Jun 2019 – May 2020 · 11 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · On-site

• Led the Experience vertical, architecting and scaling Traveloka’s Xperience platform—a super-app ecosystem enabling users to discover and book travel and lifestyle activities, from virtual tours and workshops to local attractions across Southeast Asia and Australia.
• Directed full lifecycle development of Experience platform powering 15,000+ inventory items across 60+ countries, delivering rich, low-latency experiences for millions of users
• Balanced hands-on architecture and team leadership, managing engineers to ensure performance, scalability, and availability during peak usage.
• Led cross-functional planning with product, design, operations, and partners to expand offerings into virtual “Online Xperience” (e.g., virtual tours, live workshops) during pandemic-driven demand shifts
• Drove performance tuning and cache optimization to support thousands of concurrent sessions and real-time search across diverse content types.
• Actively coached team members, promoted agile practices, and fostered strong collaboration between engineering and business partners.
• Tech Stack: Java, AWS, Microservices, Kafka, Elasticsearch, SQS, Postgres

Oct 2017 – May 2019 · 1 yr 7 mos · Gurgaon, Haryana, India

• Contributed across multiple verticals in both architectural and leadership roles, driving product innovation and platform scalability:
• Promotions: Designed and developed personalized promo code discovery and the cashback engine, along with critical flows such as KYC verification, enhancing user engagement and revenue.
• Food Tech: Led development of a pickup-focused food ordering platform, akin to Zomato, optimizing for local convenience and faster user experience.
• Referrals: Built and integrated a scalable referral platform for Paytm users using Branch.io, increasing organic growth and customer acquisition.
• Search: Re-architected the high-throughput search platform (~100K requests per minute), achieving faster response times, optimized resource usage, and improved relevance and personalization.
• Education: Led the Education vertical, delivering an end-to-end ecosystem covering coaching, college/exam exploration, form submission, and fee payment, enabling seamless user journeys.
• Tech Stack: Java, Spring Boot, Node.js, RabbitMQ, Kafka, Redis, MySQL, Kubernetes, Elasticsearch

Jul 2015 – Oct 2017 · 2 yrs 3 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

• Founded and led multiple ventures across EdTech, AdTech, Parenting, and Consumer Internet, owning technology vision, architecture, product strategy, and cross-functional team building.
• BabyOnBoard (Acquired by RoundGlass)
• A parenting platform helping parents capture health milestones and memorable moments of their child’s growth journey.
• Scaled to 50,000+ active parents discovering curated content, products, and services
• Led product development, technical architecture, and early growth efforts
• Built end-to-end backend systems for data tracking, personalization, and content sharing
• Tech Stack: Node.js, Express, MongoDB, RabbitMQ, Redis
• Collegedunia Group (Includes Collegedunia, Frizza, Zoutons, and AdTech products)
• Built and scaled multiple high-traffic platforms:
• Collegedunia: Education discovery and exam assistant platform
• Frizza: Mobile rewards and ad-tech application
• Zoutons: Coupon discovery platform (web + Android)
• Custom AdTech & Analytics Solutions for performance and digital marketing
• Built and led a 15+ member cross-functional team (Backend, Frontend, Android, QA, DevOps, Product, Design)
• Designed high-performance, fault-tolerant distributed systems handling 20M+ monthly traffic and ~7–8K req/sec
• Owned end-to-end product and engineering roadmap, GTM alignment, and stakeholder management
• Solved cross-functional challenges across sales, affiliate, tech, and marketing teams
• Stack: Golang, Python, PHP, Redis, Memcached, Solr, MongoDB, MySQL, Varnish, CDN, Angular

Aug 2013 – Jul 2015 · 1 yr 11 mos · New Delhi Area, India · On-site

• Joined as the first employee and played a foundational role in building TrulyMadly—one of India’s early dating platforms focused on safety and compatibility.
• Built the core Recommendation Engine that enabled over 20,000+ mutual matches daily, driving user engagement and retention.
• Led backend and infrastructure engineering, designing scalable systems to support user growth from the ground up.
• Developed the initial versions of the web frontend and Android app, contributing across the full stack in early stages.
• Collaborated closely with founders on product roadmap, user experience, and early scaling challenges in a dynamic startup environment.
• Tech Stack: PHP, Java, Node.js, Lua, Redis, MySQL, RabbitMQ

Jan 2013 – Aug 2013 · 7 mos · Gurgaon, India

• Contributed to building and scaling core payment infrastructure, making digital transactions seamless, secure, and efficient.
• Led development of the Reconciliation and Settlement system, ensuring accurate and timely transaction processing across multiple payment channels.
• Implemented a scalable module for Additional Charges to apply dynamic transaction-level fees (PayU charges).
• Built an automation framework for real-time risk detection monitoring, improving fraud prevention and operational efficiency.
• Collaborated closely with product and finance teams to align engineering efforts with compliance and business needs.
• Tech Stack: LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP)

Jul 2011 – Dec 2012 · 1 yr 5 mos · Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India

• Worked in the System Architecture team, focused on use case modeling and architectural analysis for SoCs (System-on-Chip), including the chip used in the Sony Xperia-U smartphone.
• Performed end-to-end analysis to evaluate hardware-software trade-offs and optimize system performance.
• Contributed to platform-level architectural design and validation across multiple mobile use cases.
• Supported early-stage design decisions through modeling and simulation tools.
• Tech Stack: Java, MySQL, VBA, Macros, Linux, Ptolemy-II