Rohan Roy — CTO

I’m an Engineering Manager with 11+ years in backend/distributed systems and 2+ years leading cross-functional teams. I help teams ship reliable software predictably, while staying hands-on with architecture and system design when it matters. I work at the intersection of people, product, and platform execution: hiring and mentoring engineers, setting technical direction, building ownership culture, and establishing the operational discipline needed for production systems. A few outcomes I’m proud of: * Doubled release velocity by improving planning, CI/CD, and release governance * Improved reliability to 99.9% uptime and reduced MTTR by 35% through on-call/process improvements * Cut manual operational work by 45% via automation and workflow improvements * Reduced post-release defects by 40% with quality gates and better delivery practices * Reduced infrastructure cost by 30% while maintaining 99.95% availability (data platform) I’ve built and operated systems across fintech/data platforms, SaaS products, and AI-enabled workflows, and I’m most energized by work that turns ambiguity into clarity: * Turning messy requirements into clean, scalable systems * Growing engineers into strong owners and leaders * Building platforms that hold up in production, not just demos I thrive in high-ownership environments with fast feedback loops, strong collaboration with Product, and a focus on long-term system quality. If you’re building platform/backend systems and need an EM who can drive predictable delivery and operational excellence, I’m open to conversations.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a SaaS and Fintech engineering leader with a focus on backend systems and operational excellence.

Location: Bangalore Urban, Karnataka, India

Experience: 10 yrs 10 mos

Skills

Engineering Management
Team Leadership
Ai
Product Management
Reliability
Automation
Systems Design
Agile Methodologies
Software Development
Technical Design
Backend Development
Data Engineering
Saas Development
Cloud Infrastructure

Career Highlights

Doubled release velocity through improved planning and CI/CD.
Achieved 99.9% uptime with on-call and process improvements.
Reduced infrastructure costs by 30% while maintaining high availability.

Work Experience

Zusconnect

Head of Engineering (2 yrs 5 mos)

Engineering Lead (8 mos)

Zendrive

Software Development Engineer 3 (1 yr 2 mos)

Adori AI

Staff Software Engineer (1 yr 10 mos)

Upwork

Software Developer | Python | Django | AWS | Docker (2 yrs)

Ericsson

Graduate Engineering Trainee | Python | Django | MySQL | GCP (7 mos)

Education

Bachelor’s Degree at KALYANI GOVERNMENT ENGINEERING COLLEGE 102

High School at Chittaranjan High School

Rohan Roy

CTO

Bangalore Urban, Karnataka, India10 yrs 10 mos experience

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Key Highlights

Doubled release velocity through improved planning and CI/CD.
Achieved 99.9% uptime with on-call and process improvements.
Reduced infrastructure costs by 30% while maintaining high availability.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a SaaS and Fintech engineering leader with a focus on backend systems and operational excellence.

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Skills

Core Skills

Engineering ManagementTeam LeadershipAiProduct ManagementReliabilityAutomationSystems DesignAgile MethodologiesSoftware DevelopmentTechnical DesignBackend DevelopmentData EngineeringSaas DevelopmentCloud Infrastructure

Other Skills

Leading Development TeamsOnboardingWorkflow AutomationCI/CDIncident ResponseObservabilityCRMLead ManagementBackend ArchitectureIntegrationSprint PlanningCode ReviewREST APIsAWSPython

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Experience

10 yrs 10 mos

Total Experience

2 yrs 2 mos

Average Tenure

3 yrs 1 mo

Current Experience

Zusconnect

2 roles

Head of Engineering

Promoted

Dec 2023 – Present · 2 yrs 5 mos · Bangalore Urban, Karnataka, India · Hybrid

Led a 7 member cross-functional engineering organization (Backend, Frontend, QA, DevOps), including 2 technical leads. Owned roadmap commitments, delivery predictability, hiring, performance management, and platform reliability.
Scaled engineering from early-stage to a 7 member org; led hiring, onboarding, and formal performance reviews, reducing ramp-up time by 30%.
Owned quarterly roadmap, OKRs, and capacity planning across Backend/Frontend/QA/DevOps, improving on time delivery and doubling release velocity within 12 months.
Shipped AI-driven onboarding and workflows used by 100+ active brands, improving onboarding conversion by 28% and accelerating time-to-first-value.
Built CI/CD, observability, and incident response practices (on-call rotation, alert hygiene, postmortems), raising uptime to 99.9% and reducing MTTR by 35%.
Delivered automation for brand operations (lead handling, CRM sync, social automation), cutting manual effort by 45% and improving inbound lead response rate by 32%.
Aligned Product, Design, and GTM on roadmap tradeoffs and success metrics, improving decision speed and reducing delivery ambiguity.

