Divya Kunnath

Singapore · +65 9354 9740 ·
kunnathdivyal@gmail.com · linkedin.com/in/brilyuhns · github.com/brilyuhns

SUMMARY

• Engineering leader with 14 years of software industry experience, growing from individual contributor to Head of Product & Engineering.
• Over the past 7+ years, focused on building and scaling regulated, integration-heavy platforms.
• Currently working as Head of Engineering at a fintech organisation supporting multiple applications across 4 regulated products.
• Proven track record of leading cross-functional teams, driving strategic initiatives, and shaping high-performing engineering cultures.
• Skilled at stakeholder alignment, team development, and enhancing operational efficiency across distributed teams.

CORE STRENGTHS

Multi‑Tenant SaaS & B2B Delivery
14 years of shipping integration‑heavy, revenue‑critical platforms for capital‑markets, loyalty and wealth‑data clients.

Technical & People Leadership
Delivered results with lean squads; scaled teams to 30+ engineers when required; groomed new leads and embedded
processes that ensure accountability and succession.

Security‑First, Regulatory Compliance
Deep familiarity with MAS TRM and equivalent regulations across Singapore, Malaysia and other SEA jurisdictions.

DevOps / SRE Aptitude
CI/CD pipelines, Containerisation, IAC, Cloud cost governance, BCP/DR playbooks, incident command, SLA/SLO
stewardship

Developer Productivity & Distributed Execution
Internal tooling, async rituals, AI adoption driving velocity across global teams.

EXPERIENCE

Head of Engineering

Alta (formerly Fundnel), Singapore
Private Capital Market Platform
Jan 2023 – Present

Scope

• Engineering leadership for 6 applications across 4 regulated capital-markets products (exchange, brokerage,
  custody, investor onboarding).
• Team size: About 20 across Singapore, India, and Indonesia.
• No CTO; Direct alignment and cross-functional collaboration with Product, Finance, and Compliance and other business leads.
• Ownership of architecture, platform delivery, developer productivity, and audit readiness.
• Coverage of MAS TRM-aligned DR planning, cloud cost governance, CI/CD automation, and internal AI
  tooling.

Achievements

• Delivered key features including CMS for managing the brokerage, full exchange rewrite, order matching
  engine, brokerage-exchange-custody integrations.
• Launched multiple PMaaS clients from a single, configurable codebase.
• Collaborated on group wide Technology Risk Manual, Incident Response Policy, Disaster Recovery playbook
  and executed multi-app drills, aligning with MAS guidelines.
• Mentored engineers into leadership; introduced rotational QA and documentation, reducing dependencies and
  strengthening cross-regional collaboration.
• Partnered with Product, Finance, and Compliance for timely releases, cost recovery, and regulatory alignment.
• Regular monitoring and optimizations for spends including cloud spend, budget allocations for security audits
  and critical hires.
• Migrated to GitHub Actions and Terraform GitOps; standardized on Cursor AI, launched Perplexity portal and
  workflow-bot pilots, boosting productivity

Head of Product and Engineering

Perx Technologies, Singapore
B2B Saas Loyalty and Customer Engagement Platform
August 2018 – April 2022

Scope

• End-to-end product and engineering ownership for a multi-tenant B2B SaaS loyalty platform.
• Team size: 30 cross-functional members across multiple time zones.
• Accountability for roadmap planning, stakeholder alignment, and execution across feature development,
  change requests, and optimizations.
• Interface with customers and product managers for requirement scoping and prioritization.
• Coverage of engineering management activities including resource planning, task allocation, technical design
  reviews, code reviews, and mentoring.

Achievements

• Led a 30-person cross-functional team across multiple time zones.
• Delivered 99.95% uptime on a high-traffic platform.
• Tripled feature delivery velocity via process and tooling improvements.
• Instituted roadmap planning and stakeholder alignment practices.
• Ownership and hands on delivery for multiple features and performance optimisations across the platform.

Lead Software Engineer

Canopy, Singapore
Financial data aggregation for HNWIs
January 2016 – July 2018

Scope

• Lead backend team.
• Oversee feature planning, development, bug fixes, enhancements, application rewrites, optimizations, and
  deployments.
• Manage sprints to ensure timely delivery.

Achievements

• Re-architected the core platform with a major Rails upgrade.
• Led a team of 4 backend engineers and ensured end-to-end feature delivery.
• Integrated Braintree payments and optimized key APIs.
• Delivered high-accuracy portfolio features requiring large-scale financial data calculations.
• White Labeled the product and it was integrated into a major bank in Singapore.

Software Engineer

Groundbreaker.co (Remote)
SaaS for real estate investment
June 2015 – February 2016

Scope: Feature development, Bug fixes/Enhancements, New Customer integrations.

Achievements

• Integrated VerifyValid for escrow payment support.
• Customized onboarding flows using liquid templates.

Lead Software Engineer

Xipcraft, Pune, India
Restaurant SaaS Platform
July 2014 – May 2015

Scope: Requirement gathering, Design and development of features, Bug Fixes, Tech Choices, Task Allocations.

Achievements

• Built Android POS and multi-tenant ordering systems.
• Created WhatsApp-based chatbot prototype.
• Built a number of prototypes for new features and pivots

Senior Software Engineer

Great Software Labs, Pune, India
July 2011 – June 2014

Scope: Investigation, POC, Feature Development, Bug Fixes, Enhancements, Mentoring, Tech choices, Deployments

Achievements

• Delivered multiple products: Houserie (tenant screening), Plunk (contact-based service recommendation),
  Lottopicks (US lottery app).
• Led backend development and framework upgrades.
• Conducted developer bootcamps on web application fundamentals.

TECHNICAL TOOLBOX

Languages: Ruby, TypeScript/JavaScript, PHP, Java (Android)
Infra/Devops: AWS, GCP, Terraform, Docker, GitHub Actions, CircleCI
Datastores: MySQL, PostgreSQL, Redis, ElasticSearch, Big Query
Monitoring and Security: Datadog, Sentry, Vault, Pagerduty, Kibana, Prometheus, Grafana
AI Toolbox: Cursor, AI Chat Bots, Local Models, API Integrations

EDUCATION

V.J.T.I (Mumbai University)
Master in Computer Applications – May 2011