Braj Kishore

Engineering Manager

Bengaluru East, Karnataka, India14 yrs 2 mos experience
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Key Highlights

  • Delivered $10M in annual revenue growth.
  • Achieved 5x system scalability and 80% incident reduction.
  • Built engineering teams across five industries.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a FinTech and IoT engineering leader with expertise in system architecture and team management.

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Skills

Core Skills

Engineering LeadershipSystem Design & ArchitecturePayment SystemsCloud, Data & DevopsSoftware Development

Other Skills

API DevelopmentAgile MethodologiesAlgorithmsAmazon Web Services (AWS)Apache KafkaArchitectural PatternsArtificial Intelligence (AI)CC++ChatGPTCloud ComputingCloud-Native ApplicationsCloud-Native ArchitectureCoaching & MentoringCode Review

About

I am a Problem Solving Engineering Leader with 14+ years of experience developing & scaling large scale engineering Systems and leading cross-functional teams across geographies. Proven track record in building engineering teams from the ground up. My philosophy is Think Big, Start Small & Scale Fast! ★ Delivered $10M in annual revenue and 11% user growth by leading a 30+ member cross-functional Pods to design and scale high-impact payments systems, including Wallet, UPI, bank integrations and growth ★ Achieved $5M/year cost savings and 5× system scalability by leading cross-team architectural revamps, optimizing ML models, reducing P0 incidents by 80%, and cutting AWS costs of my teams by 35%. ★ Built and scaled tech orgs across 5 industries (FinTech, IoT, Cloud, Telecom, Healthcare), delivering large scale products for both B2C and B2B markets through hands-on architectural leadership Key Impacts: * Engineering Manager-II at Deliveroo: Leading multi-pod teams to build ML-based systems for restaurant selection, routing, and delivery predictions. Drove initiatives that boosted scalability by 5x and cut infrastructure costs by 35%. * Chief Technology Officer at Innovatiview: Built a ground-up engineering team of 20+ and delivered IoT-based real-time tracking platforms and AI-enabled computer vision solutions. Drove $3.3M YoY GMV and secured 11+ government contracts. * Senior Engineering Manager at Mobikwik: Led the refactoring of the UPI stack, enabling $10M revenue growth, reducing latency by 5x, and decreasing infrastructure costs by 15%. Achieved 100%+ team expansion with near-zero attrition. * Tech Lead at DocASAP / Optum: Architected a HIPAA/GDPR-compliant outreach platform that increased patient rescheduling by 38%. * Technical Leader at Paytm: Mentored 12+ engineers and reduced UAT cycle time by 90% and cut bugs by ~70%. Core Strengths & Skills: Engineering Leadership: Org Building, Tech Hiring, OKRs, Coaching, Performance Reviews, DevEx Enablement, Cross-Functional Team Leadership System Design & Architecture: Distributed Systems, Microservices, APIs, Event-Driven Architecture, ML Pipelines, AI/ML platform, GenAI Integration, High-Scale Platforms, FinTech & Health Compliance (PCI-DSS, GDPR, PII,PHI,HIPAA, SOC2) Cloud, Data & DevOps: AWS, Kubernetes, Terraform, Kafka, Snowflake, PostgreSQL, MySQL, Redis, Istio, Metaflow, Observability Programming & Frameworks: Java, Golang, Python, Spring Boot, React, Vue.js, Flutter

Experience

14 yrs 2 mos
Total Experience
2 yrs 5 mos
Average Tenure
1 yr 11 mos
Current Experience

Deliveroo

Engineering Manager

Jul 2024Present · 1 yr 11 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · On-site

MentoringPerformance MetricsSystems DesignSystem ArchitecturePeople ManagementEngineering Leadership+1

Innovatiview

Chief Technology Officer

Jul 2022Apr 2024 · 1 yr 9 mos · Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India · Hybrid

  • 𝐓𝐞𝐜𝐡 𝐓𝐞𝐚𝐦: We are responsible to provide tech solutions that are being used by various Examination
  • Government bodies and B2B clients.
  • 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐝𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬:
  • Leading and managing an efficient tech team of 8+ strengths to meet tight deadlines and
  • achieve goals in record time.
  • Enlisted and managing four 3rd party technology vendors and stakeholders to digitize internal
  • operations.
  • Taking on various roles as needed including architect, product designer, developer & dev-ops.
  • Architected and implemented the below products from scratch
  • o 𝐈𝐨𝐓 𝐛𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦 - Provide security to sensitive material movement.
  • o 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 & 𝐋𝐨𝐠𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐬 - PAN India TCS team uses to book stationery for examination
  • purposes and mobile based instant tracking.
  • o 𝐃𝐆 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦 – PAN Govt. Spocs book Electric Generators for examination centres and track on
  • mobile.
  • o 𝐒𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰 𝐬𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 - Scans OMRs on exam centres, process them for
  • result, fraud or tampering purposes.
  • Completed 5 projects on-site, 𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐛𝐨𝐥𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐚𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐜𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬.
  • Added a 𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐮𝐞 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐭𝐡 𝐨𝐟 ~$𝟏.𝟐 𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧 from tech solutions.
  • Created a research and data-driven culture to align teams with the North Star metric of the
  • Organization
ChatGPTMentoringProblem SolvingStrategic ThinkingCommunicationLeadership+23

