Summary
Balakrishna Hebbar is a senior engineering leader with eight years in leadership roles and a longer track record of hands-on software development across startups and scale-ups. Currently Senior Director of Engineering at PLG Works, he has led engineering organizations at Moxie, Simple Token, Pepo and Fab.com, repeatedly focusing on feature architecture, database design, performance and scaling. He blends technical depth—coding, code review and DB design—with people leadership, championing team effort and continuous professional growth. Based in Pune, he pairs formal training (MCA, NITK) and a math background with practical experience in design, development and devops. Colleagues describe him as pragmatic under pressure and skilled at juggling multiple priorities while elevating delivery quality.
8 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (BSc), Mathematics, Bachelor of Science (BSc), Mathematics at Bhandarkar's College
MCA, IT, MCA, IT at National Institute of Technology Karnataka