Gunjan Sharma — CEO

I’m an Engineering Manager with experience across D. E. Shaw, Microsoft, DTDL and Morgan Stanley, leading high-impact engineering teams across distributed systems, large-scale backend platforms, workflow engines, and LLM-integrated applications. I combine technical depth, architectural thinking, and structured people leadership to deliver complex programs predictably—even in ambiguous product landscapes or fragile legacy environments. Core Strengths • Systems & Architecture — designing scalable multi-service flows, resilient pipelines, automated recovery paths, and high-volume data processing architectures. • Applied AI / LLM integration — • architected LLM-assisted transcript processing, • designed circuit-breaker–based model fallback (GPT → Claude), • built LLM summarization / matching pipelines, • and ensured reliable orchestration between deterministic logic and model-driven components. • Technical leadership — driving designs, reviews, performance tuning, debugging, and developer growth. • People management — building strong ICs, delegating intelligently, resolving conflicts, and developing engineering talent. • Operational excellence — leading RCAs, improving system reliability, tuning infra usage, and establishing long-term guardrails. • Cross-functional influence — aligning PMs, QA/QTE, infra, and leadership around clear scope, risks, and decisions. How I Work I lead with clarity, strong engineering judgment, and calm execution. I stay hands-on when the system or project requires deep debugging, architectural clarity, or performance improvements — and step back strategically to grow engineers into independent owners. I emphasize correct-by-design engineering, predictable delivery, transparent communication, and building redundancy in teams so nothing depends on a single individual. What Excites Me • AI-native product development • LLM + deterministic system design • Distributed workflows at meaningful scale • Improving engineering culture through structure and clarity • Coaching engineers into confident, high-ownership leaders What I’m Looking For Engineering leadership roles where I can own: • multi-team technical programs, • architecture-heavy initiatives, • AI-enabled platforms, • or high-scale distributed systems. If your team values strong technical leadership, architectural thinking, and the ability to drive both people and systems forward — let’s connect.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a SaaS and AI-focused engineering leader with expertise in cloud-native architecture.

Location: Delhi, India

Experience: 10 yrs 1 mo

Skills

Cloud-native Architecture
Technical Leadership

Career Highlights

Led high-impact engineering teams across multiple companies.
Architected LLM-assisted applications for scalable processing.
Improved system reliability and performance across platforms.

Work Experience

The D. E. Shaw Group

Project Lead (3 yrs 2 mos)

Microsoft

Software Development Engineer 2 (2 yrs 5 mos)

Deutsche Telekom

Software Developer (2 yrs 1 mo)

Morgan Stanley

Associate Software Developer (1 yr 3 mos)

Technology Analyst (6 mos)

FundooMania

Co-Founder (1 yr 4 mos)

Publicis Sapient

Associate Developer (8 mos)

Technology Trainee (2 mos)

Education

Master of Technology - MTech at IIIT Delhi

Bachelor of Technology - BTech at Indira Gandhi Delhi Technical University

12th at Delhi public school, Dwarka

Gunjan Sharma

CEO

Delhi, India10 yrs 1 mo experience

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Key Highlights

Led high-impact engineering teams across multiple companies.
Architected LLM-assisted applications for scalable processing.
Improved system reliability and performance across platforms.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a SaaS and AI-focused engineering leader with expertise in cloud-native architecture.

