Post by Himanshu Asati
SDE II @ Razorpay | Ex-Jio | Golang | Distributed Systems | Fintech | Payments
Some chapters leave a lasting impact, not just because of the work, but because of the people you meet along the way. As I look back on my 1.5 - year journey at Razorpay , I'm grateful for everything it brought me. During this time, I had the opportunity to work across the POS BU (Omni) and the R1 BU, contributing to the Partnerships, Onboarding, and Rize teams. Each team came with its own challenges, and every transition pushed me to learn, adapt, and grow as an engineer. Product: To Pratul Gupta - thank you for the collaboration, thoughtful discussions, and for always keeping customer impact at the heart of what we built. Working together made every milestone even more rewarding. Managers: A special thank you to Apurva Gupta , Shobhit Jain and Ketan Somani for believing in me, trusting me with ownership, and creating an environment where I could continuously learn and take on new challenges. Your mentorship has had a lasting impact on my professional growth. Leadership: To Rizwanul Haque and Ashish Tewari - thank you for setting a clear vision and building a culture that encouraged innovation, ownership, and continuous learning. Engineering: To Shwetabh Shekhar , Sunny Aggrawal , Bhavya Y , Danish Iqbal , Manikanta Kandagatla , Venkata Subbaiah Machunuru , Sujan Adiga , Ketan Suryawanshi , Sahaj Dave , Shwatang Agarwal , Sathwik Kuriseti , Lokesh B M , Anup Kanere , Jeevith R , Ayushi Dubey , Abhinav Kumar , Srijan Baranwal , Arun kumar G E , Sai Phanidhar Ravinuthala , Ananya Agrawal - thank you for every code review, architecture discussion, debugging session, production incident, sprint, and release. The late-night fixes, shared victories, and everyday collaboration made this journey memorable. I learned something from each one of you, and I'm grateful to have worked alongside such an incredible team. Razorpay wasn't just a place where I wrote code - it was where I learned to solve problems at scale, work with exceptional teammates, and appreciate the value of strong collaboration. As I begin the next chapter, I'm taking forward not just technical learnings, but the relationships and experiences that made this journey special. Thank you, Razorpay. On to what's next. 🚀 #Razorpay #SoftwareEngineering #EngineeringCulture #CareerGrowth #Learning #Teamwork #TechLife #NextChapter