Veer R — Director of Engineering

As a Director of Engineering, I lead cross-functional teams to build intelligent, scalable, and resilient products that power real-world impact. With a career rooted in solving complex engineering problems, I’ve led initiatives across payments, stock broking, onboarding, communication platforms, and data infrastructure—driving innovation and performance at scale. Currently, I’m deeply involved in Agentic AI and Machine Learning, steering the development of adaptive systems that enhance automation, personalization, and decision-making across our platforms. My focus is on blending strong engineering principles with emerging AI technologies to build next-generation products that are both robust and intelligent. I’m passionate about creating an engineering culture grounded in technical excellence, continuous learning, and product ownership. From designing high-performance distributed systems to optimizing data-driven architectures, I thrive at the intersection of strategy, systems, and people. --- ⚙️ Key Areas of Expertise Leadership & Strategy: Driving engineering vision, architecture evolution, and technical excellence across diverse domains. Scalable Systems: Proven track record of designing and deploying large-scale products, including payment processing, onboarding systems, stock broking platforms, and communication hubs. AI & ML: Building agentic AI systems and intelligent automation pipelines that enable adaptive product experiences. Platform & Data Engineering: Architecting platform services, APIs, and data ecosystems to support enterprise-grade scalability and reliability. Cloud & DevOps: Deep experience across AWS, Azure, Openshift, and containerized deployments for high-availability systems. Software Craftsmanship: Advocate for Test-Driven Development (TDD), SOLID principles, and continuous improvement. Cross-Domain Impact: Experience across Finance, Insurance, Retail, and Healthcare, with a focus on user-centric product delivery.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Fintech and SaaS expert with a strong focus on scalable systems and AI-driven solutions.

Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Experience: 13 yrs 11 mos

Career Highlights

Led cross-functional teams to build scalable products.
Expert in AI and Machine Learning for adaptive systems.
Passionate about engineering culture and technical excellence.

Work Experience

Paytm Money

Director of Engineering (1 yr 1 mo)

Paytm

Senior Engineering Manager / Principal Engineer (2 yrs)

Engineering Manager (1 yr 1 mo)

Sr Tech lead (1 yr 3 mos)

Paytm Money

Tech lead (11 mos)

CGI

Solutions Architect (5 mos)

Lead Analyst (2 yrs 3 mos)

UST Global

Sr.software developer (2 yrs 3 mos)

Cognizant

Programmer analyst at GTO ATCOE(Global Technology Office-Advanced Technology Center of Excellence) (2 yrs 4 mos)

IBM

Intern (11 mos)

Education

Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.) at Pondicherry University

Veer R

Director of Engineering

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India13 yrs 11 mos experience

Highly StableAI Enabled

Key Highlights

Led cross-functional teams to build scalable products.
Expert in AI and Machine Learning for adaptive systems.
Passionate about engineering culture and technical excellence.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Fintech and SaaS expert with a strong focus on scalable systems and AI-driven solutions.

Contact

sanra46@gmail.com LinkedIn

Skills

Other Skills

AWS LambdaNode.jsMongoDBWeb ServicesAgile MethodologiesScrumWeb DevelopmentData StructuresArtificial Intelligence (AI)Statistical Data AnalysisData VisualizationAngularJSJavaScriptGitJava

About

Experience

13 yrs 11 mos

Total Experience

2 yrs 1 mo

Average Tenure

1 yr 1 mo

Current Experience

Paytm money

Director of Engineering

Apr 2025 – Present · 1 yr 1 mo · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · On-site

Paytm

3 roles

Senior Engineering Manager / Principal Engineer

Promoted

Apr 2023 – Apr 2025 · 2 yrs

Engineering Manager

Feb 2022 – Mar 2023 · 1 yr 1 mo

Sr Tech lead

Jan 2021 – Apr 2022 · 1 yr 3 mos

Paytm money

Tech lead

Feb 2020 – Jan 2021 · 11 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Cgi

2 roles

Solutions Architect

Promoted

Sep 2019 – Feb 2020 · 5 mos

Lead Analyst

Nov 2017 – Feb 2020 · 2 yrs 3 mos

Producing design specifications as required from functional specifications, identifying all sub tasks, estimating their duration and feeding back to the Technical Architect and Project Manager.
Developing Cloud based web services based on the requirement & writing Unit Test Cases for the web services
Actively participating in Scrum calls.
Prioritize and categorize requirements with delivery Head or Business Analyst.
Investigating bug reports, implementing and testing all bug fixes and re-releasing the fixed software to System Test Engineers.
Writing, monitoring and revising all installation, configuration and support documentation and ensuring that this is up to date at all times.
Mentoring junior developers and collaborating with peers with a goal of continuous improvement.
Managed schedules and collaborated with different team working in the project

Ust global

Sr.software developer

Aug 2015 – Nov 2017 · 2 yrs 3 mos · Bengaluru Area, India

Producing design specifications as required from functional specifications, identifying all sub tasks, estimating their duration and feeding back to the Technical Architect and Project Manager.
Developing Cloud based web services based on the requirement & writing Unit Test Cases for the web services
Actively participating in Scrum calls.
Prioritize and categorize requirements with delivery Head or Business Analyst.
Investigating bug reports, implementing and testing all bug fixes and re-releasing the fixed software to System Test Engineers.
Writing, monitoring and revising all installation, configuration and support documentation and ensuring that this is up to date at all times.
Mentoring junior developers and collaborating with peers with a goal of continuous improvement.
Managed schedules and collaborated with different team working in the project

Cognizant

Programmer analyst at GTO ATCOE(Global Technology Office-Advanced Technology Center of Excellence)

Apr 2013 – Aug 2015 · 2 yrs 4 mos · Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

Producing design specifications as required from functional specifications, identifying all sub tasks, estimating their duration and feeding back to the Technical Architect and Project Manager.
Developing the new functionality based on the requirement
Actively participating in Scrum calls.
Prioritize and categorize requirements with client or Business Analyst.
Investigating bug reports, implementing and testing all bug fixes and re-releasing the fixed software to System Test Engineers.
Writing, monitoring and revising all installation, configuration and support documentation and ensuring that this is up to date at all times.
Mentoring junior developers and collaborating with peers with a goal of continuous improvement.
Managed schedules and collaborated with different team working in the project

Ibm

Intern

May 2012 – Apr 2013 · 11 mos · Greater Hyderabad Area

Studied and understood the existing application. The study includes the functional, technical and architectural details about the application.
As a key member of the team involved in development and enhancement of the application.
Studied and understood the existing application. The study includes the functional, technical and architectural details about the application.
Played the role as a developer and contributed fully to the application.
Analyzed and resolved issues raised due to data discrepancies or coding.
Followed the coding standards and processes, as per the team’s requirement