--- title: "Balaji Rajan - Advisor in Bengaluru | Tal" description: "Meet Balaji Rajan, CTO / HoE | AI Builder | AI + Tech + Product Leadership based in Bengaluru. AI stack includes claude code, claude, and cursor." image: "https://tal.club/meet/balaji-rajan/share-image" --- # Balaji Rajan on Tal ## Headline CTO / HoE \| AI Builder \| AI \+ Tech \+ Product Leadership ## About Technology and Product Leader with 19\+ years of experience building and scaling global engineering and product organizations across 饾棪饾棶饾棶饾棪, 饾棤饾棶饾椏饾棫饾棽饾棸饾椀, 饾棓饾棻饾棫饾棽饾棸饾椀, 饾棞饾椈饾榾饾槀饾椏饾棫饾棽饾棸饾椀, 饾棶饾椈饾棻 饾棙\-饾棸饾椉饾椇饾椇饾棽饾椏饾棸饾棽\. \- Scaled businesses from $饾煴饾棤 饾榿饾椉 $饾煶饾煴饾棤 饾棓饾棩饾棩 by building high\-performance product and engineering teams\. \- 饾棗饾棽饾棽饾椊 饾棽饾槄饾椊饾棽饾椏饾榿饾椂饾榾饾棽 饾椂饾椈 饾榿饾椀饾棽 饾椇饾椉饾棻饾棽饾椏饾椈 饾棓饾棞 饾榾饾榿饾棶饾棸饾椄 \(LLMs, RAG, MCP, vector databases, evals, observability, deployment, and security\), with strong judgment in applying the right patterns for real\-world impact\. \- Experienced in building 饾椇饾槀饾椆饾榿饾椂饾椊饾椆饾棽 饾棪饾棶饾棶饾棪 饾椊饾椏饾椉饾棻饾槀饾棸饾榿饾榾 \(CDP, Segmentation, BrokerOS, InsureOS\), driving a shift from one\-time transactions to consistent, long\-term revenue streams\. \- Results\-driven leader with a strong focus on aligning technology with business growth\. Passionate about building scalable platforms, optimizing team performance, and delivering features that directly contribute to revenue and customer retention\. \- 饾棔饾槀饾椂饾椆饾榿 饾棶饾椈饾棻 饾椆饾棽饾棻 饾棿饾椆饾椉饾棷饾棶饾椆 饾棽饾椈饾棿饾椂饾椈饾棽饾棽饾椏饾椂饾椈饾棿 饾榿饾棽饾棶饾椇饾榾 饾椉饾棾 饾煭饾煴饾煬\+ across Engineering \(BE/FE/QA\), Data Science, Product, Design, and Platform\. \- Expertise in setting up R&D teams as a Site Lead, scaling engineering organizations across 饾椇饾槀饾椆饾榿饾椂饾椊饾椆饾棽 饾棿饾椆饾椉饾棷饾棶饾椆 饾椆饾椉饾棸饾棶饾榿饾椂饾椉饾椈饾榾 \(India, SEA, US\)\. \- Reduced operations headcount from 饾煴饾煬饾煬 饾榿饾椉 饾煭饾煬饾煬 饾榿饾椀饾椏饾椉饾槀饾棿饾椀 饾棓饾棞 饾棶饾棻饾椉饾椊饾榿饾椂饾椉饾椈 饾棶饾椈饾棻 饾棶饾槀饾榿饾椉饾椇饾棶饾榿饾椂饾椉饾椈\. \- Delivered $饾煭饾煬饾棤\+ 饾椂饾椈 饾棸饾椆饾椉饾槀饾棻 饾棸饾椉饾榾饾榿 饾椉饾椊饾榿饾椂饾椇饾椂饾槆饾棶饾榿饾椂饾椉饾椈饾榾 through infrastructure modernization\. \- Led the development of systems handling 饾煴饾棤\+ 饾椊饾椉饾椆饾椂饾棸饾椂饾棽饾榾 饾椊饾棽饾椏 饾棻饾棶饾槅 in InsurTech\. \- Built scalable tech platforms processing 饾棷饾椂饾椆饾椆饾椂饾椉饾椈饾榾 饾椉饾棾 饾棽饾槂饾棽饾椈饾榿饾榾, 饾棶饾棻饾榾 饾棶饾椈饾棻 饾椇饾棽饾榾饾榾饾棶饾棿饾棽饾榾 饾棻饾棶饾椂饾椆饾槅\. \- Expertise in 饾棓饾棞\-饾棻饾椏饾椂饾槂饾棽饾椈 饾椊饾椏饾椉饾棻饾槀饾棸饾榿 饾椂饾椈饾椈饾椉饾槂饾棶饾榿饾椂饾椉饾椈, distributed systems, cloud platforms, and high\-scale data infrastructure\. \- 饾棙饾槄饾椊饾棽饾椏饾椂饾棽饾椈饾棸饾棽饾棻 饾椊饾棶饾椏饾榿饾椈饾棽饾椏 饾榿饾椉 饾棖饾棙饾棦饾榾, 饾椂饾椈饾槂饾棽饾榾饾榿饾椉饾椏饾榾, 饾棶饾椈饾棻 饾棽饾槄饾棽饾棸饾槀饾榿饾椂饾槂饾棽 饾榿饾棽饾棶饾椇饾榾 in defining technology strategy, scaling organizations, and driving technical excellence\. \- Experienced in driving and scaling Tech and Product functions from 饾棧饾棤饾棛 饾榿饾椀饾椏饾椉饾槀饾棿饾椀 饾棪饾棽饾椏饾椂饾棽饾榾 饾棓 饾棾饾槀饾椈饾棻饾椂饾椈饾棿 饾榿饾椉 饾棞饾棧饾棦\. \- Passionate about 饾棷饾槀饾榾饾椂饾椈饾棽饾榾饾榾 饾棶饾椈饾棻 饾椊饾椏饾椉饾棻饾槀饾棸饾榿 饾榾饾榿饾椏饾棶饾榿饾棽饾棿饾槅, with a focus on building AI\-native products that drive meaningful outcomes\. ## Location Bengaluru ## AI stack claude code claude cursor langgraph langsmith openclaw ## Work experience Advisor at PasarPolis, Jul 2026 \- Present 路 3 mos, Greater Bengaluru Area FDE \| AI Builder \| Co\-Founder at Genoti AI, Apr 2026 \- Present 路 6 mos, Singapore, Pausing it\. Bcoz, it doesn't bring Profit, Peace or Purpose to me Genoti\.ai\(Geno AI\) helps local businesses earn more and we do three things to make that happen: 饾煭\. 