Hyderabad, Telangana, India
Seasoned Technical Architect and Engineering Leader with 16+ years of experience designing enterprise-grade cloud-native platforms and scaling high-performing engineering teams. Proven track record of building and managing teams from 10 to 50+ engineers, owning hiring, performance reviews, and headcount planning, while driving end-to-end architecture strategy as a member of the CTO's office. Deep expertise in Azure cloud-native architecture (SaaS, AKS, Functions, Event Hub, Service Bus), microservices with DDD, API security (OAuth2, JWT, APIM, Zero Trust), and DevSecOps. Actively working at the frontier of AI- designing RAG platforms, Agentic AI pipelines, and leading Agentic SDLC initiatives to embed AI tooling (GitHub Copilot, Claude) into engineering workflows via reusable prompt templates. Known for bridging deep technical depth with strong people leadership. LEADERSHIP HIGHLIGHTS ā¢ Built and scaled engineering orgs from 10 ā 50+ engineers across multi-team environments ā¢ Owned full performance review cycles, career development planning, and compensation conversations ā¢ Led hiring end-to-end ā from defining job specs and conducting interviews to final offer decisions ā¢ Managed headcount planning and resource allocation as part of the CTO's office ā¢ Established coding standards, branching strategies, and cross-team engineering guardrails ā¢ Drove Agentic SDLC initiative ā standardized GitHub Copilot & Claude usage with reusable prompt templates ā¢ Mentored engineers from Junior ā Senior ā Lead, building a strong internal promotion pipeline