Pawan Maheshwari — CTO

23+ years of experience across development, architecture, team leadership, project management, and delivery automation including team building, hiring, coaching, and end‑to‑end project ownership from discovery to support. Enabling highly scalable, concurrent, and integrated systems using industry best practices, with a strong focus on lean and agile delivery, TDD/BDD, test automation, and design‑first development. Researching cybersecurity, block-chain, AI techniques for connected devices for the last 5 years, with international conference talks, published papers, and a track record of solving real‑world problems in device and blockchain security. Over 15 years as Architect and Technical Lead designing and implementing scalable, microservices‑based architectures that integrate front‑end, back‑end, internal and external platforms, message queues, databases, caches, logging, monitoring, analytics, reporting, and automation. Strictly follow CI/CD practices with extensive use of Git and Jenkins, and experienced with tools such as Trello, Perdoo, JIRA, Balsamiq, Workbench, Gantter, and internal wikis. Hands‑on for 15+ years in Java, Android, iOS, Python, Erlang, and Node.js, with strong foundations in OOP, OOAD, design patterns, data structures, algorithms, and problem solving using C, C++, Java, and Python, and deep expertise with Git and modern mobile platforms.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a SaaS and Healthcare expert with a focus on scalable architectures and AI-driven solutions.

Experience: 24 yrs 11 mos

Skills

Artificial Intelligence (ai)
Project Delivery
Technical Staff Management
Solution Architecture
Architectural Project Management
Technical Support
Cloud Applications
Architecture
Mobile Applications

Career Highlights

23+ years in development and architecture
Expert in AI and blockchain security
Proven track record in scalable microservices architecture

Work Experience

Starkey Hearing

Director Research Development Engineering (7 yrs 1 mo)

Viu

Technical Director (1 yr)

Dream11

Engineering Manager (5 yrs 4 mos)

Netflix

Principal Architect (6 yrs 2 mos)

Network18 Media & Investments Limited

Principal Software Engineer (2 yrs)

Directi

Java/Android Tech Lead (9 mos)

Android TechLead (3 yrs 3 mos)

Sr. Software Developer (2 yrs 4 mos)

Kevin Technologies

System Programmer (3 yrs 5 mos)

Education

Doctor of Philosophy - PhD at Jaipur National University

MCA at Jai Narain Vyas University (JNVU), Jodhpur

CA Foundation | Intermediate at The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India

Pawan Maheshwari

CTO

India24 yrs 11 mos experience

Most Likely To SwitchAI ML Practitioner

Key Highlights

23+ years in development and architecture
Expert in AI and blockchain security
Proven track record in scalable microservices architecture

Stackforce AI infers this person is a SaaS and Healthcare expert with a focus on scalable architectures and AI-driven solutions.

Contact

pawan.sns@gmail.com LinkedIn

Skills

Core Skills

Artificial Intelligence (ai)Project DeliveryTechnical Staff ManagementSolution ArchitectureArchitectural Project ManagementTechnical SupportCloud ApplicationsArchitectureMobile Applications

Other Skills

Strategic PlanningGenerative AI for ManagementTensorFlowMachine LearningTechnical LeadershipAndroidiOSJavaAmazon Web Services (AWS)Google Cloud Platform (GCP)FirebasePythonDirector levelPython (Programming Language)Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA)

About

Experience

24 yrs 11 mos

Total Experience

4 yrs 5 mos

Average Tenure

7 yrs 1 mo

Current Experience

Starkey hearing

Director Research Development Engineering

May 2019 – Present · 7 yrs 1 mo

Engineering Director overseeing Mobile, Firmware, Backend, Testing, and Product Engineering teams in India.
Accountable for comprehensive architecture design, project delivery, quality assurance, project management, talent acquisition, employee training, and conducting research to drive continuous innovation and technological advancements.
Supporting the development of AI, Edge, and Deep Neural Network (DNN) hearing aids within the healthcare industry.
Technologies employed include Android, iOS, Java, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Google Cloud Platform (GCP), Firebase, Python, ML, TensorFlow, ADO, Jenkins, R, Firmware, etc

