Headline

Engineering Leader, Developer Experience @ Wayfair | Platform Engineering | AI-Native Engineering | Platform Catalog | Developer Advocacy

About

I am an engineering leader specializing in platform engineering, developer experience, and AI-native architecture. With a track record at companies like Wayfair, Okta, and TriNet, I focus on building scalable platforms, driving CI/CD optimization, and fostering developer productivity. My approach combines technical strategy with a Platform-as-a-Product mindset to align engineering goals with business objectives and create high-performing, cloud-native environments.

Location

Bengaluru, Karnataka

AI stack

claude code

codex

cursor

Devin

Google ADK

LiteLLM

Work experience

Senior Software Engineering Manager at Wayfair, Jun 2026 - Present · 2 mos, Bengaluru

Manager, Engineering at Okta, Jan 2025 - Jun 2026 · 1 yr 6 mos, Bengaluru, * Helping accelerate a world where everyone can safely use any technology by building scalable platforms, governance systems, and developer enablement solutions. * Leading Developer Foundations at the India Innovation Center, driving platform strategy, execution excellence, and engineering culture across globally distributed teams. * Driving the global Data, Reporting, Analytics, and Cost Governance strategy for Developer Foundations, enabling data-driven decision making, operational visibility, and investment optimization. * Leading Core Services initiatives focused on delivering AI-powered application and platform capabilities that improve developer productivity, governance, reporting, and engineering efficiency. * Owning Developer Experience and Internal Developer Platform (IDP) strategy, enabling self-service workflows across monolithic and distributed microservice ecosystems. * Driving platform standardization, automation, observability, CI/CD, cloud-native adoption, and Infrastructure as Code practices to improve reliability and developer velocity. * Leading and mentoring a team of 26 software engineers across six strategic platform pillars, fostering technical excellence, collaboration, innovation, and ownership. * Partnering with engineering, product, and executive leadership teams to define platform roadmaps, prioritize investments, and align platform capabilities with business objectives. * Spearheading initiatives to improve developer experience, platform adoption, operational efficiency, and engineering effectiveness through scalable platform solutions. * Championing a Platform-as-a-Product mindset, delivering reusable services and capabilities that accelerate software delivery while reducing operational overhead. * Building strong leadership pipelines by mentoring engineering managers, technical leads, and senior engineers, while cultivating a high-performing engineering organization.

Advisor at Stride, Sep 2024 - Dec 2025 · 1 yr 4 mos, United States, Advisor services include providing Architectural design review, and sharding suggestions for scaling, resilience and best practices for infrastructure development.

Senior Engineering Manager - DevOps, R&D at o9 Solutions, Inc., Sep 2024 - Jan 2025 · 5 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, Leadership in Automation & Core Cloud Infrastructure Development Driving innovation and excellence in multi-cloud platform automation (AWS, GCP, Azure, and Samsung Cloud) by leading strategic projects, DevOps initiatives, and customer-focused enhancements to deliver resilient, scalable, and responsive systems. Key Achievements: • Strategic Leadership: Leading automation and the strategic development of core cloud infrastructure, managing a high-performing team of 12 Automation Engineers and 2 Senior Architects. • DevOps Excellence: Spearheading key DevOps projects and customer-centric initiatives to enhance system reliability, scalability, and responsiveness. • Global Team Management: Overseeing product management and delivery for a global team of 150+ DevOps engineers and architects, distributed across multiple geographies. • Operational Innovation: Driving project delivery through specialized operational pods, including R&D, Maintenance, Support, FinOps, and Release Engineering. • Developer Productivity: Leading continuous optimization of processes and tools to significantly enhance developer efficiency and project throughput.

Engineering Manager, Developer Productivity Engineering at TriNet, Feb 2022 - Aug 2024 · 2 yrs 7 mos, India, • Led engineering teams focused on Platform Engineering initiatives for Foundational Infrastructure, CI/CD, Databases, Infrastructure Security, and Developer Productivity for DCP and HCM SaaS applications. • Implemented scalable solutions for Next Gen Platform and TriNet applications, enhancing developer productivity and security. • Spearheaded initiatives to optimize CI/CD pipelines, resulting in a 35% increase in deployment efficiency.

