Vipin Nagpal
Vipin Nagpal
CORE COMPETENCIES
Technical Leadership, Effective Communication, Agile Methodologies, Stakeholder Management,
Cross-Functional Team Building, Data-Driven Decision Making, DevOps & CI/CD, Microservices,
Platform Engineering, Cloud-Native System Architecture
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Zaapi Singapore
Fractional CTO October 2022 - October 2024
• Led technical strategy and development of a high-performance AI-driven chat platform,
leveraging large language models (LLMs) and distributed architecture to achieve
sub-200ms latency for 300k concurrent connections.
• Enhanced team productivity and system reliability by defining performance metrics,
streamlining hiring processes, and fostering a culture of continuous improvement.
Zendesk Singapore
Engineering Lead March 2021 - October 2022
• Hired and managed a 30+ member global engineering team, aligning technical roadmap with
product strategy, driving system architecture, and implementing Agile methodologies
to deliver scalable SaaS solutions.
• Implemented long-term initiatives, including decomposing a monolith into
microservices, BYOK, and CTS, enabling decoupled teams, enterprise data sovereignty,
and alignment between CS/CX workflows and team structures.
Moneysmart Singapore
Technical Lead May 2019 - March 2021
• Led the team to develop a custom CMS leveraging event-driven microservice
architecture, Docker, Kubernetes, Apache Kafka and more. The innovation accelerated
fintech product launches by 85% and reduced development costs by 70%.
• Established a 24/7 incident response team with ownership matrix and detailed runbooks,
cutting mean time to resolve (MTTR) by 40% and improving overall reliability.
SKILLS
Programming Languages: Ruby, Python, JavaScript, Node.js, HTML/CSS
Frameworks: Ruby on Rails, FastAPI, React.js, Vue.js, Django
DevOps & CI/CD: Amazon Web Services (AWS), Google Cloud Platform (GCP), Jenkins, Terraform,
Kubernetes, Docker
Databases: MySQL, MongoDB, Redis, Elasticsearch, Cassandra
Data Science and Data Engineering: Apache Kafka, Redis Stream, Snowflake, Tableau, Adobe
Illustrator
Monitoring & Observability: Datadog, Prometheus, Grafana, New Relic
EDUCATION
Institute of Technology & Management June 2006 - May 2010
Bachelor's, Computer Science
VOLUNTEERING
Mentored fresh graduates during web development bootcamps.