Vaibhav Saxena
Building scalable cloud platforms and leading high-performing teams. Currently driving AI-driven automation and service modernization at Oracle (OCI).
About Me
I am an Engineering Leader with 18+ years of experience across cloud, fintech, and gaming industries. My passion lies in building scalable cloud platforms and fostering high-performing engineering cultures.
At Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI), I manage multiple services in Compute, focusing on AI-driven automation, service modernization, and cross-team delivery. I am deeply invested in coaching engineers into leadership roles and driving roadmap alignment.
Core Competencies
- Strategic Leadership & Roadmap Planning
- Distributed Systems & Cloud Platforms
- AI-Driven Automation & Operational Efficiency
- Cross-Functional Collaboration
- People Development & Mentorship
- System Modernization & Architecture
- Customer-Centric Engineering
- Talent Management & Hiring
Work Experience
Senior Software Development Manager
Oracle (OCI) | Noida
Leading 12+ engineers across multiple services in the Compute org (ICS, PIC, SCA, Imaging).
- Introduced ML-based automation reducing operational tasks by ~30% and incident recovery times by 70%.
- Partnered with cross-org teams to transition operational responsibilities, saving equivalent of 3 engineers' monthly workload.
- Drove people development, mentoring IC3s/IC4s for leadership and promotion readiness.
- Regularly presented roadmaps and distributed system designs to senior leadership.
- Contributed to headcount/capacity planning and strengthened org culture through knowledge-sharing forums.
Senior Engineering Manager
Paytm First Games | Noida
Managed a team of 30+ engineers (PMs, Tech Leads, Devs, QA, DevOps).
- Expanded platform to millions of players; led development of SPS, Task Center, Battle Center, and more.
- Transitioned from monolithic to microservices architecture, increasing uptime by 60% and deployment speed.
- Owned third-party service integration framework, cutting partner onboarding time by half.
- Aligned engineering work with revenue targets for in-game payments and loyalty programs.
- Led development in Spring Boot, Kafka, Redis, ElasticSearch, and AWS.
Engineering Manager
Paytm | Noida
Progressed from Project Manager -> Tech Lead -> Engineering Manager.
- Supervised 10+ engineers on Mobivite, CLM, Loyalty Systems, and CAS.
- Designed payment flows and loyalty programs supporting customer retention.
- Created service plugin architecture for Mobivite, reducing integration time by 50%.
- Managed hiring and team expansion during high-growth period.
- Awarded Paytm Annual Awards (LEGENDS-2016, MISSION-2014) and Singapore incentive trip.
Team Lead
STPL | New Delhi
Led development of Mobivite and guided team through web/mobile app delivery.
- Worked across stack using Java, Spring, Hibernate, MySQL, MongoDB.
- Mentored junior engineers.
Technical Skills
Cloud & Distributed Systems
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI), AWS, Microservices, Event-driven Architecture
Programming & AI
Java, Python, Spring Boot, AI/ML (Predictive models, heuristics, automation), Agentic and RAG based development
Databases & Messaging
MySQL, MongoDB, Redis, Apache Kafka
Education & Certifications
PGP in Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning
Great Learning / University of Texas
B.Tech - Information Technology
UPTU University / IIMT Meerut
05/2003 - 05/2007
Advanced Architecting on AWS
06/2021
Get In Touch
Interested in collaborating or discussing engineering leadership? Feel free to reach out.