Saquib Hasan — Engineering Manager

Engineering Manager with 10+ years of experience designing, developing, and scaling high-performance systems across fintech and e-commerce. I specialize in backend engineering, distributed architectures, and leadership, building mission-critical payment systems that process millions of transactions daily.I’ve grown from an individual contributor to leading multiple engineering teams, driving product vision, architecture, delivery, and cross-functional collaboration. A core part of my leadership philosophy is empathy - creating an environment where engineers feel supported, trusted, and empowered. I focus heavily on mentoring, enabling ownership, and fostering a culture where teams thrive both technically and personally.<Core Expertise> • Leadership, Mentoring & Empathy: Building, coaching, and mentoring high-performing engineering teams; nurturing a positive, collaborative, and trust-first engineering culture. • Backend Engineering: Deep expertise in Java, Spring Boot, REST APIs, microservices, event-driven systems, and large-scale distributed architectures. • Scalable System Design: Designing and optimizing systems capable of handling thousands of TPS, with measurable improvements in latency, throughput, and reliability. • Payments Domain Expertise: Real time transaction processing, routing engines, merchant integrations, settlements, refunds, disputes/chargebacks, reconciliation, subscription management, and merchant reporting. • Infra Provisioning & Cloud Architecture: Hands-on experience with AWS, infra provisioning, deployments and cost-efficient architecture decisions. • Tech Stack: Java, Spring Boot, Kafka, Redis, MySQL, MongoDB, ClickHouseDB, ELK, Prometheus, Grafana, time-series DBs, AWS. • Engineering Fundamentals: Strong grounding in HLD/LLD, OOP, SOLID principles, DSA, clean code, and scalable design patterns. • Cost & Performance Analysis: Collaborated on infra planning, cost modeling, performance benchmarking, and optimizing cloud spend while improving system performance.Driven by curiosity and empathy, I thrive in dynamic environments where engineering, product thinking, and people leadership come together. I enjoy mentoring teams, solving complex system challenges, and building scalable platforms that create meaningful business impact.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Backend Engineering Leader in Fintech with a focus on scalable payment systems.

Location: Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India

Experience: 9 yrs 10 mos