Ajay K.
Director of Engineering | High-Scale Distributed Systems
- Role
- Director of Engineering at Swiggy
- Location
- Bengaluru, KA, IN
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Ajay K.
I lead Platform Services for Instamart, owning the engineering strategy behind high-scale, real-time commerce systems. I manage a large engineering organization, driving architectural direction, operational excellence, and leadership development across teams.With 14+ years of experience across e-commerce, logistics, and fintech, I’ve built and scaled distributed systems handling high transaction volumes with strong reliability and security standards. My focus is on aligning technology with business outcomes, improving execution velocity, reducing incident rates, and building durable engineering cultures.I combine deep systems expertise with org design and long-term technical vision.
Experience
Director of Engineering
Feb 2026 — Present · Bengaluru, IN
Leading Platform Services for Instamart, responsible for building and scaling the core engineering foundations that power high-velocity commerce operations.Overseeing architecture, reliability, developer productivity, and platform governance across distributed teams. Driving operational excellence, production stability, and scalable system design to support rapid business growth.
Education
Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay
Bachelor of Technology, Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering
2008 — 2012
Rashtriya Shishu Shiksha Sadan, Hanumangarh Town
Higher School Certificate, Mathematics
1995 — 2007
Skills
- Fpga
- Struts
- Java
- Algorithms
- Smart Gwt
- Sql Pl
- Continuous Integration
- Core Java
- Electrical Engineering
- Entrepreneurship
- C++
- C
- Programming
- J2ee Application Development
- Linux
- Matlab
- Data Structures
- Assembly Language
- Gwt
- Photoshop
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