Summary
Saurabh Sharma is a seasoned engineering leader with 10 years of experience building payments and fintech systems, currently serving as VP of Engineering at Lorien Finance in Gurugram. He has driven merchant-side UPI integrations and observability platforms using Golang, OPA, Prometheus, and Grafana during a senior engineering role at Setu. Previously he led engineering and architecture efforts across startups including INDmoney, askria.ai, and Sqrrl Fintech, blending backend expertise in Python and Go with hands-on DevOps experience. Known for moving quickly from prototype to production, he designs secure, scalable stacks that integrate complex banking rails like the NPCI stack. He pairs a pragmatic engineering mindset with a curiosity for new technologies—evident from early work across Laravel/PHP, virtualization tooling, and VOIP—and enjoys translating domain complexity into reliable developer workflows. Based in India, he combines product-focused leadership with deep technical ownership across the full delivery lifecycle.
10 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
High School General Studies, High School General Studies at Salwan Public School, Gurgaon
Engineer's Degree Computer Science, Engineer's Degree Computer Science at Manipal University Jaipur
English, French, Hindi