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Summary

Engineer–founder and Engineering multiplier with 10+ years leading fully remote senior teams and shipping enterprise software for Fortune 500s. Ex–Director of Engineering at Certa; now focused on creating the autopilot for delivery: an AI that orchestrates work, surfaces risk early, and compresses cycle time.

  • Scaled Certa engineering 5 → 50 while establishing a remote-first, high-trust culture across Backend, DevOps, and QA; mentored & managed Scrum Masters.
  • Led Certa’s top-performing Backend+DevOps group for consecutive years; ran platform with P99 < 100 ms, 200 ms SLA, and 90%+ test coverage; passed SOC & third-party pen-tests.
  • Reduced sprint spillovers ~40% and improved on-time delivery ~20–30 pp by making commitments explicit and automating follow-ups.
  • Cut cycle time ~30% and saved ~1–2 hrs/IC/week in status meetings by shifting toward async, conversation-driven ops.
  • Client-facing engineering lead: shaped features live on enterprise calls; proposed solutions saw high executive adoption across multiple F500 accounts.
  • Built & scaled QA processes (coverage gates, risk-based testing), reducing escaped defects ~35% and stabilizing releases.
  • Deckers Brands: Engineering Lead; shipped Allocation & Replenishment platform to production in 2 months, rolled out to 4 regions (NA, EMEA, JP, CN) with 90%+ unit test coverage on AWS Serverless.
  • LedgerX: engineered CFTC-compliant reporting & crypto clearing; boosted DRF API performance up to 4Ă—; integrated Plaid & Modern Treasury.
  • 101Lease: drove 125% revenue lift and 80% lead-ops headcount reduction in 60 days for SafeHoms; another deployment saw 120% revenue growth in Q1.
  • Advisor to multiple orgs on remote engineering culture and delivery ops, contributing to ~15–25% throughput gains via process, QA, and SRE practices.

Experience

Opinr Inc d.b.a. CERTA

Director of Engineering | Remote | 2019

  • Scaled the engineering org from 5 → 50 while establishing a remote-first, high-trust culture (hiring bar, career ladders, async rituals).
  • Led Certa’s top-performing Backend+DevOps group for consecutive years; ran platform with P99 < 100 ms and org-wide 200 ms SLA; maintained 90%+ automated test coverage.
  • Reduced sprint spillovers ~40% and improved on-time delivery ~20–30 pp by making commitments explicit, automating follow-ups, and tightening release gates.
  • Cut cycle time ~30% and saved ~1–2 hrs/IC/week in status meetings by shifting to conversation-first, async execution.
  • Built and scaled QA (coverage gates, risk-based testing, release checklists) → escaped defects ↓ ~35% and steadier releases.
  • Mentored & managed Scrum Masters; standardized ceremonies and metrics to increase flow efficiency and predictability.
  • Client-facing engineering lead on F500 accounts; co-designed features live on calls and drove solutions that consistently won executive adoption.
  • Shipped major No-Code Workflow Engine capabilities (Adjudication, Integration Polling, SSO, etc.) used across enterprise deployments.
  • Designed a serverless integration microservice enabling plug-in connectors; delivered NetSuite, DnB, RDC and cut integration lead times from weeks to days.
  • Built a high-throughput Audit Log microservice on AWS Serverless for compliance and traceability; passed SOC audits, third-party pen-tests, and client load tests.
  • Started an internal FOSS initiative to grow engineers, support hiring brand, and give back to the community (e.g., contributions to DRF-User).

Vitartha LLP

Founder | 2018 - 2019

  • Founded Vitartha LLP, focusing on personal finance and expense management solutions.
  • Developed and launched Hisab Kitab, a micro-app for personal finance management.
  • Achieved significant early traction:
    • 5000+ downloads on Android Play Store within the first 3 months
    • Grew to 500+ active users organically in the same period
  • Demonstrated ability to identify market needs, develop solutions, and successfully bring products to market.

