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title: "Sivakumar Punniyakotti - Associate Vice President in Bengaluru | Tal"
description: "Meet Sivakumar Punniyakotti, Head of Mobile Engineering | iOS & Flutter Leader | Fintech Platforms | Mobile Architecture | CI/CD | App Reliability based in Bengaluru. AI stack includes codex, cursor, and github copilot."
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# Sivakumar Punniyakotti on Tal

## Headline

Head of Mobile Engineering \| iOS & Flutter Leader \| Fintech Platforms \| Mobile Architecture \| CI/CD \| App Reliability

## About

I am a mobile engineering leader with 15 years of experience building and scaling mobile applications, with deep expertise in iOS, Flutter, fintech platforms, app architecture, release governance and production reliability\. For the last 10\+ years, I have been part of 5paisa’s mobile journey, growing from iOS development into mobile engineering leadership\. I currently lead a 23\-member mobile engineering team in Bengaluru, working with team leads, architects, product, design, QA, backend and DevOps teams to deliver secure, scalable and reliable mobile experiences\. My work includes leading the native\-to\-Flutter migration, owning mobile architecture and platform strategy, setting standards for MVVM, Clean Architecture, modularization and reusable design systems, and managing weekly App Store and Play Store releases\. I am also involved in production incident handling, VAPT, technology audits, CI/CD, performance improvement and post\-release monitoring\. I enjoy working at the intersection of technology, people and business\. My strength is converting product goals and Figma flows into clear technical plans, building capable teams, mentoring engineers, improving delivery discipline and keeping mobile platforms stable at scale\. Core areas: Mobile Engineering Leadership \| iOS \| Flutter \| Fintech \| Capital Markets \| Mobile Architecture \| CI/CD \| Release Governance \| App Reliability \| Team Leadership \| Stakeholder Management \| VAPT \| Production Support

## Location

Bengaluru

## AI stack

codex

cursor

github copilot

mcp

## Work experience

Associate Vice President at 5paisa, Sep 2025 \- Present · 1 yr 3 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Manager at 5paisa, Jun 2019 \- Aug 2025 · 6 yrs 3 mos, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Assistant Manager at 5paisa, Dec 2015 \- May 2019 · 3 yrs 6 mos, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Senior iOS Developer at ii5, Oct 2014 \- Oct 2015 · 1 yr 1 mo, Mumbai Metropolitan Region

Lead iOS Developer at Glamble Gaming Network, Oct 2012 \- Oct 2014 · 2 yrs 1 mo, Vidyavihar, Mumbai\.

Junior Web Developer and iOS Developer at Sky Design, Jul 2011 \- Jul 2012 · 1 yr 1 mo, Bandra,Mumbai

## Education

B\.E, Computer, Saraswati college of Engineering

New English School

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