Srijan Mukherjee

Director of Engineering @ Visa | Cloud Platform, Distributed Systems & AI | Scaling High-Throughput Infrastructure

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

About

AI is redefining how software is built. I work on the systems that make that future possible. I build and scale mission-critical platforms that power high-throughput, globally distributed systems.Currently, I lead engineering for Visa’s private cloud platform, driving the design and evolution of infrastructure that underpins secure, resilient, and scalable financial systems. My focus is on transforming infrastructure into a product—enabling developer velocity, operational excellence, and cost efficiency at scale.Over the past decade, I’ve operated across the stack—from low-level systems in aerospace software at Honeywell to cloud-native platforms in fintech—giving me a deep appreciation for reliability, performance, and real-world constraints.My leadership philosophy is simple:- Build systems that scale without fragility- Build teams that operate with ownership and clarity- Use automation and AI to eliminate operational toilI am particularly interested in the next wave of engineering transformation:- AI-assisted platform engineering- Autonomous infrastructure and self-healing systems- Developer experience as a competitive advantageI enjoy building high-performing teams, mentoring engineers into leaders, and driving initiatives that sit at the intersection of technology, business impact, and long-term strategy.Open to conversations around Senior Director / VP Engineering roles focused on platform engineering, cloud infrastructure, and AI-driven systems.

Experience

  • Visa (9 yrs 5 mos)
    • Director
      Aug 2023 - Present · 2 yrs 11 mos

      * Lead engineering teams building AI-native developer platforms and distributed cloud infrastructure services. * Delivered an agentic workflow platform enabling enterprise automation through natural-language interfaces. * Drove ~30% developer productivity improvements through Generative AI adoption across engineering teams. * Own a platform portfolio of 18 production microservices powering infrastructure lifecycle automation. * Scaled internal job execution systems to 10M+ annual runs, improving p95 latency and reducing infrastructure utilisation. * Co-authored multiple publications under Trade Secrets on Distributed Systems, Consensus Algorithms, and State Machines

    • Senior Engineering Manager
      Aug 2021 - Aug 2023 · 2 yrs 1 mo

      - Led full-stack engineering teams building cloud infrastructure lifecycle automation services. - Delivered 10+ platform services supporting provisioning, orchestration, and operational workflows. - Increased adoption of internal job execution platform by 400% across engineering teams. - Reduced hotfix frequency by 45% while achieving >98% reliability and >95% SLA compliance. - Co-authored internal intellectual property related to distributed scheduling systems.

    • Staff Software Engineer
      Jan 2019 - Aug 2021 · 2 yrs 8 mos

      Core engineer for CloudView, VISA’s internal infrastructure platform for provisioning and lifecycle management. Led initiatives for hybrid cloud integration and automation gateways. Introduced HTTP/2 streaming and server-sent events to improve platform communication efficiency. Mentored engineers on distributed system design and platform architecture.

  • Honeywell Technology Solutions, Inc. (4 yrs 3 mos)
    • Senior Engineer
      Jun 2013 - Feb 2017 · 3 yrs 9 mos

      Developed mission-critical avionics software for Next-Generation Flight Management Systems used by major aircraft manufacturers. Built developer tooling and automation frameworks supporting avionics software certification processes. Ported legacy ARINC-661 UI design tools to web technologies to modernize internal development workflows. Developed high-performance asynchronous services and productivity tools using C#, .NET, and distributed messaging systems.

    • Project Trainee
      Dec 2012 - Jun 2013 · 7 mos

      Designing, developing and maintaining a multitude of software tools used internally within the organization primarily to aid productivity and ensure process adherence in the software development life cycle for Flight Management Systems Software in Honeywell.

  • Summer Intern at SRM Research Institute, Bangalore
    May 2012 - Jun 2012 · 2 mos

    Worked at developing a desktop application CLASSICO (CLASSroom Sharing by Interactive COnferencing) for one to one audio/video communication between a rural school and urban school. Here I was vested with ownership of the entire software product which had to be put together in a very short period of time and within a limited budget constraints and platform limitations.