饾棛饾椂饾椆饾椆 饾棙饾椇饾椊饾榿饾槅 饾棝饾椉饾槀饾椏饾榾: Turn idle capacity into revenue\. 饾煯\. 饾棖饾椉饾椇饾椇饾椂饾榾饾榾饾椂饾椉饾椈\-饾棛饾椏饾棽饾棽 饾棤饾棶饾椏饾椄饾棽饾榿饾椊饾椆饾棶饾棸饾棽: Keep 100% of every sale with a simple subscription\. 饾煰\. 饾棓饾棿饾棽饾椈饾榿饾椂饾棸 饾棓饾棞 饾棧饾椆饾棶饾榿饾棾饾椉饾椏饾椇: AI agents that acquire customers, automate bookings, and drive repeat business\. CTO / SVP, Head of Engineering & India Site Leader at PasarPolis, Jun 2023 \- Jun 2026 路 3 yrs 1 mo, Bengaluru, \* Leading the Engineering, Product, Data, ML, AI, SRE, Security strategy and execution for the following business units at Pasarpolis\. 1\. B2C\(direct to consumer\): https://tap\-insure\.com 2\. Agents platform: https://mitra\.pasarpolis\.io 3\. B2B2C platform: https://play\.google\.com/store/apps/details?id=com\.pasarpolis\.tappartners VP of Engineering at PasarPolis, Jun 2022 \- Jun 2023 路 1 yr 1 mo, Bengaluru, \* PasarPolis is a insurtech startup focused on making insurance policies more accessible in Southeast Asia\. Through technology, we are committed to innovating insurance loved by all by making the entire insurance journey more Easy, Affordable & Delightful for consumers\. \* We are an Indonesian\-based startup, Operates in Indonesia, Thailand, and Vietnam\. We have raised a total of \~$75M in funding from investors including Go\-Ventures, LeapFrog, and SBI Investments\. \* We have a tech and R&D center based out in India and an engineering team with a size of 75\+ members based out in Gurgaon, Bangalore, and Jakarta\. \* We have an opening across engineering verticals and hiring Product Managers\. If this is interesting and would like to work with us, please reach out to me at balaji\.rajan@pasarpolis\.com CTO's Office at MoEngage Inc\., Jan 2022 \- Jun 2022 路 6 mos, \- Engineering strategy and roadmap building\. \- Driving the engineering team to meet the Profit margin\. \- OKR Management across tech and product teams\. Director Of Engineering at MoEngage Inc\., Jan 2020 \- Jun 2022 路 2 yrs 6 mos, Greater Bengaluru Area, \* Building/Scaling the TechStack and Teams for \- Segmentation products, Platform, and Quality \* We at MoEngage helps internet companies engage their customers, not just any engagement, but engagement that is powered by Machine learning & Advanced segmentation\. \* At MoEngage, we face challenges every day in every aspect and especially in building the right Tech, and at the scale that we are working with, there was never a boring day so far\. It becomes super