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Director of Engineering @Vymo | Delivered 10M+ User Platforms | Scaled Teams 5→50+ | Driving Scalable, Secure & AI-First Product Ecosystems | Author: Beyond The Merge

About

Engineering Leader | Delivered 10M+ User Platforms | Scaled Teams 5→50+ | Driving Scalable, Secure & AI-First Product Ecosystems Leading teams that build high-scale, high-reliability products for enterprise customers. Most of my work here revolves around one goal, making sure our platforms stay fast, reliable, secure, and ready to scale as the business grows. I lead a 50+ member engineering org across Backend, Mobile, DevOps, QA, and Architecture, and spend my time balancing hands-on technical depth with strategic decision-making. Whether it's shaping the tech roadmap, modernizing the stack, or keeping releases predictable, I focus on what drives real outcomes for customers and the business. Over the years, I’ve: 1. Improved uptime, stability, and deployment speed by pushing microservices, better observability, and stronger CI/CD discipline. 2. Partnered closely with Product, Sales, CX, and enterprise clients to ensure we build features that matter and ship them on time. 3. Raised reliability KPIs (uptime, MTTR, crash rates), which directly improved customer satisfaction and retention. 4. Tightened security, governance, and compliance practices so the product consistently clears enterprise audits without drama. 5. Cut cloud and vendor waste by rethinking architecture and contracts, giving us more performance for fewer dollars. 6. Built and mentored a strong bench of engineering leaders who can run with ownership and make decisions at scale. 7. Experimented with AI/GenAI across tooling and product areas, helping the org move toward an AI-ready future. In short, I help engineering teams run smoother, products ship stronger, and platforms scale cleaner.... all while keeping reliability, security, and cost discipline front and center.

Location

Bengaluru

AI stack

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Work experience

Director of Engineering at Vymo, May 2025 - Present · 1 yr 4 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Senior Engineering Manager at Vymo, May 2023 - May 2025 · 2 yrs 1 mo, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Engineering Manager at Vymo, May 2022 - May 2023 · 1 yr 1 mo, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Engineering Manager at Y Media Labs, Aug 2021 - May 2022 · 10 mos, Bangalore Urban, Karnataka, India

Technical Lead - Product Development at HARMAN International, May 2016 - Apr 2021 · 5 yrs, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, • Member of core R&D group HarmanX. • Working on voice assistant platform iRA which is adapted by Tata Nexon in the 2020 model. • Core modules for Voice Features in vehicle and lifestyle audio products from Gate 0 through Gate 4. • Design, build and maintain high performance, reusable, and reliable Java code. • Ensure the best possible performance, quality, and responsiveness of the application. • Identify and correct bottlenecks and fix bugs. • Collaborate closely with platform team members to plan, design and develop robust solutions.

Lead Engineer at Tabtor, Dec 2014 - Oct 2015 · 11 mos, Greater Bengaluru Area, • Implemented functionality for Android Phone for the smart learning application also deployed on google play store. (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.prazas.TabtorParents) • Worked in the major module that includes the implementation of student behavior recording, leaderboard, contest, and parent module. • Provided overall leadership to the entire project team including managing deliverables. • Implemented design including experimentation and multiple iterations. • Continuously established clear operational speciation and formulated software requirements.

Co-Founder at Dineore, Sep 2014 - Apr 2016 · 1 yr 8 mos, Bangalore Urban, Karnataka, India

Lead Engineer at Samsung Research India, Jun 2011 - Jul 2014 · 3 y 1 mo, Noida

Associate Software Engineer at Tyco International, Feb 2010 - Jun 2011 · 1 y 4 mo, Bengaluru

Education

PGP, Business and AI, Indian Institute of Management Tiruchirappalli

Advanced Programme in Electric Vehicle (EV) Technology, Electric Vehicle, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi