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Sakthi Natesan

Engineering Manager @ Slice | DevEx, AI-SDLC & Infra

Bengaluru

5+ years of work experience

slice
May 20264 mosPresent

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Fi
Dec 20241 yr 5 mosApr 2026

On-site

Leading engineering teams focused on banking and customer experience verticals, spearheading efforts in payments, user tier management, rewards, and platform services such as feedback engines, communications, and customer support. Skilled in organizational restructuring to improve team stability and accelerate delivery velocity. Experienced in building internal knowledge systems to centralize critical information and automating engineering workflows to increase efficiency and developer productivity. Proven ability to ensure regulatory compliance while delivering scalable, high-impact technology solutions. Passionate about cultivating a strong engineering culture and advancing technical excellence. From Oct 2025, additionally promoted to Head of AI Initiatives, spearheading organization-wide AI adoption at Fi. Key highlights: Engineered an internal RAG-based knowledge search platform (GitHub, Google Drive, Slack, code docs via OpenWebUI); developed an Oncall/Incident Agent using Google ADK for automated root cause analysis; built a multi-agent pipeline that reduced processing time for 10+ crore records from months to hours; and created an Eval service to improve chatbot CSAT.
Fi
Jan 202411 mosNov 2024

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

I lead the Backend Platform team. The team builds efficient and scalable abstractions that empower developers to rapidly build, test, deploy, and manage applications.
Fi
Nov 20204 y 1 moDec 2024

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Zoho Corporation
20146 yrs 11 mosNov 2020

Greater Chennai Area

Education

Shanmugha Arts, Science, Technology and Research Academy

Bachelor of Technology (BTech), Computer Science

Shanmugha Arts, Science, Technology and Research Academy

20104 yrs2014

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Headline

Engineering Manager @ Slice | DevEx, AI-SDLC & Infra

About

Engineering manager and hands-on technical leader with 11+ years' experience building and scaling distributed, cloud-native platforms in the fintech domain. Currently leading high-performing engineering teams at Fi, delivering complex products—from mobile payments and AI-powered chatbots to large-scale workflow automation—that drive user engagement and operational excellence. Expert in backend architecture, platform engineering, and CI/CD innovation, with a solid track record in designing resilient systems, accelerating delivery velocity, and enabling organizational transformation. Regularly leverage technologies such as Golang, Kubernetes, AWS, CockroachDB, and distributed data stores to create robust solutions with measurable business impact. Previously served as a founding engineer for a proprietary language runtime at Zoho, building core compiler and distributed database modules using Raft consensus and advanced data engineering techniques. Passionate about developing people and practices, leading by technical example, and architecting scalable systems that stand up to real-world complexity.

Location

Bengaluru

Work experience

Engineering Manager at slice, May 2026 - Present · 4 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Senior Engineering Manager at Fi, Dec 2024 - Apr 2026 · 1 yr 5 mos, On-site, Leading engineering teams focused on banking and customer experience verticals, spearheading efforts in payments, user tier management, rewards, and platform services such as feedback engines, communications, and customer support. Skilled in organizational restructuring to improve team stability and accelerate delivery velocity. Experienced in building internal knowledge systems to centralize critical information and automating engineering workflows to increase efficiency and developer productivity. Proven ability to ensure regulatory compliance while delivering scalable, high-impact technology solutions. Passionate about cultivating a strong engineering culture and advancing technical excellence. From Oct 2025, additionally promoted to Head of AI Initiatives, spearheading organization-wide AI adoption at Fi. Key highlights: Engineered an internal RAG-based knowledge search platform (GitHub, Google Drive, Slack, code docs via OpenWebUI); developed an Oncall/Incident Agent using Google ADK for automated root cause analysis; built a multi-agent pipeline that reduced processing time for 10+ crore records from months to hours; and created an Eval service to improve chatbot CSAT.

Senior Engineering Manager at Fi, Jan 2024 - Nov 2024 · 11 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, I lead the Backend Platform team. The team builds efficient and scalable abstractions that empower developers to rapidly build, test, deploy, and manage applications.

Senior Staff Engineer at Fi, Nov 2020 - Dec 2024 · 4 y 1 mo, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Member Technical Staff at Zoho Corporation, 2014 - Nov 2020 · 6 yrs 11 mos, Greater Chennai Area

Education

Bachelor of Technology (BTech), Computer Science, Shanmugha Arts, Science, Technology and Research Academy