Engineering @https://www.linkedin.com/redir/suspicious-page?url=upswing%2eone | ex-Cimpress, ex-MSCI | Musician

India

Mumbai

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Mumbai Area, India

pune

Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.), Information Technology
KJ Somaiya College of Engineering, Vidyavihar
High School, Computer Science
T. P. Bhatia college of science
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Over the past 9 years, I have built transactional high throughput systems , multi-tenant platforms and scaled teams from 0 to 1. In my current role as a Founding Engineer at Upswing, I primarily lead the Engineering efforts. Being part of the foundational team means I bridge the gap between engineering and the broader business. Outside of tech, I’m a musician, reader, sketch artist, and sports enthusiast.
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Senior Software Engineer (Founding Engineer) at Upswing Financial Technologies pvt ltd, Sep 2021 - Present · 5 yrs 2 mos, India, Upswing is a B2B BaaS with the mission to enable consumer companies to offer differentiated financial products and empower the financial institutions with greater reach. ● Spearheaded 0-to-1 company growth as the first employee, driving cross-functional operations across Engineering, Product, Security, Cloud Infrastructure, HR, and Administration. ● Lead platform engineering and the Cards vertical, scaling infrastructure handling peak traffic of 1,000 RPS while maintaining 99.9% availability. ● Architected a multi-tenant, ISO-8583 compliant payment switch, alongside developing a dedicated switch for real-time UPI transaction processing. ● Launched a Card Management System, issuing 0.5 million cards within 12 months, while ensuring stringent compliance with PCI-DSS, PCI-3DS, ISO-27001, and RBI-SAR-DL standards. ● Scaled the technical organization from the ground up, designing the hiring pipeline and conducting over 2,000 technical interviews.
Senior Software Engineer at Cimpress India, Jan 2021 - Sep 2021 · 9 mos, Mumbai, Cimpress is the world leader in mass customization and the parent company of brands like Vistaprint, WIRmachenDRUCK, National Pen and Build A Sign. I was part of the Products solution space, part of Cimpress' Mass customization platform that serves all Cimpress businesses. The platform is powered by over 200 patents and $1.4 billion of investments in technology and manufacturing. Products is the center of the Mass customization platform and is prevalent across the Fulfillment - Merchant continuum, customized differently for every business. Apart from the end Customer, every domain in the platform consumes products as a solution. Responsibilities: ● Engineered a multi-tenant product service for the Cimpress Mass Customization Platform (a B2B layer for sister e-commerce brands), supporting dynamic attribute selection and pricing while managing 50,000+ RPM in customer traffic. ● Developed a comprehensive frontend admin UI enabling sister e-commerce brands to seamlessly manage their product merchandising catalogs. ● Implemented distributed tracing across the entire mass customization platform to drastically enhance system observability and performance monitoring.
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Intern at Mobisoft Infotech - Top iOS & Android Mobile App Development, Dec 2015 - Jan 2016 · 2 mos, pune, Learnt design principles and practices of implementing good UI/UX for web and mobile. How design makes and breaks the whole application ecosystem. What is a good design. User Engagement practices.
Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.), Information Technology, KJ Somaiya College of Engineering, Vidyavihar
High School, Computer Science, T. P. Bhatia college of science