Manoj Sarwa

CTO

Hyderabad, Telangana, India20 yrs 6 mos experience

Key Highlights

20 years of experience in technology leadership.
Proven track record in scaling engineering organizations.
Expert in driving operational excellence and cost savings.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a seasoned leader in FinTech and Logistics, specializing in technology management and operational excellence.

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Skills

Core Skills

Technology LeadershipOrganizational DevelopmentEngineering LeadershipOperational ExcellenceTechnology ManagementPeople Management

Other Skills

Agile MethodologiesAndroid DevelopmentBusiness AnalysisC++Cloud InfrastructureCore JavaCustomer Relationship Management (CRM)DatabasesDevOpsDigital TransformationInformation Technology InfrastructureJUnitJavaJava Enterprise EditionMicroservices

About

I’m a senior engineering leader with approx 20 years of experience scaling technology organizations and delivering innovative products across FinTech, PropTech, and Logistics domains. I thrive at the intersection of technology, people, and business outcomes—building high-performing teams, driving platform innovation, and ensuring customer-centric delivery at scale. As Senior Director of Technology at Blox, I lead 35+ engineers and managers across Backend, Frontend, DevOps, QA, and AI Labs. I've led multiple product and platform transformations, including complete rewrites, cost-optimization initiatives, and organizational growth programs. I bring a strong track record of building cross-functional teams, modernizing engineering processes, and influencing product strategy. My leadership style is people-first, systems-aware, and delivery-oriented—focused on outcomes and sustainable team health. I’m passionate about scaling tech orgs, mentoring future leaders, and building resilient, data-informed engineering cultures that move the business forward. Specialties: Engineering Strategy | Product Delivery | Scalable Architecture | Organizational Growth | DevOps & Reliability | Culture & Leadership | FinTech | PropTech

Experience

20 yrs 6 mos

Total Experience

3 yrs 5 mos

Average Tenure

3 yrs 5 mos

Current Experience

Blox.xyz

Senior Director of Technology

Jan 2023 – Present · 3 yrs 5 mos · Hyderabad, Telangana, India

Lead cross-functional teams across Backend, Frontend (UX), DevOps, Test Engineering, and AI Labs, managing 35+ members including Sr. Engineering Managers and Program Managers.
Spearheaded high-impact initiatives such as complete rewrites of the Microsites and Blox Website, and modernization of the CRM platform.
Oversaw iterative updates to flagship apps like the Relationship Manager and Channel Partner mobile apps.
Drove Operational Excellence programs leading to ~25% cost savings in a year by streamlining workflows, tools, and infrastructure.
Made key architectural and technology decisions for new frameworks and internal tools.
Led budgeting, capacity planning, and hiring strategy for engineering org expansion.
Played a pivotal role in recruitment, onboarding, and team structuring for scale and resilience.

Technology LeadershipOrganizational DevelopmentMicroservicesCustomer Relationship Management (CRM)Strategic PlanningUser Experience (UX)+2

Compass

Senior Engineering Manager

May 2020 – Jan 2023 · 2 yrs 8 mos · Greater Hyderabad Area · On-site

Managed and mentored multiple engineering teams across Tech Infra, Mobile Infrastructure, Test Engineering, RPA, and Ops Monitoring.
Led Android App Infrastructure team to integrate new OS support, performance monitoring, and in-app update capabilities.
Owned Operational Excellence vertical: implemented production monitoring dashboards, RCA processes, and incident tracking.
Directed QA efforts across web and mobile apps; leveraged Appium, Espresso, and XCUITest for automation.
Improved developer productivity tools and agent onboarding flows via data automation (Tech Infra India).
Initiated Robotic Process Automation (RPA) using UiPath, increasing efficiency of repetitive business workflows.

Engineering LeadershipInformation Technology InfrastructureOperational ExcellenceAndroid DevelopmentTest EngineeringRobotic Process Automation (RPA)

Delhivery

Senior Technology Manager

Mar 2019 – Apr 2020 · 1 yr 1 mo · Hyderabad Area, India · On-site

Led engineering efforts across core logistics platforms, overseeing a team of 30+ engineers focused on automation, performance, and systems reliability.
Collaborated with product and architecture teams to build scalable test frameworks and development pipelines tailored for logistics workflows and real-time event processing.
Drove the mobile-first engineering strategy, enabling rapid development and automation for field operations and delivery agents.
Engineered high-reliability test suites and monitoring tools to ensure functional integrity of Delhivery Express (first, mid, and last mile), and patented systems like AddFix and Mapper for intelligent address verification.
Played a key technical leadership role in the WMS (Godam) rollout, working across teams to define quality gates, release pipelines, and infrastructure readiness.
Improved production resilience by expanding automation coverage, introducing pre-release validation pipelines, and tightening feedback loops for defect triaging.
Actively contributed to resource planning, system optimization, and process redesign to improve engineering velocity and delivery predictability.

MicroservicesOperational ExcellenceTechnology ManagementMobile ApplicationsTest AutomationTechnical Staff Management

Arcesium llc

Engineering Lead

Jul 2015 – Mar 2019 · 3 yrs 8 mos · Hyderabad Area, India

Primary Responsibilities:
Testing of Infrastructure, and Financial Applications
Testing of Web Components for User Interface, and User Experience Team
Managing a QA team of Infrastructure, and Counter-party applications
Working with Product Manager and team to understand product backlog (requirements)
Working with team on deriving Sprint Backlog items during Sprint Planning
Defining testing activities for the Iterations
Resource Estimation and Allocation among various component/feature testing teams
Designing and developing Master Test plans
Reviewing of automations code, and test cases created by the team.
Tracking customer escalations and managing support issues with Operations, and Product Consulting Group
Tracking and solving customer reported issues with Operations, and Development Teams.

JavaPython (Programming Language)DatabasesPeople ManagementInformation Technology Infrastructure

D. e. shaw india software private limited

Project Lead

Apr 2007 – Jun 2015 · 8 yrs 2 mos · Hyderabad Area, India

Roles and Responsibilities :
Software Quality Assurance and Test Management for Financial Applications
Understand the requirements, design, and develop the Master Test plan
Determining and defining testing techniques for Deployment, Functional, Regression, Automation, Performance etc
Execution of Functional, and Performance Tests
Creation of Test Suites & Automation of Test Cases and execution using Silk Test, and Selenium RC/ WebDriver
Sharing the testing updates with product stakeholders
Active participation in design reviews, user interface reviews with the development team.
Knowledge sharing sessions for QA Processes, and Technologies
Analysis of production issues with Business Analysts, and Developers
Organised Bug Hunt
Mentoring of QA members, and participated in QA recruitment drives

Mindtree

Programmer Analyst

Oct 2005 – Apr 2007 · 1 yr 6 mos

I was responsible for testing of eBay which is one of the world's biggest e-business site.
Worked as Senior Test Engineer performing multiple roles on various projects of eBay.
Responsibilities:
Manual testing, and Automation testing
Automated basic scenarios using Silk Test
Testing of SOAP, and RESTful Services
Database testing
☆ 'Spot Award' for finding bugs in production setup