Srikanth Sandeep Balasubramanian

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Senior Engineering Manager, PhonePe - Python · Spark · Snowflake

PhonePe
Chennai, India · IST (UTC+5:30)
7+ years experience
XLRI Jamshedpur
English, Hindi, Tamil
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Overview

Based in Chennai. I lead data pipelines at PhonePe. Built the experimentation framework 37 product teams use to ship changes safely. Wrote the dbt service that now handles 55 million requests a day. Before that: ICICI Bank and Cisco. Most at home with Python and SQL. I teach a weekend class on Python.

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  • Roles in data pipelines
  • People who want to build this with me
  • Questions about data pipelines
  • Second opinions on dbt decisions
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  • Recruiters for roles outside my stack

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Skills
SparkSnowflakeKafkaPythonAirflowSQLdbt
Co-founderLooking for a co-founder
closes in 3 months

Looking for a go-to-market co-founder for loyalty programmes for agencies

The idea
Loyalty programmes for agencies
Stage
Idea
I bring
6 years in data pipelines
Looking for
Product-minded engineer
Commitment
Full-time after funding
Location
Chennai or remote

I bring 9 years of data pipelines (currently PhonePe). Ideally you've run operations in Europe. Incorporated, self-funded so far.

Chennai, Indiapythonsqlspark
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Open to workLooking for a role
closes in 3 months

Next role: Data Engineer in B2B SaaS, Chennai or hybrid

Target roles
Data Engineer
Level
Mid
Industries
E-commerce, Climate tech
Work mode
Hybrid
Available
60 days notice
Work authorization
Indian citizen
What I'm looking for
Scope to lead data pipelines work, with a manager who gives direct feedback.
Not interested in
Pure people management

9 years in data pipelines. Strongest at Airflow and SQL. Available from next month.

Chennai, Indiasnowflakedbtsql
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Experience

  1. Senior Engineering Manager
    Nov 2025 - Present
    PhonePe · 11 mo · Full-time · Chennai, India
    • Cut p99 latency on the data platform services from 713ms to 54ms.
    • Shipped a rewrite that took build times from 26 minutes to under 5.
  2. Staff Data Engineer
    Aug 2024 - Nov 2025
    ICICI Bank · 1 yr 3 mo · Full-time · Chennai, India
    • Built the forecasting models now used in 5 product decisions a quarter.
    • Wrote the metric definitions the leadership team reviews every week.
  3. Data Engineer
    Mar 2022 - Aug 2024
    Cisco · 2 yr 5 mo · Full-time · Chennai, India
    • Cut forecast error from 26% to 6% across 1529 SKUs.
    • Taught SQL to 76 non-analysts.
  4. Data Engineer
    Nov 2020 - Mar 2022
    PhonePe · 1 yr 4 mo · Full-time · Chennai, India
    • Reduced stock-outs by 38% in the first season.
    • Cut forecast error from 34% to 8% across 3762 SKUs.
  5. Data Engineer
    Aug 2019 - Nov 2020
    Mphasis · 1 yr 3 mo · Full-time · Chennai, India
    • Replaced 22 hand-built dashboards with one metrics layer people trust.

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Education

  1. XLRI Jamshedpur
    MBA, Business Administration
    2017 - 2019
  2. PSG College of Technology
    B.E., Electrical Engineering
    2012 - 2016

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