Sandeep Pandey — Director of Engineering
Hands-on engineering leader with decade of experience scaling high-performance platforms and building high-growth teams across Gaming, Fintech, Payments, and Marketplaces. At Games24x7, I led the $360M/year RummyCircle business, driving 22% CAGR growth with full P&L ownership. I scaled the engineering org from 4 → 30+ engineers, built 2nd-line leadership (EMs, Senior Engineers), and modernized platforms to stateless, DB-less architectures serving 3M+ games/day. I’m passionate about building resilient, scalable systems and driving measurable business outcomes through technology. Key Highlights Org Scaling → Built 50+ member teams across India & SEA, coaching EMs, Architects, and senior ICs. Business Impact → Scaled revenue from $180M → $360M/year at Games24x7. AI/GenAI Adoption → Drove enterprise-wide adoption of AI workflows → 30%+ velocity uplift, 90% faster incident resolution. Execution at Scale → Delivered 150+ cross-org initiatives, enabled 120+ concurrent experiments across 10M+ players, drove 40% infra savings. Thought Leadership → Published blogs (10K+ readership) on scalability, distributed systems, and experimentation culture. Previously, I built and scaled products at Traveloka (PayLater BU across SEA), OVO/Grab (OrderManagement System & Bill Payment business), Paytm (Movie Booking business,Paytm Bank Business), Amazon(Amazon Money Business),Snapdeal (Data Platform). 💡 What excites me: partnering with leadership teams to scale organizations, modernize platforms, and adopt Agentic AI/GenAI to unlock developer productivity and business growth.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a seasoned engineering leader in Gaming and Fintech, specializing in scalable systems and AI integration.
Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Experience: 13 yrs 3 mos
Skills
- Engineering Management
- Engineering Leadership
- Genai
- Architecture
- Java
- Operational Efficiency
- Hands-on Technical Leadership
Career Highlights
- Scaled RummyCircle revenue from $180M to $360M/year.
- Built high-performance engineering teams across India & SEA.
- Drove enterprise-wide AI adoption, improving incident resolution speed.
Work Experience
Keka HR
Director of Engineering (5 mos)
Games24x7
Senior Engineering Manager (1 yr 8 mos)
Engineering Manager (3 yrs 6 mos)
Traveloka
Senior Technical Lead (9 mos)
Grab
Engineering Lead (1 yr 5 mos)
Paytm
Technical Lead (1 yr 8 mos)
Amazon
SDE-II (3 mos)
Snapdeal
Senior SDE (1 yr 9 mos)
Royal Bank of Scotland
Software Engineer (1 yr 11 mos)
Education
Bachelor of Technology at RKGIT