Engineering Manager at TriNet Zenefits, Jan 2022 - Aug 2024 · 2 y 7 mo, Bengaluru, Karnataka, TriNet Zenefits, Global Platform Engineering Leader & Manager * Established and led the Global Platform Engineering Team, responsible for Cloud Infrastructure, Databases, Security, Dev-Productivity, and Data Infra Analytics within the HCM business infrastructure engineering. * Managed a global team of highly skilled DevOps, DBA, and SRE Engineers, fostering a collaborative and innovative work environment. * Partnered with Security Engineering to develop and implement effective teams and processes for Cloud SecOps, Vulnerability Analysis, and DevSecOps Engineering, enhancing the security services framework. Key Achievements: * Pioneered the Cloud infrastructure initiative, including Databases, Developer productivity tools (CI/CD), Cloud Security, and UI Engineering. * Built and scaled the engineering team from scratch, while continuing to manage other portfolios and DevOps responsibilities. * Optimized database failover processes, reducing downtime from 45 minutes to under 5 minutes, significantly enhancing system reliability. * Streamlined scalability procedures, cutting down the time required from hours/days to under 5 minutes, thereby accelerating project delivery. * Improved Speed to Market, decreasing build times from 90 minutes to under 5 minutes, contributing to faster product iterations. * Achieved a 42% reduction in Cloud expenses, saving over $1 million in three years through strategic cost management and vendor negotiations. * Managed an Opex budget of $4.5 million, overseeing all vendor product relations and ensuring optimal resource allocation.

Staff Software Engineer at TriNet Zenefits, Sep 2020 - Dec 2021 · 1 y 3 mo, Bengaluru, Karnataka, * Spearheading the enhancement of Cloud Infrastructure and Developer Productivity tools, while tracking pivotal DORA metrics for continuous improvement. * Independently drove end-to-end large-scale platform & database projects, demonstrating leadership and project management skills. * Hired & mentored newly hired employees, imparting knowledge, and guidance on INFRA automation and in-house developer tools like Gondor and Sauron. * Focused on infrastructure enhancement, contributing to career growth and aspirations. * Implemented a policy-driven backup strategy that resulted in a 40-45% reduction in DB infrastructure costs and improved data maintenance reliability. * Enforced SOC-2 guidelines and procedures for DB security and auditing, ensuring organizational compliance with SOC-2 audits. * Streamlined the data aggregation process, enhancing data reliability and performance. * Implemented a SQL-aware proxy layer, minimizing switchover periods and enabling more controlled graceful switchovers. * Set up an orchestrator for auto-failover and fast switchover in case of DB server or AZ failures. Optimized Postgres DB and set up a monitoring interface, improving visibility and reducing build times in the CI/CD platform. * Implemented MySQL multi-source replication as Infrastructure as Code (IaC), configuring alerts and monitoring to ensure more than 95% uptime for downstream CS - SPOOF. * Proposed a solution for initial load of queries and slower performance using the ZFS CoW file system in a tech talk at Percona Live 2019. * Initiated a level-3 region failover DR strategy for DB, setting up network wirings on the Ohio Region transferred using CMK encrypted EBS volumes. * Improved infrastructure reliability using terraform and ansible for infrastructure as code. * Migrated Query Logger (Instrumentation and App error tracing) to GCP Big Query and build the flame graph implementation saving costs around ~$25K per month from Redshift

