Sugam Agarwal

CTO

Gurgaon, Haryana, India14 yrs 11 mos experience

Highly Stable

Key Highlights

15 years of experience in software technologies.
Expert in architecting scalable, high-traffic applications.
Proven track record in team building and technology innovation.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Backend-heavy Fullstack Engineer with extensive experience in scalable applications and high-performance systems.

Contact

sugam.a@honasa.in +919953547032 LinkedIn

Skills

Core Skills

LeadershipProduct DevelopmentSystem ArchitectureBackend DevelopmentTeam BuildingTeam ManagementPython

Other Skills

Back-End Web DevelopmentCC (Programming Language)Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)ElasticSearchExpress.jsIVRJSONJavaScriptLinuxMemcachedMobile ApplicationsMobile DevicesMongoDBMySQL

About

Innovative Engineering Leader | Scalable Applications | High-Performance Systems With 15 years of experience in Software Technologies, I specialize in architecting and delivering scalable, high-traffic applications that drive business success. A graduate of Delhi College of Engineering, I have a proven track record of solving complex business challenges, leading cross-functional teams, and spearheading technology innovations. I thrive in fast-paced environments, ensuring smooth SDLC execution, sprint planning, and seamless production releases while fostering a culture of engineering excellence. My expertise spans web applications, system architecture, RESTful solutions, and performance optimization, with a deep focus on Agile and Scrum methodologies to streamline development cycles. Beyond coding and architecture, I am passionate about team building, hiring top talent, and mentoring engineers to drive impactful solutions. With a keen eye for automation, innovation, and product ideation, I continuously explore new ways to enhance performance, reliability, and scalability in modern web ecosystems.

Experience

14 yrs 11 mos

Total Experience

3 yrs 8 mos

Average Tenure

Current Experience

Honasa consumer ltd.

VP of Engineering

Aug 2022 – Nov 2025 · 3 yrs 3 mos · Gurugram, Haryana, India · On-site

I am a passionate technology leader dedicated to driving innovation and excellence in the Technology driven industries. With a track record of delivering transformative solutions and fostering high-performance teams, I lead our engineering department in developing cutting-edge product features and designing systems that meet and exceed our customers' expectations.
Key Responsibilities:
Strategic Leadership: I provide strategic direction and vision for engineering department, aligning technology initiatives with the company's overall business objectives.
Innovation and Product Development: I oversee the end-to-end product development lifecycle, from ideation to execution. My focus is on creating innovative product features that enhance customers experience.
Team Building and Development: I nurture a high-performance engineering team, fostering a culture of collaboration, learning, and continuous improvement. Through effective mentorship and leadership, I enable my team to excel and deliver exceptional results.
Technology Roadmap: I create and execute a technology roadmap that incorporates emerging trends and cutting-edge solutions, ensuring that Honasa remains at the forefront of the industry.
Quality Assurance: I'm dedicated to maintaining the highest quality standards across all engineering processes, from design and development to testing and deployment.
Cross-Functional Collaboration: I collaborate closely with cross-functional teams, including product, growth, analytics, marketing and operations, to ensure a seamless and cohesive approach to product development and delivery.
Resource Management: I manage engineering budgets, resources, and project timelines, optimizing our processes for efficiency and effectiveness.

Optimization TechniquesStrategic PlanningLeadershipProduct Development

Nykaa

Engineering Manager

Mar 2021 – Aug 2022 · 1 yr 5 mos · Gurugram, Haryana, India · On-site

I lead the Discovery Backend Team at Nykaa. My team plays a pivotal role in ensuring a seamless and efficient customer experience through the management of search services, product discovery services, and product listing services.
Key Responsibilities:
Catalogue Indexing Pipelines: Spearheading the development of robust indexing pipelines to keep our product catalog up-to-date and highly accessible.
Search Service: Overseeing the development and maintenance of our search platform, ensuring customers can effortlessly discover the products they love.
Product Discovery and Recommendation Service: I am responsible for the development and refinement of the APIs that drive Nykaa's essential features, including search, product listings, recommendations, and product details. I lead the end-to-end backend development of discovery APIs, which are the backbone of Nykaa's product discovery capabilities on listing and product pages. This also includes crafting and optimizing backend solutions for various product recommendation features such as 'frequently bought together,' 'similar products,' 'recently viewed,' and 'best sellers,' ensuring an enhanced and personalized shopping experience for our customers."
Key Responsibilities: Catalogue Indexing Pipelines | Search Platform | Discovery Backend | Search, Product listing, Recommendation and Product Detail Services

Optimization TechniquesSystem ArchitectureSearchBackend Development

Ht media ltd

5 roles

Deputy General Manager (Engineering)

Promoted

Dec 2019 – Mar 2021 · 1 yr 3 mos

New Product Development | Scrum Planning | Feature Planning | Deployments | Code Reviews | Optimisations | Performance tunings

Optimization TechniquesLeadershipProduct Development

Assistant General Manager (Engineering)

Jul 2018 – Nov 2019 · 1 yr 4 mos

Feature Planning and Deployments. Code Reviews, Optimisations and Performance tunings.

Optimization TechniquesLeadershipTeam Building

Senior Manager (Engineering)

Jul 2017 – Jun 2018 · 11 mos

Feature Planning, Development and Deployments. Code Reviews, Optimisations and Performance tunings.

Team ManagementSystem Architecture

Project Lead Manager

Promoted

Jul 2016 – Jun 2017 · 11 mos

Python (Django Framework)

Team ManagementPython

Assistant Manager (Software Engineer)

May 2014 – Jun 2016 · 2 yrs 1 mo

Back-End Web Development

Handygo technologies pvt. ltd.

2 roles

Software Engineer (Rockstand Digital)

Jan 2013 – Apr 2014 · 1 yr 3 mos · New Delhi Area, India

Rockstand is a mobile application for digital content(eBooks and eMagazines). The backend of the application is on restful apis build on Python - Django framework.. I am working as a member of the backend Team.