Oct 2024 – Oct 2025 · 1 yr · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · Hybrid

• Led a cross-functional engineering team of 30+ across storefront apps, backend services, and web/frontend platforms, ensuring scalable architecture and timely delivery.
• Owned product and engineering roadmaps, aligning business goals with execution through collaborative planning with product and design teams.
• Drove technical initiatives and development OKRs, fostering a high-performance engineering culture focused on innovation and accountability.
• Managed hiring, team growth, and performance appraisals, building a strong engineering talent pipeline and career development structure.
• Oversaw project management and execution, ensuring high-quality delivery through effective sprint planning, estimation, and stakeholder communication.
• Acted as a key technical leader, setting standards for system design, code quality, and long-term maintainability.

Jan 2023 – Sep 2024 · 1 yr 8 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · On-site

• Led engineering for Offline and Online Merchant platforms, handling scale for 50M+ merchants and 40M+ GMV, while overseeing PhonePe.com with 50M+ monthly visits.
• Managed cross-functional teams (backend and frontend), driving scalable and performant systems, setting org-wide best practices, and leading development of reusable design libraries.
• Spearheaded key initiatives like low-code tools (e.g., Email Builder, Static Page Generator), Payment Integration SDK reducing delivery TAT from 1 day to 5 minutes with zero tech dependency., Inhouse FastTag solution for mall based fastag solutions
• Cut merchant onboarding time from 30 days to 2 hours, driving automation and improved workflows across product and engineering.
• Oversaw a team of 20+ engineers, responsible for hiring, delivery, stakeholder alignment, roadmap planning, OKRs, mentoring, appraisals, and conflict resolution.

Jan 2022 – Jan 2023 · 1 yr · On-site

• Headed engineering for Black, ClearPRO, ClearONE, Invoice-to-Finance (lending), and Platform UI, managing end-to-end execution across web and mobile for multiple business lines.
• Led a 70+ member cross-functional team (Backend, Frontend, QA, Mobile) focused on building scalable systems, reusable design/component libraries, micro frontends, and common org-wide functionalities.
• Drove 0→1 product development for lending (I2F), and successfully launched apps and websites for Black, ClearONE, and ClearPRO with strong delivery and stakeholder alignment.
• Oversaw technical delivery, project planning, stakeholder management, and reviewed design, architecture, and product features to ensure engineering excellence.
• Owned org-wide planning processes, including OKRs, roadmap/AOP planning, hiring, mentoring, appraisals, and career growth across teams.

Apr 2021 – Dec 2021 · 8 mos · On-site

• Headed engineering for ClearONE managing end-to-end execution across frontend, mobile, QA and backend services for ClearONE
• Led a 20+ member cross-functional team focused on execution and delivery of this 0-1 project.
• Oversaw technical delivery, project planning, stakeholder management, and reviewed design, architecture, and product features to ensure engineering excellence, including OKRs, roadmap planning, hiring, mentoring, appraisals and career growth

Jul 2020 – Apr 2021 · 9 mos

• Led a frontend team of 10+ engineers, ensuring alignment with product goals, on-time delivery, and engineering excellence.
• Defined and executed engineering roadmaps and OKRs, translating business needs into actionable technical plans.
• Owned hiring, team growth, and performance management, fostering a high-performing, collaborative culture through regular mentorship and feedback.
• Drove architectural and design decisions, maintaining a balance between short-term delivery and long-term scalability.
• Acted as a bridge between stakeholders and engineering, ensuring clear communication, prioritization, and continuous improvement in delivery processes.

Dec 2019 – Jun 2020 · 6 mos

• Led the design, development, and architecture of Tookitaki’s website and key B2B product modules, focusing on scalability and performance.
• Managed a cross-functional UI/UX team, contributing individually while mentoring developers and supporting hiring and onboarding processes.
• Set up and drove engineering OKRs, ensuring smooth delivery of end-to-end product initiatives.
• Designed scalable UI solutions tailored for complex, data-intensive enterprise applications.
• Developed in-house frameworks for mock data generation and reusable component libraries to accelerate development.
• Hands-on development using React, HTML, CSS, and responsive UI frameworks, with a strong focus on clean, maintainable code.

Apr 2017 – Dec 2019 · 2 yrs 8 mos · On-site

• Led engineering for MakeMyTrip Buses LOB, owning architecture and execution across scalable backend systems, mobile web, frontend, desktop, react native, and Android/iOS apps to serve millions of users.
• Built robust backend services using Java Spring Boot, architected for high availability and concurrency, integrating with 42+ bus providers including Redbus.
• Designed and deployed distributed systems, handling real-time search, bookings, and transactions with fault-tolerant infrastructure.
• Managed cross-functional teams as Engineering Manager and Tech Lead, overseeing hiring, mentoring, and performance management.
• Delivered cross-platform integration with Flipkart using React Native, enabling seamless discovery and booking of buses.
• Contributed to partner and business negotiations, ensuring smooth API integrations and alignment of technical and business goals eg: APSRTC, KSRTC
• Led development for MakeMyTrip Cabs and Rails, building out scalable mobile and web platforms with deep ecosystem integration.

Feb 2015 – Mar 2017 · 2 yrs 1 mo · On-site

• Led end-to-end development and deployment of customer- and business-facing applications for RightStay (Now HomeStays in Makemytrip), optimized for low-end mobile devices to ensure inclusive access.
• Built scalable backend services using Java and Spring Boot, handling high-throughput use cases in a distributed environment.
• Took ownership across the stack, from UI/UX implementation to backend logic, integrations, and production monitoring.
• Solved complex, business-critical issues with a strong focus on reliability, performance, and long-term maintainability.
• Contributed to innovation initiatives, enhancing user experience and introducing architectural improvements to support growing scale.
• Collaborated cross-functionally with product, design, and ops teams to deliver quality features on time and with measurable impact.

Mar 2012 – Feb 2015 · 2 yrs 11 mos · On-site

• Led design, development, and maintenance of core products including mygola.com, guide.mygola.com, and perfectdayapp.com, with focus on performance, UX, and scalability.
• Architected and optimized backend systems using Python and PHP, built REST APIs, and worked across the full stack with JavaScript, html,css and database design.
• Built and managed large-scale web scrapers and SEO/SEM systems, automating content discovery and improving organic traffic growth.
• Implemented CI/CD pipelines on AWS EC2, ensuring smooth deployments and high system reliability across production environments.

Sep 2009 – Mar 2012 · 2 yrs 6 mos · On-site

• Developed and maintained www.mygola.com and guide.mygola.com using Python, JavaScript, PHP, and RESTful APIs, contributing to full-stack feature delivery.
• Built scalable scraping pipelines to extract travel data from third-party sources, and integrated the results into dynamic content modules.
• Managed CI/CD workflows on AWS EC2, automating deployments and ensuring consistent, reliable delivery of updates across environments.