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Arjun Hariharan

Head of Platform Engineering @ PocketFM

Bengaluru

7+ years of work experience

Pocket FM
Sep 20241 yr 11 mosPresent

Leading enterprise-wide architecture strategy and platform engineering for Pocket FM's backend systems serving 100M+ users globally. - Driving comprehensive backend re-architecture initiative—standardizing technology stack, system patterns, and engineering practices across the organization. - Architecting how systems interconnect and scale—defining the technical blueprint that powers Pocket FM's audio streaming platform. - Directly manage a central platform team of 7 engineers while partnering cross-functionally with engineering teams across all verticals to ensure architectural coherence. - Partnering with Product, Marketing, Data, Security, and Legal to identify and close architectural and process gaps—driving initiatives with long-term org-wide impact. - Establishing engineering standards, governance frameworks, and technical decision-making processes that shape how we build.
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Education

Bachelor of Engineering (BE), Computer Engineering

MIT College of Engineering, Pune

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Headline

Head of Platform Engineering @ PocketFM

About

Engineering leader with experience in B2C, SaaS, and Network Security domains. Demonstrated strong leadership in building high-functioning teams at multiple startups. Hands-on experience with backend, frontend, and DevOps technologies.

Location

Bengaluru

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Work experience

Principal Engineer | Head of Platform Engineering at Pocket FM, Sep 2024 - Present · 1 yr 11 mos, Leading enterprise-wide architecture strategy and platform engineering for Pocket FM's backend systems serving 100M+ users globally. - Driving comprehensive backend re-architecture initiative—standardizing technology stack, system patterns, and engineering practices across the organization. - Architecting how systems interconnect and scale—defining the technical blueprint that powers Pocket FM's audio streaming platform. - Directly manage a central platform team of 7 engineers while partnering cross-functionally with engineering teams across all verticals to ensure architectural coherence. - Partnering with Product, Marketing, Data, Security, and Legal to identify and close architectural and process gaps—driving initiatives with long-term org-wide impact. - Establishing engineering standards, governance frameworks, and technical decision-making processes that shape how we build.

Principal Engineer at slice, Nov 2023 - Aug 2024 · 10 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Senior Engineering Manager at slice, May 2022 - Nov 2023 · 1 yr 7 mos, Greater Bengaluru Area

Director Of Engineering & Architect at PagarBook, Oct 2020 - May 2022 · 1 yr 8 mos, Bangalore Urban, Karnataka, India

Engineering Manager at Atlantis, Jun 2020 - Oct 2020 · 5 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Product Engineer at kyt, Oct 2019 - Jun 2020 · 9 mos, Bengaluru Area, India, Kyt is a B2C travel tech startup backed by industry veterans and Asia's marquee VC. - Joined the core team as the first engineer and led a cross-functional team of 12 engineers. - Worked with the founders and other stakeholders on product definition and roadmap. - Designed the architecture for the backend, worked with the UI lead to set up the web framework, and designed the deployment strategies (DevOps).

Education

Bachelor of Engineering (BE), Computer Engineering, MIT College of Engineering, Pune

kendriya vidyalaya

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