ARVIND YADAV
Staff Software Engineer
Parker,CO
Summary
Dynamic engineering leader with over 14 years of experience in driving cloud-native modernization, developing subscription commerce platforms, and delivering high-availability services. Expertise in architectural design leveraging AWS, microservices, CI/CD, and reliability engineering ensures robust and scalable solutions. Proven ability to mentor teams, scale organizations effectively, and align engineering initiatives with overarching business objectives for sustained growth. Committed to fostering innovation and excellence in technology-driven environments.
Overview
14
14
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Staff Engineer / Engineering Leadership
Dish Network / OnTech Smart Services
Englewood, CO
04.2021 - Current
- Lead 10–15 engineers delivering OnTech nationwide smart-home services platform.
- Modernized architecture into AWS microservices improving deployment success 30% and uptime to 99.95%.
- Reduced Sev1/Sev2 production incidents 40% YoY via observability + SLO adoption.
- Enabled partner integrations 50% faster via API gateway and asynchronous messaging.
- Improved retention through onboarding programs, documentation, and leadership development pathways.
CTO / Head of Engineering
SvasthLife
Bangalore, India
04.2018 - 04.2021
- Built and led 18+ engineers across frontend & backend, mobile, and web product teams.
- Launched subscription commerce ecosystem supporting 10K+ MAU & 3x YoY order growth.
- Boosted MRR by 35% via billing automation and churn reduction.
- Reduced operational cost per order ~20% via routing optimization.
- Improved release frequency from monthly to weekly using CI/CD and DevOps practices.
Technical Head / Engineering Lead
Krackerz
Bangalore, India
07.2015 - 03.2018
- Delivered 20+ enterprise software products including e-commerce and B2B platforms.
- Managed 8–12 engineers with Agile execution and delivery governance.
- Reduced page load times 40–60% improving conversion and reliability.
- Implemented scalable architectures meeting enterprise SLAs for uptime and performance.
- Designed reusable multi-brand commerce engine shortening go-live timelines by 25%.
Senior Software Engineer
Autumn Ltd
Bangalore, India
06.2013 - 06.2015
- Led cross-functional delivery of digital commerce and marketing platforms.
- Improved release predictability through sprint planning and delivery governance.
- Optimized front-end and back-end systems for performance and scalability.
Software Engineer
AliveNow
Bangalore, India
02.2012 - 06.2013
- Designed reusable multi-brand commerce engine shortening go-live timelines by 25%.
Education
B.E. - Information Technology
APIIT / Staffordshire University
Panipat Haryana India01.2011
Skills
- Leadership & Execution
- People Management
- Hiring & Mentorship
- Agile
- Stakeholder Management
- Cloud Architecture
- Microservices
- API Design
- Event-driven systems
- AWS
- DevOps
- E-commerce
- Payments
- Subscriptions
- Fulfillment Systems
- Reliability Engineering
- Nodejs
- React
- PHP/Laravel
- MySQL
- MongoDB
- Redis
- Docker
- Monitoring & SLOs
- Shopify
- Magento
- Web Technologies(HTML/CSS/JavaScript/jQuery)
- Version Control(GitLab)
- CI/CD
- Mobile Application Development
- MongoDB
- Redis
- Docker
- Monitoring & SLOs
- Shopify
- Magento
- Web Technologies(HTML/CSS/JavaScript/jQuery)
- Version Control(GitLab)
- CI/CD
- Mobile Application Development
- MongoDB
- Redis
- Docker
- Monitoring & SLOs
- Shopify
- Magento
- Web Technologies(HTML/CSS/JavaScript/jQuery)
- Version Control(GitLab)
- CI/CD
- Mobile Application Development
Accomplishments
- Modernized U.S. smart-home platform improving reliability and scalability.
- Built subscription revenue engine at SvasthLife powering rapid scale.
Certification
- ISB CTO Programme (2024–2025)
- Responsible & Ethical Generative AI
Languages
English
Full Professional
Hindi
Native or Bilingual
Timeline
Staff Engineer / Engineering Leadership
Dish Network / OnTech Smart Services
04.2021 - Current
CTO / Head of Engineering
SvasthLife
04.2018 - 04.2021
Technical Head / Engineering Lead
Krackerz
07.2015 - 03.2018
Senior Software Engineer
Autumn Ltd
06.2013 - 06.2015
Software Engineer
AliveNow
02.2012 - 06.2013
B.E. - Information Technology
APIIT / Staffordshire University
LEADERSHIP HIGHLIGHTS
- Led engineering teams of 10–18+ across backend, web, and mobile delivery.
- Partnered with Product & Ops to drive roadmap alignment and measurable outcomes.
- Built engineering cultures rooted in clarity, ownership, and continuous improvement.
- Established hiring, onboarding, and growth frameworks improving retention.
ENGINEERING MANAGEMENT EXPERIENCE
- Led and scaled 10–18+ engineers across backend, frontend, mobile, and platform teams.
- Owned delivery execution including sprint planning, roadmap delivery, and release management.
- Partnered with Product, Design, and Operations to translate business goals into technical execution.
- Drove hiring, onboarding, performance reviews, and career development, improving retention.
- Established engineering best practices across CI/CD, code reviews, incident response, and reliability.
- Balanced hands-on technical leadership with people management and long-term platform strategy.