# Samir Noorani > Engineering @ Capital One | Ex-CTO | IIT Graduate Location: McLean, Virginia, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/samirnoorani I'm passionate about building tech products and have over 10 years of experience in software engineering, product engineering, and team leadership. At Solvei8, my primary focus was driving the engineering and product vision. This involved leading the development and success of our key products: Plani8, Tracki8, and Maintaini8. Along with leading 0 to 1 development of the Plani8 product with a 10-member team, I contributed to the backend architecture. For Tracki8, my team and I focused on addressing technical debt, ensuring operational excellence, and leading technical strategy for key client initiatives. As a Senior Staff Engineer at Solvei8, I lead the development and architecture of new services for Tracki8 products such as Embellishment, Packing Tools, and Fabric Inspection contributing to the significant increase in Monthly Recurring Revenue. Before Solvei8, I was a Senior Staff Engineer at Zilingo, where my notable contributions included leading the integration of the nCinga team and technology, executing a major overhaul of the event ingestion system that led to a significant reduction in production issues and improved stability, and spearheading the development of a configuration management system which dramatically reduced the product’s lead delivery time from weeks to days. I joined Zilingo as a founding member of the engineering team and led the development of the company's native Android application for the first three years. Skills Software Engineering, System Design & Architecture, Microservices & Distributed Systems, Product Engineering, Team Leadership, Agile Development, Data Structures & Algorithms Current Tech Stack Java, Scala, Play Framework, MongoDB, Postgres, Redis, Apache Kafka, Apache Druid, Apache Flink Tools Observability (Graylog, Grafana), CI/CD(Jenkins, Consul, Chef), AWS(EC2/S3), Git, Jira Previous Tech Stack Android, Kotlin, RxJava, PHP, Realm, Kohana Framework, React Amidst my professional journey, I took a significant step in my personal life by immigrating to the US after getting married, to support my wife’s career and her pursuit of further education. This move has not only been a significant personal milestone but also an exciting opportunity to continue my passion for creating impactful technological products in a new environment. ## Work Experience ### Senior Software Engineer @ Capital One Jan 2024 – Present | McLean, Virginia, United States ### Senior Staff Engineer @ Solvei8 Jan 2023 – Jan 2024 • Led 0 to 1 development of the Plani8 product, leading a cross-functional team of professionals across engineering, product management, design, and quality assurance. Focused on strategic planning, backend architecture, and efficient sprint management to ensure timely and quality deliverables. • Led the development of new modules in the Tracki8 Product, prioritizing sustainable architecture to minimize technical debt while ensuring maintainability and scalability of the Embellishment, Fabric Inspection, and Packing Tool modules. • Led a dynamic restructuring of the technical team of 30+ engineers to better align with organizational goals and foster individual career growth, effectively managing talent needs and guiding the strategic expansion of the engineering team. • Drove development process enhancements, including the introduction of a refined sprint cycle, and formulated efficient workflows for streamlined production issue management, differentiating between urgent and strategic solutions. • Guided the engineering team in a strategic pivot to address technical debt, ensuring operational excellence, while leading technical strategy for key client initiatives, aligning product development with overarching business goals. ### Senior Staff Engineer @ Zilingo Jan 2018 – Jan 2022 | Bangalore • Led the strategic integration of nCinga's team and technologies into Zilingo, employing system refactoring, codebase rewriting, and complex migrations, while adeptly leveraging existing Zilingo libraries and developing new ones to elevate code quality. • Led Configuration Management project of ZFactory, managing a team of developers and stakeholders to reduce the product's lead delivery time significantly. • Revamped Event Ingestion System in ZFactory to enhance system reliability and consistency, leading to a significant reduction in production issues. • Led the design and implementation of a user-centric referral system on the ZTrade platform, managing a team through complex requirements and fostering collaboration. • Delivered MVPs for Fleet on Street and Supply Chain Visibility initiatives of ZTrade as the sole developer, aligning closely with business objectives and user needs. ### JVP Android @ Zilingo Jan 2017 – Jan 2018 | Bangalore • Integral founding member and leader in Android development, achieving 1.3M downloads for the B2C app. • Pioneered Kotlin adoption and architected advanced UI and layout systems, ensuring a 99%+ crash-free rate. • Managed a team of diverse Android developers, enhancing team capabilities and driving successful project outcomes. ### Android Lead Engineer @ Zilingo Jan 2015 – Jan 2017 | Bangalore ### Software Engineer @ Kiwi, Inc. Jan 2013 – Jan 2015 | Bangalore Kiwi makes mobile-first games, especially for android platform following the philosophy of agile development. My responsibilities include developing scalable game mechanics and features, designing architecture for scalable databases and implementing server-side capabilities. Further, I have contributed towards building tools for the company that facilitate design and development of various aspects of the game. Highlights: • Scene tool : A custom optimized version of Tiled, an open-source tile map editor to design the base layout of the game. • Quest and achievement system: Owned and re-factored the quest framework to en-corporate different types of quests. Built achievement system compatible with google achievements using the existing quest framework. • Combat and power-ups system: Owned and re-factored the combat system based on Box2D physics engine along with creation of various types of power-ups for in-game attacking and defensive units. • BI(Bussiness Intelligence) system ### Software Developer (Internee) @ AnB Education Jan 2012 – Jan 2012 | Thane, India • Spearheaded the alpha development of 'R Square', a web-based modular learning and assessment platform, in an educational startup setting. • Led the engineering team, ensuring seamless coordination with content creators and artists to achieve timely product delivery. ## Education ### Bachelor of Technology in Computer Science, Mathematics and Finance Engineering Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati Jan 2009 – Jan 2013 ### Junior College in Science Thomas Baptista Junior College Jan 2006 – Jan 2008 ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/samir25 --- Source: https://flows.cv/samirnoorani JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/samirnoorani/resume.json Last updated: 2026-03-22