Sahil Purav
Engineering Director | Principal Architect | Building Scalable AI-Driven Platforms | Leading Global Teams in Cloud, Microservices & Product Delivery
- Role
- Director at Cactus Communications
- Location
- Mumbai, MH, IN
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Sahil Purav
With 14 years of experience, I lead a 100+ member global engineering team focused on building scalable infrastructure and AI-powered systems. I specialize in GenAI integration, automation, and global delivery—solving complex challenges with solutions that are fast, intelligent, and business-aligned.
Experience
Director
Jul 2023 — Present · Mumbai, IN
Scaled the global engineering organization from 5 to 70+ members, building leadership layers and enabling distributed Agile delivery across multiple geographies. Led modernization of a large-scale Laravel monolith (5K+ routes, 100+ CRONs, 50+ queues) into a fault-tolerant microservices ecosystem, achieving 99.99% uptime and major performance gains.Owned and optimized a $1M annual tech budget, achieving a 20% reduction in infrastructure costs through architecture simplification, automation, and performance tuning. Implemented multi-cloud cost frameworks across AWS and GCP, reducing annual spend by 23% while maintaining SLA compliance and reliability.Drove full-stack modernization by upgrading front-end frameworks (AngularJS → Angular 20, React) and back-end platforms (Laravel v7 → v11), improving performance by 3x and accelerating delivery. Introduced micro frontend architecture using NX, cutting build times by 90% and enabling faster, parallelized releases.Built a centralized data intelligence platform processing over 3B data points monthly, enabling data-driven decision-making and leadership insights. Developed a multi-TLD federated SSO serving 1M+ monthly users across 10+ domains, improving access, security, and user experience.Directed hybrid cloud architecture leveraging AWS Lambda, CloudFront, and GCP BigQuery to enhance scalability and reduce latency. Lowered technical debt by 40% and support tickets by 35% through CI/CD standardization, observability, and best practices.Championed AI-augmented developer productivity through automation and intelligent tooling. Mentored and developed future engineering leaders via a structured competency framework, improving retention, skill depth, and promotion readiness.Result: Progressed from Software Engineer to Director within nine years through consistent delivery, innovation, and organizational impact.
Education
Valia College
B.Sc.I.T.
2008 — 2011
Bal Vidya Mandir
SSC
2005 — 2006
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