Mohammad Asif

Software Engineer

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India9 yrs 9 mos experience

AI ML PractitionerAI Enabled

Key Highlights

Led a team to architect core platform systems.
Reduced underwriting cycle time by 50% through automation.
Spearheaded one of India's largest cloud migrations.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Backend-heavy Engineer specializing in InsureTech and E-commerce.

Contact

mohammad.asif@fairmatic.com LinkedIn

Skills

Core Skills

Engineering LeadershipSystem ArchitectureArchitecture DesignCloud MigrationInfrastructure ManagementSoftware Development

Other Skills

AI agentic workflowsAPI DevelopmentAgentic AI DevelopmentAgentic WorkflowsAlgorithmsAmazon Web Services (AWS)Architectural DesignArtificial Intelligence (AI)Automation ToolsBack-End Web DevelopmentC languageC++CI/CDCatalog ManagementChatbot Development

About

Lead Software Engineer | 9+ Years | InsureTech & E-commerce As a Lead Software Engineer with over 9+ years of experience, I specialize in engineering leadership, system architecture, and architectural design. At Fairmatic, I lead an 8-engineer Enablement Team focused on building core platform systems that drive 100% of underwriting operations for the US commercial fleet insurance market. My work has contributed to streamlining underwriting processes, reducing errors, and enhancing productivity for the organization. Previously, I designed and implemented large-scale distributed systems at Ula and Myntra, delivering impactful developer tools, pricing engines, catalog management, and infrastructure automation solutions. My expertise spans InsureTech and e-commerce, with a passion for building scalable backend systems, distributed architectures, and modernizing platforms for operational excellence. Specialties: Distributed Systems | Microservices | Backend Engineering | Golang | System Design | AWS/Azure Domains: InsureTech (Policy Management, Underwriting), E-commerce (Pricing, Catalog, Infra Automation, Platform)

Experience

9 yrs 9 mos

Total Experience

3 yrs 4 mos

Average Tenure

3 yrs

Current Experience

Fairmatic

Lead Software Engineer

Jun 2023 – Present · 3 yrs · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · Hybrid

Leading an 9-engineer Enablement Team building core platform systems serving 100% of underwriting operations for the US commercial fleet insurance market.
Key Achievements:
Architected an Underwriting Workstation utilizing AI agentic workflows and LLM-based document extraction and classification to automate eligibility checks that reduced underwriting cycle time by 50% (from 4 days to 2 days) and cut manual errors by 50%.
Designed and developed Policy Platform as single source of truth for downstream services (Claims, Endorsements, policy operations), reducing data inconsistencies by 70% while ensuring regulatory compliance
Built comprehensive developer toolkit with 15+ reusable Python components, Flask boilerplates, and enhanced CI/CD with on-demand environments—reducing development time by 30%
Established OnCall management framework and implemented Celery async processing, reducing incident response time by 60% and enabling 3x concurrent operations
Actively conducted technical and managerial interviews, contributing to 8+ successful hires while maintaining quality bar for technical excellence

Engineering LeadershipSystem ArchitectureArchitectural DesignDistributed SystemsAI agentic workflowsLLM-based document extraction+3

Ula

Lead Software Engineer

Mar 2021 – May 2023 · 2 yrs 2 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · Hybrid

Led architecture design and engineering for core platform systems across two teams covering pricing, catalog, user management, and developer tools. Reported to the Head of Engineering, India.
Key Achievements:
Designed and developed Pricing Engine that reduced price management effort by 90% and improved buy-sell margins from 1.5% to 2.3%.
Architected Volume-Based Pricing system, increasing average order value from 500k to 1M IDR.
Built in-house tools, including a price scraping platform (covering 80% of competitor products), an incident management system (saving $21/user monthly), and a traffic control system for peak load handling
Improved P1 service reliability: reduced error rates by 80% and latency by 50% through distributed tracing, circuit-breaking, and infrastructure optimization (1.5x reduction in Infra requirements)
Established Golang community and design-first development practices, accelerating cross-team collaboration
Mentored 10+ junior engineers and interns with structured onboarding programs

Architecture DesignPricing EngineCatalog ManagementDeveloper ToolsGolangCross-team collaboration+1

Myntra

3 roles

Technical Lead

Oct 2020 – Mar 2021 · 5 mos

Solved critical infrastructure challenges at Myntra by executing zero-downtime cloud migration, rebuilding DNS systems for a million+ QPS capacity, and creating automation tools that cut manual SRE work by 50%.
Key Achievements:
Cloud Migration Leadership: Part of the team that spearheaded the complete migration of Myntra's ecosystem (350+ microservices, 100+ TB data) to Azure cloud with zero major outages—one of the largest e-commerce platform migrations in India
High-Performance Infrastructure: Redesigned Myntra's DNS system from the ground up to handle 1M+ QPS with high availability, ensuring seamless user experience during peak traffic
Team Development: Mentored junior engineers in large-scale system design, code quality practices, and established engineering best practices through code reviews and pair programming

Cloud MigrationInfrastructure OptimizationAutomation ToolsDNS SystemsInfrastructure Management

Senior Software Engineer

Promoted

Apr 2018 – Oct 2020 · 2 yrs 6 mos

Platform Innovation: Co-created a centralized microservices monitoring platform providing a comprehensive system overview, enabling proactive issue resolution, and reducing on-call incidents by 10%
Operational Excellence: Built an intelligent chatbot for production issue resolution, reducing Mean Time To Resolution (MTTR) by 20% and empowering engineers with faster decision-making capabilities
Automation & Efficiency: Developed HAProxy automation client that reduced load balancer configuration time by 90%, and co-designed infrastructure management portal that cut SRE manual efforts by 50%
Co-designed and built ODIN, a self-service infrastructure management platform that empowered developers to manage their services and infrastructure needs independently, eliminating bottlenecks and reducing dependency on SRE/DevOps teams.
Recognition: Received Exceptional Achievement Award 2019 for consistently delivering under pressure and meeting critical deadlines
Ensured code quality through code reviews and peer programming
Mentors junior engineers in technical and architectural aspects.

Microservices MonitoringChatbot DevelopmentInfrastructure ManagementCode Quality PracticesSoftware Development

Software Engineer

Jul 2016 – Mar 2018 · 1 yr 8 mos

Instamojo

Engineering Intern

May 2015 – Jul 2015 · 2 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · On-site

Key Contributions:
Testing Automation: Developed visual regression and functional testing tools that reduced website regression testing time by 30%, improving deployment confidence and release velocity
User Experience Enhancement: Co-created referral system interface enabling real-time user referral tracking and visualization, supporting Instamojo's growth initiatives
Conversion Optimization: Enhanced website user actions, form validation, and verification processes, directly reducing user rejection rates during KYC onboarding
Open Source Impact: Fixed critical bug in webdriver.io v3.0 that caused application crashes—patch included in webdriver.io v3.0.1 release, benefiting the broader developer community

Testing AutomationUser Experience Enhancement