Civil Machines Technologies Private Limited

Tech Lead | NOIDA, India | 2014-2019

  • Led the development of enterprise products focused on specific business processes for Indian businesses.
  • Collaborated with key stakeholders, managed people to understand business processes, and participated in the ideation process of the product with industry experts.
  • Worked with industry experts on designing the product architecture, followed the Agile development methodology, and delivered products to clients.
  • Contributed to building an asset management product, 101Lease, by building a highly modular product customized to serve different businesses.

Professional Memberships

Member of several exclusive engineering communities, each requiring a rigorous interview process for admission:

  • Toptal - Top 3% of global tech talent
  • Turing - AI-powered platform connecting top developers with high-quality jobs
  • Gun.io - Vetted community of elite freelance talent
  • Andela - Global marketplace for remote technical talent
  • Upstack - Exclusive network of the top 1% of tech talent worldwide

These memberships underscore my standing in the global tech community and validate my expertise across various domains of software engineering. Being part of these selective platforms demonstrates my ability to consistently meet and exceed the high standards set by industry leaders.

Additional Professional Highlights

  • Early-Stage Startup Experience: Joined Eventhaat as an early team member in 2014, securing partnerships for multiple college events across India. Played a crucial role in providing online registration systems for colleges with limited digital presence. I continue to maintain the domain and legacy portal.

  • Entrepreneurship and Education:
    • Conducted three workshops and sold paid courses on product development to peers during college, showcasing early leadership and knowledge-sharing abilities.
    • Leveraged this experience to conduct online classes with Acadview (later acquired by Upgrad), further establishing expertise in tech education.
    • Also laid founding stones for Vitartha.

  • Hands-on Operations Management: At 101Lease, temporarily managed the operations team, gaining valuable on-ground experience in real estate management. This hands-on approach provided deep insights into the practical application of the software solutions developed.

  • Business Scaling: Successfully scaled a cafe chain in NOIDA from 1 outlet to 10 outlets in 2019, demonstrating business acumen and operational management skills beyond the tech sector.

These experiences highlight my adaptability, diverse skill set, and ability to bridge the gap between technology and practical business operations.

Consulting Engagements

Deckers Brands

Engineering Lead - Consultant (via Toptal)

  • Led a cross-functional team (3 devs, 1 PM, 2 QA) and co-owned the roadmap with Planning & Supply Chain; shipped MVP → production in ~2 months—among the fastest rollouts at Deckers—and drove adoption across departments.
  • Replaced fragile manual Python workflows with a robust Allocation & Replenishment platform, eliminating error-prone handoffs and standardizing allocation decisions with clear audit trails.
  • Established sprint cadence, DRI ownership, code-review SLAs, and quality gates; maintained 90%+ unit test coverage with Pytest, reducing rework and stabilizing releases.
  • Built on AWS Serverless (Lambda, API Gateway, EventBridge, S3, RDS) with end-to-end CloudFormation; enforced least-privilege access and resource tagging that passed audit.
  • Scaled ingestion of large, complex Excel-based SKU datasets (NumPy, Pandas) with resilient data pipelines.
  • Integrated with legacy Oracle RMS via SOAP using fault-tolerant adapters to handle schema drift and latency.
  • Deployed across North America, EMEA, Japan, and China using a multi-tenant architecture, materially reducing infra cost versus parallel regional stacks.
  • Implemented structured logging, dashboards, and operational runbooks, improving observability and incident response.
  • Outcome: became one of the most impactful internal tools, materially reducing manual effort in planning and replenishment cycles.

Boston Consulting Group (BCG) - Gamma

Senior Software Engineer - Consultant (via Toptal)

  • Individually developed entire backend, ensuring ORM-level optimization and achieving SLAs on RESTful APIs.
  • Provided critical input in KMP meetings on technical feasibility and production system design.
  • Designed system architecture with development timelines for the entire application.

LedgerX LLC

Senior Software Engineer - Consultant

  • Engineered automated system for generating complex CFTC-compliant reports for crypto trading and clearing.
  • Developed clearinghouse product for cryptocurrencies, ensuring proper transaction trails.
  • Built feedback-loop engine for CFTC report assertions, ensuring accuracy of interdependent reports.
  • Optimized Django REST Framework APIs by up to 400% and improved Django ORM operations.
  • Integrated product with financial APIs including Plaid and Modern Treasury.

