Dushyant Gaur

About Dushyant Gaur

Experienced Technology Leader | AI-Led Platforms | E-Commerce | PayTV | Entertainment | Telecom | Product Development | Team Building | LeadershipWith over 24 years of hands-on experience in the technology domain, I have led successful initiatives across diverse industries including E-Commerce, PayTV/Entertainment, and Telecom. My expertise lies in building AI led innovative products, leading high-performance teams, and driving large-scale transformations, from inception to growth.Currently, I serve as a key leader at Jio Platforms Limited, where I am responsible for overseeing strategic technology initiatives for AJIO.com and Shein India. Driving Agentic AI and Generative AI initiatives, including LLM-powered search, conversational commerce, and AI-augmented engineering productivity. I have spearheaded transformative projects such as migrating from monolithic architectures to microservices and enabling robust cloud infrastructures.Previously, I have had the privilege to work with groundbreaking startups such as SlingMedia (acquired by Echostar/Dish Networks) and Kodiak Networks (acquired by Motorola), where I played pivotal roles in building cutting-edge consumer products that have impacted millions globally.I specialize in building and scaling high-performing teams, managing complex projects, and driving collaboration across geographically distributed teams. With a passion for innovation and operational excellence, I thrive in fast-paced environments where technology is key to business success.

Experience

1. VP & Head of Engineering

   Ajio.Com

   Sep 2015 — Present · Bangalore, IN

   VP, Head of Engineering, Jio Platforms Ltd | Bangalore, IndiaAJIO.com & a key technology leadership role for driving strategic technology initiatives for building and scaling AJIO.com and Being responsible for building technology platforms, driven some of the key mega transformations like monoliths to micro-services and cloud migrations.AI & Agentic Initiatives:• Driving multiple Agentic AI initiatives across AJIO and SHEIN India.• Led adoption of Vertex AI Search for AI-driven fashion discovery at scale.• Built LLM-powered Fashion Assistant enabling conversational shopping and styling guidance.• Designed MCPs (Model Context Protocols) to integrate ChatGPT-based applications.• Championed AI-augmented engineering using Cursor and Claude to improve developer velocity, refactoring, and onboarding.Key Responsibilities: · As a founding member of the team, built AJIO.com, from ground up and driving growth of the AJIO and · Heading a function with a team of 100+, responsible for delivery, process, and people management. · Lead strategic and tactical initiatives on scale, growth, conversion and retention. · Leading solutions, system architecture and performance tuning of high-availability & low-latency systems. · Establishing various engineering processes and KPIs to deliver high quality products.

Education

• M.B.M. Engineering College, Jodhpur

  Master of Computer Application, Computer Applications

  1998 — 2002

• Jai Narain Vyas University

  B.Sc., Electronics, Physics, Mathematics

  1995 — 1998

Skills

• Agile Methodologies
• C++
• Objective-C
• C
• Debugging
• Mobile Applications
• Rest
• Symbian
• Integration
• Sdlc
• Design Patterns
• Iphone
• Mobile Devices
• Ios
• Programming
• Ios Development
• User Interface
• User Interface Design
• Software Development
• Live Streaming
• Android
• Software Development Life Cycle (Sdlc)
• Ios (Iphone/Ipad)
• Apple Hls
• Agile
• Android Development
• Payment Gateways
• Ecommerce
• Google Analytics
• Digital Rights