Badri Narayan Manicka

About Badri Narayan Manicka

CTO | VP Engineering | Scaling Global Engineering Orgs19+ years of engineering leadership across Google, redBus, and Koo. I bridge the gap between complex technical roadmaps and Board-level business objectives, specializing in Fintech, AdTech, and AI-driven platforms.Core Impact:Scale: Led 0→1 builds and 1→X scaling for global distributed systems.Reliability: Architected uptime platforms at petabyte scale.Efficiency: Driven major cloud cost optimizations and infrastructure right-sizing.Innovation: Expert in ML-powered discovery, data platforms, and GenAI integration.The Goal: Building high-velocity engineering cultures that deliver reliable, cost-efficient systems without compromising on speed. Open to Hands on CTO / VP Engineering / Head of Engineering roles.

Experience

1. Director of Engineering

   Zeta

   Apr 2025 — Present · Bengaluru, IN

   Building High-Velocity Engineering Cultures.Driving Generative AI initiatives to improve efficiency and automation in account process workflows of Credit Card SaaS

Education

• Bharathidasan University (BDU), Tiruchirappalli

  B.Tech

Skills

• Perl
• Junit
• Css
• Jquery
• UX
• Shell Scripting
• Tomcat
• Unikernels
• J2ee Application Development
• Ios
• Oop
• Unix
• Elixir
• Ext Js
• Spring
• Data Visualization
• Equities
• Jboss Application Server
• Unix Shell Scripting
• Swift
• Backbone.js
• Erlang
• Webgl
• Functional Programming
• Distributed Systems
• Jsp
• Scalability
• Jms
• Servlets
• Design Patterns
• Coffeescript
• Ant
• Java Enterprise Edition
• Docker
• Oojs
• Javascript
• Html 5
• Sass
• Mongodb
• Java