Sunil Sharma — CTO

I am a progressive, vision-driven, strategic engineering leader leveraging experienced in delivering large-scale high-transaction solutions. Experienced in front-end web applications, cloud services and infrastructure, frameworks, architecture and product design. Core competencies/areas of expertise include: - Platform Performance and Scalability Enhancement - Web Security and Data Privacy - External API Development and Delivery Management - Admin Console and LMS(Savannah) Development and delivery management - Sprint Planning and execution. - Technical Deep Dive and Brainstorming for performance projects. - Execution plan for Performance and Security projects. - Architecture Review Meetings. - Daily progress meeting on Sprint deliverables. - Direct involvement in product development decisions. - Production issues, infra spikes and LiveOps issues management. - Ongoing Security report analysis, brainstorming and execution plan management with the team. - Sync up with Security team for application vulnerability open issues and remediation plan.. - Engineering representation in customer meetings for performance, scalability and security issues. - Requirement Analysis and product discussion for Dev APIs, Platform and LMS components. - Leading Integrations with content partners and other providers Hard Skills - Cloud Services - AWS, GCP, Heroku - Framework - Rails, React, Django, EmberJs, Asp.Net - Languages - Ruby, Javascript, Python, C#, JavaScript - Databases - MySql, PostgreSQL, Mogo, - Search Engine - ElasticSearch, Sunspot Solr - Redis, Memcache, Design Patterns - Kubernetes, Jenkins Soft Skills - Team management - Communication - Problem Solving - Leadership - Ownership - Responsibility - Technical Documentation

Stackforce AI infers this person is a SaaS engineering leader with expertise in performance, scalability, and security.

Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Experience: 13 yrs 3 mos

Skills

Platform Performance And Scalability Enhancement
Web Security And Data Privacy
Resource Planning
Software Development
Architecture

Career Highlights

Strategic engineering leader with extensive experience in high-transaction solutions.
Expert in platform performance, scalability, and web security.
Proven track record in leading cross-functional teams and project management.

Work Experience

HowNow

Head of Engineering (1 yr 2 mos)

EdCast by Cornerstone

Associate Director Engineering (4 mos)

Senior Engineering Manager (5 yrs 6 mos)

Sr. Lead Developer (4 yrs)

Team Lead (4 yrs 1 mo)

Cornerstone OnDemand

Associate Director Engineering (1 yr 5 mos)

Kiprosh

Software Engineer (2 yrs 4 mos)

Srg Global Solution

Software Trainee (2 mos)

Education

Bachelor’s Degree at GITS, UDAIPUR

B.Tech (Hons at Rajasthan Technical University

12th at Govt Guru Govind Singh Higher Secondary School Udaipur

Sunil Sharma

CTO

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India13 yrs 3 mos experience

Highly Stable

Key Highlights

Strategic engineering leader with extensive experience in high-transaction solutions.
Expert in platform performance, scalability, and web security.
Proven track record in leading cross-functional teams and project management.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a SaaS engineering leader with expertise in performance, scalability, and security.

Contact

sharmasunil.sharma716@gmail.com LinkedIn

Skills

Core Skills

Platform Performance And Scalability EnhancementWeb Security And Data PrivacyResource PlanningSoftware DevelopmentArchitecture

Other Skills

3rd Party IntegrationsAJAXASP.NETAdmin Console and LMS Development and delivery managementAgile MethodologiesAmazon Web Services (AWS)Apache CordovaApi integrationArchitecture Review MeetingsBootstrapBusiness ProcessBusiness Process DesignBusiness StrategyC++CSS

About

Experience

13 yrs 3 mos

Total Experience

6 yrs 1 mo

Average Tenure

1 yr 5 mos

Current Experience

Hownow

Head of Engineering

Apr 2025 – Present · 1 yr 2 mos

Edcast by cornerstone

4 roles

Associate Director Engineering

Jan 2025 – May 2025 · 4 mos

Senior Engineering Manager

Promoted

Jul 2019 – Jan 2025 · 5 yrs 6 mos

Platform Performance and Scalability Enhancement
Web Security and Data Privacy
External API Development and Delivery Management
Admin Console and LMS Development and delivery management
Core Tasks/Duties/Responsibilities:
Sprint Planning and execution.
Technical Deep Dive and Brainstorming for performance projects.
Execution plan for Performance and Security projects.
Architecture Review Meetings.
Daily progress meeting on Sprint deliverables.
Direct involvement in product development decisions.
Production issues, infra spikes and LiveOps issues management.
Ongoing Security report analysis, brainstorming and execution plan management with the team.
Sync up with Security team for application vulnerability open issues and remediation plan..
Engineering representation in customer meetings for performance, scalability and security issues.
Requirement Analysis and product discussion for Dev APIs, Platform and LMS components.

Platform Performance and Scalability EnhancementWeb Security and Data PrivacyExternal API Development and Delivery ManagementAdmin Console and LMS Development and delivery managementSprint Planning and executionTechnical Deep Dive and Brainstorming for performance projects+9

Sr. Lead Developer

Jul 2015 – Jul 2019 · 4 yrs

AI-powered Knowledge Cloud for unified discovery, personalized learning and sales enablement.
Held Accountable for feature deliverables with deadline and to drive traffic, engagement, leads, that - deliver customer retention.
Interacting with clients to gather requirements, brainstormed and implement as well as discuss feasibility with BD.
Scrum master for the team along with coordinating development across Mobile and Web using Agile SCRUM methodology.
Managing a team of 6 developers including Backend, Frontend and QA.
Part of core team of Edcast since start, architected application.
Implemented internal APIs and Developer APIs for mobile and web clients.
Implemented Learning Record System(LRS) to track user learning across the content providers.
Initiated migration from monolithic architecture to micro-service architecture.
Worked on EdCast Content Library to collect content across the web and provide it to users.
Vertical owner for product scalability and performance.
Leading complete Agile process including sprint planning, scrum meeting, release to production.

Resource PlanningBusiness Process DesignArchitectureBusiness StrategyTechnology TrendsSoftware Development+1

Team Lead

Jun 2015 – Jul 2019 · 4 yrs 1 mo

Resource PlanningBusiness Process DesignArchitectureBusiness StrategyTechnology TrendsSoftware Development+1

Cornerstone ondemand

Associate Director Engineering

Jan 2025 – Present · 1 yr 5 mos · Mumbai, Maharashtra, India · Remote

Kiprosh

Software Engineer

Mar 2013 – Jul 2015 · 2 yrs 4 mos · Mumbai Metropolitan Region

Managed a team of 6 developers including Backend, Frontend, QA and Mobile.
Architected multiple applications including server side code, APIs and deployment pipeline for scalability and performance.
Implemented upgrades, patches, code releases and database changes.
Embrace Test Driven Development (TDD) using RSpec as testing framework and Capybara for Behavior Driven Development (BDD) and integration testing.
Practiced agile methodology including deployment.
Provided full-stack RoR customer facing application and back-end administration.
Liaise with user interface (UI) designers and web consultants for this multi-phase project.
Modular development of CMS.
Implemented Analytics for CMS application.

ArchitectureTechnology TrendsSoftware Development