Dwijen Purohit

Director of Engineering

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India12 yrs 8 mos experience

Highly Stable

Key Highlights

Led multi-team delivery across India/US time zones.
Improved reliability and shortened feedback loops.
Hands-on with Go, Kafka, and event-driven architectures.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a SaaS-focused engineering leader with expertise in distributed systems and cloud computing.

Contact

dwijen4190@gmail.com LinkedIn

Skills

Core Skills

Engineering ManagementDistributed SystemsMicroservicesCloud ComputingProgramming

Other Skills

APIsAgile MethodologiesAmazon Web Services (AWS)Analytical SkillsAnsibleApache ThriftBack-End Web DevelopmentCommunicationContainerizationContinuous Integration and Continuous Delivery (CI/CD)Cross-Functional Team BuildingData StructuresDockerElastic Stack (ELK)Git

About

Engineering leader who builds reliable, cost-aware platforms and grows high-ownership teams. I’ve led multi-team delivery for content and revenue-critical systems across India/US time zones, improving reliability, shortening feedback loops, and strengthening SLO culture. Hands-on with Go, Kafka, gRPC/Protobuf, AWS, and ELK Stack — especially around event-driven architectures, observability, and developer experience. Focus areas: distributed systems, incident learning, platform reliability, pragmatic project management, and measurable velocity.

Experience

12 yrs 8 mos

Total Experience

3 yrs 3 mos

Average Tenure

2 yrs 3 mos

Current Experience

Mindtickle

Senior Engineering Manager

Mar 2024 – Present · 2 yrs 3 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · Hybrid

Own platform & services supporting high-visibility product areas; improved on-call signal quality and data-sync correctness.
Introduced phased delivery patterns for multilingual and AI-assisted content features to accelerate iteration safely.
Scaled engineering practices: technical reviews, pair-programming, SLO/error-budget reviews, and cross-team collaboration.
Hands-on contribution to developer efficiency initiatives with Golang.

Amazon Web Services (AWS)Engineering ManagementCross-Functional Team BuildingMicroservicesDistributed Systems

Saltside

6 roles

Director of Engineering

Promoted

Jan 2023 – Feb 2024 · 1 yr 1 mo

Amazon Web Services (AWS)Key Performance IndicatorsProgrammingGitProblem SolvingRequirements Analysis+14

Senior Engineering Manager

Promoted

Feb 2022 – Mar 2023 · 1 yr 1 mo

Amazon Web Services (AWS)ProgrammingGitAgile MethodologiesProblem SolvingRequirements Analysis+12

Engineering Manager

Jan 2020 – Dec 2021 · 1 yr 11 mos

Amazon Web Services (AWS)ProgrammingGitAgile MethodologiesProblem SolvingRequirements Analysis+12

Lead Platform Engineer

Promoted

Jan 2019 – Jan 2020 · 1 yr

Amazon Web Services (AWS)ProgrammingGitProblem SolvingRequirements AnalysisContainerization+10

Senior Software Engineer

Jul 2017 – Dec 2019 · 2 yrs 5 mos

Amazon Web Services (AWS)ProgrammingGitProblem SolvingContainerizationMicroservices+4

Software Engineer

Aug 2016 – Jun 2017 · 10 mos

Amazon Web Services (AWS)ProgrammingGitProblem SolvingContainerizationMicroservices+4

1985

Software Engineer

Jan 2014 – Jul 2016 · 2 yrs 6 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

My role as a software engineer was to oversee multiple projects from start to finish. This includes actively developing on the projects as well as guide junior developers on their projects.
I have worked on projects that were just API systems as well as full fledged Web Applications.

ProgrammingGitCommunicationAnalytical Skills