About Me

Engineering Leadership

Experienced Head of Engineering with a proven track record of scaling engineering teams from 0 to 20+ and delivering complex technical solutions. Specialized in building high-performing cultures, leading full-stack development teams, and managing significant financial assets (100+ crores INR). Expert in bridging the gap between frontend and backend technologies while fostering team growth and innovation.

Professional Experience

Head of Engineering

Pazago Technologies Private Limited

October 2021 - Present

  • Joined as founding engineer and 1st employee; scaled engineering team from 0 to 20+
  • Built high-performing culture and launched two core products (Precize and Pazago) to 10,000+ DAUs
  • Led architecture, development, and cloud infrastructure on AWS
  • Drove end-to-end engineering strategy including hiring, mentoring, vendor management, and third-party integrations
  • Spearheaded automation and backend optimizations, reducing processing time significantly
  • Made critical architectural decisions ensuring scalability, resilience, and compliance with business needs
  • Collaborated cross-functionally with product, design, and business teams to align engineering priorities

Backend Engineer (Contract)

Alinea Invest (YC)

January 2021 - April 2021

  • Worked closely with co-founder and design team on technical indicators and graph APIs
  • Built backend services for stock/ETF graphs and SIP/return calculators
  • Developed layman-facing technical indicators to improve UX
  • Tackled Sev-0 production issues and resolved them before investor updates

Lead Software Engineer

Samssara Capital Technologies

August 2014 - December 2020

  • Played pivotal role in transforming trading operations, achieving remarkable results in system efficiency
  • Spearheaded development of API-based execution engines, resulting in 98% accurate trades
  • Led integrations with major OMS systems like Refinitiv, Zerodha Kite, Symphony, uTrade and Interactive Brokers
  • Rebuilt customizable backtesting engines from scratch including Monte Carlo simulations, resulting in 88% improvement in speed
  • Led development of slippage engine, resulting in 89% positive slippage executions
  • Led approval process of algorithms from NSE, working closely with major brokers for compliance
  • Built monitoring systems for all deployed algorithms across different brokers
  • Helped launch algofront.com, retail invest-tech platform
  • Collaborated with small team to manage over 100 crores INR in funds

Technical Expertise

Frontend

NextJSFlutterJavaScriptTypeScript

Backend

Core JavaNodeJSFastifyPostgresAWS

Management

Stakeholder ManagementTeam Building & ManagementProject Management

Tools

CursorPostmanFigmaLinearNotionPgAdminExcel

Education

Bachelor of Science in Information Technology

Mumbai University

2011-2014

Certificates

Java Technology

Rajesh Patkar Institute of Technology

March 2014

Equity Derivatives

National Institute of Securities Market

December 2018