Ashwin Gupta
Gurgaon
Summary
Dynamic Product Owner driving AWS cloud platform engineering and operations. Proven track record of high-quality value delivery at pace. Expert in cloud-native app development, agile methodologies, and extreme programming practices. Fostering a culture of continuous improvement with constantly targeting debts. Leading award-winning projects in delivering excellence, developer experience, and operational efficiency. An avid public speaker and blogger on various subjects, including technology and ways of working.
Overview
20
20
years of professional experience
Work History
Product Owner, AWS Cloud Platform
Fidelity International
10.2021 - Current
- Enhanced platform agility and engineering culture as Product Owner for AWS Developer Platform, serving thousands of global developers.
- Directed an internationally distributed team focused on developer experience and continuous improvement.
- Delivered approximately 2,500 releases annually, supporting organizational agility through a 'release at will' environment.
- Lead a global team of 15 engineers and BAs to develop, deliver, and maintain the whole 'platform as a product'.
- Product owner of award-winning product recognized as 'Agile Project of the Year' and 'DevOps Project of the Year.'
Lead Architect & Tech Lead, Advisory Business
Fidelity International
07.2017 - 09.2021
- Architected and scaled a cloud-native wealth platform on AWS as a single-page application (SPA) utilizing React and Node.
- Promoted release automation and developer self-service to boost delivery excellence, and operational efficiency.
- Established a global team to deliver business value swiftly.
Engineer, EAI Platforms Modernization & Cloud
Fidelity International
04.2011 - 06.2017
- Modernized legacy enterprise application integration estate through automation and enhanced observability.
- Contributed to the early adoption of containerization and cloud-native best practices via private cloud as PaaS.
- Established platform engineering initiatives to eliminate developer friction.
WebSphere Technology Pre-Sales
IBM
01.2009 - 03.2011
- Supported enterprise clients in SOA, ESBs, App Servers, and distributed caching to create scalable business solutions.
- Developed client-facing skills to bridge technical expertise with commercial needs.
- Translated complex technologies into actionable insights for strategic business growth.
Software Engineer: Automation & Testing
IBM Hursley Labs
07.2005 - 01.2009
- Initiated career focusing on WebSphere product testing, automating manual processes to enhance efficiency.
- Developed scalable and reliable testing frameworks for comprehensive end-to-end validation.
- Established high standards for product quality through rigorous testing methodologies.
Education
Bachelor of Technology - Electrical Engineering, CGPA-8.02
IIT Roorkee
Roorkee05-2005
Skills
- AWS Technologies
- Platform and Product Engineering
- Cloud-Native AppDev
- Observability
- Testing Automation - TDD
- 12-Factor Apps
- eXtreme Programming Practices (XPP)
- Distributed Systems - Computing and Data Grids
- CI/CD
- Agile Ways of Working
- Developer experience
- API design and development
- Microservices architecture
- Infrastructure as Code
- DevOps methodologies
- Serverless computing
- ITIL Processes
Timeline
Product Owner, AWS Cloud Platform
Fidelity International
10.2021 - Current
Lead Architect & Tech Lead, Advisory Business
Fidelity International
07.2017 - 09.2021
Engineer, EAI Platforms Modernization & Cloud
Fidelity International
04.2011 - 06.2017
WebSphere Technology Pre-Sales
IBM
01.2009 - 03.2011
Software Engineer: Automation & Testing
IBM Hursley Labs
07.2005 - 01.2009
Bachelor of Technology - Electrical Engineering, CGPA-8.02
IIT Roorkee
Leadership Principles
- Advocate servant leadership, developer empowerment, and continuous learning
- Champion of empathy, agility, and building high-performing teams
- Lifelong learner — passionate about building things that matter and elevating engineering culture
- Highly focused and specialized in establishing adequate ways of working
- A great executioner of plans with delivery excellence and operational efficiency
Career Values
- Engineering is about better systems, not just more code
- Scale impact through empowerment, automation, and culture
- Embrace change and enable teams to thrive in dynamic environments
- Only a successful team can deliver successful products
Achievements And Awards
- Agile Project of the Year 2024
- DevOps Project of the Year 2023
- Testing Automation of the Year 2020
Community Engagement
- Speaker on subjects of DevOps, open source, and engineering best practices at events such as CNCFCon + Kubecon 2024, Unicom 2020 and 2024, and Navigo Systems 2025
- Author and blogger on Microservices, Cloud-Native Apps, Cloud Migrations, CI/CD, and Platform Engineering
Leadership Principles
- Advocate servant leadership, developer empowerment, and continuous learning
- Champion of empathy, agility, and building high-performing teams
- Lifelong learner — passionate about building things that matter and elevating engineering culture
- Highly focused and specialized in establishing adequate ways of working
- A great executioner of plans with delivery excellence and operational efficiency
Career Values
- Engineering is about better systems, not just more code
- Scale impact through empowerment, automation, and culture
- Embrace change and enable teams to thrive in dynamic environments
- Only a successful team can deliver successful products
GenAI
- Course on agentic AI and AI agents for leaders, Vanderbilt University, May 2025
- Agentic AI and AI agents: A primer for leaders, Vanderbilt University, Apr 2025
- Use of GenAI in my day job to complement my admin and low tech tasks
Achievements And Awards
- Agile Project of the Year 2024
- DevOps Project of the Year 2023
- Testing Automation Project of the Year 2020
Community Contributions
- Speaker at Unicom Conference on DevOps 2020: team's ways of working to achieve 'release at will' CI/CD setup
- Speaker at CloudNativeCon + KubeCon 2024: An open-source adoption journey of a financial enterprise
- Speaker Unicom Conference on DevOps 2024: How to deliver an enterprise-grade cloud platform at scale
- Speaker at the Navigo Conference on Testing 2025: faster feedback cycle via consumer-driven contract-based testing and development
- Blogger on microservices, cloud-native apps, cloud migrations, CI/CD, and platform engineering: https://medium.com/@guptashwin and https://www.linkedin.com/in/ashwgupt/recent-activity/articles
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