Summary
Varun Singh is an engineering leader with 17+ years of experience designing and operating secure, low-latency distributed systems that serve millions of users, currently leading a large portion of Paytm Payments Bank’s engineering portfolio. He has architected high-throughput bank middleware (e.g., authentication >45k tps, profile systems for 300M+ users), payment hubs, fraud and KYC platforms, and an enterprise data lake while driving migrations between cloud and on-prem data centers for compliance and cost optimization. Varun combines hands-on expertise in Java, Python, Spring Boot, Kubernetes, Kafka and diverse datastores with strong stakeholder management—aligning Product, Compliance, Legal and Ops to deliver resilient, auditable systems. He’s known for building high-performance teams, implementing AI-assisted coding at bank scale, and running vendor/security evaluations to boost delivery and code quality. His background spans cloud-native DBaaS design at Jio, map-focused services at Amazon, and large e‑commerce and fintech systems, reflecting a rare blend of product-oriented architecture and operational rigor. Based in Delhi, he pairs deep technical ownership with a proven track record of mentoring leaders and scaling engineering orgs under strict regulatory constraints.
10 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
B.E, Computer Engineer, B.E, Computer Engineer at Delhi College of Engineering