Raj Junutula, MBA

CEO

Austin, Texas, United States21 yrs 6 mos experience

Highly StableAI Enabled

Key Highlights

20+ years of technology leadership experience
Expert in AI-driven product development
Proven track record in scaling engineering teams

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Fintech and SaaS expert with a strong focus on AI and engineering leadership.

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Skills

Core Skills

Technology LeadershipIt StrategyPythonProduct DevelopmentPlatform ArchitectureFintechTeam BuildingDevopsContinuous DeliveryQuality AssuranceLeadershipTechnical RequirementsSaasEngineeringSoftware Projects

Other Skills

API DevelopmentAgile MethodologiesAmazon Web Services (AWS)ArchitectureArtificial Intelligence (AI)Business DevelopmentComputer ScienceContinuous ImprovementContinuous IntegrationContinuous Integration and Continuous Delivery (CI/CD)CryptocurrencyCustomer EngagementDatabasesDjangoDocker Products

About

Accomplished technology leader with 20+ years of experience delivering a strategic blend of technical expertise, business insights, and transformative leadership, backed by a master’s in engineering and an MBA from the McCombs School of Business. Successful in driving and delivering solutions aligned with business objectives through hands-on execution, resource optimization, and agile integration. Experienced in building AI-driven products using LLMs and orchestration frameworks for automation and intelligent user experiences. Skilled in building and managing high-performing, geographically distributed teams across start-ups and enterprises.

Experience

21 yrs 6 mos

Total Experience

3 yrs 3 mos

Average Tenure

2 yrs 3 mos

Current Experience

Opolis

2 roles

Chief Technology Officer

Promoted

Jan 2025 – Present · 1 yr 5 mos

￭ Partnered with leadership to define and drive product strategy from a technology lens—translating business goals into scalable tech roadmaps that supported YoY revenue growth and increase in user base
￭ Championed a culture of innovation by leading AI strategy and guiding AI adoption into everyday engineering practices
￭ Drove the adoption of CI/CD-as-code strategy and architected infrastructure with autoscaling, service mesh, and automated pipelines from commit to production—enabling frequent, reliable releases.

Technology LeadershipIT Strategy

VP of Engineering

Nov 2022 – Mar 2025 · 2 yrs 4 mos

￭ Spearheaded a turnaround to address engineering challenges stalling growth
￭ Championed a culture of innovation by implementing an AI-driven onboarding platform and conversational tools to streamline workflows
￭ Tackled crippling tech-debt and high burn-rate through rescope, architecture simplification and infrastructure enhancement
￭ Mitigated chronic delays and addressed fragmented tech-stack through consolidation and standardization

Python (Programming Language)Resource AllocationNode.jsWeb ProductsTeam BuildingFinTech+37

Scrummer ai

Founder

Nov 2024 – Present · 1 yr 7 mos

Ailesol private limited

Senior Advisor - Cloud & Devops Strategy

Mar 2024 – Present · 2 yrs 3 mos

Continuous ImprovementEmerging TrendsTechnology LeadershipEngineeringPlatform Architecture

Voyager

Director of Engineering

May 2021 – Dec 2022 · 1 yr 7 mos

Joined Voyager at a growth stage and scaled the engineering team 3X.
Directed Business Ops - Admin and Treasury teams, Quality engineering teams and steered the following major deliverables
￭ Breakdown of error-prone monolith components into microservices
￭ Improved release management, established CI/CD, Ensuring high automation percentage
￭ New authentication and debit card feature rollout
￭ Introduced low/no-code frontend solution
Enabled rapid business & organizational growth in terms of new accounts and Achieved high availability and accelerated delivery of value with low cost of change
Roles:
￭ Director of Engineering (8 months)
￭ Director of Engineering - Quality (1 year 1 months)

Resource AllocationNode.jsTeam BuildingFinTechLeading transformational changeSmart Contracts+28

Dealerware

Engineering Manager

Aug 2016 – May 2021 · 4 yrs 9 mos

Managed DevOps, Business Intelligence, App Development and QA teams with focus on continuous delivery, innovation and scalability; Quality improvement and accelerated time to production through automation and CI/CD and increasing test coverage
Reduced infra issues, lowered infrastructure costs, increased dev velocity, and release efficiency
o Led the transition to Trunk-based development methodology and on-demand feature environments
o Refined infrastructure by setting up scalable container infrastructure and automated build pipelines

Resource AllocationWeb ProductsTeam BuildingLeading transformational changeTechnical RequirementsEngineering Process+18

Silvercar

Director Of Engineering - Quality

Aug 2016 – May 2019 · 2 yrs 9 mos

Held positions as both Director of Engineering - Quality and Engineering Manager for Silvercar and Dealerware (Product spinoff from Silvercar)
Directed comprehensive end-to-end test strategy for all products; Owned the Quality Assurance and Release Management process to ensure accurate, on-time delivery of required functionality with production-ready quality.
o Implemented Automation testing and Designed frameworks for Web, iOS and Android apps.
Built onsite & offshore QA teams; Trained and mentored them with focus on quality through automation; Architected automation frameworks for Web, iOS and Android applications through hands-on development
Roles:
￭ Director of Engineering (4 yrs 4 months)
￭ Engineering Manager (DEALERWARE - Product spinoff) (3 yrs)
￭ QA Manager - Quality (6 months)

Resource AllocationAmazon Web Services (AWS)Team BuildingCustomer EngagementContinuous DeliveryTechnical Requirements+28

Ibm

Advisory Software Engineer (Architect)

Jan 2015 – Jul 2016 · 1 yr 6 mos · Austin, Texas Area

Served as a technical leader on the IBM Cloud OpenStack Infrastructure team for dedicated and local cloud offerings; Coordinated global site reliability and test operations (20 onsite, 30 offshore). Achieved high- 90s availability by driving timely resolution of critical sev issues, and 100% test coverage across all modules through architecting, strategic planning and cross-functional coaching.

Technical RequirementsManagementLeadershipJiraEngineeringSoftware Projects+1

Identropy inc.

Delivery Lead/Manager - Automation

Jan 2012 – Dec 2014 · 2 yrs 11 mos

Instituted release management processes; defined test strategies and release criteria; built automation frameworks and pipelines; managed functional and performance testing; ensured product quality and on-time releases

Software as a Service (SaaS)Web ProductsAmazon Web Services (AWS)Technical RequirementsJavaScriptManagement+12