Headline

Engineering Manager | Software Architect | Engineering Leadership | AI First Strategic Engineering Leader | Java | Spring Boot | AWS | Microservices | 21+ Years | Open to Work

About

Visionary Engineering Leader | Principal Software Architect | Director of Engineering | 21+ Years I help organizations design scalable, high-performance systems and build high-impact engineering teams that deliver. Over two decades, I've architected 7+ enterprise platforms serving 500,000+ users, 2,500+ enterprise customers, and processing 1M+ daily transactions — across SaaS, Insurance (BFSI), IAM, eCommerce, CRM, and PPM domains. What I bring to the table: 🏗️ Architecture & System Design Distributed systems, Microservices, Event-Driven Architecture (Kafka), AI-First Engineering, API-First Design, Domain-Driven Design (DDD), Cloud-Native Architecture (AWS ECS, RDS, S3, CloudFront, CloudWatch), Kubernetes, Docker, Java · Spring · SpringBoot · Hibernate 📊 Engineering Leadership Led teams of 8–18 engineers | 100+ hires | 50+ performance reviews | 12+ promotions | 50+ engineers mentored 💡 Business Impact ✔ 35% reduction in development costs at Sciforma ✔ 50%+ technical debt eliminated on mission-critical platforms ✔ Zero-escalation delivery on global enterprise accounts (Sasol, EGIS, Imerys, Thales) — earning special recognition awards ✔ Replaced legacy data migration systems with scalable Talend-based ETL platform Tech Stack: Java | Spring | SpringBoot | Hibernate | Microservices | REST APIs | GraphQL | Kafka | Kubernetes | Docker | AWS | Talend | MySQL | PostgreSQL | NoSQL | Jenkins | ReactNative Domains: SaaS | PPM | BFSI | Insurance | IAM/IDM | eCommerce | CRM | Enterprise Integration Currently open to: Principal Software Architect | Lead Software Architect | Senior Engineering Manager | Director of Engineering | Head of Engineering | Staff/Principal Engineer | Associate Director of Engineering | Technical Program Manager 📩 Open to conversations — reach me at sushant.agrawal@gmail.com

Location

Bengaluru

AI stack

claude code

github copilot

openai

Work experience

Software Engineering Manager at Planview, Inc., Feb 2022 - Present · 4 y 6 mo, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, Owned technical strategy & delivery for 2 enterprise SaaS PPM platforms: ▸ Sciforma — 500K+ users | 2,500+ enterprise customers | 100K daily transactions ▸ IntegrationCenter — 20K users | 1,500 customers | 1M+ daily transactions | 99.9% uptime 🏆 35% reduction in development costs 🏆 Zero-escalation delivery on global accounts — Sasol, EGIS, Imerys, Thales — earning special bonus recognition 🏆 Replaced legacy migration system with scalable Talend ETL platform Led 8–12 engineers | hiring | performance reviews | career development | Agile/Scrum Defined architecture governance, API-first design principles & integration standards aligned to SaaS product roadmap. AWS: ECS · RDS · S3 · ELB · CloudFront · Batch · CloudWatch Java | SpringBoot | Talend | Microservices | REST | Kafka | Kubernetes | Docker

Software Architect at triSys, Mar 2018 - Feb 2022 · 4 yrs, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, Architected & delivered 5 enterprise eCommerce & AR platforms: ▸ Zaasna — 50K users | 200 customers | 1M+ daily transactions ▸ VanHeusen, LouisPhilippe, Jaypore — 200K+ users | 1M+ daily transactions ▸ EyePlay — Gaming platform for coach & players Led 15–18 engineers | deployment automation | CI/CD | AR delivery frameworks Defined microservices architecture, Kafka event-driven integration, REST API standards & CI/CD strategies — adopted org-wide. Drove build-vs-buy decisions, architecture reviews, design governance & technical mentoring for senior engineers. Java | SpringBoot | Kafka | Kubernetes | Docker | Jenkins | Microservices | ReactNative | REST APIs

Team Lead at Outline Systems, Jan 2016 - Feb 2018 · 2 yrs 2 mos, Chandigarh, India, Led 9 engineers delivering 20+ product enhancements & insurance platform implementations on Duck Creek. ▸ 20,000 users | 200 customers | 1M daily transactions Spearheaded legacy insurance system migration to modern product versions via structured modernization sprints. Contributed to microservices decomposition — improving scalability & reducing monolithic coupling. 🏆 Initiated people leadership from this role onward: 100+ hires | 50+ performance reviews | 12+ promotions | 50+ engineers mentored Java | Duck Creek | Insurance | BFSI | Microservices | Legacy Modernization

Team Lead at Steg Technologies, Jul 2015 - Dec 2015 · 6 mos, Chandigarh, India, Led 5 engineers building enterprise Java applications. ▸ 200,000+ users | 200+ customers | 10M+ daily transactions Managed full SDLC — requirements, system design, deployment, monitoring & production support. Java | Enterprise Applications | SDLC | Team Leadership

Technical Lead at startupfarms.inc, Sep 2009 - Oct 2014 · 5 yrs 2 mos, Chandigarh, India, Led 6 engineers on enterprise projects across Nuclear Power, Automobile, Telecom & Waste Management domains. ▸ 20,000+ users | 1M+ daily transactions 🏆 Reduced technical debt by 50%+ on mission-critical applications through refactoring & architectural consolidation. Built & led the Customer Advocacy team from scratch — defining processes, hiring, and establishing customer success workflows for enterprise accounts. Managed regular direct interactions with enterprise customers across US, UK, Europe, Middle East & APAC regions including: ▸ FPL | Moss Adams | Firmenich | Peugeot | Hero MotoCorp | SITA Java | Enterprise Architecture | Technical Debt Reduction | Legacy Systems | Customer Advocacy | Stakeholder Management | Global Clients

Education

Master of Computer Applications, Computer Programming, Specific Applications, Gujarat University

Bachelor of Computer Applications - BCA, Computer Programming, Specific Applications, Devi Ahilya Vishwavidyalaya (DAVV), Indore