challenging when you are trying to build the right solutions at scale\. \* Our tech is built to handle massive scale\. \- 1\.5 Trillion\+Data points processed per month \- 150 Billion\+ Messages sent per month \- 1 Billion\+ MAUs engaged \- 25K\+ Mobile apps powered \- 170\+ Microservices\. \- PBs of incoming data per week\. \* Some of the challenges that we solved: \- Sending an interaction to the user at the right time\. \- Arranging the data to support real\-time analysis of billions of user interactions\. \- Profiling a user across channels, Web, mobile, social media, and deciding on which medium to reach out to\. \- Sending the right content to the user, based on the user activity & interests\. Cofounder \- CPTO at newsly, Dec 2013 \- Jul 2015 路 1 yr 8 mos, Bengaluru Area, India, Newsly is a News aggregator app, to read all the regional news in a shorter and quicker way\. Your favourite news sites are transformed into pocket\-sized cards for easy reading\. Rebranded from 60words\.com\. Successfully designed/developed/built and ran in both the Google store and Apple store\. Received 20M views per month at the peak, and clocked 8000$ ad\-revenue per month\. Google store pulled the app due to a trademark issue\. We sold the apps to Intrick Pvt Ltd and closed the venture\. Senior Director \- Engineering at Near, Sep 2013 \- Jan 2020 路 6 yrs 5 mos, Bengaluru / Singapore, Near is the largest location intelligence platform providing near real\-time information on places, people & products, and processing data from over 1\.6 billion monthly users across 44 countries\. Near has raised a total of $134Mn to date and backed up with investments from Sequoia Capital, Telstra Ventures, and Cisco\. Responsible for building/handling the B2B SaaS products that handles more than 300 billion ad requests per month and processing billions of data points in a day\. My job was to define and deliver overall Engineering Operations, Architecture, Hiring, and building the right teams\. Working across the engineering team\(Application/ Platform/data/product/\) to influence the state of art software development practices and highly reliable staging and highly critical production environment\. ## Education Master \- General Management, Indian Institute of Management Bangalore Bachelor of Technology \(B\.Tech\.\), Computer/Information Technology, Anna University Chennai [View the original profile](https://tal.club/meet/balaji-rajan) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "Person", "@id": "https://tal.club/meet/balaji-rajan#person", "name": "Balaji Rajan", "url": "https://tal.club/meet/balaji-rajan", "image": "https://tal.club/meet/balaji-rajan/profile-photo.jpg", "description": "Meet Balaji Rajan, CTO / HoE | AI Builder | AI + Tech + Product Leadership based in Bengaluru. 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