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Core Skills

Cloud-native ArchitectureTechnical Leadership

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Experience

10 yrs 1 mo

Total Experience

2 yrs

Average Tenure

3 yrs 2 mos

Current Experience

The d. e. shaw group

Project Lead

Apr 2023 – Present · 3 yrs 2 mos · Gurugram · Hybrid

Summary:
Lead engineering for core recruitment platforms used globally across the firm. Drive architecture, delivery, technical strategy, and team leadership across multiple high-impact modules.
Key Achievements:
Architected and delivered end-to-end Case Study evaluation workflow, including reviewer scheduling logic, scalable rubric design, load-resilient submission flows, and post-processing pipelines.
Built transcript processing and LLM-assisted summarization pipelines, including deterministic matching, fallback strategies, and multi-listener processing flows.
Improved platform scalability significantly, leading cross-team storage optimization and achieving ~20% reduction in database footprint via schema, cleanup, and purge policy redesign.
Delivered Bulk Scheduling for campus interviews, owning design, execution planning, IC contributions, cross-team coordination, and quality gates — completed in a tight two-month window.
Strengthened system reliability via incident ownership (ETL, memory spikes, cleanup failures), RCAs, and long-term remediation plans with engineering, infra, and systems teams.
Led technical migrations (React 18, DJS editor replacement, Node 20, Tomcat 9, Kubernetes stabilization), improving performance, maintainability, and compliance.
Managed and mentored 6 engineers across levels, creating roadmaps, coaching underperforming contributors to stable delivery, and supporting two successful promotions.
Drove cross-functional execution with PMs, QAs, systems, InfoSec, and US stakeholders; independently handled escalations, scope alignment, and risk mitigation.
Instituted engineering practices including estimation guidelines, PR review standards, documentation hygiene, and release/POC rotations—raising team-wide bar for predictability and quality.

Spring FrameworkJavaCloud-Native ArchitectureCoaching & MentoringApplication DevelopmentTeam Management+15

Microsoft

Software Development Engineer 2

Nov 2020 – Apr 2023 · 2 yrs 5 mos · Hyderabad, Telangana, India · Remote

Built core cross-platform experiences for Viva Connections and Microsoft Places, working across SwiftUI, Kotlin, React Native, C#, and Azure services to deliver unified navigation and collaboration features for Microsoft 365 applications.
Designed and maintained a highly available, event-driven backend architecture using Azure Event Grid, enabling reliable, low-latency communication between multiple Microsoft 365 applications.
Led development of a virtual chat agent for TechLink using Bot Framework + WebChat, improving self-service troubleshooting and reducing support load.
Drove a major modernization initiative by migrating backend workloads from Azure Functions to Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) using KEDA for autoscaling — improving scalability, deployment control, and cost efficiency.
Created and owned a shared UI components library used across multiple teams, standardizing UI patterns and accelerating partner team velocity.
Improved client performance by optimizing network calls, reducing app bundle size, and tightening state management across React Native apps.
Delivered new mobile features end-to-end across iOS (SwiftUI), Android (Kotlin), and web (React Native), ensuring consistent behavior and UX across diverse platforms.
Collaborated with design, PM, and partner engineering teams across geographies; recognized for strong ownership, cross-stack versatility, and rapid problem solving in complex, multi-service environments.

Swift (Programming Language)SignalRCloud-Native ArchitectureCoaching & MentoringReact NativeAzure+11

Deutsche telekom

Software Developer

Oct 2018 – Nov 2020 · 2 yrs 1 mo · Gurgaon, Haryana, India · On-site

Led the Sales Catalog pod, driving feature delivery, architectural decisions, and coordination with QA, architects, and product owners across multiple countries.
Designed and developed core microservices (login, catalog, search) from scratch for OneShop — a scalable, multi-tenant platform powering device sales, fixed connections, and MNP processing.
Built a robust backend architecture that supported country-specific customizations while maintaining common service standards (session management, discovery, multi-tenant flows).
Delivered complex backend engineering initiatives, including:
A dynamic RQL-based filtering engine for JSON responses
A safe exception-handling utility for Java 8 streams (adopted team-wide)
Elasticsearch-backed filtering + aggregation logic for high-volume listing pages
Conducted POCs and implemented core infrastructure improvements, enabling stable microservice communication, logging consistency, and clean orchestration patterns for non-Feign clients.
Implemented orchestration workflows using Netflix Conductor, ensuring smooth multi-step coordination across sales, catalog, and provisioning journeys.
Followed rigorous TDD and wrote end-to-end acceptance tests, improving reliability and reducing regression load.
Actively collaborated with architects and cross-functional stakeholders, driving clarity on requirements, identifying edge cases early, and ensuring predictable releases across regions.

