Varun Dutta
San Francisco Bay Area
Summary
Dynamic Senior Engineering Manager with a proven track record at Capital One, specializing in data architecture and cloud infrastructure. Achieved 400% team growth while establishing operational excellence and mentoring engineers. Expertise in Java and project management, driving scalable solutions and enhancing system reliability across diverse platforms.
Overview
21
21
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior Engineering Manager
Capital One
San Francisco Bay Area
01.2022 - Current
- Building a Data Exchange platform with optimized backend services to support multitenant environments, ensuring scalability across multiple teams.
- Established operational excellence standards, improving system reliability, observability, and incident response.
- Partnered with senior leadership to define strategy OKRs for back-end infrastructure initiatives.
- Mentored and grew engineers into senior and staff-level roles, fostering a culture of technical excellence.
- The growth of about 400% of the team and products was achieved seamlessly through leadership and the work that was done to enable it. Established some common processes to enable the stability of our applications, which enabled us to grow.
Senior Engineering Manager
Bind Personalized Health Plan
San Francisco Bay Area
06.2019 - 12.2021
- Building a digital asset management system from ground up and launching it as product which saved 5 million dollar annually.
- Built and scaled a technology team from the ground up, growing the team to over 10 members, and establishing architecture for the technology stack.
- Led the development of mobile and web applications, expanding customer engagement in new market segments.
- Directed multiple database systems (SQL, NoSQL), optimizing them for high availability and performance.
Engineering Manager
Blurb
San Francisco Bay Area
06.2018 - 05.2019
- Migrated legacy REST-based services to GraphQL, improving API maintainability and reducing complexity.
- Developed and maintained backend services supporting high-traffic publishing platforms.
- Introduced best practices in CI/CD, reducing deployment time and increasing developer efficiency.
Engineering Manager
Apple
Sunnyvale, USA
05.2015 - 05.2018
- Led backend infrastructure projects for B2B applications, ensuring high availability and scalability.
- Worked closely with senior ICs to define system architecture and performance improvements.
- Implemented authentication & authorization best practices (OAuth2, SAML) for secure data access.
Software Engineer → Senior Engineer → Architect
Cognizant
06.2004 - 05.2015
- Company Overview: Various Clients (Intuit, eBay, NetApp)
- Developed large-scale distributed systems, focusing on performance and high availability.
- Led API architecture discussions, optimizing for efficiency and developer experience.
- Various Clients (Intuit, eBay, NetApp)
Education
Bachelor of Technology - Electronics & Communications
Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University
Skills
- Java
- Python
- Go
- JavaScript
- AWS
- GraphQL
- REST
- GRPC
- MySQL
- Cassandra
- PostgreSQL
- DynamoDB
- Kubernetes
- Docker
- CI/CD
- Observability
- Data architecture
- Cloud infrastructure
- Project management
- Performance tuning
Key Projects Achievements
- System Performance Optimization – Reduced API latency by 40% through caching and query tuning.
- Building system that directly links to saving of 10+ million
- Engineering Team Growth & Culture – Retained, mentored, and hired senior and staff engineers, building a high-impact team.
Timeline
Senior Engineering Manager
Capital One
01.2022 - Current
Senior Engineering Manager
Bind Personalized Health Plan
06.2019 - 12.2021
Engineering Manager
Blurb
06.2018 - 05.2019
Engineering Manager
Apple
05.2015 - 05.2018
Software Engineer → Senior Engineer → Architect
Cognizant
06.2004 - 05.2015
Bachelor of Technology - Electronics & Communications
Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University
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