Pavan Patruni

Engineering Leadership

Pavan KumarPatruni

12 years building resilient systems. Leading high-performance teams. Shipping products that matter.

Pavan Kumar Patruni

Bengaluru, IN

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Years Excellence

FinTech & HealthTech Scale

Engineers Led

High-Performance Squads

Incident Reduction

Observability Frameworks

RPM p95 Latency

<200ms SLA Governance

No. 01 — Profile

About

Building durable systems and fostering a culture of ownership.

Strategy & Leadership

Translating business OKRs into engineering roadmaps. Managing squads, designing org structures, and growing engineers into senior practitioners.

Architecture & Scale

Designing high-throughput distributed systems — Java, Python, Node.js — in FinTech and HealthTech with strict SLA governance and observability.

Full-Stack & AI

Deep across the stack: backend APIs, React/React Native frontends, and integrating modern AI — LLMs, Gemini API, agentic workflows — into production systems.

Currently leading engineering at Onsurity — managing three cross-functional backend, frontend, quality and platform squads (20+ engineers) across mission-critical HealthTech, Wellness, and Payment/Billing systems. Previously at BharatPe, I led backend and mobile engineering, aligning engineering objectives with product leadership to convert business OKRs into strategic technical roadmaps.

I specialize in defining technical roadmaps and Engineering Excellence frameworks. I've introduced rigorous Design Docs & Code Reviews, elevated multiple engineers to senior roles, and reduced production anomalies by 80%. By integrating cloud-native orchestration and AI-driven workflows, I've driven a 4x acceleration in software development velocity and cut onboarding time by 40%. Passionate about engineering culture, operational excellence, and building teams that outlast the sprint.

No. 02 — Stack

Tech Radar

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Engineering Leadership

  • Team Building & Hiring
  • Strategy & OKRs
  • Agile & Delivery
  • Mentoring & Coaching
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System Architecture

  • Distributed Systems
  • System Design
  • API Design
  • Resiliency & Cloud Strategy
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Backend

  • Java & Spring Boot
  • Node.js & TypeScript
  • SQL & NoSQL
  • Kafka / Redis / ElasticSearch
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Frontend & Mobile

  • React & Next.js
  • Frontend Architecture
  • React Native
  • Web Performance
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DevOps & SRE

  • CI/CD & Automation
  • Observability & Performance
  • Docker & Kubernetes
  • Infrastructure as Code
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AI & Innovation

  • AI-driven workflows
  • AI Agents
  • Prompt Engineering
  • RAG Architectures

No. 03 — Experience

Milestones & Impact

Engineering leadership and technical execution across hyper-growth startups and enterprise platforms.

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Senior Engineering Manager

Onsurity · Bengaluru

Aug 2025 - Present
  • Led 3 cross-functional backend, frontend, quality and platform squads (20+ engineers), cut onboarding time 40% via standardized hiring rubrics and assessment frameworks, owning performance reviews, promotions, and senior hiring panels.
  • Embedded GenAI tools and automated code-gen pipelines, driving 4x acceleration in dev velocity.
  • Architected 15+ core domains (Payments, Billing, Cart, Order) and a centralized SKU catalog into one unified commerce experience, eliminating checkout fragmentation and data silos.
  • Instituted enterprise-wide observability, incident-response and SSDLC governance standards across the business units, cutting production anomalies 80% and time-to-market 50% while enforcing under 400ms p99 SLAs at 5K+ RPM.
  • Deployed distributed rate-limiting, circuit-breaking, and standardized API contracts, guaranteeing 99.99% availability under high-concurrency traffic.
  • Designed a high-throughput Wallet system with an event-sourced ledger, ensuring zero-drift balance consistency.
  • Led migration from Elastic Beanstalk to Kubernetes to enable independent service scaling and eliminate deployment bottlenecks, achieving zero-downtime cutover across MySQL/PostgreSQL/MongoDB clusters.
  • Migrated high-throughput workloads from SQS to Kafka to support multi-consumer event replay and reduce per-message cost at scale, cutting infrastructure costs 50%+.
  • Operated within a regulated HealthTech/Insurtech environment, partnering directly with Product, Design, and Executive Leadership to align compliance-driven delivery with quarterly OKRs.
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Engineering Manager

