator for ELT (Extract Load and Transformation) data load from various source systems like SAP GL. DRM, FLEXCUBE.
  • Responsibilities
  • 1) Has been involved in OFSAA product implementation, enhancement, support, and configuration as per NAB business requirements.
  • 2) Understanding NAB business requirement on an implementation of BASEL, FTP, GL RECON solution configuration
  • 3) Enhance of product presentation layer in JSP, JavaScript, AJAX Handler and controller in Servlet and model in Java/J2EE
  • 4) Development of SQL statements for database updates.
  • 5) Code integration.
  • 6) Built a new metadata migration utility at the implementation site.
  • 6) Did the initial POC for the feasibility of ODIEE for the NAB requirement and building utility for the migration of ODIEE..
Think & Act StrategicallyStakeholder ManagementProblem SolvingRDBMSAgile DevelopmentSystem Development+1

Tata consultancy services

IT Analyst

Jul 2006 – Sep 2010 · 4 yrs 2 mos

  • Preparation of proposal document (SOW), gathering requirements from Client.
  • Understanding the user problems, preparation of requirements document.
  • Designing modules for duplication functionality and preparation of design documents (HLD and
  • LLD documents).
  • Analysis, development of all the RDE modules for data extraction
  • Providing estimates for the development of requirements.
  • Development of presentation layer in JSP, JavaScript, AJAX Handler and controller in Servlet,
  • model in Java/J2EE with EJB’s to connect to backend.
  • Development of SQL packages for database update
  • Code review and Code integration
  • Preparation of unit test script document and testing.
Problem SolvingRDBMSCommunication

Education

B V Bhoomaraddi College of Engineer and Technology

Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.)

Jan 2002 – Jan 2006

P C Jabin College , HUBLI , KARANATAKA , INDIA

Pre University

Jan 2000 – Jan 2002

Shri Durgadevi English Medium School , HUBLI 560054 , KARANATAKA , INDIA

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