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# Arjun Hariharan on Tal

## 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

## AI stack

cursor

github copilot

hugging face

ollama

## 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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