Deepak Sharma

About Deepak Sharma

I bring 20+ years of experience in software engineering leadership, driving both product development and quality transformations across Fintech, Gaming, Security, and Virtualization domains.With a Master’s from BITS Pilani, I have built and scaled high-performing global teams and delivered large-scale initiatives that combined engineering excellence with measurable business impact.Career Highlights:Paytm (AVP, Core Payments Platform) → Led core payments QA & engineering for Cards, UPI, Wallet, and Settlement flows; enabled $300M annual cost savings, 3x revenue growth, and received the CEO & CTO “Game Changer” Award.PayU (Engineering Manager, LazyPay) → Conceptualized, architected, and scaled BNPL platform from scratch to 1M DAU, recognized with global leadership awards.Bluestacks, VMware, McAfee → Delivered engineering quality and reliability for virtualization, Android, and security products, earning global awards for innovation and delivery.Specializations:Engineering Leadership & Product Lifecycle (PLC) – from conceptualization → architecture → development → go-to-market, successfully building and scaling global teams to achieve delivery excellence.Distributed Systems & Scalable Platforms – expertise in payments platforms, high-availability systems, and large-scale consumer apps.Business-Aligned Delivery – translating complex engineering into tangible revenue growth, cost efficiency, and customer value.Talent Development – mentoring engineering leaders and creating resilient, high-performance organizations.I am passionate about bridging Product, Engineering, and Business to deliver scalable, reliable, and market-winning technology solutions.#EngineeringLeadership #DistributedSystems #Fintech #Gaming #ProductLifecycle #GoToMarket

Experience

1. Director of Engineering

   Startup

   Jan 2025 — Present

Education

• Birla Institute of Technology and Science

  Master of Technology (M.Tech.)

• Kurukshetra University

  B.Tech

Skills

• Android
• Manual Testing
• Shell Scripting
• Load Testing
• Purify
• Quality Center
• Agile Testing
• Test Automation
• C#
• Risk Based Testing
• QA Automation
• Selenium
• Bugzilla
• Test Cases
• Exploratory Testing
• Perl
• Python
• Virtualization
• Black Box Testing
• White Box Testing
• Website Testing
• UI Testing
• Test Analysis
• Cloud Computing
• Java
• Php
• Jmeter
• Regression Testing
• Test Planning
• Gdb
• Valgrind
• High Availability
• Javascript
• Testing
• Compatibility Testing
• Mcafee Epo
• Software Quality Assurance
• Hp-UX
• Fault Tolerance
• Vmware Esx