Java(Spring Boot)
Dhaval Bhanderi
Engineering Manager
Mumbai
Summary
Results-oriented engineering leader with 12+ years of experience in developing large-scale distributed systems in Agile environments.
Well recognized for strategic planning, technical vision and roadmap, and end-to-end project execution.
Managed and mentored a 20-member high-performing engineering team, driving collaboration, accountability, and career growth.
Passionate about solving complex problems, optimizing for scale, and building high-impact teams.
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
Work History
Engineering Manager
Dream11
03.2023 - Current
- Owned and developed multiple org-wide critical multi-tenant platforms (Gateway, Auth & User, Communications) powering 750M+ RPM peak traffic, and serving approximately ~280M users.
- Led a 20-member team; hiring, firing, performance appraisals, 1:1, and coaching senior ICs and emerging managers
- Defined and executed long-term technical vision and roadmap for platforms owned, aligned with the company's growth goals.
- Defined and rolled out org-wide Software MIS, enabling leadership to track execution health, review risks early, and make data-driven prioritization decisions.
- Established cost- and quality-focused processes, reducing waste and increasing stability.
- Drove adoption of platforms to 11 tenants, collaborating with tenants, product managers, and designers across BU's
Engineering Manager
Netcore Cloud
05.2019 - 03.2023
- Hired and managed DevOps team from scratch (8 engineers), and established strong foundation of CI/CD, and release practices.
- Reduced environmental stability and consistency issues by 30% through containerization, automation, and the adoption of configuration management tools.
- Pioneered the migration of approximately 150 microservices to AWS, significantly improving scalability, deployment velocity, and operational consistency.
- Led re-architecture of multiple services to handle a scale of over 1B+ events/day, improving throughput, and reducing campaign processing time by 2.5x.
- COE for AWS, Docker, Kubernetes, and EFK, influencing org-wide platform architecture, and engineering best practices.
Technical Lead
Pepperfry.com
04.2018 - 05.2019
- Architected an end-to-end AWS Data Lake to support company-wide BI and analytics initiatives
- Managed development of multiple Microservices like Product Listing, E-Wallet, Gift Registry etc
- Managed and mentored a 7-member engineering team , owning delivery, performance management, and career development
Module Lead
ZEDO
05.2013 - 04.2018
- Developed and maintained high-throughput, unit-testable AdServer, RTB, and data-processing modules in Java, handling over 300M daily requests and over 1TB of data per day.
- Managed 80+ EC2 instances and Kubernetes clusters. Optimized for storage and compute costs.
- Designed and maintained robust CI/CD pipelines (Git/Jenkins), enabling reliable, automated releases.
Education
Bachelor of Engineering - Electronics And Communications
K.J Somaiya Institute of Engineering And IT
Mumbai, India 04.2001 -
Skills
Java, MySQL, Redis, Kafka
Software
AWS, Devops
MySQL, Redis
Kafka
Timeline
Engineering Manager
Dream11
03.2023 - Current
Engineering Manager
Netcore Cloud
05.2019 - 03.2023
Technical Lead
Pepperfry.com
04.2018 - 05.2019
Module Lead
ZEDO
05.2013 - 04.2018
Bachelor of Engineering - Electronics And Communications
K.J Somaiya Institute of Engineering And IT
04.2001 -