Carta Healthcare Inc

Senior Software Engineer - Consultant

  • Implemented interface for 3rd party certification systems integration with FIHR-based data repository.
  • Optimized Flask-based APIs to achieve P99 < 100ms.
  • Achieved NCDR’s CathPCI certification using Certification Interface.
  • Improved test case coverage by 7% and enhanced engineering processes.

Já, Iceland (Ja.is)

FullStack Software Engineer - Consultant

  • Developed product integrated with Confirmit platform for survey module.
  • Optimized PostgreSQL queries from Django ORM in admin and template-based views.
  • Increased survey module branch coverage from 0% to 93%.
  • Effectively communicated with Icelandic team, overcoming language barriers.

Orsy Inc

Senior Software Engineer - Consultant (via Toptal)

  • Developed Social Media - Streaming Platform for live news and events telecast backed by Cryptocurrency.
  • Maintained 95%+ branch coverage using test-driven development approach.
  • Integrated product with Agora for video streaming solution.

Projects

101Lease (Civil Machines Technologies)

Tech Lead

101Lease is a comprehensive rental marketplace and asset management platform designed to streamline the rental experience for property owners and seekers.

  • Developed an end-to-end asset management product using a modular architecture, allowing for easy customization and minimal engineering effort for new deployments.
  • Implemented key features including:
    • Lead management module
    • Company hierarchy module
    • Asset management module
    • Rental collection
    • Client and broker aggregation
    • Deal aggregation
    • Analytics dashboard for location insights
  • Created four successful spin-offs from the base product, including one customized for the hospitality industry.
  • Achieved significant business impacts:
    • 80% reduction in lead management team size, from 120 to 20, within 30 days of deployment
    • 125% increase in revenue (from 80 Lakhs to 1.8 Crores per month) within 60 days of deployment at SafeHoms
    • In another case, 120% increase in revenue in the first quarter of deployment

Sweet2th (Civil Machines Technologies)

Product Team Lead

Sweet2th is a hyperlocal marketplace for the Indian bakery industry, connecting consumers, bakers, vendors, and delivery partners.

  • Led an 8-person engineering team through a 1-year product development cycle.
  • Designed and implemented a generic system to represent all marketplace relationships with configurable controls and dynamic payout/commission structures.
  • Developed a multi-platform solution:
    • Django-based backend
    • Flutter-based mobile applications for vendors, consumers, and delivery partners
    • React-based web applications for vendors, consumers and a live management portal
  • Engineered complex features including:
    • Configurable marketplace controls
    • Dynamic payout and commission structures based on performance metrics (grievances, ratings, delivery timing, orders)
    • Grievance handling system
    • Performance monitoring for delivery timing

DRF-User (101Loop - Tech Community)

Author & Contributor

  • Designed and started the development of drf-user.
  • Won PyCharm - Project of the Decade.
  • Currently an active contributor to the project.

Community Contributions - Developer Advocacy

PyCon India & PyDelhi Conferences

2018, 2020, 2021, 2023

  • 2023: Represented Certa as a Silver sponsor, Mentored four speakers from Certa
  • 2020 & 2021: Open Source Contribution Session on “DRF-User”, Represented 101Loop in virtual conferences
  • 2018: Open Talk Session on “Packaging Django RESTful Applications”, Represented 101Loop at C5

101Loop

2018 - 2021

  • Mentored the winning team from 101Loop in SIH (Smart India Hackathon, 2018).
  • Mentored the grand-finalist team in SIH (Smart India Hackathon, 2020).

Education

WorldQuant University Masters of Science in Financial Engineering 2022
Withdrew after 3/10 courses (94%)    
SRM Institute of Science and Technology Bachelor of Technology in Computer Science and Engineering 2014 - 2018
First Division with Distinction (CGPA: 8.98 / 10)    

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