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title: "Suraj Kumar - Tech Lead / Engineering manager in Bengaluru | Tal"
description: "Meet Suraj Kumar, Tech lead at Stellarplay Games | Ex-Microsoft | Ex-Zynga | Ex-WalmartLabs based in Bengaluru. AI stack includes claude code, claude, and codex."
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# Suraj Kumar on Tal

## Headline

Tech lead at Stellarplay Games \| Ex\-Microsoft \| Ex\-Zynga \| Ex\-WalmartLabs

## About

Engineering leader with 9 years of experience across backend development, and cloud\-native systems on AWS with proven experience leading teams and initiatives while remaining hands\-on in critical paths\. Consistently deliver high\-quality, on\-time releases by setting clear goals, elevating code quality standards, and guiding peers through design reviews, mentoring, and agile execution to improve delivery metrics and reliability\.​ Skilled at coordinating cross\-functional work with product and DevOps, translating business goals into technical roadmaps, and driving measurable outcomes such as reduced cycle times, lower defect rates, and cost\-optimized cloud deployments, while fostering an environment of feedback, growth, and collaboration\. Technical strengths include designing and scaling microservices and event\-driven architectures with strong observability and performance, coupled with the capability to organize teams, align stakeholders, and uplevel engineering practices without explicitly holding a titled management role\.​ Passionate about continuous learning and knowledge sharing—from authoring design docs to leading tech talks—and open to opportunities where a hands\-on engineer with demonstrated team leadership can drive strategy, execution, and impact\. Excited to connect with professionals across the software engineering community to exchange ideas, explore collaborations, and create meaningful outcomes together\.

## Location

Bengaluru

## AI stack

claude code

claude

codex

hugging face

n8n

CrewAI

## Work experience

Tech Lead / Engineering manager at Stellarplay Games, Aug 2021 \- Present · 5 y, Bengaluru

Tech Lead at Valyx, Jun 2026 \- Sep 2026 · 3 mo, Bengaluru

Software Engineer at Microsoft, May 2020 \- Aug 2021 · 1 yr 4 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Software Engineer at Zynga, Sep 2018 \- Apr 2020 · 1 yr 8 mos, Bengaluru Area, India

Software Engineer at Blue Yonder, Jun 2017 \- Sep 2018 · 1 yr 4 mos, Bengaluru Area, India

Software Engineer Intern at Walmart Labs India, Jan 2017 \- Jun 2017 · 6 mos, Bengaluru Area, India

## Education

Bachelor of Engineering \(BE\), Computer and Information Sciences, General, PES University

12th, Science, Deeksha SGPTA

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