Headline

Engineering Leader | Driving GenAI-Powered Transformation & High-Scale SaaS Platforms & Agentic Systems | Building High-Performance Teams | Open to Opportunities

About

Visionary Engineering Leader specialized in aligning product strategy with high-velocity technical execution. I build "Innovation Engines" that deliver measurable business impact—most recently achieving 500% productivity gains and 70% reduction in form authoring time via agentic AI frameworks (CrewAI + Claude). What I bring to the table: • AI Value Realization: Architected multi-agentic platforms that cut form-authoring time by 70% (60 → 18 hours), enabling 90% zero-touch processing for 10M+ annual returns at Avalara. • High-Scale SaaS: Led engineering for cloud-native platforms processing 8M+ transactions/year with 99.9% reliability. • Org Transformation: Revitalized underperforming teams, boosting engagement from 3.88 to 4.60 and accountability to 4.87 while building a 33-member organization (6 direct reports). Core Competencies: GenAI & Hyper-Automation, Multi-Agent Orchestration, Cloud-Native SaaS (AWS), Executive Stakeholder Management & Talent Magnetism. I’m a "Talent Magnet" committed to building high-density engineering cultures that Get $ Done. Open to Director of Engineering / VP Engineering opportunities in Pune, Mumbai, Hyderabad, and Bangalore. Let’s connect if you’re scaling high-impact AI-driven engineering teams.

Location

Pune/Pimpri-Chinchwad Area

AI stack

antigravity

cursor

Work experience

Senior Engineering Manager at Avalara, Jul 2020 - Present · 6 yrs 2 mos, Pune Division, Maharashtra, India, Spearheaded the design and development of Submission Studio, a multi-agentic AI platform (CrewAI + Claude), reducing form authoring time by 70% (60 → 18 hours) and enabling 90% zero-touch filing for 10M+ annual returns across US, EMEA, and other tax domains — projected to deliver 30% reduction in manual processing costs. Led strategic transformation of Submission Service to an exception-based processing model, providing hands-on architectural guidance for the agentic AI platform while ensuring business continuity through Ransomware recovery, SOC2 compliance, and Disaster Recovery initiatives. Turned around an underperforming engineering team, improving engagement score from 3.88 to 4.60 and accountability index from 3.96 to 4.87, while achieving 100% hiring targets for SDE/SDET roles. Drove engineering excellence through comprehensive observability (Prometheus/Grafana), CI/CD migration (Jenkins → GitLab), and widespread adoption of AI tools (Amazon Q, Cursor AI, ChatGPT), significantly boosting team productivity and velocity. Managed high-scale cloud-native platforms processing 600K+ returns monthly with 99.9% reliability, aligning technical execution with executive stakeholders on product strategy and roadmap.

Technical Manager at NICE Actimize, Jun 2017 - Jul 2020 · 3 yrs 2 mos, Pune/Pimpri-Chinchwad Area, Conceptualized and established a Business Intelligence Center of Excellence (BI CoE) on AWS, delivering 17 high-impact dashboards to top Financial Institutions and designing a scalable cloud-native analytics platform (Tableau + Athena + S3 Data Lake). Reduced escaped defects by 75% and increased overall team productivity by 7% through strong engineering practices, DevOps culture, and Agile transformation. Maintained exceptional team stability with only 5% voluntary attrition and achieved 86% Team ESAT score.

Manager at Capgemini, Nov 2013 - Jun 2017 · 3 yrs 8 mos

Principal Engineer at Oracle, Nov 2009 - Nov 2013 · 4 yrs 1 mo

Senior Engineer at Oracle, Feb 2007 - Nov 2009 · 2 yrs 10 mos

Senior Software Engineer at WIPRO TECHNOLOGIES, Mar 2004 - Jan 2007 · 2 yrs 11 mos

Education

Dharampeth Science Collage, Nagpur

Saraswati Vidyalaya, Nagpur