MOAZZAM ALI KHAN
Delhi NCR
Summary
Engineering leader with extensive experience at Metis Eduventures, specializing in backend architecture and team development. Led successful transition to microservices, resulting in improved system reliability and performance. Proficient in mentoring, fostering cross-functional collaboration to meet strategic objectives and enhance engineering standards.
Overview
14
14
years of professional experience
Work History
Associate Director – Backend Engineering
Metis Eduventures (Adda Education)
Delhi NCR
06.2025 - Current
- Lead backend engineering across 55+ microservices servicing two major products: Adda247 (38) and StudyIQ (17).
- Manage a 19-engineer org with 10 direct reports; oversee hiring, mentoring, and performance reviews.
- Drive architecture decisions, long-term tech strategy, and quarterly roadmap planning with RICE-based prioritization.
- Oversee AWS cost governance, platform reliability, incident management, and security compliance.
- Partner with Product, Infra, QA, and Data Engineering to deliver cross-functional initiatives.
Sr. Engineering Manager/ Engineering Manager
Metis Eduventures (Adda Education)
Delhi NCR
11.2020 - 03.2025
- Re-architected legacy monolith into scalable, containerized microservices on Kubernetes.
- Designed live-test platform handling 50K+ concurrent users with stable performance.
- Built live class system with real-time in-class quizzes powering 100K+ daily interactions.
- Implemented high-visibility observability stack reducing MTTR and improving system reliability.
- Elevated engineering processes, strengthened code quality, and built leadership capabilities within the team.
Associate Lead Engineer
Metis Eduventures (Adda Education)
Delhi NCR
06.2018 - 11.2020
- Led design and implementation of multiple features for backend and iOS platforms.
- Collaborated with product management to ensure technical solutions met business objectives.
- Aligned technical implementations with user needs through effective cross-functional teamwork.
iOS Engineer
Hike
01.2017 - 06.2018
- Developed and maintained stories and timeline features for renowned social app Hike.
Enhanced user engagement through innovative design and functionality improvements.
Collaborated with cross-functional teams to implement strategic updates.
Led debugging efforts to ensure seamless app performance.
iOS Engineer
InstaLively|Appster|NGA
06.2012 - 01.2017
- Delivered multiple consumer-grade mobile apps including WorkPass, Formulr, InstaLively and others.
Education
B.Tech - Information Technology
BBDNIIT
Lucknow01-2012
Skills
- Leadership
- Org Building
- Hiring
- Mentoring
- Performance Management
- Cross-Functional Alignment
- Incident Leadership
- Architecture
- Distributed Systems
- Event-Driven Architecture
- Observability
- High Availability
- Resilience
- Security Governance
- Java
- Spring Boot
- Spring Cloud
- Kafka
- Redis
- Elasticsearch
- MySQL
- MongoDB
- AWS
- Kubernetes
- Docker
Awards
- Star of the Month (Adda247)
- Best Team of the Year (Appster)
- Coding Rockstar Winner
Key Impact
- Scaled backend systems to 70K+ TPS, serving 6 lakh+ DAU / 40 lakh+ MAU.
- Reduced service latency from 1.5–2 sec →
- Reduced AWS cloud cost from $170,000 → $120,000 per month.
- Improved uptime from 93% → 99.95%, maintaining error rate
- Migrated monolithic application to 55+ Kubernetes-based microservices.
- Delivered high-impact systems: real-time live class engine, subscription platform, inventory management, and live test engine for 50K+ concurrent users.
Timeline
Associate Director – Backend Engineering
Metis Eduventures (Adda Education)
06.2025 - Current
Sr. Engineering Manager/ Engineering Manager
Metis Eduventures (Adda Education)
11.2020 - 03.2025
Associate Lead Engineer
Metis Eduventures (Adda Education)
06.2018 - 11.2020
iOS Engineer
Hike
01.2017 - 06.2018
iOS Engineer
InstaLively|Appster|NGA
06.2012 - 01.2017
B.Tech - Information Technology
BBDNIIT