Project DeliveryStrategic PlanningArtificial Intelligence (AI)Generative AI for ManagementTensorFlowMachine Learning+3

Viu

Technical Director

Aug 2018 – Aug 2019 · 1 yr

Responsible for overseeing the full lifecycle of architecture, delivery, quality assurance, development, staffing, and customer support for a user base of 10 million across multiple countries.
Led custom development initiatives for Player, Media, SVOD, and AVOD business segments
Managed SDK components including DRM, Transcoding, Security, and Video integration

Director levelTechnical Staff ManagementPython (Programming Language)AndroidiOSCloud Applications+2

Dream11

Engineering Manager

Apr 2013 – Aug 2018 · 5 yrs 4 mos · Mumbai, India

Re-defined API’s, Architecture for apps from monolithic to service oriented for all fantasy sports including Cricket, Football, Kabaddi, NBA, etc.
Helped team in writing Point Calculation System in event based architecture and updating scores on clients at real-time using Firebase push based mechanism.
Responsible for owning completely configurable mobile applications in sync with other internal & external platform services.

AWSGoogle Cloud Platform (GCP)Cloud ApplicationsAndroidiOSCloud Firestore+1

Netflix

Principal Architect

Mar 2013 – May 2019 · 6 yrs 2 mos

Strategic partnership technical support, protocol, documentation, rule based engines for clients, frontend engineering development for Android, iOS, Web, Smart TV, Android TV, API integrations, analytics, and partner integrations.
Responsible for client interaction, delivery, quality assurance, talent acquisition & IIT recruitment, intership programs, support functions, etc

Architectural Project ManagementPython (Programming Language)ArchitectsTechnical SupportStrategic Hiring

Network18 media & investments limited

Principal Software Engineer

Apr 2011 – Apr 2013 · 2 yrs · Gurugram, Haryana, India · On-site

Re-architect mobile services, android, iOS apps to scale Big Billiion Deals on Homeshop18. Core SDK Develoment setup for apps like BookMyShow, Media18, TV18, Homeshop18, ETC18, etc platforms.
Started developmetn from scratch, re-definded cloud, api's.
Moved from legacy code to REST frameworks.
Coached team for scalable architecture, design patterns, MVVM, VIPER models.
Responsible for scrum, agile practices, releases, delivery & quality.

Node.jsAndroidiOS DevelopmentCloud FirestoreRepresentational State Transfer (REST)Cloud Applications+1

Directi

3 roles

Java/Android Tech Lead

Promoted

Jun 2010 – Mar 2011 · 9 mos

Led a team of highly skilled developers recruited from top Indian IIT institutions. Together, we have contributed to various products including media.net, BigRock.in, Skenzo.com, Talk.to, Ringo, Poof, Flock, and others.
Initiated mobile application development, serving as the core developer and technical lead for Android applications such as Talk.to, Ringo, and Flock, building these from the ground up.
Developed the Windows hosting platform for BigRock.in, primarily responsible for programmatically managing IIS, Windows servers, database servers, file systems, and implementing one-click deployment of services and DLLs.
Created mail plugins for Outlook and Thunderbird, as well as a spam/ham learning engine.

Android TechLead

Promoted

Mar 2007 – Jun 2010 · 3 yrs 3 mos

Module Lead

Sr. Software Developer

Nov 2004 – Mar 2007 · 2 yrs 4 mos

Sr Android & Java Developer: media.net, bigrock.in, skenzo.com, talk.to, ringo, poof, flock, etc

Kevin technologies

System Programmer

Jun 2001 – Nov 2004 · 3 yrs 5 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · On-site

Development of a SCADA (Security Control and Data Acquisition) system from inception to completion, utilizing C, C++, Visual C++, SQL, and .NET technologies. This project was successfuly deployed for various pharmaceutical clients, including Cipla, Glaxo, and Ranbaxy, enabling remote monitoring and management of their medicine production equipment through a web-based dashboard.
Initially hired as an SDE-I engineer, I was promoted to SDE-II. I was responsible for the full development lifecycle of this project and served as the primary developer.