Pani Kumar

CEO

Hyderabad, Telangana, India18 yrs 7 mos experience

Key Highlights

  • 19+ years in technology and product leadership.
  • Expert in scaling engineering teams and systems.
  • Proven track record in fintech and logistics innovation.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a technology leader with expertise in fintech and logistics, driving innovation through engineering and product strategy.

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Skills

Core Skills

Technology StrategyProduct StrategyEngineering LeadershipSoftware IntegrationPayment GatewaySystem DevelopmentFinancial IntegrityMicroservicesMonitoring SolutionsCloud SolutionsLogistics TechnologyErp DevelopmentE-commerce SolutionsOperational EfficiencyUi DevelopmentMvc Architecture

Other Skills

AccountingAgile MethodologiesAngel investingArchitectureAutomationCCore JavaCross-functional team setupCustomer experienceCustomer supportData storage optimizationDesign PatternsDistributed SystemsEclipseEngineering processes

About

Technology and product leader with 19+ years of experience in end to end product development across payments, e-commerce, logistics & IIOT.

Experience

18 yrs 7 mos
Total Experience
2 yrs 7 mos
Average Tenure
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Current Experience

Angel investor

Angel Investor and Technology Advisor

Jan 2025Present · 1 yr 5 mos

  • Angel investing and mentoring founders across fintech, logistics, SaaS, and AI.
  • Advising startups on technology & product strategy, architecture, and execution.
Angel investingMentoringTechnology strategyProduct strategyArchitectureExecution

Cloudkitchens

Head of Engineering, India site leader, Otter, CloudKitchens

Jun 2022Jan 2025 · 2 yrs 7 mos · Hyderabad

  • Leading the India engineering for a Cloud Kitchens & Otter. Revolutionising multiple industries with a deep integration between manufacturing, real estate and food, connecting the digital and physical worlds with software.
  • If you are interested in learning more, let’s chat!
Engineering leadershipSoftware integrationManufacturingReal estateFood technology

Gojek

Head Of Engineering, Payment Core and Merchant Experience

Jan 2020Jan 2022 · 2 yrs

  • Lead the engineering for Gojek's Payment gateway business (Midtrans).
  • Developed & scaled critical systems to process multiple billions dollar payments supporting millions of customers and merchants.
  • Grown the team to 200+ people across multiple locations in India and Indonesia.
Payment gatewaySystem developmentTeam growthCustomer support

Uber

Finance Engineering @Uber

Jan 2018Jan 2020 · 2 yrs · Hyderabad Area, India

  • Leading multiple teams responsible for financial integrity, completeness and accounting month close initiatives.
  • Played a key role in enabling all the security, audit and compliance processes across finance systems enabling successful IPO of Uber
  • Re-architected old engineering systems to scalable micro services enabling large optimisation in computing resources
  • Built audible archival solutions to reduce data storage cost ($MM savings)
Financial integrityAccountingSecurity processesMicroservicesData storage optimization

Mahindra teqo

Chief Technology Officer

Jan 2017Jan 2018 · 1 yr · Bengaluru Area, India

  • Launched the industry leading on-premise monitoring solution for Solar industry. Scaled the system to handle cumulative capacity of 3 million writes per second across 100+ installations.
  • Launched central cloud monitoring solution for rooftop solar and small scale solar plants.
  • Hired and setup a high performing cross functional team of product managers, developers, quality assurance, dev ops and technical support across Bangalore and Mumbai.
  • Setup support org. defined technical processes, SOP and ownership areas to improve performance and 24/7 availability. Automated all the steps for installations, updates, monitoring & maintenance of remote plants.
Monitoring solutionsCloud solutionsCross-functional team setupTechnical processesAutomation

Rivigo

Site Lead & Director of Engineering

Jan 2015Jan 2017 · 2 yrs · Bengaluru Area, India

  • Setup Bangalore office. Hired a high performing cross functional team of developers, QA, managers, tech-support and product managers across Bangalore and Gurgaon.
  • Built the state of the art technology for Rivigo Zoom from scratch. Developed multiple technology products which includes but not limited to Zoom panel, master ERP, pickup & delivery mobile applications, client MIS, operational and business dashboards
  • Automated most of the processes which that includes pilot hiring, pilot performance management, fleet management.Automated end-to-end logistics processing by deep integration with client ERP. Launched 3-Hour rapid claim settlement (RCS) by integrating with insurance providers and clients
Logistics technologyERP developmentMobile applicationsAutomation

Amazon

Software Development Manager

Jan 2010Jan 2015 · 5 yrs · Bengaluru Area, India

  • Launched “Pay with Amazon”, which enables buyers to pay using Amazon accounts on external e-commerce websites. Launched “Buy on Junglee”, which enables E-commerce on Junglee.com website
  • Launched a rewards program for learning and encouraging best practices for new sellers http://seller-rewards.amazon.in/. Launched multiple initiatives to improve the delivery experience that includes real time status updates using SMS, e-mail, faster refunds for trusted customers, enhanced customer feedback mechanisms and many more.Streamlined Know Your Customer (KYC) process for global sellers, which contributed to a reduction in launch time for sellers from 3 months to 3 weeks.Strategic partnerships: - Launched Micromax YU on unique Flash sales model, OnePlus One mobile on Invite based checkout for the first time in Amazon.
  • Established practices and led the technical scaling efforts for Amazon.IN Diwali peaks and Q4 peaks for Amazon Payments in US & EU. Led the team to identify and fix multiple bottlenecks in the system reducing latency by 20-50% and scaling to the peaks. Reduced operational costs by fixing recurring issues and automating manual processes, leading to increased productivity by 20% YOY. Established engineering processes, SDE ramp up plan, global team co-ordination and roadmap planning for Amazon.IN team
E-commerce solutionsCustomer experienceOperational efficiencyEngineering processes

Adobe systems

Member Of Technical Staff

Jan 2006Jan 2010 · 4 yrs

  • The old code written was scrapped and completely rewritten to support MAC, part of a small team of 5 engineers and developed from scratch.
  • Led the UI development across Windows and Macintosh environments. Abstracted platform code from business functions. Used MVC architecture and multiple design patterns that includes factories, adapters and helpers. This helped in developing web-version of captivate later on with ease.
  • Mentored and guided the team members in adapting to the new frame works
UI developmentMVC architectureMentoring

Education

National Institute of Technology Warangal

MCA — Computers

Sri Venkateswara University

Bachelor of computer Applications — Computer Science

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