Sushant Kathuria
Technical Manager & Senior Software Engineer
I build scalable software, lead engineering teams, and transform ideas into production-ready products.
About
Engineering leadership, grounded in hands-on craft
11+
Years experience
100M+
Users served
Technical Manager and Senior Engineer with 11+ years of experience leading engineering teams, owning product roadmaps, and delivering scalable SaaS platforms across MarTech, EdTech, and IP-Tech domains. I bridge the gap between business stakeholders and engineering teams — translating product vision into technical strategy, mentoring developers, and driving on-time delivery across complex, multi-team initiatives.
Engineering Leadership
11+ years managing delivery, mentoring developers, and owning roadmaps for teams of 5+ engineers.
Backend & Systems
Deep hands-on expertise in Python, PHP, and distributed systems architecture at scale.
Product Development
Shipped SaaS platforms for enterprise clients including Adidas, Huawei, and Qatar Foundation.
Cloud & Infrastructure
AWS-native architecture — EC2, S3, RDS, CloudWatch, IAM — built for reliability and scale.
AI-Assisted Development
Integrated AI recommendation engines and OCR/NLP pipelines into production products.
Built products for scale
Architected backend systems serving customer engagement platforms at massive scale.
Experience
11+ years shipping and leading
A track record of owning delivery end-to-end — from architecture decisions to the teams that build them.
Assistant Manager – Engineering · Netcore Cloud
Gurugram, India
- Managed engineering delivery across multiple concurrent product workstreams — owning sprint planning, task allocation, and stakeholder reporting for a customer engagement platform serving 100M+ users.
- Architected a funnel backend rearchitecture and led cross-team execution, reducing data processing latency by 40% and unblocking real-time analytics capabilities for enterprise clients.
- Spearheaded Unbxd AI recommendation engine integration into email journeys, lifting estimated click-through rates by 30%; built a WhatsApp payload personalisation engine reducing campaign config effort by 60%.
- Drove technical design reviews and code quality standards across the team; introduced engineering best practices that improved feature release velocity and reduced post-release defects.
Senior Software Engineer · Appringer
Client: Knimbus
Remote
- Engineered proxy IP-based secure access for 15+ premium academic libraries (ScienceDirect et al.), enabling seamless digital access for 200+ educational institutions.
- Optimised API integration modules via intelligent caching and request batching, reducing third-party data fetch times by 35% and boosting platform content availability by 25%.
Team Lead – Product Development · GreyB Research
Chandigarh, India
- Managed and mentored a team of 5+ developers — conducting code reviews, defining technical standards, and allocating resources across 10+ concurrent enterprise projects for Adidas, Huawei, and Qatar Foundation.
- Architected Slate, an interactive patent collaboration platform with OCR, NLP annotation, and Solr-powered full-text search, reducing client patent analysis time by 70%.
- Designed and deployed the InspireIP Tool on AWS, a cross-platform patent approval workflow application that cut manual approval turnaround time by 50% for IP departments.
Featured Projects
Products built end-to-end
A selection of platforms I've architected and led — from problem definition to production.
Skills
Tools of the trade
A cross-section of the languages, platforms, and practices I use to ship reliable software.
Backend
Frontend
Cloud
Databases
DevOps
AI Tools
Contact
Let's build something together
Open to engineering leadership roles, high-impact backend work, and interesting products. Reach out directly.