Mobikwik

2 roles

Senior Software Engineering Manager

Apr 2022Jul 2022 · 3 mos · Gurugram, Haryana, India

  • 𝐂𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐏𝐚𝐲𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬: I was responsible for core payment solutions viz. Wallet, UPI, IMPS, Credit card payment
  • and third-party bank integrations and providing APIs to other payment-dependent verticals like
  • merchants, lending and billers.
  • 𝑹𝒆𝒔𝒑𝒐𝒏𝒔𝒊𝒃𝒊𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒆𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒅𝒆𝒍𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒔:
  • Owned complete engineering of 𝐰𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐭, 𝐔𝐏𝐈, 𝐈𝐌𝐏𝐒, 3rd party bank integrations, SBI Auditing,
  • 𝐰𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐭-𝐔𝐏𝐈.
  • Led multiple cross-functional teams of strength 20+ viz. Backend, QA, Support
  • Re-architected and refactored many pain areas to enhance performance, scale and reduce
  • costs. 𝐒𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐱. 𝟏𝟓% 𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐫𝐚 𝐜𝐨𝐬𝐭 only.
  • Architected and delivered Wallet Interoperability (Wallet UPI), Spin the Wheel, Tokenization &
  • UPI Number in record time from requirement gathering to production release.
  • Created OKRs, KPIs and budgets for my team.
  • Contributed to add a 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐮𝐞 𝐨𝐟 ~$𝟏𝟎 𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧 that was ~𝟒𝟎% 𝐘𝐨𝐘 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐭𝐡 from core
  • payment solutions in my tenure.
  • On-boarded 3rd party solutions like Freshdesk, Slack, Kibana and Fraud Tracking tools to
  • manage and secure daily operations.
MentoringProblem SolvingStrategic ThinkingCommunicationLeadershipApache Kafka+17

Engineering Manager

Apr 2020Mar 2022 · 1 yr 11 mos · Gurugram, Haryana, India

MentoringProblem SolvingStrategic ThinkingCommunicationLeadershipApache Kafka+18

Publicis sapient

Senior Technical Associate 2

May 2018Apr 2020 · 1 yr 11 mos · On-site

  • ▹ Migrated 7+ enterprise services to AWS using CloudFormation, ensuring scalability, security, and high availability across Dev, Stage, and Prod.
  • ▹ Designed and delivered Vendor Loads Manager, a customized ETL solution using IBM MQ, to process large-scale asset data from Bloomberg, FactSet, and Axioma with strict performance, reliability, and fault-tolerance requirements.
  • ▹ Partnered with architects and stakeholders to define requirements and design cloud-ready, reusable solutions for enterprise-wide adoption.
  • ▹ Mentored a team of 4 developers, leading Agile ceremonies and ensuring predictable, high-quality delivery.
  • ✶ Technologies & Expertise:
  • AWS, CloudFormation, IBM MQ, ETL, Java, Data Integration, Asset Risk Management, NFR-driven Design, Agile/Scrum
Distributed SystemsContinuous Integration and Continuous Delivery (CI/CD)MicroservicesCode ReviewSpring SecurityFinancial Systems+4