Leading Development TeamsEngineering ManagementTeam Leadership

Engineering Lead

Apr 2023 – Dec 2023 · 8 mos · Bangalore Urban, Karnataka, India · Hybrid

Led backend architecture and execution for early platform scale; mentored engineers and established engineering processes.
Designed backend architecture supporting brand workflows and partner integrations, enabling 3x growth in platform traffic.
Introduced structured sprint planning, code review standards, and release workflows, reducing regression issues and improving team throughput.
Improved automated test coverage by 25% through introduction of standardized testing patterns.

Zendrive

Software Development Engineer 3

Jan 2022 – Mar 2023 · 1 yr 2 mos · Bangalore Urban, Karnataka, India · Remote

Crafted high-quality software products by integrating Zendrive's advanced mobility risk intelligence data models with backend system using AWS, Python, Flask, and PostgreSQL, collaborating with cross-functional teams to ensure customer satisfaction.
Led a team of 4 in designing and developing the critical platform components, such as ETL data pipelines and real-time analytics systems, utilizing Airflow, PySpark, and Kafka. This resulted in a 4X reduction in failures and a significant performance improvement.
Developed an advanced reporting system utilizing Spark, S3, Redis, and TimescaleDB to enable enterprise clients to fetch various reports for fleets. Handling a large volume of 6 months' worth of data, reduced the latency from 10 minutes to 500 ms, resulting in a significant improvement in response time and user experience.
Nurtured a collaborative and supportive team culture by mentoring junior engineers, setting coding best practices, and establishing code-review and deployment guidelines to ensure team-wide adherence.

REST APIsTechnical DesignSoftware Development

Adori ai

Staff Software Engineer

Feb 2020 – Dec 2021 · 1 yr 10 mos · Bangalore Urban, Karnataka, India

Spearheaded the transformation of Adori Labs into a SaaS product by developing a Python-FastAPI backend for creating no-code apps via REST APIs within 2 months; delivering a remarkable 5X revenue growth.
Modernised the background worker processes and admin dashboard, optimizing user-agent detection that accelerated the device identification by 3 times, enhancing user experience. Resulted in a substantial dataset of valid user-agents, improving overall system efficiency.
Facilitated career advancement by identifying growth opportunities and providing targeted coaching, leading to promotions ahead of schedule and increased responsibilities by 30% on average.

REST APIsTechnical DesignSoftware Development

Upwork

2 roles

Senior Software Developer | Python | Django | AWS | MySQL | Docker | Kubernetes

Promoted

Nov 2017 – Jan 2020 · 2 yrs 2 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · Remote

Improved system scalability by 50% by migrating legacy Apache-based infrastructure to AWS Lambda with RDS, enabling auto-scaling and improved reliability. Ensured zero downtime during migration by implementing HAProxy and Keepalived for high availability.
Led the modernization of a legacy payment system, collaborating with a small engineering team to refactor core components. This resulted in a 1.5× increase in daily transactions, improved reliability, and a significantly smoother checkout experience.

DjangoGitSoftware DevelopmentBackend Development

Software Developer | Python | Django | AWS | Docker

Nov 2015 – Nov 2017 · 2 yrs · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · Remote

Built a data-driven analytics dashboard that streamlined financial reporting workflows, reduced reporting time by 50%, and enabled stakeholders to uncover actionable revenue insights.
Developed a Django-based backend with PostgreSQL, exposing Prometheus metrics for API performance, error tracking, and resource utilization.

DjangoPostgreSQLSoftware DevelopmentBackend Development

Ericsson

Graduate Engineering Trainee | Python | Django | MySQL | GCP

Mar 2015 – Oct 2015 · 7 mos · Kolkata Area, India

• Architected EriTrip and Confrentu apps, powered by DRF and MySQL, revolutionizing trip planning and meeting room bookings at Ericsson. Accomplished a 40% decrease in planning time and enhanced meeting room occupancy rates by 25%.

DjangoMySQLSoftware DevelopmentBackend Development