Headline

Engineering @ Zepto · Building zepto.com | Ex-founder | React Native · AI dev tools

About

I studied Architecture at IIT Roorkee and ended up architecting software instead. Currently leading the web platform at Zepto, owning the end-to-end shopping experience across zepto.com. Over the years, I've led Mobile App teams across Search, Growth, Ads / Monetisation, Zepto Cafe, and Order Tracking, building consumer products used by millions of customers. Entrepreneur at heart: I co-founded Zyloon (angel-funded), was a founding engineer at Obvious, and held engineering leadership roles at Vedantu and Freight Tiger. I'm a hands-on leader. I still write code every week, contribute to open source, and build developer tools, increasingly with AI. I write about engineering leadership, quick commerce platforms, web performance, React/React Native, and AI powered developer productivity and tooling. Languages and Frameworks: TypeScript, React, React Native, Expo, Java/Kotlin, Swift, Rust, Tauri, Node.js, Express, Hono Data, Infra and Observability: AWS / Cloudflare, Kafka, Apache Flink, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Redis, Docker, Kubernetes, Nginx, Prometheus, Grafana, New Relic Design & AI: Figma, Claude, Codex Open to speaking, podcasts, and conversations with founders building consumer products in India. ansumanshah@gmail.com

Location

Greater Bengaluru Area

Work experience

Associate Director of Engineering at Zepto, Apr 2026 - Present · 5 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Engineering Manager at Zepto, Sep 2024 - Mar 2026 · 1 yr 7 mos, Bengaluru

Principal Engineer | Founding Member at Obvious Technology, May 2022 - Sep 2024 · 2 yrs 5 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, Building Obvious - A Web3 Wallet for Everyday Use

Engineering Manager at Vedantu, Oct 2020 - Apr 2022 · 1 yr 7 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, Leading engineering for Vedantu Super Kids

Technical Lead at Freight Tiger, Dec 2017 - Oct 2020 · 2 yrs 11 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, Freight Tiger is software enabled digital freight network. Led and Managed the Frontend team of 7 engineers to architect multiple Single Page Application (SPAs) using React Ensured high quality code reviews and mentored teammates to deliver projects in time Built core data pipelines for Real time trip alerting

Founder at Ease App, Oct 2017 - Apr 2018 · 7 mos, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, Creates digital menus and enables order placement for theatres, restaurants, bars and lounges on-premise. Bootstrapped Built an easy to use { scan - order - pay } QR code flow for offline stores to improve turn around time for customer order fulfilment by 15% and capture customer data for retargeting. Integrated with 2 leading POS platforms for seamless experience, Scaled to 1k+ users, 12+ daily bookings and 8+ offline stores

Education

Bachelor’s Degree, Architecture and Design, Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee