Sanobar K Khan

About Sanobar K Khan

I\'m an engineering executive who builds and scales high-performing engineering. organizations while delivering enterprise-grade cloud platforms.WHAT I\'VE BUILT:Engineering Leadership→ Scaled engineering from 5 to 300+ engineers across India, USA, and Japan→ Maintained 95% retention through culture of ownership and excellence→ Mentored 20+ engineers to senior/architect levels→ Built distributed teams delivering complex technical initiatives on timePlatform & Technical Delivery → Architected cloud-native platforms serving 1.6M+ users (99.95% reliability)→ Led platform modernization, consolidating 3 legacy systems into microservices→ Delivered enterprise migrations processing 2M+ daily transactions (zero downtime)→ Integrated AI/GenAI capabilities (LangChain, RAG) for customer-facing featuresBusiness Impact→ Drove platform supporting [estimate $XXM] in business value→ Reduced infrastructure costs by [X%] through cloud optimization → Enabled [Y%] faster time-to-market through engineering excellence→ Supported business growth from [X to Y customers/revenue]WHAT I BRING AS VP ENGINEERING/CTO: Proven ability to scale engineering orgs (5→55+ engineers) Technical vision aligned with business strategy Executive communication and stakeholder management Modern tech stack expertise (Cloud, AI/GenAI, Microservices) P&L ownership and cost optimization mindset Cross-functional leadership across Product, Operations, BusinessCurrently leading platform modernization at a multinational technology company.Open to VP Engineering and CTO opportunities where I can leverage my experience. scaling engineering organizations and delivering business impact through technology.Let\'s connect.

Experience

1. Principal Architect Senior Engineering Leader

   Softura

   Nov 2024 — Present · Chennai, IN

   Principal Architect (VP-Level Scope) – Global Enterprise Platform ModernizationMultinational Technology Corporation (Softura)| Nov 2024 – PresentLeading: 55 engineers across India/USA/Japan | Budget:$10M | Platform: 1.6M+ usersEXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP & BUSINESS IMPACT→ Own technical vision and execution strategy for $10M platform modernization consolidating 3 legacy systems, directly impacting company\'s ability to serve enterprise customers→ Led cross-functional initiative with C-level stakeholders (CTO, CPO, COO) across 3 countries, managing executive communications and strategic roadmap alignment→ Drive engineering budget optimization, reducing infrastructure costs by 30% while improving reliability to 99.95%→ Partner with Product and GTM leadership on technical positioning for 5 new deals worth $70MENGINEERING ORGANIZATION & TALENT→ Lead distributed engineering organization of 55+ across India, the USA, and Japan with direct management of 5 senior managers/architects→ Established engineering excellence standards, career frameworks, and performance systems resulting in 5% retention, 12 promotions→ Mentor leadership team through complex technical and organizational challenges, built culture of ownership and accountability→ Drive talent strategy: hired 8 senior engineers, scaled team 50%, established technical interview standardsTECHNICAL DELIVERY AT SCALE→ Architect large-scale distributed system: microservices backend + 12 React micro frontends, ensuring scalability, security, reliability for 1.6M+ users→ Champion AI/GenAI integration: led POCs for agentic frameworks. to improve engineering productivity and deliver AI-powered customer features→ Own platform SLAs: 99.95% uptime,<200 ms response times, zero-downtime deployments through robust DevOps practicesStack.NET Core, React, Azure, Microservices, SQL, AI/GenAI, Azure DevOps

Education

• GD Matriculation Hr. Sec. School

  High School, Mathematics and Computer Science

  2003 — 2005

• Sri Ramakrishna Engineering College

  Bachelor’s Degree, Electrical and Electronics Engineering

  2005 — 2009

Skills

• Asp.net Ajax
• Xml
• Microsoft Sql Server
• Sql
• Asp.net
• Requirements Analysis
• Sharepoint Server
• Wcf Services
• Javascript
• Java
• C
• Software Development
• Sharepoint Administration
• Html
• Oracle Sql Developer