Imtiyaz Khan

Co-Founder

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India18 yrs 1 mo experience

Key Highlights

  • 17 years of diverse experience in tech leadership.
  • Expert in transforming monolithic systems to microservices.
  • Passionate mentor for developers and startups.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a SaaS-focused technical leader with expertise in microservices architecture and team management.

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Skills

Core Skills

Coaching & MentoringStartup ConsultingMicroservices ArchitecturePeople ManagementTechnical Solutions ArchitectureEngineering ManagementWeb Performance OptimizationTechnical LeadershipSoftware Development

Other Skills

AJAXAmazon Web Services (AWS)AnsibleApacheApache KafkaBRSBusiness StrategyCSSCakePHPCareer DevelopmentCareer Development CoachingCascading Style Sheets (CSS)Common Technical Document (CTD)CommunicationContao

About

I’m a simple, kind, and honest person who truly believes in the power of technology to simplify life and unlock human potential. In a world where technology evolves rapidly, staying relevant requires more than just keeping up — it demands proactive learning, adaptation, and a mindset of growth. That’s why I live by my personal 3S Formula: Self-Learning, Self-Awareness, and Self-Development — essentials I treat as daily nourishment for personal and professional evolution. With over 17 years of experience in the tech industry, I’ve worn many hats — Senior Director of Engineering, Head of Engineering, Solution Architect, Engineering Manager, and Technical Lead — leading cross-functional teams, building scalable systems, and aligning tech with business outcomes. Today, as a Microservices Career Coach & Mentor, I help organizations modernize their software architecture — guiding them through breaking down monolithic systems into efficient, scalable microservices. At the same time, I mentor developers and tech professionals looking to transform their careers and embrace the future of software architecture. What I Do Best: ✅ Design scalable, resilient, and high-performance system architectures ✅ Translate complex RFPs and product visions into actionable engineering strategies ✅ Lead agile teams to build, deploy, and scale innovative software products ✅ Coach developers and organizations in adopting microservices for better growth and agility ✅ Empower professionals to take ownership of their tech careers with clarity and confidence Highlights from My Journey: 🔹 Ginesys One – As Head of Engineering, I architected the shift from monolithic to microservices, introducing a rule-based integration engine that eliminated repetitive code for third-party integrations. 🔹 SISL Infotech – Served as a Technical Solutions Architect, transforming high-stakes RFPs into practical, tailored tech strategies that bridged business needs with innovation. 🔹 Droom Technology – Led major product initiatives and agile teams, driving successful migrations and cross-functional collaboration as a Technology Leader. What’s Next? I’m on a mission to shape the next generation of scalable, intelligent software systems — and empower developers to "rewrite their career architecture." I'm looking for opportunities where I can challenge the status quo, contribute with impact, and collaborate with people who respect vision and innovation. 👋 Want to chat, collaborate, or simply connect? Let’s talk — I’m always open to meaningful conversations.

Experience

18 yrs 1 mo
Total Experience
2 yrs 4 mos
Average Tenure
1 yr 3 mos
Current Experience

Self-employed

Startup Mentor and Freedom Coach for Professionals

Mar 2025Present · 1 yr 3 mos · Gurugram, Haryana, India · Remote

  • ✔ Guided skilled professionals in building businesses around their skills and experiences
  • ✔ Taught strategies to create a second source of income without quitting a job
  • ✔ Helped individuals break free from the 9-to-5 mindset and build a business in just 90 days
  • ✔ Guided startups on scaling their products, services, and teams
  • ✔ Advised startups on creating million-dollar plans and strategies, and executing them effectively
  • ✔ Coached startups and professionals on increasing productivity
  • ✔ Helped startups scale their businesses faster by improving their sales funnels and strategies
Coaching & MentoringStartup ConsultingBusiness Strategy

Ginesys one

Head of Engineering

Dec 2024Mar 2025 · 3 mos · Gurugram, Haryana, India · On-site

  • ✔ Led the design and implementation of a scalable microservices architecture, optimizing system performance at Ginesys One.
  • ✔ Developed a rule-based integration strategy to streamline coding processes and enhance developer efficiency.
  • ✔ Implemented cursor functionality to facilitate faster coding and enhance developer productivity.
Node.jsApache KafkaPHPDirector levelPeople ManagementMicroservices Architecture

Sisl infotech

Technical Solutions Architect

Jul 2023Feb 2024 · 7 mos · Delhi, India · On-site

  • 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗽𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀
  • ✔ Converted the RFP (Request for Proposal) into a high-level system requirement.
  • ✔ Designed a high-level system and converted it into a BRS (Business Requirement Document) and SRS (Software Requirement Specifications).
  • ✔ Designed database schema considering MySQL, MongoDB, Redis and Elastic using Microservices based architecture.
  • ✔ Designed a customized MIS reporting system integrated with Power BI.
  • 𝗜𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗰𝘁
  • ✔ The designed BRS (Business Requirements Documents) and SRS (Software Requirements Specifications) approved by client.
MySQLMongoDBRedisPower BITechnical Solutions Architecture

