Sourabh Gupta

About Sourabh Gupta

Senior Engineering Manager | Strategic Leadership | Technology InnovationSeasoned Senior Engineering Manager with 19+ years of expertise in technical software management, driving business efficiency, productivity, and innovation. Proven ability to build the high-performing teams from scratch, lead and delivering large-scale distributed enterprise software and customer-facing applications with precision.Expert in complex software product management, process optimization, and strategic IT alignment to ensure on-time, within-budget delivery. Held senior leadership roles in Strategy, Delivery Management, Organizational Transformation, cost optimization and effectively aligning technology strategies with business objectives to enhance customer experience, streamline operations, and maximize business value.Core Competencies & Achievements- Strategic Leadership: Proven ability to architect IT strategies, modernize infrastructure, and lead digital transformations integrating Cloud Computing, GitHub Copilot, IoT, and GenAI to enhance agility, cost-efficiency, and cybersecurity compliance.Spearheaded Infrastructure Modernization through virtualization, containerization, and cloud solutions, enhancing agility and cost-effectiveness- Team Leadership & Culture Building: Specialized in hiring, developing, and leading high-performing cross-functional teams, fostering a collaborative, innovative culture- End-to-End Delivery Management: Expertise in software product lifecycle management, risk mitigation, and ensuring on-time, budget-conscious, high-quality delivery- DevOps & Infrastructure Management: Led DevOps adoption, ensuring robust IT infrastructures, cost-effective solutions, and security compliance across SaaS, PaaS, IaaS, and IaC (Infrastructure as Code)- Vendor & Stakeholder Relations: Skilled in vendor selection, contract negotiation, and third-party assessments, translating complex technical concepts for executive leadership (Directors, VPs) and non-technical stakeholders- Budget Optimization: Expertise in IT budget management, resource allocation, and cost-efficiency strategies while maintaining service excellence- Continuous Innovation & Process Improvement: Advocate for technology enhancements, process optimizations, and best practices, including TDD and BDD based software test automation with CI/CD pipelines, ensuring seamless software releases. Actively engaged in hackathons, tech talks, and industry summits.

Experience

1. Sr Engineering Manager

   Koch

   May 2020 — Present · Bengaluru, IN

   With a Prodcut mindset, responsible for development and end-to-end delivery of SaaS based Software applications (Web and Mobile) for “Georgia pacific” consumer products division & conditional based monitoring solutions focusing on B2B customers using Agile/ scrum. • Hiring, Onboarding and team management of different capabilities as Front end, backend, mobile, DevOps and QA and responsible for overall product delivery and management• As a Strategic leader, building and implementing the technology improvements, process and cost optimization solutions adhere to business vision• Partnering with Solutions Architects and Identifying the existing technical debts and plan• Coordination among stakeholders like Product Managers, Director of Engineering, Firmware and hardware teams, 3rd party vendors • Analyzed and reduced the operational cloud cost(AWS) through the innovative ideas • Adapting and integrate the AI tools like GitHub Copilot to increase the engineering efficiencies• Designed hiring process for team members from resume screening to on-board the staff• Facilitated different audit programs and metrics to ensure smooth running of all products, program & engineering practices. I have designed certain workflows, checklists, setup processes to remove manual efforts and bring automation to monitor these effectively• Adhering and implementing the best practices & processes like CI-CD, BDD/TDD, innovations, agile, cloud, operational excellence & data Security across the organization • Getting involved in some of the VOCs and customers calls to understand the customer needs• Data analytics using algorithm and graph libraries like Highcharts and generating the analytic reports

Education

• Heriot-Watt University

  Master of Science (M.S.), Embedded systems

  2004 — 2005

• Uttar Pradesh Technical University

  Bachelor of Technology - BTech, Computer Science

• Board of Technical Education Delhi (Govt. Polytechnic - Aryabhat)

  Diploma, Mechanical Engineering

  1995 — 1998