Sanjay Kumar

CTO

Delhi, India9 yrs 8 mos experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

Led engineering teams to achieve 99.99% uptime.
Reduced infrastructure costs by 35% through modernization.
Implemented CI/CD pipelines, cutting release cycles dramatically.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a SaaS expert with a strong focus on cloud-native architecture and engineering leadership.

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Skills

Core Skills

Cloud-native SystemsEngineering LeadershipDevops & Ci/cd AutomationTechnical ArchitectureBack-end Web Development

Other Skills

AWS ServerlessLambdaEventBridgeDynamoDBNode.jsReactDockerTerraformGitHub ActionsDatadogAWSECSRDSS3CloudFront

About

As a globally-minded Head of Engineering, I specialize in building high-performance engineering teams and scalable, cost-efficient systems that enable business growth at scale. At Drive lah, I led the evolution of our platform into a cloud-native, event-driven ecosystem handling over 1M+ daily requests across markets. By rearchitecting our stack and introducing AWS Serverless, microservices, and CI/CD automation, we reduced infrastructure costs by 35%, increased engineering productivity by 50%, and achieved 99.99% uptime. My leadership philosophy blends technical excellence with business alignment — empowering engineers to think like product owners and innovate with autonomy. I’ve driven cross-functional collaboration across Product, Design, and Data to deliver measurable outcomes that scale regionally and globally. Core Areas of Impact 🌍 Global Engineering Leadership & Org Scaling ☁️ Cloud-Native Systems (AWS, Serverless, EventBridge, DynamoDB, Lambda) ⚙️ DevOps & CI/CD Automation (GitHub Actions, Docker, Kubernetes) 🤖 AI & Automation for Developer Efficiency 🧩 Scalable Architecture & System Design 🚀 Product-Led Growth through Technical Strategy 👥 Mentorship & Engineering Culture Transformation My goal: To build globally scalable, resilient, and cost-efficient engineering systems that empower businesses and teams to innovate fearlessly.

Experience

9 yrs 8 mos

Total Experience

2 yrs 5 mos

Average Tenure

5 yrs 7 mos

Current Experience

Drive lah

2 roles

Head of Engineering

Promoted

Aug 2024 – Present · 1 yr 10 mos · Singapore

Lead a global engineering organization of 25+ engineers spanning backend, frontend, DevOps, and data.
Architected a cloud-native, event-driven platform scaling to 1M+ daily requests across multi-region deployments with 99.99% uptime.
Drove 35% reduction in infrastructure cost via AWS Serverless modernization and architectural optimizations.
Cut release cycles from 60 minutes → 5 minutes by implementing fully automated CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, Docker, Terraform).
Championed AI-driven developer productivity tools, cutting PR turnaround time by 40% and boosting velocity by 50%.
Built a high-performance culture through mentorship, OKRs, and cross-functional collaboration with Product and Design.
Shaped technical vision and roadmap aligned with company goals — enabling rapid product scaling and market expansion.
Key Tech: AWS Serverless, Lambda, EventBridge, DynamoDB, Node.js, React, Docker, Terraform, GitHub Actions, Datadog

AWS ServerlessLambdaEventBridgeDynamoDBNode.jsReact+6

Technical Lead

Nov 2020 – Sep 2024 · 3 yrs 10 mos · Singapore

Designed and implemented the foundation for multi-region infrastructure, scaling backend systems for 10x growth.
Directed system architecture and performance optimization, improving response times by 45%.
Led the migration from monolith to microservices, improving resilience and developer velocity.
Established DevOps best practices, monitoring, and observability pipelines.
Mentored mid-level engineers and instituted engineering excellence frameworks for code quality and technical reviews.
Partnered with leadership to plan scalability strategies supporting business expansion into new markets.
Key Tech: Node.js, AWS (ECS, RDS, S3, CloudFront), Redis, React, Docker, Jenkins, GitHub Actions

Node.jsAWSECSRDSS3CloudFront+7

Josudo

Lead Developer

Jun 2019 – Nov 2020 · 1 yr 5 mos · Singapore

Led backend development for enterprise and B2C web applications.
Optimized APIs and server-side logic, improving performance and scalability by 40%.
Collaborated closely with cross-functional teams for faster product iterations.
Introduced CI/CD pipelines and modern deployment processes, reducing release risks.

Back-End Web DevelopmentServer Side

Attentive ai

Senior Software Engineer

May 2018 – Jun 2019 · 1 yr 1 mo · Delhi

Built and maintained data-intensive backend services for AI-driven analytics platforms.
Contributed to productionizing AI models and integrating them into scalable REST APIs.
Improved backend performance and implemented caching strategies to reduce latency.

Back-End Web DevelopmentServer Side