Career break

Professional development

Dec 2022Jun 2023 · 6 mos · Gurugram, Haryana, India

  • I spent 11 years working in startups, gaining valuable understanding and knowledge in various areas. I learned how to build products from scratch, form effective teams, establish new processes, integrate third-party systems, manage diverse stakeholders, understand the concept of speed to market, develop a Minimal Viable Product (MVP), and scale products from inception.
  • This journey allowed me to turn challenging experiences into opportunities, fulfilling my dream of becoming a writer. I authored and launched a book titled "Startup Journey: How to Build, Grow, and Scale a Product?" Along with that I enrolled in a Post Graduate Program in DevOps to add an extra skills in my professional journey.

Droom technology

6 roles

Senior Director Of Engineering

Promoted

Apr 2021Dec 2022 · 1 yr 8 mos

  • 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗽𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀
  • ✔ Gathered requirements from various stakeholders for ongoing projects.
  • ✔ Designed system flow, analysed the impact and finalised the appropriate technologies.
  • ✔ Divided the complete requirements in to sprints, picked the critical ones.
  • ✔ Followed ups daily work status, code reviews, scrum meetings and product monitoring.
  • ✔ Interacted daily basis with QA team to deliver and discuss production issues.
  • ✔ Trained and developed team of qualified and motivated employees and managed resources.
  • ✔ Participated in development meetings for business operations updates.
  • ✔ Involved in resource hiring, performance reviews and resource allocation.
  • ✔ Attended monthly 1-1 meetings to discuss challenges and improvement areas.
  • ✔ Handling 5 small teams of 15-20 self-motivated engineers
  • ✔ Prepared documentation and different kind of analytic trackers for business insights.
  • 𝗜𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗰𝘁
  • ✔ Migrated PHP 5.6 to 7.4 and improved the web pages speed up to 30% faster.
  • ✔ Migrated the ECO product web site from PHP-laravel in to Reactjs/nodejs and improved the performance up to 40%.
  • ✔ Able to manage different work flows in app for different type of services dynamically in ECO app.
  • ✔ Optimised and the ECO product APIs and improved the performance up to 10%.
  • ✔ Revamp the ECO product flow and report UI to make it user friendly.
  • ✔ Implemented rate limiting in OBV product for smooth functioning and reduced the load on the server.
  • ✔ Migrated OBV query data in to elastic to improve the system performance for the enterprise insight graph queries.
  • ✔ Revamped the compare and added a fuel calculator feature in Discovery engage the users and their experiences.
  • ✔ Improved the hiring process and implemented various things for employee benefits.
  • ✔ Developed a good work culture and a team of motivated people.
GitAmazon Web Services (AWS)Node.jsMicroservicesEngineering Management

Senior Engineering Manager

Promoted

Apr 2019Mar 2021 · 1 yr 11 mos

  • 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗽𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀
  • ✔ Gathered requirements from different stakeholders and PMs.
  • ✔ Started using agile methodologies on daily basis with my team.
  • ✔ Started co-ordination with different internal and external stackholders for different services.
  • ✔ Worked closely with PMs to design the system work flows and features.
  • ✔ Started handling of 13-15 engineers team and closly worked with team members.
  • 𝗜𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗰𝘁
  • ✔ Worked to migrate the ECO product as a SaaS based product according to business requirements.
  • ✔ Added product based feature to design the ECO product as a service delivery app.
  • ✔ Reduced the new category or service on boarding efforts up to 50%.
  • ✔ Launch CANP a first service at Droom using nodejs, kafka and docker technologies.
  • 𝗔𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱𝘀
  • ✔Earned "Founders" award for the contribution.
GitNode.jsPHPEngineering Management

Engineering Manager

Apr 2018Mar 2019 · 11 mos

  • 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗽𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀
  • ✔ Gathered requirements from different stakeholders.
  • ✔ Started using agile methodologies on daily basis with my team.
  • ✔ Started co-ordination with different team like operations, strategy and marketing on a daily basis.
  • ✔ Worked closely with PMs to design the system flows and discussions related to features.
  • ✔ Started handling of 5-7 engineers team and closly worked with team members.
  • 𝗜𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗰𝘁
  • ✔ Improved the ECO report generation process by 30-35%
  • ✔ Reduced the ECO order and order status syncing issues by 10-15%
  • ✔ Achieved success by reducing failure rate in sending communications by 30-35%
GitSystem ArchitectureMySQLEngineering Management

