Headline

Senior Manager: Platform @ Mercari | Building Dynamic Engineering Teams | Ex-Google, Ex-Razorpay

About

I am a platform engineering leader with a proven track record of building scalable infrastructure and high-performing teams at organizations like Mercari, Google, and Razorpay. My expertise lies in platform strategy, SRE, and developer productivity, where I specialize in transforming platforms into products that drive developer velocity and operational excellence. With extensive experience in managing large-scale distributed systems, implementing cost-efficient cloud strategies, and mentoring cross-functional engineering teams, I focus on delivering sustainable growth and technical reliability. I am committed to fostering collaborative cultures that balance technical innovation with long-term business outcomes.

Location

Bengaluru, Karnataka

Work experience

Senior Engineering Manager: Platform at Mercari India, Jun 2023 - Present · 3 yrs 2 mos, Bangalore Urban, 𝗠𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗽𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀: • 𝗕𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗱 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗲 𝗮 𝗱𝘆𝗻𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗰 𝗣𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺 𝗘𝗻𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗺, growing from 0 to 10 engineers in 2 years. • 𝗗𝗿𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗯𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘀 by creating long-term roadmaps for the team. • 𝗘𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗵 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗮 𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝗢𝗯𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗮𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹, delivering clear business outcomes. • 𝗠𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗼𝗿 engineers, document career aspirations, and align with business opportunities ensuring better 𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗺 𝗺𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘂𝗺 and 𝗿𝗲𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻. • 𝗗𝗲𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗼𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗶𝘇𝗲 𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗺 𝗼𝗯𝗷𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲𝘀 (𝗢𝗞𝗥𝘀) based on business needs, bottom-up input, and technical debt. 𝗧𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗻𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽: • 𝗦𝗲𝗰𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗻𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗰𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝘀𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 (𝘂𝗽 𝘁𝗼 𝟰𝟬% 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝘀) by leading vendor contract negotiations and ROI analysis. • 𝗔𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗱𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗻 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲𝘅 𝗜𝗻𝗳𝗿𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗢𝗯𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗮𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝘀𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗺𝘀 that directly impact business outcomes. • 𝗗𝗲𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝟯𝟬% 𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝗳𝗿𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝘀𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 by architecting a platform for intelligent workload scheduling. • 𝗣𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗿 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗮 𝗣𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺-𝗮𝘀-𝗮-𝗦𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗶𝗰𝗲 (𝗣𝗮𝗮𝗦) 𝗺𝗼𝗱𝗲𝗹, a budget control system for platform giving visibility, control and accountability on platform spends. 𝗢𝗿𝗴𝗮𝗻𝗶𝘀𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗽𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀: • 𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗺𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝗵𝗶𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗼𝗻-𝗯𝗼𝗮𝗿𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀 for engineers, improving the overall experience of a new engineer joining the team. • Experiment with latest technologies, and proposing projects that can add value to the business. • 𝗜𝗺𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘃𝗲 𝗘𝗻𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗕𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴, successfully crafted and lead multiple initiatives that helped increasing our visibility in the market.

SRE at Google, Feb 2022 - May 2023 · 1 yr 4 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, Leading the team for managing infrastructure of multiple applications powering the supply chain of high end data centres across the globe. Ensure high reliability and availability of the applications. Implementation of observability stack to ensure that we keep track of all the SLO of the applications. Containerisation of third party applications and ensure running them with similar benchmarks.

Lead DevOps Engineer at Razorpay, Oct 2020 - Feb 2022 · 1 yr 5 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, Migrated multiple live Production k8s clusters to EKS without downtime. Onboarded Kong API gateway with Cassandra backend on Kubernetes clusters. Improved dev-productivity and self served environments for IAC, by implementing SDLC flow for terraform as IAC. Leading the team for ensuring 100% TAT on business requests with focus on automations and self-serve and developing a feedback loop in the organisation. Automated Incident Management Process using PagerDuty and custom bot development in GoLang. Part of Organisation Level Council and contribute in shaping the architechture and process in the organisation.

Senior Devops Engineer at Razorpay, Oct 2019 - Oct 2020 · 1 yr 1 mo, Bengaluru Area, India, Effectively Managed multiple Kubernetes clusters with over 100 microservices. Single handedly optimized the Monitoring Infrastructure, and ensured a Highly available and cost effective setup using Victoria Metrics. Have good exposure in working with the monitoring systems like, Prometheus, Thanos etc. Responsible for building a highly resilient and available infrastructure on AWS and Kubernetes. Actively participated in PCI-DSS and other audits and ensured security posture of the company is maintained.

DevOps Engineer at Razorpay, Aug 2018 - Oct 2019 · 1 yr 3 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, Responsible for maintaining and managing self hosted and self managed Kubernetes Clusters using bootkube. Helped in application onboarding on the platform from scratch, dealing with K8s manifests, databases, monitoring. Wrote multiple custom scripts to handle node failures/shutdown. Implemented EFK stack for logging needs of the system. Wrote multiple terraform modules for maintaining standards and easing the job of the fellow engineers.

Linux System Administrator at Media.net, Jul 2017 - Aug 2018 · 1 yr 2 mos, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Administrator at Wipro, Dec 2015 - Jul 2017 · 1 yr 8 mos, Bengaluru Area, India

Education

B.Tech, Electronics and Communication, invertis university

A.I.S.S.C.E, PCM, Tagore public school