About
Backend engineering leader with 10+ years of experience architecting and scaling distributed systems at high-growth startups and enterprise organizations. Currently managing a team of 7 engineers at Lightbeam.ai, owning end-to-end delivery of data ingestion pipelines, platform architecture, and cross-functional product initiatives. Proven ability to drive technical strategy, foster engineering excellence, and grow teams — while staying deeply hands-on with system design and code quality.
What I'm looking for
I am currently exploring opportunities for Engineering Manager, Staff Engineer, and Principal Engineer roles, where I can leverage my experience in technical leadership, system design, distributed systems, backend engineering, architecture, and mentoring engineering teams.
I’m particularly interested in roles that offer opportunities to drive technical strategy, solve complex engineering problems, build scalable systems, and work closely with product and engineering leadership.
Experience
Senior Technical Manager
Lightbeam.ai
Aug 2021 – Present
▸ Joined the company in stealth mode with zero customers and witnessed its growth to 40–50 paying enterprise customers, while contributing to technical decisions and customer-facing conversations that influenced product direction.
▸ Identified and resolved systemic bottlenecks in data processing and infrastructure, improving performance and reliability at scale.
▸ Conduct thorough design reviews for all major platform features, ensuring architectural soundness, scalability, and adherence to engineering best practices before implementation begins.
▸ Lead and mentor a team of 7 engineers, owning their performance, career development, and technical growth.
▸ Owned delivery across the team, balancing feature velocity, incident response, and technical debt to maintain platform stability.
▸ Drive weekly planning and sprint prioritization across all reportees, balancing feature velocity with incident response, technical debt, and product stability commitments.
▸ Establish and enforce a culture of code quality through deep involvement in PR reviews across the entire team — reducing production defects and improving overall codebase health.
System DesignData PipelinesTeam LeadershipPythonFastAPIMongoDB
Software Development Engineer III
Agrostar
May 2017 – Jul 2021
▸ Designed and built microservice backend infrastructure for a large-scale agritech platform, supporting millions of farmers across India.
▸ Engineered Vishwas (Microfinance Credit Platform) from the ground up — enabling agricultural loans to rural farmers with full credit scoring integration via Lendo.
▸ Developed core features for AgroStar Farmer App and AgroEx (Last Mile Delivery) platform; integrated IBM Weather API for real-time agricultural insights.
▸ Integrated third-party platforms: Unicommerce (warehouse/vendor management), Razorpay & Instamojo (payments), Solution Infini (SMS/IVR), and Gupshup (WhatsApp messaging).
▸ Introduced Agile practices within the engineering team, improving planning cadence and cross-functional delivery.
Stack: Python, Golang, Flask, MySQL, MongoDB, Prometheus
PythonGolangFlask
Software Engineer
Symantec
Jan 2015 – May 2017
▸ Contributed to three enterprise security products — BLOC, ULTRA, and Cynic — across development, test automation, and CI/CD pipeline ownership.
▸ Designed, built, and shipped Sample Storage Service (S3) end-to-end within 6 months, from architecture to production deployment.
▸ Mentored two interns and received three consecutive Wow Awards for exceptional team contribution and impact.
Stack: Python, AngularJS, Hortonworks, HBase
PythonAngularJSCI/CD
Education
Walchand College of Engineering
B.Tech · Computer Science & Engineering
2011 – 2015
Skills
CLAUDEREST APISQLclickhousegraphqlETL PiplinesDistributed SystemsMongokafkapython
Languages
English (Professional working proficiency)