BharatPe · Gurgaon

May 2020 - Aug 2025
  • Joined as Tech Lead and promoted to Engineering Manager within the tenure, transitioning from technical ownership to full people-management of a multi-squad org.
  • Scaled multi-squad backend and mobile orgs from 6 to 14+ engineers during a hyper-growth phase, maintaining predictable execution velocity.
  • Architected high-throughput microservices with rigid API boundaries sustaining 30K+ RPM at less than 200ms SLA.
  • Designed the service-to-service contract and failure-isolation strategy underpinning that microservices layer, ensuring a single downstream lending partner outage couldn't cascade into platform-wide degradation.
  • Cut loan processing time 30% by optimizing complex domain workflows and decoupling legacy monolithic dependencies.
  • Owned performance reviews and career development for direct reports, mentoring mid-level engineers into senior roles.
  • Managed full-lifecycle delivery of distributed systems, from architecture through high-volume prod deployments.
  • Operated within a regulated RBI & NBFC environment, partnering directly with Product, Risk, and Compliance leadership to align engineering delivery with business-critical timelines.
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Associate Technology Level 2

Publicis Sapient · Gurgaon

Oct 2019 - Apr 2020
  • Contributed to enterprise-scale frontend architecture for Heathrow Airport Holdings using ReactJS and Redux to build responsive, mission-critical UIs.
  • Engineered high-visibility features including a global elastic search component and real-time flight management functionality handling high-concurrency operational data.
  • Championed clean code architecture and modular frontend practices, establishing design patterns and automated test coverage that improved long-term maintainability.
  • Maintained high-velocity execution, shipping complex production-ready features under tight deadlines while adhering to strict performance benchmarks.
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Senior Software Engineer

MiSport Manufacturing/PitchVision · Gurgaon

May 2017 - Sep 2019
  • Architected a high-availability, real-time match-search engine, delivering dynamic cricket scorecards, low-latency ball-by-ball stats, and live-streaming feeds.
  • Enhanced the core video ecosystem (PVM+), engineering player modules, automated highlight-generation workflows, and time-stamped metadata tagging.
  • Contributed to enterprise-scale multimedia platforms, developing core engines for live video players, newsfeeds, and podcast services with cross-platform compatibility.
  • Collaborated with backend and streaming teams to minimize video buffering latency and design high-throughput integration contracts.
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Software Engineer

MagikMinds · Hyderabad

Apr 2015 - Apr 2017
  • Engineered hybrid and native Android applications using Ionic and Angular, building highly responsive cross-platform architectures for real-time mobile performance.
  • Architected real-time transactional and scheduling engines, delivering core modules including Book a Service and COPSZ for seamless appointment coordination.
  • Developed mission-critical, high-availability safety applications integrating low-latency panic alerts and automated emergency notification protocols.
  • Designed and deployed GPS navigation and GIS-based mobile solutions enabling field operations with precise location tracking and optimized routing algorithms.
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Co-Founder

Heartynote · Hyderabad

Apr 2014 - Apr 2015
  • Architected a high-security, private social networking platform with encrypted communication and rigid data-isolation protocols.
  • Designed responsive UX modules including personalized activity feeds and analytics dashboards.
  • Engineered low-latency group-sharing (ROOM) and real-time engagement engines for synchronized data distribution across secure cohorts.
  • Implemented push-notification engine and immutable activity tracking ledger for audit and compliance.
  • Wound down the venture in 2015 after the funding environment tightened.

No. 04 — Writing

Latest Writings

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    Temporal in System Design — The Layer That Finally Makes Microservices Feel Reliable

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    Understanding Databases in System Design — Why Modern Applications Don’t Use Just One Database

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  3. 03

    Designing an Airline Booking System — A Complete System Design Deep Dive

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  4. 04

    Why Building a News Aggregator Is Harder Than It Looks

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  5. 05

    Understanding AI Tools Without the Jargon

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No. 05 — Connect

Let's Connect

I'm always open to discussing engineering leadership, strategic consulting, technical advisory, or exploring high-impact roles.

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