ANUBHAW JAIN
Director of engineering
Bangalore
Summary
Seasoned engineering leader, past startup founder, and founding member of a high-growth SaaS platform, with a proven track record of building products from concept to large-scale adoption. Experienced in building and scaling high-performing engineering teams from the ground up
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
2
2
Languages
Work History
Director & Head of Engineering
TMRW, House of Brands
Bangalore
11.2022 - Current
- Leading a 55-member engineering organization across platform, product, and mobile teams, driving end-to-end development of high-scale web and app platforms for multiple D2C fashion brands under TMRW, House of brands
- Oversee technology strategy and execution for major brands including Bewakoof, Nobero, Wrogn, Veirdo, Urbano Fashion, and TIGC, ensuring fast iteration, platform stability, and consistent brand growth.
- Built the engineering organization from zero to 55, defining hiring processes, engineering ladders, onboarding frameworks, and establishing a culture of ownership, velocity, and technical excellence.
- Established robust engineering practices across architecture reviews, coding standards, automated CI/CD pipelines, incident management, and observability—significantly improving productivity and reliability.
- Spearheaded development of multiple products from inception to scale, including new commerce platforms, internal tools, and brand-specific experiences—delivering faster go-to-market and cross-brand consistency.
- Modernized and re-architected legacy systems, improving platform performance, scalability, and reducing cloud infrastructure cost by optimizing services, storage, caching layers, and deployments.
- Collaborated with C-level leadership on technology vision, annual planning, OKRs, and budgeting, aligning engineering execution with business growth targets for the House of Brands model.
- Introduced shared platform capabilities (catalog, checkout, payments, logistics, analytics) enabling all brands to scale faster on unified infrastructure while maintaining brand-level customization.
Senior Engineering Manager, Founding Member, 1st Employee
MyGate
Bangalore
03.2016 - 11.2022
- Scaled engineering teams from 5 to 30 members while maintaining high performance and product delivery
- Mentored and trained team members, facilitating their professional growth and career advancement
- Established and implemented engineering processes including coding standards, security practices, code reviews, and deployment workflows
- Architected and delivered core product features under aggressive business timelines
- Led technical due diligence and enhancement of acquired ERP software, establishing market leadership
- Designed and implemented comprehensive AWS cloud infrastructure utilizing RDS, EC2, ECS, S3, CloudFront, CloudWatch, DynamoDB, ALB/NLB, and API Gateway
- Developed Infrastructure Access Control platform for streamlined team management
- Spearheaded integrations with major banks (Yes Bank, HDFC Bank, Kotak Bank) and payment providers (RazorPayX, PayU, Cashfree)
- Managed payment infrastructure handling monthly transactions of ₹160 Cr
- Optimized database performance through advanced query optimization, data modeling, and master-replica configurations
Co-founder, CTO
iLabs.co
Delhi
06.2015 - 03.2016
- Founded and developed shopsberry.com, a marketplace for pre-owned premium goods
- Managed end-to-end technical architecture and operations
Deputy Manager
HMCL
07.2012 - 09.2015
- Led BS IV implementation across entire Hero Motorcycles product line
- Managed development of critical motorcycle components
- Demonstrated rapid progression in responsibilities as a fresh graduate
Education
B.Tech -
Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur
Kanpur, India01.2012
Skills
NodeJs
Spring/Java
Django/Python
Drupal/PHP
MySQL
MariaDb
PostgreSQL
MongoDB
DynamoDB
Redis
Timeline
Director & Head of Engineering
TMRW, House of Brands
11.2022 - Current
Senior Engineering Manager, Founding Member, 1st Employee
MyGate
03.2016 - 11.2022
Co-founder, CTO
iLabs.co
06.2015 - 03.2016
Deputy Manager
HMCL
07.2012 - 09.2015
B.Tech -
Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur