Gowtham Sai

CTO

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India9 yrs 7 mos experience

AI EnabledAI ML Practitioner

Key Highlights

Over a decade of experience in software development.
Led initiatives that improved engineering efficiency by 40%.
Expert in microservices and system architecture.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a SaaS expert with a strong focus on microservices and system architecture.

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Skills

Core Skills

System ArchitectureMicroservicesData AnalysisDevopsData Science

Other Skills

Amazon RedshiftAmazon Web Services (AWS)AnsibleApache KafkaArchitectural PatternsArtificial Intelligence (AI)AutoCADBashCCSSClickHouseContinuous Integration and Continuous Delivery (CI/CD)Distributed SystemsDocker ProductsDruid

About

As a passionate engineer and seasoned professional, I have dedicated over a decade to mastering the art of software development and engineering. My career is a testament to my belief in walking the talk, consistently delivering innovative solutions and driving technological advancements. At Zepto Quick-Commerce Engineering, I lead problem-solving initiatives, focusing on enhancing efficiency and productivity for engineers. I streamline processes and implement cutting-edge solutions to complex challenges. My professional journey is defined by a relentless pursuit of continuous improvement, ensuring I stay ahead in this ever-evolving field.

Experience

9 yrs 7 mos

Total Experience

2 yrs

Average Tenure

2 yrs 3 mos

Current Experience

Zepto

2 roles

Architect

Promoted

Apr 2025 – Present · 1 yr 2 mos · On-site

Principal Engineer

Feb 2024 – Mar 2025 · 1 yr 1 mo · On-site

At Zepto, I spearheaded the Macros framework, cutting Kafka consumer onboarding time from a week to a day, standardizing retry handling, concurrency, and DLQ support zepto product teams. Built ad analytics, brands dashboards, improving ad spend calculations and query performance by 50%, enabling millisecond-latency insights. Led Kubernetes runtime standardization, identifying CPU throttling issues and circuit-breaking strategies with Envoy, reducing downtime by 40% and cost savings from 40% to 180%. Written frameworks to support background jobs, enhancing task prioritization and retries, powering low latent asynchronous workflows. Drove engineering efficiency, improving developer onboarding and enabling them to contribute with a short learning curve.

System ArchitectureDistributed SystemsPlatform ArchitectureAmazon Web Services (AWS)Architectural PatternsGoLang+2

Self-employed

Consulting Software Engineer

Jun 2023 – Feb 2024 · 8 mos

System ArchitectureKubernetesPython (Programming Language)MicroservicesdockerSQL+8

Stealth startup

Co-Founder

Jun 2023 – Feb 2024 · 8 mos · Remote

Python (Programming Language)Ruby on RailsData ScienceData Analysis

Shopup

Head of Platform Engineering

Apr 2022 – Jan 2024 · 1 yr 9 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

MicroservicesDistributed SystemsPlatform ArchitectureArchitectural PatternsHelm (Software)

Gojek

4 roles

Technical Lead

Promoted

May 2021 – Apr 2022 · 11 mos

Working on building platform team to support infrastructure required by transport team, help them scale during hard times; migrating from running on VMs to Kubernetes.

MicroservicesDistributed SystemsPlatform ArchitectureArchitectural PatternsHelm (Software)