Cloud-Native ArchitectureCoaching & MentoringProblem Solving

Morgan stanley

2 roles

Associate Software Developer

Jul 2017 – Oct 2018 · 1 yr 3 mos

Project:- Settlements Reporting Service,Finance ToolKit,GUI Repoint || Technology:- Java Spring, SQL DB2, Sybase, REST/SOAP, XML/XSD, Micro Services Architecture, Python and Shell Scripting || Client-Operations and Compliance BU
Responsibilities:
Domain/ Use case understanding as well as requirements gathering and documentation for the project.
Identifying of edge scenarios and Performing risk analysis, defect analysis of the deliverables before developing them.
Conducting Technology POCs to ensure compatibility with all the upstream and downstream systems in the settlements ecosystem.
Developing services and writing corresponding acceptance test cases as per the requirements and timelines following test driven development .
Memory management and API profiling to ensure the system is robust and performant.
Implemented SQL streaming and kafka event based model to achieve speeds comparable to mainframe.

Problem Solving

Technology Analyst

Jan 2017 – Jul 2017 · 6 mos

Project:- Settlements Reporting Service,Finance ToolKit,GUI Repoint || Technology:- Java Spring, SQL DB2, Sybase, REST/SOAP, XML/XSD, Micro Services Architecture || Client-Operations and Compliance BU
Responsibilities:
Domain/ Use case understanding as well as requirements gathering and documentation for the project.
Identifying of edge scenarios and Performing risk analysis, defect analysis of the deliverables before developing them.
Conducting Technology POCs to ensure compatibility with all the upstream and downstream systems in the settlements ecosystem.
Developing services and writing corresponding acceptance test cases as per the requirements and timelines following test driven development .

Problem Solving

Fundoomania

Co-Founder

Sep 2015 – Jan 2017 · 1 yr 4 mos · New Delhi Area, India · On-site

E-commerce platform empowering tribal & underprivileged women artisans
Co-founded and engineered a complete e-commerce platform using Java (Spring) and Angular, including catalog, cart, checkout, payments, auth, and admin dashboards.
Designed and implemented end-to-end inventory management – real-time stock tracking, automated reconciliation, Amazon/eBay export pipelines, and SKU-based ordering rules.
Integrated social commerce channels (Facebook, Instagram), enabling catalog sync, embedded shop pages, and automated content posting.
Built deployment + hosting independently (GoDaddy stack, SSL, DNS, CI-lite), ensuring a stable, secure production environment with minimal infrastructure cost.
Led product design, UX flows, and vendor onboarding, working directly with artisan groups and NGOs to improve catalog quality and fulfillment processes.
Managed full operational workflow – order management, logistics coordination, customer support, and analytics.

Publicis sapient

2 roles

Associate Developer

Dec 2014 – Aug 2015 · 8 mos

Project:- OpenLink Endur V9 to V14 platform upgrade || Technology:- JAVA-Core, Multithreading, Oracle DB || Client:- British Gas
Responsibilities:
Domain/ Use case understanding and change identification for the project.
Performing risk analysis, feasibility study of the deliverables before development.
Rebuild the entire LNG trades mapping flows ,accounting EOD and related reports. Automating routine tasks to enhance the performance as a team.
Solving the problem requests during the testing phase of the deliverables before their release.

Technology Trainee

Oct 2014 – Dec 2014 · 2 mos

Project:- OpenLink Endur V9 to V14 platform upgrade || Technology:- JAVA-Core, Multithreading, Oracle DB || Client:- British Gas
Responsibilities:
Domain/ Use case understanding and change identification for the project.
Performing risk analysis, feasibility study of the deliverables before development.
Rebuild the entire LNG trades mapping flows ,accounting EOD and related reports. Automating routine tasks to enhance the performance as a team.
Solving the problem requests during the testing phase of the deliverables before their release.