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Siva kumar

Engineering @ Tata Neu· ex-Flipkart, cult.fit | MCP Apps, Gen-UI architecture at scale.

Bengaluru, Karnataka

14+ years of work experience

Tata Digital
Jan 20269 moPresent

Hybrid

Tata Digital
Jan 20251 yr 7 mosPresent

Bengaluru

* Driving developer leverage and organizational efficiency through AI-driven tooling initiatives. * Building AI agents and MCP Apps to automate workflows and improve engineering productivity. * Leading frontend architecture at scale for large, multi-team applications. * Shifting the engineering culture toward high-confidence, scalable delivery. * Establishing reusable platforms, standards, and engineering best practices. * Partnering with teams to drive adoption of AI-first development approaches.
super.money
Aug 20245 mosDec 2024

Bengaluru

Early-stage fintech building credit card and UPI-first banking products on mobile. ▸ Owned end-to-end architecture and delivery of the consumer mobile app (React Native) — credit card management, UPI flows, and transaction experiences with a focus on onboarding conversion and financial UX clarity. ▸ Established mobile engineering foundations from scratch: component architecture, release processes, coding standards, and API contract conventions optimised for latency and offline resilience.
cure.fit (cult.fit)
Oct 20166 yrs 6 mosMar 2023

Bangalore Urban

India's largest fitness & wellness platform — 10M+ downloads, 1M+ MAU. Owned engineering strategy and delivery across the entire consumer stack for 6+ years. ▸ Defined and owned end-to-end engineering strategy across backend services, web, iOS, and Android — scaling from early-stage to 1M+ monthly active users. ▸ Hired, built, and led a cross-functional team of 12+ engineers; grew two ICs into tech leads through structured mentorship and ownership transfer. ▸ Architected a shared UI standards library adopted across 5 product squads — lifting developer productivity by 70% and enforcing design consistency at scale. ▸ Shipped an ML-powered real-time pose-detection engine using TensorFlow — a first-of-its-kind feature in Indian consumer fitness apps. ▸ Improved app launch time by 60% through systematic profiling, lazy loading, and native rendering optimisation. ▸ Compressed release cycles from 2 weeks to under 5 days by architecting CI/CD pipelines and automated test infrastructure. 🏆 Culture Ambassador Award (2022) · Work Excellence Award (2019)
Flipkart
Jun 20151 yr 4 mosSep 2016

Bangalore

▸ Designed and built a proprietary iOS SDK for real-time ad tracking and dynamic merchandising — improving campaign efficacy and unlocking new monetisation capabilities. ▸ Delivered an internal user behaviour analytics platform that shaped product roadmap decisions across multiple teams. 🏆 Hackathon 2016 Runner-Up & 2nd Runner-Up (AR product catalogue) · Rockstar, Spot & Hi5 Awards
Gensler
Feb 20133 y 3 moMay 2016

bengaluru

XLabz Technologies
Oct 20102 y 4 moFeb 2013

puducherry

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Headline

Engineering @ Tata Neu· ex-Flipkart, cult.fit | MCP Apps, Gen-UI architecture at scale.

About

Experienced engineering leader with over 16 years of expertise in scaling high-impact products and technical organizations. Proven track record at Flipkart, cult.fit, and Tata Digital, specializing in frontend architecture, AI-driven developer tooling, and building resilient, high-performance engineering cultures. Skilled in bridging technical strategy with operational excellence to deliver scalable software solutions that improve developer productivity and user experience.

Location

Bengaluru, Karnataka

AI stack

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mcp

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Work experience

lead architect at Tata Digital, Jan 2026 - Present · 9 mo, Hybrid

Lead Architect— Platform, AI & Full-Stack at Tata Digital, Jan 2025 - Present · 1 yr 7 mos, Bengaluru, * Driving developer leverage and organizational efficiency through AI-driven tooling initiatives. * Building AI agents and MCP Apps to automate workflows and improve engineering productivity. * Leading frontend architecture at scale for large, multi-team applications. * Shifting the engineering culture toward high-confidence, scalable delivery. * Establishing reusable platforms, standards, and engineering best practices. * Partnering with teams to drive adoption of AI-first development approaches.

Engineering Leader – Flipkart Group (super.money Initiative) at super.money, Aug 2024 - Dec 2024 · 5 mos, Bengaluru, Early-stage fintech building credit card and UPI-first banking products on mobile. ▸ Owned end-to-end architecture and delivery of the consumer mobile app (React Native) — credit card management, UPI flows, and transaction experiences with a focus on onboarding conversion and financial UX clarity. ▸ Established mobile engineering foundations from scratch: component architecture, release processes, coding standards, and API contract conventions optimised for latency and offline resilience.

Principal Engineer/Founding Member — Full-Stack Platform at cure.fit (cult.fit), Oct 2016 - Mar 2023 · 6 yrs 6 mos, Bangalore Urban, India's largest fitness & wellness platform — 10M+ downloads, 1M+ MAU. Owned engineering strategy and delivery across the entire consumer stack for 6+ years. ▸ Defined and owned end-to-end engineering strategy across backend services, web, iOS, and Android — scaling from early-stage to 1M+ monthly active users. ▸ Hired, built, and led a cross-functional team of 12+ engineers; grew two ICs into tech leads through structured mentorship and ownership transfer. ▸ Architected a shared UI standards library adopted across 5 product squads — lifting developer productivity by 70% and enforcing design consistency at scale. ▸ Shipped an ML-powered real-time pose-detection engine using TensorFlow — a first-of-its-kind feature in Indian consumer fitness apps. ▸ Improved app launch time by 60% through systematic profiling, lazy loading, and native rendering optimisation. ▸ Compressed release cycles from 2 weeks to under 5 days by architecting CI/CD pipelines and automated test infrastructure. 🏆 Culture Ambassador Award (2022) · Work Excellence Award (2019)

Lead Software Engineer — Mobile Platform at Flipkart, Jun 2015 - Sep 2016 · 1 yr 4 mos, Bangalore, ▸ Designed and built a proprietary iOS SDK for real-time ad tracking and dynamic merchandising — improving campaign efficacy and unlocking new monetisation capabilities. ▸ Delivered an internal user behaviour analytics platform that shaped product roadmap decisions across multiple teams. 🏆 Hackathon 2016 Runner-Up & 2nd Runner-Up (AR product catalogue) · Rockstar, Spot & Hi5 Awards

Software Engineer at Gensler, Feb 2013 - May 2016 · 3 y 3 mo, bengaluru

Software Engineer at XLabz Technologies, Oct 2010 - Feb 2013 · 2 y 4 mo, puducherry