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Pavan Kumar Patruni
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Engineering Leadership | Shaping Systems & Teams

PAVAN KUMAR
PATRUNI

12 years building scalable systems, leading high-performance teams, and delivering impactful products.

>Leadership>Java & Spring>Node.js>React & Native>System Design

12

Years Excellence

FinTech & HealthTech Scale

20+

Engineers Led

High-Performance Squads

80%

Incident Reduction

Observability Frameworks

30K+

RPM p95 Latency

<200ms SLA Governance

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.

Tech Radar

EXPERTPROFICIENTLEARNING
stack-scan --all --depth=expert
$~/stack/leadership
  • Team Building & HiringEXPERT
  • Strategy & OKRsEXPERT
  • Agile & DeliveryEXPERT
  • Mentoring & CoachingEXPERT
$~/stack/architecture
  • Distributed SystemsEXPERT
  • System DesignEXPERT
  • API DesignEXPERT
  • Resiliency & Cloud StrategyPROFICIENT
$~/stack/backend
  • Java & Spring BootEXPERT
  • Node.js & TypeScriptEXPERT
  • SQL & NoSQLEXPERT
  • Kafka / Redis / ElasticSearchEXPERT
$~/stack/frontend
  • React & Next.jsEXPERT
  • Frontend ArchitecturePROFICIENT
  • React NativePROFICIENT
  • Web PerformancePROFICIENT
$~/stack/devops
  • CI/CD & AutomationEXPERT
  • Observability & PerformancePROFICIENT
  • Docker & KubernetesPROFICIENT
  • Infrastructure as CodeLEARNING
$~/stack/ai
  • AI-driven workflowsPROFICIENT
  • AI AgentsPROFICIENT
  • Prompt EngineeringPROFICIENT
  • RAG ArchitecturesLEARNING
24 skills indexed — 13 Expert / 9 Proficient / 2 Learning

Milestones & Impact

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MILESTONE 01 / 06Aug 2025 - Present

Senior Engineering Manager at Onsurity

  • Led 3 cross-functional backend, frontend, qa 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) into one unified commerce experience, eliminating checkout fragmentation.
  • Instituted enterprise-wide observability and incident-response standards across 3 business units, cutting production anomalies 80% 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.
  • Built a centralized catalog system unifying SKU data enterprise-wide, eliminating silos and speeding time-to-market.
  • Orchestrated zero-downtime migration from Elastic Beanstalk to K8s and enterprise MySQL/PostgreSQL/MongoDB clusters.
  • Cut infrastructure costs more than 20% by migrating SQS workloads to Kafka and optimizing cloud OpEx.
  • Overhauled SSDLC and product-collaboration frameworks, cutting time-to-market 50% via cross-org governance.
  • Operated within a regulated HealthTech/Insurtech environment, ensuring data-privacy compliance alongside high velocity feature delivery.
  • Partnered directly with Product, Design, and Executive Leadership to translate business OKRs into quarterly technical roadmaps.
02
MILESTONE 02 / 06May 2020 - Aug 2025

Engineering Manager at BharatPe

  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Boosted platform reliability and security via proactive distributed monitoring and runtime performance tuning.
  • 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.
03
MILESTONE 03 / 06Oct 2019 - Apr 2020

Associate Technology Level 2 at Publicis Sapient

  • 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.
04
MILESTONE 04 / 06May 2017 - Sep 2019

Senior Software Engineer at MiSport

  • 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.
05
MILESTONE 05 / 06Apr 2015 - Apr 2017

Software Engineer at MagikMinds

  • 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.
06
MILESTONE 06 / 06Apr 2014 - Apr 2015

Co-Founder at Heartynote

  • 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.
  • Discontinued in 2015 due to funding constraints.

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