KETAN
SAXENA

Engineering Leader | Problem Solver | Aspiring writer

Work Experience

2021 - Present

Engineering Manager

Delivery Hero / Talabat, Berlin / Dubai

Responsible for working on multiple projects, delivering tasks and making sure squads are meeting the deadlines and OKRs. Create long term technical roadmaps for products and milestone breakdowns. Making sure that the code and the architecture are scalable and maintainable across multiple projects in the company by following suitable patterns and best practices. Involved in hands-on coding for sprint tasks (~30%). Conducting technical interviews for new hires.

2016 - 2020

Senior Engineer | Tech Lead

Gammastack, Indore, India

Responsible for leading multiple projects, creating architecture as per clients needs and managing client's expectations. Ensuring scalability and maintainability across multiple teams by following suitable patterns. Create and deploy complex microservice as well as serverless architectures over cloud.

2014 - 2016

Software Engineer

Webonise Lab, Pune, India

Worked on a wide array of technologies and took architectural decisions. Mentored other developers, performed code reviews, managed deployments and CI setup. Key member for client interaction and requirement analysis.

My Goals

Find Peace . Share Love . Build Things

Professionally

I’m still searching for that rare combination — a product I believe in and a visionary leader whose mission I can align with. My goal is to become a core pillar of a company that values trust, autonomy, and long-term thinking. I want to inspire the next generation of engineers, lead with empathy, and never stop learning from those around me.

Personally

I aspire to retire early, spend meaningful time with my daughter, and raise her with values rooted in empathy, resilience, and generosity. Life doesn’t have to be extravagant — but I do appreciate great cars, slow travels, and the freedom to explore.

"I’m an explorer at heart — curious, adaptable, and always up for a technical challenge that pushes my limits. Outside the world of code, I’m an aspiring author with a love for crafting sci-fi novels, short stories, and speculative fiction. Engineering may be my craft, but storytelling is my compass."

My Skills

Architectural Mastery & Technical Leadership

Fullstack Development

Hands on experience in Nodejs, Angular, React.js, GoLang, Ruby on rails and frameworks like Meteor.js. I code with SOLID and DRY concepts in mind while using modern tools like Datadog, Grafana, and Google Analytics for data-driven development.

AWS Cloud Architectures

Extensive experience using AWS services (Lambda, EC2, ECS, Route53, ELBs, Beanstalk) to deploy complex architectures. Using Infra-as-code tools like CloudFormation and Terraform for scalable environments.

Container Orchestration

Docker-based microservice deployment solutions using orchestration tools like Compose, Kubernetes, Helm Charts, ECS, and EKS.

Project Planning and Agile

An expert in starting projects from scratch. Expertise in Agile software life cycles, leading multiple projects, and managing stakeholder expectations.

Publications & Contributions

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A Conversation

Have an idea and looking for a seasoned tech partner to pull it off? Or if you have interesting points about existence, meaning of life and leaving the matrix. Lets sit and chat sometime!

ketan.1806@gmail.com