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Director – Engineering @ Vimeo | Cloud Infrastructure & Architecture Design | Cloud-Native, Distributed System & Data-Driven Platforms | Product Ownership | Digital Transformation | Global Projects & Service Delivery

About

🌍 Sr. Cloud Architect, Engineering Leader: I bring to the table 20+ years of rich experience in architecting, building, and scaling secure, resilient, and highly available cloud-native architectures and distributed systems, across product-driven and enterprise environments in the B2B & B2C segments. What makes me excel in my field is my strong engineering skills & technical expertise in Microservices, Event-Driven Systems, Data-Driven Platforms, GCP 🌍 As a trusted advisor & technical point of contact for customers across Telecom, Streaming, and SaaS Domains, designing & delivering impactful Cloud/ IT Solutions & Services that enhance operational efficiency, enable real-time analytics, cost savings, and deliver measurable business impact. Conferred with multiple Spot Awards and Client Appreciations, for technical & service delivery excellence, accomplishing high customer satisfaction, and year-on-year business wins Key Milestones ✅Successfully led large, Multi-Million Dollar Cloud Infrastructure Design, AI- Adoption, High-Volume Analytics Architecture, On-Premise-to-Cloud Migration, Digital Transformation, Legacy System, GCP Modernization Projects, from scope to delivery within defined time, budget, SLA & quality norms ✅ Paving a new way forward through Future-State Architecture, Engineering, Tech Innovation Initiatives, Product Vision & Roadmap Design, translating business/product requirements into robust technical architectures, proofs-of-concept, articulating new technology benefits/ROI to global stakeholders/ client-executives for securing required approvals /buy-ins ✅Managed & owned end-to-end product lifecycle from ideation to release, including change requests, platform enhancement/ customization, new feature additions, UI/UX revamp, and refining system designs to enhance scalability, performance, and security, accelerate time to market, product-market fit, and quick adoption ✅Collaborative People Manager & Go-Getter: I have hired, led, mentored, & scaled-up highly-talented engineering teams from 0-1, and groomed future leaders with an equal desire to win ✅ Promoted engineering best practices, cloud security and improved code quality through structured review processes, while ensuring 100% alignment on feature specifications and long-term product roadmaps across Global Stakeholder Groups Beyond Work: I like to engage in reading, remaining updated on high-scalability systems & emerging technologies 📩Connect with me at: souravchandra@gmail.com

Location

Greater Bengaluru Area

AI stack

claude code

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mcp

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openai

Work experience

Director Of Engineering at Vimeo, Feb 2022 - Jan 2026 · 4 yrs, Bengaluru, - Cross-Functional Alignment: Drove multiple engineering initiatives by bridging the gap between technical execution and business goals, ensuring 100% alignment on feature specifications and long-term product roadmaps across 5+ global stakeholder groups. - Code Quality & Mentorship: Established structured PR review standards and authored a comprehensive review handbook, which reduced post-release bugs by 20%. Led regular architectural alignment sessions to mentor Engineering Managers and developers, fostering a culture of continuous knowledge sharing. - Process Maturity: Improved engineering velocity by implementing standardized CI/CD pipelines and automated testing frameworks, resulting in a 15% increase in deployment frequency without compromising security or stability.

Senior Engineering Manager at Vimeo, Feb 2021 - Feb 2022 · 1 yr 1 mo, Bengaluru, Livestream was acquired by Vimeo and my tenure continued through this acquisition - High-Performance Web Scaling: Led the technical redesign of the Vimeo Profile page, optimizing MySQL query execution and implementing multi-layer caching with Memcached. These optimizations improved SEO crawlability and reduced page load times by 35%, directly increasing user discoverability and engagement. - Real-Time Product Innovation: Developed the Vimeo Webinar product during COVID, integrating Google Firebase Realtime Database to power live interactions, such as Q&A and chat. - Rapid Prototyping & Product Innovation: Partnered with PMs and designers to deliver secure, scalable solutions from concept to production

