Pushpendra Kumar
Ayaan Gandhi Wafna, Wagholi, Pune
Summary
Dynamic engineering leader with over 10 years of experience in building and scaling high-availability distributed systems and AI-driven platforms. Proven track record of leading multi-squad teams of 20+ engineers, consistently delivering systems with 99.99% uptime and managing platforms that process over 50 million monthly messages. Expertise in microservices, event-driven architecture, and generative AI (including LangChain and RAG), coupled with a strong commitment to architecture ownership, timely delivery, and fostering team growth. Demonstrated ability to drive innovation and efficiency in complex technical environments while mentoring teams to reach their full potential.
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior Software Engineering Manager
Bajaj Finserv Health
04.2022 - Current
- Led 3 cross-functional squads (Bots, Communication, Campaigns) with end-to-end ownership
- Managed & mentored 20+ engineers , improving team productivity by 20%
- Built EngageRx , a high-scale campaign orchestration platform from scratch
- Scaled omni-channel messaging platform (SMS, WhatsApp, Email, Push) to 50M+ monthly messages , maintaining 99.99% uptime
- Designed event-driven microservices (Kafka + Kubernetes) → improved scalability by 40% and reduced latency by 25%
- Built AI-powered chatbots using OpenAI + LangChain (RAG pipelines) → +25% engagement , -35% response time , +20% resolution rate
- Implemented KEDA-based auto-scaling , optimizing infrastructure cost and system reliability
- Partnered with product & business teams to align engineering execution with OKRs
Senior Software Engineer
Valuebound
07.2021 - 03.2022
- Built scalable CMS platforms using Node.js, React, AWS, Docker
- Reduced manual effort by 40% via automation
- Led team delivery, improving sprint velocity by 20%
FULL STACK DEVELOPER
Code My Mobile India Pvt Ltd
05.2019 - 06.2021
- Improved product retention by 18% through feature enhancements
- Increased payment success rate by 10% via Stripe integration
- Reduced deployment time by 35% using CI/CD pipelines
Earlier Experience
B2X Service Solutions | Jaypore E-Commerce (2016–2019)
05.2018 - 05.2019
- Improved system scalability by 20% and reduced failure rates by 10%
- Achieved 99.95% uptime during peak traffic
- Built mobile app with 50K+ downloads (4.5⭐ rating)
Education
MCA - Computer Science
Banaras Hindu University (BHU)
Varanasi06-2016
BCA - Computer Science
Uttam Institute of Technology And Management Studies
Agra01-2012
Skills
- Architectural Design Principles, SOLID, Scalable System Design
- Microservices & Event-driven Architecture
- Nodejs (NestJS, Expressjs), PHP (Laravel)
- Kafka, RabbitMQ
- Reactjs, Angular , TypeScript
- Ionic (Hybrid Mobile App Development)
- Generative AI (OpenAI), LangChain , RAG Pipelines
- Conversational AI, Chatbots
- Vector Search & Semantic Retrieval
Architecture & Backend Systems
Frontend & Mobile Development
AI & LLM Engineering
- Bot Platforms: Yellowai, Sinch Chatlayer
- AWS, Azure
- Kubernetes, Docker, KEDA
- CI/CD: CircleCI, Azure DevOps
- RESTful APIs, GraphQL
- MongoDB, PostgreSQL, MySQL, Redis
- Elasticsearch, Apache Solr
- Prometheus, Grafana
- ELK Stack (Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana)
Cloud, DevOps & Infrastructure
Data, APIs & Search
Monitoring & Observability
Declaration
I hereby declare that the information provided is accurate and complete to the best of my knowledge
Timeline
Senior Software Engineering Manager
Bajaj Finserv Health
04.2022 - Current
Senior Software Engineer
Valuebound
07.2021 - 03.2022
FULL STACK DEVELOPER
Code My Mobile India Pvt Ltd
05.2019 - 06.2021
Earlier Experience
B2X Service Solutions | Jaypore E-Commerce (2016–2019)
05.2018 - 05.2019
BCA - Computer Science
Uttam Institute of Technology And Management Studies
MCA - Computer Science
Banaras Hindu University (BHU)