Hi, I'm

Ankur Shrivastava

Engineering Leader ยท Building Systems at Scale

Currently leading 90+ engineers across 9 teams at Gojek, architecting multiple core systems processing 75,000+ QPS for millions of users across Southeast Asia. 15+ years driving technical excellence from startups to scale - still hands-on with code, automation, and infrastructure.

About Me

I’m an Engineering Leader with 15+ years building systems at scale. Currently at Gojek, I lead 90+ engineers across 9 teams in 3 countries, architecting platforms that process 75,000+ requests per second for millions of users across Southeast Asia.

My path through Amazon, Flipkart, Carousell, Skyscanner, and Gojek has been about solving hard problems - from early Kubernetes adoption (2016) to building marketplace matching systems that connect millions of drivers with riders, with real-time tracking and dynamic pricing. I’m equally passionate about growing engineers as I am about growing systems.

I’ve been a Linux user since 2004 and still maintain my dotfiles. My open source Go framework ColdBrew processes billions of requests daily at Gojek. I run a home lab with a 100+ core cluster on Fedora CoreOS, 10Gb networking, multiple VLANs, 24TB storage, local LLM inference, home automation and others - all managed through Terraform and containers.

Core Competencies:
  • Distributed Systems & Platform Architecture
  • Engineering Leadership & Team Building
  • Marketplace & Real-Time Systems
  • Cloud Native & Kubernetes
  • Technical Strategy & Execution
  • Multi-Region Teams (Singapore, Indonesia, India, UK, China)

Experience

Head of Engineering - Fulfillment & Driver Platform - Gojek
October 2020 - Present

Leading 9 teams with 90+ engineers across Singapore, Indonesia, and India. Building and scaling multiple 50K+ QPS systems.

  • Transformed Driver Experience Platform supporting 2M+ drivers across Southeast Asia
  • Reduced operational costs by 20% while improving system reliability to 99.99% uptime
  • Architected fulfillment platform handling driver-order matching, real-time tracking, and dynamic pricing at massive scale
Principal Software Engineer / Architect - Skyscanner
March 2019 - September 2020

Technical leadership across 11 squads in China, Singapore, and UK with 80+ engineers.

  • Pioneered direct booking platform opening new revenue stream beyond referral model
  • Architected cross-tribe technical strategy spanning flights and hotels
  • Led platform modernization enabling real-time inventory management at global scale
Principal Software Engineer / Team Lead - Carousell
July 2016 - March 2019

Led Systems Engineering team through hypergrowth as company scaled from 18 to 120 engineers.

  • Created Orion, an open-source Go microservices framework now powering all services
  • Pioneered early Kubernetes adoption in production (2016)
  • Drove reliability improvements from 98% to 99.9% uptime
  • Established infrastructure foundation enabling 10x traffic growth
Software Development Engineer 2 - Flipkart
March 2015 - July 2016

Order Management & Orchestration Platform team.

  • Delivered 100% uptime during Big Billion Day processing $450M in sales at 10x normal traffic
  • Rebuilt entire Order Management System from ground up for massive scale events
Software Development Engineer - Amazon
November 2013 - August 2014
Launched Junglee.com mobile with 4M+ downloads, building complete mobile platform from scratch.
Senior Software Engineer - Zynga
July 2011 - November 2013
Champion Award recipient for CastleVille platform migration to Zynga network.

Get In Touch

I’m always interested in connecting with fellow engineers, discussing distributed systems challenges, or exploring new opportunities. Feel free to reach out!