Anurag M

ENGINEERING LEADERSHIP

ANURAG MAHANTO

Senior Engineering Manager | Building & Scaling High-Performance Teams

“Engineering Leader scaling distributed systems to 2M+ users with 99.99% uptime. Built 36-person org, drove $2.3M deals, 40% velocity gains.”

13+

Years in Tech

36+

Engineers Led

2M+

Users at Scale

99.99%

System Uptime

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Core Competencies

Leadership & Business

  • Engineering Org Building (0→36 in 90 days)
  • Technical Strategy & Roadmap Ownership
  • Cross-functional Leadership (Product, SRE, Business)
  • Hiring, Mentoring & Career Development (95% retention)
  • P&L Management (INR 13Cr budget)
  • Vendor Management & Build vs Buy Decisions

Technical Expertise

  • Distributed Systems & Microservices Architecture
  • High-Throughput Platforms (1.8M events/min)
  • System Design & Architecture Reviews
  • Java/Spring Boot, Golang/Gin, Python
  • AWS, Kubernetes, Docker, Kafka, Redis
  • ML Systems (TensorFlow, PyTorch, MLOps)

Domains

Fintech & Digital BankingTravel & Airline SystemsCloud Infrastructure5G/TelecomEnterprise Security

Career Timeline

Zapcom Group Inc

Mar 2025 - Present

Senior Engineering Manager

Travel/Airline & Fintech36 engineers, 5 teams, INR 13Cr P&L
  • Built 36-member engineering org across 5 teams (4 dev + DevOps/SRE) in first 90 days
  • Head of Bangalore Cost Center: INR 13Cr annual budget, direct CTO reporting, weekly CEO connects
  • Drove $2.3M+ deal acquisition through presales collaboration (SOW/MSA, RFP response, client pitches)
  • Achieved 40% velocity improvement through engineering excellence and DevEx initiatives
  • Architected high-throughput platform: Golang/Gin, MongoDB, Redis, Kafka - 99.99% uptime

IDFC First Bank

Feb 2022 - Jan 2025

Technical Manager

Fintech / Digital Banking12 engineers + 60 contractors, 7 products, 2M+ MAU
  • Led 12-person team + 60 contractors delivering 7 digital banking products serving 2M+ MAU
  • Architected microservices platform using Java/Spring Boot + React handling 2M+ monthly active users
  • Built fraud detection system using Python/TensorFlow achieving 99.5% accuracy; established MLOps practice
  • Drove INR 90Cr revenue through innovative digital banking applications
  • Achieved 95% retention, promoted 11+ engineers; reduced production incidents by 45% via SRE practices
  • Led RBI Card Tokenization project with zero compliance findings in audit

Nokia Networks

Jul 2020 - Feb 2022

R&D Lead

Telecom / 5G Infrastructure8 engineers, 1.8M events/min throughput
  • Led 8-member team developing 5G network orchestration and cloud-native infrastructure
  • Architected logging service processing 1.8M events/minute with 99.99% uptime using Golang
  • Reduced infrastructure costs by 40% through cloud-native transformation
  • Mentored 8 engineers to senior roles; defined technical roadmap for observability platform

Tech Mahindra (IBM Cloud)

Mar 2018 - Jul 2020

Senior Software Engineer

Cloud InfrastructureML-powered automation at scale
  • Led ML-powered infrastructure automation for IBM Cloud Platform
  • Built ML system monitoring using Python/TensorFlow achieving 95% accuracy in failure prediction
  • Developed resource optimization framework delivering 35% infrastructure cost reduction
  • Implemented predictive bug detection reducing production incidents by 40%

Paladion (Eviden Business)

Dec 2012 - Mar 2018

Senior Software Engineer

Enterprise Security3 teams, 12 engineers mentored
  • Led 3 cross-functional teams delivering enterprise security solutions
  • Built security monitoring platform using ASP.NET MVC + React with 35% performance improvement
  • Mentored 12 junior engineers; established cross-functional collaboration practices

Key Achievements

Quantified impact across scale, teams, and business outcomes

Scale & Systems

  • 2M+ users served with 99.99% uptime

  • 1.8M events/minute logging service

  • High-throughput platforms: Golang, Kafka, Redis

Team & Org Building

  • 36 engineers across 5 teams in 90 days

  • 95% retention; 11+ promotions

  • Hired 10+ engineers; established intern pipeline

Business Impact

  • $2.3M+ deal acquisition via presales

  • INR 90Cr revenue from digital banking

  • INR 13Cr P&L as Cost Center Head

Technical Excellence

  • 99.5% accuracy fraud detection (ML)

  • 40% velocity improvement

  • 35-45% infrastructure cost reduction

  • Zero findings in RBI compliance audit

Case Studies

Detailed examples of complex challenges and measurable outcomes

Technical Breadth

Languages

JavaGolangPythonTypeScriptC#

Backend & APIs

Spring BootGinNode.js.NET CoreRESTgRPC

Data & Messaging

PostgreSQLMongoDBRedisKafkaOracle

Cloud & Infrastructure

AWSKubernetesDockerTerraform

ML/AI

TensorFlowPyTorchMLOpsScikit-learn

Observability

PrometheusGrafanaELK StackDatadog

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Contact Information

Location

Bangalore, India

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