Principal Engineer at Livestream, Jan 2017 - Jan 2021 · 4 yrs 1 mo, Bangalore, - Lead Generation Architecture: Engineered a high-availability Lead Capture solution for live and VOD events. Leveraged cloud-native queuing to ensure zero data loss during massive audience surges, directly contributing to a 25% increase in lead conversion for business stakeholders. - Real-Time Monetization Systems: Led the architectural design of the Livestream Donations feature utilizing Java and concurrency. Implemented low-latency state management and secure transaction flows to support real-time viewer contributions during peak concurrent global broadcasts. - Serverless API Design: Developed and deployed public-facing Livestream APIs using a GCP Serverless stack (Google App Engine, Cloud SQL, and Cloud Tasks).

Senior Software Engineer at Livestream, Sep 2013 - Jan 2017 · 3 yrs 5 mos, Bangalore, High-Volume Analytics Infrastructure: Architected a scalable, real-time analytics platform utilizing Scala, Kafka, Akka and Google BigQuery, enabling the processing of over 1 billion events per day with sub-second ingestion latency. Optimized BigQuery slot utilization and partitioned tables, resulting in a 40% reduction in query latency and significant cost savings on data warehousing.

Scala Analyst at Livestream, Aug 2011 - Aug 2013 · 2 yrs 1 mo, Bangalore, Designed a decoupled, asynchronous workflow system using RabbitMQ and Redis. This architecture ensured 99.9% delivery reliability for mission-critical notifications (Email/SMS) along with other auxiliary jobs like tracking, scheduled post, digest post, facebook notifications.

Software Developer at Nokia Siemens Networks, Apr 2009 - Aug 2011 · 2 yrs 5 mos, Bangalore, Distributed Systems & Agent Engineering: - Designed and developed high-performance management agents deployed on large-scale distributed network elements to collect real-time operational and performance data - Furthermore, the developed agents supported a centralized management platform (@vantage Commander), enabling the monitoring and lifecycle management of thousands of mission-critical telecom assets Module Management, System Reliability & Issues Resolution - Owned the Performance Monitoring agent, oversaw end-to-end stability and data integrity of the system, as a Primary Technical Lead - Acted as a key technical point of contact for global telecom operators, resolving complex production issues to maintain 99.9% uptime in high-pressure, dynamic environments

Senior Software Engineer at Nokia Siemens Networks, Apr 2009 - Aug 2011 · 2 yrs 5 mos, Designed and developed high-performance management agents deployed on large-scale distributed network elements to collect real-time operational and performance data. Served as the primary technical lead for the Performance Monitoring agent, overseeing the end-to-end stability and data integrity of the system.

Senior Engineer at Sasken Technologies Limited, Aug 2005 - Mar 2009 · 3 yrs 8 mos, High-Concurrency Systems Engineering - Successfully developed and optimized IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) and Diameter Billing solutions - Used Java Concurrency (Executors, Thread Pools) to manage high-throughput traffic across packet and circuit-switched networks, ensuring the low-latency performance required for carrier-grade, high-availability telecom environments Test Automation/ CI/CD Implementation - Designed & architected enhancements for the Diameter Injector tool, implemented a command-line interface to enable automated CI/CD workflows - Enhanced the system simulator GUI to improve validation efficiency, leading to a 25% increase in testing coverage - Earned a Client Appreciation Award for consistent technical excellence and project delivery

Software Engineer at Sasken Technologies Limited, Aug 2005 - Jun 2008 · 2 yrs 11 mos, Module Ownership & System Debugging - Worked as a Primary Technical Lead for Diameter Billing and RfCache components - Proactively investigated and resolved complex production issues and customer-reported defects, maintaining the integrity of mission-critical billing systems for global partners like Nortel Networks Technical Leadership & Stakeholder Impact - Served as the Primary Technical Lead for mission-critical Configuration Modules, collaborating directly with Alcatel-Lucent stakeholders to align engineering delivery with global operator requirements - Worked with cross-functional stakeholders and customers to translate technical requirements into executable code and support successful production deployments

Education

B.E (Hons.), Electronics and Communication, National Institute of Technology Durgapur

Bachelor of Technology, Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering, National Institute of Technology Durgapur