Narendra Babu

Narendra Babu

Chief Technology Officer at PayU

PayUBengaluru, Karnataka, India

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Experience25+ Years
LevelCXO

Executive Overview

Technology leader with proven expertise of building highly successful and talented teams. Passionate about scaling tech platforms, building cloud scale products, developing people and growing business. I am accountable for technological innovations and building world class payments systems at "PayU". I drive complete Tech Growth Strategy enabling Software Development, AI/Data & Machine Learning, Cloud Platform & Infrastructure Engineering Teams to build highly scalable world-class tech Platforms. As Vice President of Software Engineering at Walmart Global Tech India my main focus is to build the nextgen fulfilment systems so that our customers can shop anywhere, anytime and anyplace. In this role I have an opportunity to work with a talented team of engineers spread over IDC and US. I also get to partner with our fabulous business partners to provide a world class experience to our supply chain associates. This team's mission is to build a supply chain system which is very efficient and customer friendly. I am a seasoned Engineering Leader with over 20 years of experience in general management & engineering. I’ve led, built and nurtured top talented teams and scaled engineering practices. I’m a team player and leader who strives to align technology with business goals. I’ve extensive knowledge of all aspects of product and engineering management and have managed global teams of up to 300+. My expertise lies in digital eCommerce, retail, Web portals, Payments and Ad Platforms.

Career Timeline

Professional employment history
  • PayUCurrent
    Apr 2022–Present· 4 yrs 5 mos
    • Chief Technology OfficerCurrent
      Apr 2022–Present
  • Dec 2012–Apr 2022· 9 yrs 4 mos
    • Vice President, Software Engineering
      May 2021–Apr 2022
    • Senior Director, Software Engineering
      2019–May 2021
    • Director, Software Engineering
      Dec 2012–2019
  • 2011–Dec 2012· 1 yr 11 mos
    • Senior Manager, Engineering
      2011–Dec 2012
  • Jun 2005–2011· 5 yrs 7 mos
    • Manager, Engineering
      Jun 2005–2011
  • 2001–2005· 4 yrs
    • Software Development Engineer - Testing
      2001–2005

Education

Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.)

Computer Science

PES University

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Software DevelopmentAgile MethodologiesScrumWeb ServicesJiraSoftware DesignTest CasesSoftware Project ManagementAgile Project ManagementUnixJavaJUnitSeleniumPerformance TestingScalabilityPerlDistributed SystemsWeb ApplicationsSoftware EngineeringSQL