Senior Technical Lead

Promoted

Apr 2017Mar 2018 · 11 mos

  • 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗽𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀
  • ✔ Gathered requirements from CEO and PMs and worked with 3-5 engineers.
  • ✔ Analyse, system design, database design and implementation.
  • ✔ Unit testing, code review, deployment and verification on server.
  • 𝗜𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗰𝘁
  • ✔ Developed CANP (communication alerting and notification platform) and SCMP (seller communication management platform) features.
  • ✔ Added a capability to manage layouts, SMSes and emails templates dynamically.
  • ✔ Added a capability to send, draft or schedule a campaign SMS or email from back end.
  • ✔ Added different kind of filters and buckets to send the communications to sellers and buyers accordingly.
  • ✔ This feature drastically reduced the manual efforts up to 30%.
GitLaravelMySQLTechnical Leadership

Technical Lead

Nov 2015Mar 2017 · 1 yr 4 mos

  • 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗽𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀
  • ✔ Gathered requirements from CEO and PMs and worked with 2-3 developers.
  • ✔ System design, database design and implementation.
  • ✔ Unit testing, code reviews, deployment and verification on server.
  • 𝗜𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗰𝘁
  • ✔ Make the order flow journey smother and faster up to 20% by adding the feature state machine.
GitLaravelMySQLSoftware Development

Senior Software Engineer

May 2015Oct 2015 · 5 mos

  • 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗽𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀
  • ✔ Gathered requirements directly from CEO and worked as individual contributor.
  • ✔ Analyse, design and implementation.
  • ✔ Unit testing, self code review, deployment and verification on server.
  • 𝗜𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗰𝘁
  • ✔ Migrated from hard coded menubar in to dynamic and improved the process smother and 20% faster.
  • ✔ Developed ACL(Access Control List) feature to provide role wise access to internal departments.
  • 𝗔𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱𝘀
  • ✔Earned "Top Gear" Award for the contribution.
GitLaravelMySQLSoftware Development

Jabong

Sr. Software Engineer - II

Feb 2012May 2015 · 3 yrs 3 mos · Gurugram, Haryana, India

  • 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗽𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀
  • ✔ Developed and maintained multiple modules in backend.
  • ✔ Written and provided multiple APIs to the app development team.
  • ✔ Worked closely with other teams to deliver high availability solutions for the product.
  • ✔ Consulted with engineering team members to determine system loads and develop improvement plans.
  • ✔ Revised, modularized and updated old code bases to modern development standards, reducing operating costs.
  • ✔ Gathered and defined customer requirements to develop clear specifications for creating well-organized project plans.
  • ✔ Discussed project progress with stakeholders, collected feedback on different stages and directly addressed concerns.
  • 𝗜𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗰𝘁
  • ✔ Improved the REST APIs performance up to 20%
  • ✔ Reduced the customer support and operation queries by 20-30%
  • 𝗔𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱𝘀
  • ✔Earned "Best Ideator " Award for the given ideas to improve APIs performance and customer experience.
GitPHPREST APIsSoftware Development

Midas web technologies

Senior Software Engineer

Jun 2010Feb 2012 · 1 yr 8 mos · New Delhi, Delhi, India · On-site

  • 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗽𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀
  • ✔ Designed and developed forward-thinking systems that meet client requirements.
  • ✔ Gathered and defined client requirements to develop clear specifications for creating well-organized project plans.
  • ✔ Introduced methodologies and best practices to software development division to enhance product definition and application customization.
  • ✔ Documented all software development methodologies in technical manuals to be used in future projects.
  • 𝗜𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗰𝘁
  • ✔ Improved the project development effort, delivery speed and reduced the company cost up to 50%.
  • 𝗔𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱𝘀
  • ✔Earned "Employee of The Year" award for best performance.
PHPSoftware Development

Icreon

Software Engineer

Dec 2007Jun 2010 · 2 yrs 6 mos · Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India · On-site

  • 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗽𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀
  • ✔ Understood the client requirements and implemented.
  • ✔ Worked with project managers, team leads and clients to resolve technical issues.
  • ✔ Closely worked with designers on design tasks to fix the client requirements.
  • ✔ Created procedures for system monitoring, recovery, backup and optimization through alerts and monitoring.
PHPSoftware Development

Vinove software and services pvt. ltd.

Junior Software Engineer

Oct 2006Dec 2007 · 1 yr 2 mos · New Delhi, Delhi, India · On-site

  • 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗽𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀
  • ✔ Discussed and understand client requirements with leads.
  • ✔ Closely worked with senior developers and designers to meet deadline.
  • ✔ Documented all soware development methodologies in technical manuals to be used in future projects.
PHPSoftware Development

Education

Symbiosis Institute of Management Studies

Master of Business Administration - MBA — Information Technology

Jan 2013Jan 2015

Makhanlal Chaturvedi National University of Journalism and Communication, Bhopal

Master's degree — Computer Science

Jan 2006Jan 2008

Makhanlal Chaturvedi National University of Journalism and Communication, Bhopal

Bachelor's degree — All subjects

Jan 2001Jan 2004

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