About

Hrishikesh Murali is a seasoned Head of Engineering with over 10 years of experience in the FinTech and E-commerce industry. With a goal to solve real-world problems using computer software as a tool, Hrishikesh has built large-scale modular systems that serve the Indian and South-East Asian markets. He possesses exceptional problem-solving and design skills, which have enabled him to implement fault-tolerance, horizontal-scalability, and modular plug-and-play sub-systems that work together in unison. Currently, Hrishikesh is the Head of Engineering for Consumer Lending at GoTo Financial, where he leads a 50+ engineering team. His primary focus is to ensure consumers in the SEA region have easy access to credit when using GoJek, Tokopedia, or GoPay. Prior to this, he was the Director of Engineering at Upstox, where he led multiple teams that worked on Upstox Pro, Mutual Funds, Options Strategy Builder, among others. Hrishikesh has also worked with Grab as a Senior Engineering Manager, where he led a team of 30+ engineers in the microlending domain. He was part of the Grab Financial Group leadership team and built the engineering team from scratch, leveraging the Grab SuperApp ecosystem to provide easy access to credit to underserved consumers in the SEA region. Hrishikesh is an alumnus of the International Institute of Information Technology Bangalore, where he earned his Master of Technology degree in Operating Systems. He also holds a Bachelor of Technology degree in Computer Science from Amrita University. Additionally, he completed his Senior Secondary education in Mathematics and Computer Science at Padma Seshadri Bala Bhavan Sr. Sec. School. Hrishikesh's technical expertise includes Senior Software Engineering, Java, Python, Golang, Software Engineering, and Backend development. He is a highly skilled professional with relevant experience of 10.78 years. Hrishikesh can be contacted at contact@hrishikeshmurali.me.