Headline

Tech @ Brick&Bolt | Ex. Ninjacart, Mr. Cooper

About

Strategic Engineering Leader| Operator | Scaling Platforms & High-Performance Teams I bridge the gap between complex technical architecture and business growth. Currently leading the engineering function at Brick & Bolt, I manage a cross-functional organisation of 25+ engineers, driving technical roadmaps that align with aggressive board-level milestones. Three pillars define my leadership style: - Engineering Excellence: I believe in building "self-healing" teams. By implementing tech processes, automated quality gates, and a culture of documentation, I ensure the platform scales faster than the headcount. - Product-First Engineering: I don’t just build features; I solve business bottlenecks. Whether it’s reducing UI delivery time by 60% through a custom Low-code Orchestration Engine (Brahma Flow) or automating financial reconciliation to save 1,200+ manual hours annually, my focus is always on ROI. - People Development: I take pride in a high-retention culture. I’ve transitioned the team from a centralised structure to independent pods, mentoring SDE-1s into lead roles and fostering an environment of extreme ownership. Core Competencies: System Architecture (Distributed Systems) • Engineering Roadmap Strategy • Stakeholder Management (Founders, Business, Product & Tech) • Process Optimisation (Agile/Scrum) •

Location

Bengaluru

AI stack

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Work experience

Software Engineering Manager at Brick & Bolt, Apr 2024 - Apr 2026 · 2 yrs 1 mo, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, Led the engineering function at Brick&Bolt, working directly with the Founder and CTO to shape the long-term technical roadmap and improve execution across multiple product verticals. • Managing and grown a team of 25+ engineers (SDE-1s, SDE-2s, QAs), maintaining high retention and strong alignment with company objectives • Accelerated product delivery by 20% YoY in 2024 and 43% YoY in 2025 through process improvements, stronger cross-functional collaboration, and reduction of technical debt • Played a direct role in multiple fundraising rounds (2022-2026) through live product demonstrations, hitting key milestones, and rapid prototyping that gave investors confidence in execution capability • Led annual performance reviews and career development planning for 25+ engineers; most have been promoted internally • Designed and delivered Brahma Flow - an internal workflow orchestration system that reduced dependency on front-end teams by 60%, significantly accelerating product timelines • Digitalised contractor and customer payment processes, eliminating manual errors and saving 100+ hours of manual effort per month • Eliminated 100% of ad-hoc data reporting requests to engineering by building self-serve reporting capabilities • Established engineering processes - code standards, documentation, and on-call practices - that outlast any individual on the team

SDE-3 at Brick & Bolt, Apr 2023 - May 2024 · 1 yr 2 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, Senior individual contributor at Brick&Bolt, responsible for high-level system design and mentoring junior engineers. • Led high-level system design initiatives across core platform, improving code quality and system reliability • Pioneered Brahma Flow — A Low-code Backend-Driven UI Engine orchestration system that reduced dependency on front-end teams by 60%, enabling the business to move faster and more independently • Mentored interns and SDE-1s, establishing a culture of engineering rigour and accountability

SDE-2 at Brick & Bolt, Apr 2022 - Jun 2023 · 1 yr 3 mos, Individual contributor focused on automating manual business processes and building scalable backend systems. • Automated Financial Customer Payments Tagging — migrated business users from manual spreadsheet workflows to a fully automated system in 4 months, saving 100+ hours of manual effort per month (a figure that would have grown to 300+ hours/month by 2025) • Digitised the contractor payments process — replaced an error-prone manual flow with a reliable, system-driven process for all outgoing payments • Decoupled core services into reusable libraries, improving maintainability and reducing duplication across the platform

SDE-1 at Ninjacart, Jun 2020 - Dec 2021 · 1 yr 7 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

SDE-1 at Mr. Cooper, Apr 2020 - Jun 2020 · 3 mos, Tamil Nadu, India

Software Engineer - Trainee at Mr. Cooper, Jul 2019 - Apr 2020 · 10 mos, Chennai, Tamil Nadu

Graduate Intern at Mr. Cooper, Jan 2019 - Jun 2019 · 6 mos, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

Deep Learning Intern at GISCLE Systems, May 2018 - Jul 2018 · 3 mos

Research Analyst and Developer at Teknuance Info Solutions Pvt Ltd, Mar 2018 - May 2018 · 3 mos, Greater Chennai Area

Education

Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.), Computer Science and Engineering, SRM IST Chennai

Class 12, Science, Shivjyoti Senior Secondary School Kota