Professional Experience

Technical founder and engineering leader with experience building and operating consumer platforms and games at global scale. Background spans - game technologies, infrastructure, automation, experimentation platforms, data platforms, and live services across PC, console, mobile, web and XR platforms.

Recent

Global Outlier Gaming (2023-2025)

Engineering + India Ops | Hyderabad + Remote

Core engineering team for two mobile titles (bullet-hell roguelike RPG and social casino):

• Designed core gameplay systems, client architecture, backend services
• Built end-to-end data platform: telemetry, ELT workflows, analytics, reporting
• Implemented A/B testing platform for data-driven design and live-ops
• Managed India operations for distributed micro-GCC
• Integrated generative AI tools across engineering, design, and production

Drove experimentation-driven development culture while remaining hands-on across the full technical stack.

Entrepreneurial Ventures

petrol.social (2021-2023)

Founder, CEO | Remote

Mobile-first collaborative game platform with UGC systems:

• Strong early engagement: 65% / 45% / 40% / 12% retention (D1/D7/D14/D30)
• Creator conversion: 5% of new players became game creators
• Built lightweight TTRPG creation framework
• Led product discovery, team formation, market validation

QYJO (2018-2021)

Founder | Hyderabad + Remote

Profitable product and consulting studio:

• Self-published indie titles including Gamedev Beatdown
• Technical consulting for Seed–Series B startups, one unicorn, one MAANG
• Advised studios on engineering architecture, live operations, production
• Maintained hands-on engineering while managing P&L and business operations

Scale & Leadership

Electronic Arts (2011-2017)

Technical Director | Hyderabad + Global

Progression: Software Engineer 2 → Software Engineer 3 → Associate Technical Director → Technical Director

Key Projects: Bejeweled Stars, PvZ Heroes, Tetris Blitz, Heroes of Dragon Age, Monopoly Slots, Monopoly Hotels, Pet Society, Sims Social

• Led engineering teams delivering live-service games for millions of users globally
• Built high-performance engineering organizations and culture
• Strategic initiatives for studio roadmap planning and live service transitions
• Managed complex stakeholder relationships and cross-functional teams

Early Career

Acony GmbH (2009-2011)

Game Programmer | Germany

Bulletrun - AAA F2P Online FPS (Unreal Engine 3, published by Sony Online Entertainment)

• Owned and built gameplay systems
• Physics engine improvements, game editor work
• Animation pipeline support, anti-cheat integration

RZ2 Games (2007-2009)

Senior Game Programmer | Goa

Multi-platform development: PC (MMOFPS, Sports), Nintendo DS (Puzzle, Adventure, Kids), iOS/Facebook

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Professional experience represents one dimension of interests and capabilities. Much learning and exploration happens outside formal work contexts.