Headline

Director, Software Engineering | ex - ISB | Cloud Platform | Distributed Systems & AI

About

AI is redefining how software is built. I work on the systems that make that future possible. I build and scale mission-critical platforms that power high-throughput, globally distributed systems.Currently, I lead engineering for Visa’s private cloud platform, driving the design and evolution of infrastructure that underpins secure, resilient, and scalable financial systems. My focus is on transforming infrastructure into a product—enabling developer velocity, operational excellence, and cost efficiency at scale.Over the past decade, I’ve operated across the stack—from low-level systems in aerospace software at Honeywell to cloud-native platforms in fintech—giving me a deep appreciation for reliability, performance, and real-world constraints.My leadership philosophy is simple:- Build systems that scale without fragility- Build teams that operate with ownership and clarity- Use automation and AI to eliminate operational toilI am particularly interested in the next wave of engineering transformation:- AI-assisted platform engineering- Autonomous infrastructure and self-healing systems- Developer experience as a competitive advantageI enjoy building high-performing teams, mentoring engineers into leaders, and driving initiatives that sit at the intersection of technology, business impact, and long-term strategy.Open to conversations around Senior Director / VP Engineering roles focused on platform engineering, cloud infrastructure, and AI-driven systems.

Location

Bengaluru

AI stack

claude code

codex

github copilot

Work experience

Director at Visa, Aug 2023 - Present · 3 yrs 1 mo, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, * Lead engineering teams building AI-native developer platforms and distributed cloud infrastructure services. * Delivered an agentic workflow platform enabling enterprise automation through natural-language interfaces. * Drove ~30% developer productivity improvements through Generative AI adoption across engineering teams. * Own a platform portfolio of 18 production microservices powering infrastructure lifecycle automation. * Scaled internal job execution systems to 10M+ annual runs, improving p95 latency and reducing infrastructure utilisation. * Co-authored multiple publications under Trade Secrets on Distributed Systems, Consensus Algorithms, and State Machines

Senior Engineering Manager at Visa, Aug 2021 - Aug 2023 · 2 yrs 1 mo, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, - Led full-stack engineering teams building cloud infrastructure lifecycle automation services. - Delivered 10+ platform services supporting provisioning, orchestration, and operational workflows. - Increased adoption of internal job execution platform by 400% across engineering teams. - Reduced hotfix frequency by 45% while achieving >98% reliability and >95% SLA compliance. - Co-authored internal intellectual property related to distributed scheduling systems.

Staff Software Engineer at Visa, Jan 2019 - Aug 2021 · 2 yrs 8 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, Core engineer for CloudView, VISA’s internal infrastructure platform for provisioning and lifecycle management. Led initiatives for hybrid cloud integration and automation gateways. Introduced HTTP/2 streaming and server-sent events to improve platform communication efficiency. Mentored engineers on distributed system design and platform architecture.

Sr. Software Engineer at Visa, Feb 2017 - Jan 2019 · 1 y 11 mo, Bangalore

Senior Engineer at Honeywell Technology Solutions, Inc., Jun 2013 - Feb 2017 · 3 yrs 9 mos, Bengaluru Area, India, Developed mission-critical avionics software for Next-Generation Flight Management Systems used by major aircraft manufacturers. Built developer tooling and automation frameworks supporting avionics software certification processes. Ported legacy ARINC-661 UI design tools to web technologies to modernize internal development workflows. Developed high-performance asynchronous services and productivity tools using C#, .NET, and distributed messaging systems.

Project Trainee at Honeywell Technology Solutions, Inc., Dec 2012 - Jun 2013 · 7 mos, Designing, developing and maintaining a multitude of software tools used internally within the organization primarily to aid productivity and ensure process adherence in the software development life cycle for Flight Management Systems Software in Honeywell.

Summer Intern at SRM Research Institute, Bangalore, May 2012 - Jun 2012 · 2 mos, Bangalore, India, Worked at developing a desktop application CLASSICO (CLASSroom Sharing by Interactive COnferencing) for one to one audio/video communication between a rural school and urban school. Here I was vested with ownership of the entire software product which had to be put together in a very short period of time and within a limited budget constraints and platform limitations.

Education

Chief Technology Officer Program, Organizational Leadership, Indian School of Business

Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.), Computer Science, SRM IST Chennai

Public links

github: https://github.com/sinjar666