Senior Software Engineer at TriNet Zenefits, Jun 2018 - Sep 2020 · 2 y 3 mo, Bengaluru, Karnataka, * Pioneering member of the Zenefits India Platform Engineering and Database Initiative. * Database Management: Extensive experience with large-scale data handling and complex database problem-solving. * High Availability Design: Skilled in designing fault-tolerant database infrastructures and replication topologies. * Technical Communication: Exceptional ability to articulate technical requirements and communicate ideas effectively. * Analytical Thinking: Strong analytical and decision-making skills with a focus on troubleshooting and task commitment. Key Accomplishments: * Cost Optimization: Developed a Standard Policy based Snapshot Mechanism, reducing snapshot costs from $28k/month to $16k/month, with projections to drop below $10k/month. * Performance Enhancement: Implemented a multi-threaded tool for MySQL data dumps and restores, achieving a 70% improvement in dump times and a 55% increase in restoration efficiency. * Infrastructure Improvement: Formulated a high-level plan for Database Backup and High Availability Architecture, transitioning from HA-Proxy to ProxySQL for better SQL-aware operations. * Innovation in Data Management: Spearheaded Incremental Sanitization for Spood DB creation, utilizing MySQL Multi-Source Replication to address scalability needs. Technical Expertise: * In-depth knowledge of database systems with significant expertise in AWS. Proven ability to troubleshoot issues beyond the immediate area of expertise. Client & Customer Focus: * Recognized for being readily available and responsive to work demands. Peer Endorsements: * Commended for exceptional coding skills in database and proactive adoption of cutting-edge technologies. * Keen to engage in data analytics use cases, complex data modeling, and the design of in-house Data-Lake/Big-Data projects. * Renowned for strong decision-making capacity and excellent priority management in dynamic environments. * Eager to learn new technologies and adapt to business-driven changes.

Senior Software Engineer at Swiggy, Nov 2017 - Jun 2018 · 7 mo, Bengaluru, Karnataka, • Among the first 30 employees who started swiggy’s platform services and DevOps journey. Initial member of the Platform Team and first Database persona. • Introduced Cloud Database Team: Evangelised a cloud database team for the first time in Swiggy, leading to significant enhancements in schema and query optimizations, and Point-In-Time Recovery (PITR) and archiving capabilities. • Developed Data Protection Platform: Built an in-house platform for dynamically protecting sensitive information at rest in the application databases. • Revamped SRE Team: Revitalised the Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) team, positioning them as a Level 1 team for the DevOps/DBA team • Established Security Team: Involved in Hiring and setting up the security team from scratch, introducing automated practices for Vulnerability Assessment and Penetration Testing (VAPT), static and dynamic code analysis, and public ports and endpoints management. • Implemented Web Application Firewall (WAF): Conducted Proof of Concept (POC) of various WAF solutions and introduced Imperva WAF to all public endpoints of Swiggy. • Deployed Docker Platforms: Implemented Mesos and Kubernetes-based docker platforms with the capability of promotion-based deployments with multiple runways and environments. • Optimized AWS Infrastructure Costs: Streamlined resources and implemented auto-scaling systems, reducing AWS infrastructure costs by ~50%. Also introduced governance of cost per pod through budgets and cost dashboards. • Built DDoS Protection Platform: Developed an in-house DDoS protection platform based on open-source technologies. • Collaborated with Architecture Team: Worked closely with the architecture team for various design optimizations and introduced new layers like a Kong-based traffic gateway. • Partnered with Data Team: Collaborated with the Data team to set up in-house data platforms and data science systems. (Analytics Infra Tools - Presto, Apache Hive and CDC Frameworks using Hevo)

Technical Lead at Justdial, Feb 2013 - Nov 2017 · 4 y 9 mo, Bengaluru, India, Led team of 6 backend engineers for automation of B2B (JD-Omni) and E-Com (JD-ShopFront & QuickQuotes) products. Built search engine for distributed index topologies and price comparison tool for online/offline partners. Led Sphinx to Elastic Search conversion, improving search indexing time from 6-8 hours to 10-15 minutes. Established PCI compliance and DSS standards for payment and transactions at database layer. Helped build India's #1 local search engine, scaling platform to millions of users.

Software Developer at Shiftu Technologies, Mar 2012 - Dec 2012 · 9 mo, Bhubaneswar, Odisha

Intern at Naresh i Technologies, Jun 2011 - Feb 2012 · 8 mo, Hyderabad, India

Education

B.Tech, Computer Science & Engineering, Biju Patnaik University of Technology, Odisha

Certificate Course (SIMAP), Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies, Xavier Institute of Management(XIM Bhubaneswar)

Public links

github: https://github.com/bajrang0789

medium: https://medium.com/@pintu0789

youtube.com: https://youtube.com/@pintu0789

leetcode: https://leetcode.com/bajrang

codeforces: https://codeforces.com/profile/bajrang