Engineering Leader & AI EvangelistTechnologist & Builder
30+ years of experience building scalable SaaS products, leading high-performing teams, and driving innovation across backend/frontend architectures, cloud computing, and DevOps processes.
About Me
Forward-thinking engineering leader with deep expertise in building and scaling technology products
Backstory
With 30+ years of experience across various domains and scales of product development, I've established myself as an innovation-driven engineering leader. My expertise spans SaaS web applications, backend and frontend architectures, cloud computing, developer productivity, and DevOps processes.
In the recent past I served as VP of Engineering at Entropik, leading AI-first consumer research platform development. Previously I built and scaled fintech platforms at PayU and Razorpay, and led engineering teams at Intuit for QBO Reporting.
Leadership Impact
Led engineering and data science teams at Entropik for two years, delivering AI-native consumer research platforms with GenAI integrations.
Innovation Focus
Passionate about driving innovation through technology, with a proven track record of building scalable solutions and fostering team growth.
Context
Leadership roles at industry-leading organisations
SVP of Engineering
Airlinq
Head of Engineering for a distributed team working on IoT CMP (Connectivity Management Platform) focusing on new offerings.
Built two new product lines, Subscription Manager and Fleet Orchestrator, using microservices architecture and modern development practices
An agent framework for data exploration and visualisation using text-to-SQL model
VP of Engineering
Entropik
Led engineering for AI-first consumer research platform, managing full-stack product development and GenAI integrations.
Transformed legacy research workflows into AI-native experiences with facial coding, voice tonality, gaze tracking, STT and mouse tracking
Integrated GenAI using GPT-3.5 with LangChain for text summarisation, knowledge graph, image stitching, data analytics and copilot
VP of Strategic Initiatives
PayU
Zero-to-one build of the neo banking platform for PayU, architected Vista platform and led GTM strategy.
Neo Banking Platform
SME lending on Vista platform
Director of Engineering
Razorpay
Led RazorpayX API Banking platform for early product-market fit, built payout microservices with layered approval workflows and dynamic routing.
API Banking Platform
Multi-bank integrations with fund flow control
Senior Development Manager
Intuit
Headed engineering for QBO Reporting, focusing on modularity, personalisation, and conversational data interfaces.
Re-architected reporting stack in SPA (Single Page Architecture)
Reports Microservices and Reports APIs for scale and performance
Conversational assistance for business insights (patented)
Senior Development Manager
Operative Media
Led the BI and analytics re-architecture for Operative.One and scaled the India engineering centre.
Architecture modernisation from legacy LAMP to Spring Boot based SOA.
Integrated MSBI stack for Reports, Dashboards, Data Feeds and Multi-Dimensional Analytics.
Scaled team from 0 to 15+ engineers.
Engineering Manager
Symphony Services (Hyperion IDC)
Led offshore delivery strategy for Hyperion (Oracle) via Symphony Services, incubated Guided Analysis for adaptive visualisations.
Incubated Guided Analysis for Self-Service Reporting.
US and India team coordination.
Senior Engineer
Hyperion Solutions (Oracle)
Built interactive portlets for an enterprise portal solution for all of Hyperion's products.
Coded an HTML and JS parser and a reverse-proxy for a web scraping portlet with CTA
Integrated Hyperion Planning and Hyperion Scorecard views while maintaining browser interactions
Replatformed Hyperion Central to a Single Page Architecture using Bindows framework
Senior Engineer
CES Computer Solutions (ServiceSpan)
Built point solutions for BellSouth, implemented a state machine in Java for provisioning voicemail boxes.
Voice mail provisioning system
Real-time monitoring for remote services (Java Swing application)
Software Engineer
IBM Global Services
Early-career experience in the JavaBeans Around the World project.
Built complex Project Management PartPaks like Gantt Chart and Work Breakdown Structure
Product Portfolio
Market-leading products delivered under my engineering leadership
Entropik AI Platform
AI-powered consumer research platform with GenAI integrations for real-time emotion and behaviour analytics
Challenge
Traditional research methods were time-consuming and provided limited insights. Brands needed real-time, accurate emotional analytics with AI-native experiences.
Solution
Led the development of an AI-first platform with gaze tracking, video summarisation, and GenAI integration using AWS Bedrock and LangChain. Built scalable microservices architecture for video content analysis.
Key Technologies
Impact & Results
Leadership Achievements
- • Transformed legacy workflows into AI-native experiences
- • Integrated GenAI for knowledge graph and summarisation
- • Built RAG-based assistant
- • DORA Elite engineering practices around CI/CD and observability
PayU Vista Platform
Zero-to-one neo banking platform with lending capabilities and complex ecosystem integrations
Challenge
PayU needed to enter the neo banking space with a comprehensive platform that could handle complex financial integrations and regulatory requirements.
Solution
Architected and delivered the Vista neo banking platform from scratch, including lending product implementation and GTM strategy for Alpha and Closed User Group Beta phases.
Key Technologies
Impact & Results
Leadership Achievements
- • Architected complete neo banking platform
- • Led GTM Strategy for Vista platform
- • Implemented lending product on Vista
- • Solved intricate integration issues in complex ecosystem
RazorpayX API Banking
Scaled API banking platform with payout engine and multi-bank integrations for fintech services
Challenge
Razorpay needed to scale their API banking platform to handle complex payout workflows, multi-bank integrations, and regulatory compliance requirements.
Solution
Built comprehensive payout engine with approval workflows, fund flow control, and multi-bank integrations. Designed services for transaction tracing, auto-retries, and reconciliation.
Key Technologies
Impact & Results
Leadership Achievements
- • Built payout engine with layered approval workflows
- • Grew team from 4 to 30+ within six months
- • Designed services for transaction tracing and reconciliation
- • Led banking partnerships focusing on scalability and compliance
Overall Leadership Impact
Under my engineering leadership, multiple products achieved market-leading positions and significant business impact across fintech and AI domains
Core Expertise
Deep technical knowledge across the full technology stack
Engineering Leadership
Leading and scaling high-performing engineering teams across multiple domains
AI/ML & GenAI
AI-first product development with GenAI integrations and machine learning pipelines
Fintech Platforms
Building scalable fintech solutions with complex integrations and regulatory compliance
Cloud Architecture
Cloud-native architectures and infrastructure optimisation across AWS and other platforms
Product Strategy
Zero-to-one product development and go-to-market strategy execution
DevOps & CI/CD
Modern DevOps practices, automation, and deployment strategies
Training & Certifications
Continuous learning and professional development
B. Tech. (ECE)
IIT Kharagpur
Bachelor of Technology in Electronics and Communication Engineering
Executive Education
ISB CTO Program
Chief Technology Officer Executive Program
GenAI for Business Leaders
Great Learning Institute
Generative AI for Business Leadership and Strategy
Certificate Program in Agentic AI
Johns Hopkins University
Agentic AI implementation practical guide
AI Nanodegree for Business Leaders
Udacity for Enterprise
Practical AI/ML strategy and implementation
Certification in Big Data Analytics
Unicom Learning
Big Data Analytics – 2 Day Intensive Lab Based Workshop
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