Hema Shruthi Narayanan

Engineering Manager, Denholm Group - RTOS · Bluetooth LE · hardware bring-up

Denholm Group

Bengaluru, India · IST (UTC+5:30)

13+ years experience

Jadavpur University

English, Hindi, Kannada

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Overview

Based in Bengaluru. I lead embedded systems at Denholm Group. Grew the firmware team from 6 to 36 engineers. Before that: JPMorgan Chase and EY. Most at home with Bluetooth LE and C. Cyclist - trying to do a century this year.

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People who want to build this with me
Candidates for the role I'm hiring for
Speaking or podcast invitations
Second opinions on Bluetooth LE decisions

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Crypto token projects
Generic networking requests
Recruiters for roles outside my stack

Replies on weekends

Skills

embedded LinuxBluetooth LECARM Cortex-Mhardware bring-upRTOS

HiringHiring for a role

closes in 3 months

Building out firmware at Denholm Group: backend engineers wanted in Bengaluru

Role: Backend engineer
Level: Senior
Type: Full-time
Work mode: On-site
Compensation: ₹42-60 LPA
Team: Firmware, 7 people
Start: Within a month
Must have: Production experience with hardware bring-up Production experience with embedded Linux Ownership of something end to end
Process: Intro call, technical deep dive, team chat

Comp ₹33-68 LPA. Four conversations, no take-home. Message me with one thing you shipped that you're proud of.

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Co-founderLooking for a co-founder

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Looking for a technical co-founder for payroll for LatAm marketplaces

The idea: Payroll for LatAm marketplaces
Stage: Idea
I bring: 14 years in embedded systems
Looking for: Commercial co-founder who has sold to enterprises
Commitment: Full-time after funding
Location: Bengaluru or remote

I bring 13 years of embedded systems (currently Denholm Group). Ideally you've sold to enterprises. Full-time from day one.

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Experience

Engineering Manager
Dec 2023 - Present
Denholm Group · 2 yr 10 mo · Full-time · Bengaluru, India
- Mentored 13 engineers through their first promotion.
- Reduced cloud spend on firmware by 39% in two quarters.
- Wrote the ARM Cortex-M service that now handles 34 million requests a day.
Senior Embedded Engineer
Feb 2020 - Dec 2023
JPMorgan Chase · 3 yr 10 mo · Full-time · Bengaluru, India
- Grew the firmware team from 5 to 22 engineers.
- Led the migration of 13 services to C.
Senior Embedded Engineer
Oct 2017 - Feb 2020
EY · 2 yr 4 mo · Full-time · Bengaluru, India
- Wrote the hardware bring-up service that now handles 74 million requests a day.
Senior Embedded Engineer
May 2016 - Jul 2017
JPMorgan Chase · 1 yr 2 mo · Full-time · Bengaluru, India
- Built the experimentation framework 30 product teams use to ship changes safely.
- Cut p99 latency on the firmware services from 475ms to 54ms.
Embedded Engineer
Dec 2013 - May 2016
Siemens · 2 yr 5 mo · Full-time · Bengaluru, India
- Shipped a rewrite that took build times from 22 minutes to under 2.
- Wrote the hardware bring-up service that now handles 41 million requests a day.

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Write-up: embedded systems in practice

2025

A long-form guide to embedded systems for people starting out.

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Education

Jadavpur University
B.E., Information Technology
2009 - 2013

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