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title: "Sahil Puri - Engineering Leader in New Delhi | Tal"
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# Sahil Puri on Tal

## Headline

Engineering Leader \| Scalable Distributed Systems \| AI Enthusiast \| Reliable Systems & High\-Performance Engg\. Teams 📌 Previously Google, Adobe, Zupee, Dream11, Samsung\.

## About

Connect with me \- topmate\.io/sahil\_puri Medium Blogs \- https://medium\.com/@sahilpuri1212 Looking out \! I’m an Engineering Leader with 13\+ years of experience building scalable systems, improving engineering velocity, and shaping high\-performing engineering organisations across Google, Adobe, Samsung, Dream11/FanCode, Zupee and Stashfin\. Over time, I transitioned into leading teams, driving engineering strategy, improving product delivery processes, and creating engineering culture rooted in scalability & reliability\. I’ve led a cross functional 50\+ member engineering organisation, hiring, mentoring, and coaching engineers across levels while building frameworks, automation platforms, and tooling that reduced cycle time and improved consistency in delivery\. I believe engineering excellence comes from clarity of vision , team ownership, well\-defined workflows , strong internal platforms, automated safety nets and an engineering culture that values quality and speed equally\. My leadership style is structured, outcome\-driven, and people\-centric—I help teams build clarity, move fast, and deliver customer\-focused experiences at scale\. My strength lies in driving clarity, building strong engineering culture, and partnering with product & design to deliver consistent user experiences at scale\.

## Location

New Delhi

## AI stack

claude code

claude

cursor

gemini

opencode

claudecode

## Work experience

Engineering Leader at Stashfin, Jan 2026 \- Present · 8 mos, Gurugram, Engineering Leadership \- Leading technology initiatives at Stashfin for Fintech BAU as AVP Engineering, driving end\-to\-end product delivery across high\-scale consumer and platform ecosystems\. \- Spearheading Platformization initiatives focused on business velocity, intelligent personalization, and frictionless user experience across 12 products including Bill payments, Rewards Engine, Coin Economy, Credit Builder, Bonds, Insurance, Partner Loan distribution and engagement platforms\. \- Managing a cross\-functional engineering organization of 18 engineers spanning Backend, Frontend, and QE, with strong emphasis on engineering excellence, scalability, and execution predictability\. \- Built systems operating at 99\.99% uptime with sub\-200ms P95 latency at scale, while aggressively integrating AI into the SDLC — achieving >70% AI\-assisted code generation, accelerated delivery cycles, faster RCA resolution, and significantly improved developer throughput\. \- Passionate about building resilient platforms that directly influence revenue, retention, and customer engagement outcomes\.

Senior Engineering Manager at Zupee, May 2023 \- Dec 2025 · 2 yrs 8 mos, India, Sr Engineering Manager driving end\-to\-end engineering excellence across backend, frontend, quality, for product engineering pods \(Payment , Rewards, etc\) and engineering productivity \(DevEx\) pods\. Experienced in leading and scaling high\-performing cross\-functional engineering teams, owning delivery, quality, reliability, and developer experience\. Focused on building strong engineering culture, modern AI based development practices, automation\-first ecosystems, and robust CI/CD & release pipelines\. Proven track record of shaping engineering roadmaps, optimising productivity through tooling and platform improvements, and enabling faster, more reliable release cycles while ensuring world\-class user experience and product quality\.

Engineering Manager at Zupee, Jul 2022 \- Aug 2024 · 2 yrs 2 mos, Gurugram, Haryana, India, Leading engineering pods at Zupee across backend, frontend, quality, and engineering productivity \(DevEx\)\. Driving team growth by hiring, scaling, and shaping the right team structures and capability hypotheses\. Defining KRAs, OKRs, and growth plans to enable strong individual development and high\-performance engineering culture\. Technically steering engineering excellence through improved developer workflows, automation, CI/CD, reliability practices, and modern quality principles\. Collaborating closely with cross\-functional charters — Product, DevOps, Design, Marketing, Customer Support, and Data — to ensure aligned execution and delivery\. Establishing end\-to\-end engineering and release pipelines, ensuring high product quality through comprehensive unit, integration, and acceptance testing frameworks\.

Tech Lead \- Engineering & Tooling Infra at Zupee, Nov 2021 \- Jul 2022 · 9 mos, India

SDE III / Lead SDE at FanCode, Oct 2020 \- Nov 2021 · 1 yr 2 mos, India, \- I spearheaded the development of engineering functions at FanCode, focusing on leading & lagging business metrics , building for scale and best user experience\. • Developed coding guidelines, common utility frameworks , PR review process , Unit , Integration test frameworks with a shift\-left engineering approach to improve velocity & quality\. • Led a high\-impact engineering team, enhancing business value & deployment velocity across multiple platforms\. • Utilized a diverse tech stack, including Java, AWS, react\.js , react native, Jenkins CI, etc to drive innovation in engineering pods\.

Senior Software Development Engineer at Google, Nov 2019 \- Oct 2020 · 1 yr, Hyderabad Area, India, Gpay for Business \(Merchant\) Team

Senior Software Engineer at Adobe, May 2019 \- Nov 2019 · 7 mos, Noida Area, India

## Education

Master of Technology \- MTech, Computer Software Engineering, Delhi College of Engineering

Bachelor of Technology \- BTech, Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University

## Public links

- medium: https://medium\.com/@sahilpuri1212

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