Hi, I’m
SundaraPandyan Arumugapandian
Chennai
Summary
Visionary engineering leader with 18+ years of experience driving technical innovation across high-scale consumer platforms in e-commerce, payments, and OTT. Proven ability to architect and deliver enterprise-grade software systems scaling to 60M+ users and 1K+ TPS. Expert in leading cross-functional teams, international expansions, innovation across domains. Clear communicator, decision maker and problem solver.
Overview
18
years of professional experience
Work History
Disney+ Hotstar / JioCinema
Principal Engineering Manager (Director-level)
07.2022 - Current
Job overview
- Headed engineering for Data, Martech, SEO, and Growth International charters across 25+ countries.
- Delivered OTT streaming innovation: customer acquisition, retention, payments, and engagement.
- Spearheaded migration to scalable architecture, improving performance and user growth KPIs.
- Led A/B experimentation platform delivery with focus on business impact and precision execution.
Amazon
Software Development Manager
07.2016 - 07.2022
Job overview
- Built and scaled 3 charters including payments for emerging markets and QA automation.
- Drove digital checkout feature adoption for India; rolled out UPI, AmazonPay, and card processors.
- Launched Amazon Academy EdTech platform from pre-beta to monetization phase.
Lister Technologies
Manager – Projects
07.2015 - 06.2016
Job overview
- Led multiple e-business client deliveries on cloud/web/mobile stacks.
- Acted as solutions architect, presales consultant, and Agile coach.
Ciber - Ford IT
Principal Consultant and Java Practice Lead
01.2010 - 01.2015
Job overview
- Delivered modernization and IoT initiatives across clients in legal, healthcare, and automotive.
- Mentored Java team and led talent acquisition, presales, and proposal strategy.
Virtusa
Senior Software Engineer
09.2007 - 10.2010
Job overview
- Developed robust, scalable, modular and API-centric software solutions
- Analyzed business requirements and proposed technical solutions
- Collaborated with peers and leaders to build enterprise scale applications during pre-cloud era
- Created proofs of concept for innovative new solutions
Education
College of Engineering, GuindyDistance Education
MBA from Technology Management
01.2010
Kamaraj College of Engineering And Technology
B.E from Computer Science
01.2007
VMJ SchoolMadurai, India
10th from ICSE + 2 HSC
05-2003
University Overview
Subjects: Maths, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, History, Geography, Commerce, Computer Science
Skills
- Engineering Leadership
- Payments & E-commerce
- OTT Platforms
- Scalable software Architecture
- Design governance
- Enterprise Risk Management
- Team Building & Mentoring
- A/B Testing & Data Analysis
- Agile/Scrum
- OKRs - define and deliver
- Cloud & SaaS Solutions
- Stakeholder management
- Release management
- Artificial Intelligence pragmatism
Key Highlights
- Hands on coding and development, including state-of-the-art next-gen tools, frameworks
- Customer obsessed, A/B experimentation, commerce funnel conversion fine tuning, related data-driven decision making with statistical analysis
- Pivoted roles of Engineering Director, Technical Architect for high concurrent enterprise scale software
- Led vision, roadmap for software products and executed/delivered successfully with OKRs/KPIs being met cent percent
- Professional experience with scaling/resiliency planned with zero touch operational excellence
- Skilled in Design principles and Architectural patterns
- Specialist in legacy technology migration and modernisation
- Successful delivery of projects based on NodeJS, Java, J2EE, Cloud, SaaS, SOA, Full-stack development, Data including ML/LLM
Accomplishments
- Led roadmap OTT streaming platform for 25+ countries with measurable growth and retention
- Scaled Amazon engineering teams from scratch for emerging payments and EdTech charters
- Launched UPI, AmazonPay, and digital checkout systems tailored to Indian consumers
- Drove data-driven KPIs by strategic decision making using statistical analysis and cohort based experimentation
- Delivered 100% of product OKRs through hands-on leadership and strategic execution
- Proud to have mentored several dozens of smart engineers across the globe
Miscellaneous
- Open source evangelist
- Avid auto enthusiast especially EVs
Timeline
Principal Engineering Manager (Director-level)
Disney+ Hotstar / JioCinema
07.2022 - Current
Software Development Manager
Amazon
07.2016 - 07.2022
Manager – Projects
Lister Technologies
07.2015 - 06.2016
Principal Consultant and Java Practice Lead
Ciber - Ford IT
01.2010 - 01.2015
Senior Software Engineer
Virtusa
09.2007 - 10.2010
College of Engineering, Guindy
MBA from Technology Management
Kamaraj College of Engineering And Technology
B.E from Computer Science
VMJ School
10th from ICSE + 2 HSC
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