About
I'm Kartik Manimuthu, a Director of Engineering and Head of Technology Innovation with a passion for building high-performance engineering organizations. My career is defined by a relentless focus on P&L ownership, operational excellence, and technological scalability.
I specialize in 0-to-1 product building and 1-to-100 organizational scaling. Whether transforming legacy financial institutions into cloud-native powerhouses or building Enterprise GenAI agents using Model Context Protocol (MCP), I drive value at the intersection of Business Strategy and Deep Tech. I am an evangelist for Data Mesh and Medallion Architecture principles to drive AI readiness.
Leadership Philosophy 🚀
I believe that Great Software is a byproduct of Great Culture. My leadership style focuses on:
- Empowerment: Giving engineers the autonomy to crack complex problems.
- Excellence: Setting "10x-ready" standards for code, architecture, and reliability.
- Innovation: Encouraging calculated risks in AI/ML and Cloud Native technologies.
Awards 🏆
- FinOps Leader Of the Year (Quantic FinOps Show 2025)
- Architects of Innovation (SMC TechLab 2024)
Publications ✍️
- Building a high-performance exchange market data broadcasting platform on AWS (opens in a new tab) (09/2025) - Co-authored AWS Case Study
- Enhancing Security: Implementing Shift-Left Strategies for AWS Native CI/CD (opens in a new tab) (11/2024) - Medium Article
- Stoxkart's Revolutionizing Trading with Modern Infrastructure (opens in a new tab) (11/2025)
Technical Vision 💡
I bring a strong skillset across a range of areas including Technical Leadership, Cloud Cost Optimization, Multi-Tenant Architecture, Serverless Architecture, and Data Engineering. I am adept in the MERN Stack, Golang, ETL/ELT processes, and AWS.
Let's explore how my technical expertise can contribute to your organization's technological advancement.
Feel free to reach out to me. I'm always open for professional discourse.
Skills 💻
- Technical Leadership
- Cloud Architect
- SAAS
- Cloud Cost Optimization
- Devops
- Multi-Tenant Architecture
- Serverless Architecture
- Event Driven Architecture
- System Design
- Performance Engineering
- Query Optimization
- Microfrontend
- Microservices
- Application Performance Monitoring
- Data Engineering
- Data Lake
- Data Warehouse
- ETL/ELT
- Amazon Web Services
- MERN/MEAN Stack
- T3 Stack
- Typescript
- React.js
- Next.js
- Tailwind CSS
- Turbo Repo
- Lerna
- Prisma
- Supabase
- Node.js
- Golang
- RabbitMQ
- SQS
- SNS
- EventBridge
- Confluent Kafka
- AWS Batch
- Step Function
- Lambda
- Redis
- MongoDB ATlas
- Aurora Postgres
- DynamoDb
- Playwright
- Datadog
- ELK
- Grafana K6
- AWS Athena
- AWS Glue
- QuickSight
- S3 Glacier
- AWS Transcribe
- AWS Comprehend
- Docker
- Kubernetes
- AWS ECS
- Fargate
- Terraform
- AWS CDK
- Cloudformation
- Jenkins
- Github Actions
- AWS VPC
- AWS PrivateLink
Organizations 💼
SMC Group
Role: Director of Engineering
Duration: 09/2023 - Present
Scrut Automation
Role: Engineering Manager
Duration: 01/2023 - 09/2023
BYJU'S (Think & Learn Group)
Role: Principal Architect
Duration: 08/2021 - 01/2023
Finicity, a Mastercard Company
Role: Senior Software Engineer
Duration: 03/2021 - 08/2021
Citiustech healthcare technology Pvt Ltd.
Role: Senior Software Engineer
Duration: 09/2019 - 03/2021
NeoSoft Technologies (Client Company - Edelweiss Financial Services)
Role: Software Engineer
Duration: 04/2018 - 09/2019
Sitel India Pvt Ltd
Role: Programmer Analyst
Duration: 11/2017 - 04/2018
Select Jobs Pvt Ltd
Role: Software Engineer
Duration: 08/2016 - 11/2017
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