Oracle india pvt. ltd

Senior Member of Technical Staff

Jan 2017May 2018 · 1 yr 4 mos · Noida Area, India · On-site

  • ▹ Contributed to Oracle Identity Cloud Services (IDCS), a cloud-native identity management platform supporting AuthN/AuthZ policies, MFA, SSO, OAuth, and OpenID Connect.
  • ▹ Implemented Adaptive Multi-Factor Authentication (risk-based), integrating with Elastica and in-house risk analyzers, enabling step-up authentication and secure admin workflows.
  • ▹ Built Delegate Authentication via Active Directory, allowing clients with legacy systems to seamlessly adopt Oracle Cloud services while retaining existing user bases.
  • ▹ Designed a Retrospective Analyzer integrated with CI/CD pipelines to automatically generate API performance reports, helping identify bottlenecks and prevent production slowdowns.
  • ▹ Conducted training sessions on Heap Dump, Garbage Collection, and Thread Dump analysis, building performance engineering expertise across teams.
  • ▹ Performed performance tuning of IDCS microservices using JMeter, JProfiler, and JMC; fixed issues to improve reliability and response times.
  • ▹ Represented Oracle at Oracle One India 2017, showcasing IDCS innovations.
  • ✶ Technologies & Expertise:
  • Java, Spring Boot, Microservices, Docker, Kubernetes, ELK Stack, Elasticsearch, Java Mission Control (JMC), JProfiler, JMeter, Cloud Architecture, Performance Engineering, Operational Excellence, PagerDuty & On-Call
Problem SolvingCommunicationScrumDistributed SystemsContinuous Integration and Continuous Delivery (CI/CD)Systems Design+11

Paytm

3 roles

Technical Lead

Apr 2015Dec 2016 · 1 yr 8 mos · On-site

  • ▹ Eliminated manual deployments by setting up a CI/CD pipeline (Jenkins + SVN), achieving 99.99% availability and reducing release errors to zero.
  • ▹ Architected and implemented the Virtual Smart Phone platform, enabling product owners and clients to run UATs and test flows without requiring physical SIMs across telecom circles.
  • ▹ Established PMD coding rules and integrated SonarQube into CI/CD with quality gates and environment-specific profiles, improving code quality and consistency.
  • ▹ Optimized the Self-Push USSD Platform to reliably handle 15K TPS, ensuring scalability under high loads.
  • ▹ Coached engineers on DDD, SOLID principles, Design Patterns, Java/Spring best practices, and MySQL query optimization, elevating team’s technical depth.
  • ▹ Expanded the team from 6 → 12 engineers, driving hiring of high-bar talent and fostering a culture of engineering excellence.
  • ▹ Introduced ELK-based analytics integration, providing scalable insights into system and business performance.
  • ▹ Partnered with product, engineering, client, and sales stakeholders to conduct feasibility checks, trade-off analysis, and system sizing (hardware, resources, timelines, costs) and share HLD and LLD.
  • ✶ Technologies & Expertise:
  • Java, Spring Framework, Spring Boot, MySQL, RESTful APIs, CI/CD, ELK, DDD, SOLID, HLD,LLD Coaching & Mentorship, Team Leadership, System Architecture
Problem SolvingCommunicationSystems DesignComputer ScienceMicroservicesLow-Level Design+6

Senior Software Developer

Promoted

Apr 2013Mar 2015 · 1 yr 11 mos · On-site

  • ▹ Delivered high-quality, replicable USSD and USSN applications for telecom operators across India.
  • ▹ Implemented a VXML-driven platform integrated with the USSD Gateway to build highly customizable menu flows (Menu → Sub Menu → Nested Layers), enabling faster delivery of Vodafone PAN-India client solutions.
  • ▹ Designed and developed the Self-Push USSD Platform, empowering clients to manage campaigns end-to-end (scheduling, cohorts, content, and analytics) with scale and reliability.
  • ▹ Ensured system and business metrics were in place to maintain operational excellence and service reliability.
  • ▹ Mentored junior engineers and interns, accelerating knowledge transfer and delivery quality.
  • ▹ Reviewing codes and making sure necessary standard checklist is met, security, performant code is pushed
  • ✶ Technologies & Expertise
  • C++, Java 5, Spring Framework, Struts, MySQL, VXML, XML, RESTful Services, JSP, HTML/CSS/JS, Socket Programming, Operational Excellence
Problem SolvingCommunicationSystems DesignComputer ScienceMicroservicesLow-Level Design+5

Software Engineer

Jun 2011Mar 2013 · 1 yr 9 mos · On-site

  • Started career building telecom USSD applications, leading end-to-end ownership, development, and production deployment while ensuring seamless collaboration with Product Managers and Engineering Leads
  • ▹ Optimized code for External Short Message Entity (ESME), enabling robust USSD services over Dialogic DSI stacks (SS7/MAP).
  • ▹ Improved system extensibility and reduced memory usage by 30% through architecture ▹ enhancements and efficient coding practices.
  • ▹ Scaled platform to reliably support two-way traffic at volumes up to 30,000 transactions per second (TPS).
  • ✶ Expertise:
  • C/C++, SMSC/SMPP/ESME, Mobile Application Protocol (MAP), Dialogic Hardware, Customer Success
Problem SolvingComputer ScienceSoftware DevelopmentC++Short Message Service Center (SMSC)

Education

Delhi College of Engineering

Bachelor of Engineering - BE — Electronics & Communication Engineering

Aug 2007May 2011

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