Saurav Swaroop

Co-Founder

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India13 yrs 11 mos experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

Cofounder and CTO of a leading fintech firm.
Expert in product development from concept to execution.
Recognized in Fortune India's 40 under 40.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Fintech and Home Services expert with strong product development and engineering leadership.

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Skills

Core Skills

Product DevelopmentArchitecture DesignBackend DevelopmentSoftware DevelopmentWeb Development

Other Skills

PHPMySQLiOSWebAndroidReal Time Geo TrackingOnline PaymentsSettlement AutomationRuby on RailsPostgreSQLService Oriented ArchitectureLogin Service DevelopmentPush Notification ServiceBackend Service DevelopmentYii Framework

About

Let me introduce myself - I'm Saurav, the Cofounder and CTO at Velocity, India's leading revenue-based financing firm supported by Peter Thiel's Valar Ventures. At Velocity, I'm at the helm of a talented team of more than 50 individuals, driving innovation and technical excellence in our products and technology department. Before Velocity, I honed my skills as a lead engineer at Hackerrank and as the founding engineer and CTO at Taskbob. Taskbob, a series A-funded home services company, was a significant chapter in my journey, despite its eventual closure in 2017. These experiences equipped me with invaluable insights into building products from scratch, emphasizing the importance of rapid iteration and innovative solutions. My passion lies in the 0-1 phase of product development, where I thrive on the challenges of turning ideas into reality. With a keen eye for product design and solution architecture, I ensure that Velocity's offerings are not just functional but also user-centric and efficient. Beyond engineering, I bring a sharp business acumen to the table, always eager to collaborate and brainstorm on matters of startup strategy and leadership.

Experience

13 yrs 11 mos

Total Experience

2 yrs

Average Tenure

6 yrs 4 mos

Current Experience

Velocity

Co-Founder

Jan 2020 – Present · 6 yrs 4 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Hackerrank

Lead Engineer

Aug 2018 – Jan 2020 · 1 yr 5 mos · Bengaluru Area, India

Nisa global

Technology Consultant

Jul 2017 – Jul 2018 · 1 yr · Mumbai Area, India

Taskbob

2 roles

CTO

Promoted

May 2015 – Feb 2017 · 1 yr 9 mos

Taskbob is a series A funded startup providing reliable home services in Mumbai with 1.5Lakh+ registered users. One of the few startups which was selected for Google Launchpad Accelerator, Mountain View
Led the team of 15+ developers to design and develop different consumer-facing platforms on
iOS, Web and Android.Designed and implemented architecture for Rule Engine, Real Time
Geo Tracking, Online Payments, Settlement Automation and other projects.

PHPMySQLiOSWebAndroidReal Time Geo Tracking+4

Backend Lead

May 2015 – Jan 2016 · 8 mos

Led the team of 5 developers for redesigning and development of the backend architecture
based on Service Oriented approach using RoR & PostgreSQL. Designed custom Rule Engine
to incorporate different business models without the need for change in application code

Ruby on RailsPostgreSQLService Oriented ArchitectureBackend DevelopmentArchitecture Design

Housing.com

Software Developer

Jul 2014 – Apr 2015 · 9 mos · Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Developed the Login and Push Notification service responsible for authentication across
platform and sending push notifications on different devices. Also, designed and developed
the backend service for Online Rental Agreement product.

Uniapply

Software Developer Intern

May 2013 – Jul 2013 · 2 mos · Bengaluru Area, India

Revamped the existing online test platform based on jQuery to include graphical analysis of
the student performance and designed counselling modeller to predict eligible colleges based
on their ranks using PHP & MySQL

jQueryPHPMySQL

Sutherland global services

Intern

May 2012 – Jul 2012 · 2 mos · Mumbai Area, India

Developed web-based Voice Of Customer (VOC) scorecard using text mining on consumer
survey data to determine causes of consumer dissatisfaction and areas of improvements

Text MiningWeb Development

Shaukk

Co Founder & CTO

Jan 2012 – Nov 2013 · 1 yr 10 mos · Mumbai

Worked on product and technology of a web based interactive platform to help like minded
members interact and create local events. The tool was developed using PHP, Yii framework,
MySQL and jQuery. Startup was incubated at TiE Bootcamp, a startup accelerator in India

PHPYii FrameworkMySQLjQueryWeb Development