Backend Systems · FinTech · Engineering Leadership

Viresh Gehlawat —
distributed systems
engineer.

Staff-level backend and distributed systems engineer specializing in financial technology platforms — with a focus on revenue-critical decision systems, transaction infrastructure, and correctness-sensitive products used at global scale.

Current Role

Staff Software Engineer
at Robinhood

Specialty

Backend and distributed systems engineering for FinTech platforms.

Core Focus

Financial correctness, transaction systems, real-time decision engines, platform architecture.

Experience

11+ years across Robinhood, Navan, Bolt, Uber, and Flipkart.

Location

Seattle, Washington

Core strengths and profile themes

Systems With Measurable Impact

Delivered high-impact work across support automation, embedded commerce, expense policy systems, and portfolio correctness.

Leadership in Critical Platforms

Repeatedly entrusted with Staff and Tech Lead roles on revenue-critical, correctness-sensitive, and operationally central systems.

FinTech & Distributed Systems Depth

Deep experience in transaction infrastructure, policy engines, portfolio systems, and backend architecture at global scale.

Representative contributions and impact

Uber — Policy Engine and Customer Support Automation

Developed a centralized policy-driven automation platform used across Uber's global customer support operations. The contribution resulted in a 91% increase in ticket throughput, reduced approximately 90,000 support contacts per week, and generated approximately $4M in annualized savings. The work was formally recognized by Uber's CTO and contributed to broader commercialization of policy-driven customer automation models in the industry.

Automation Global Operations Executive Recognition

Bolt — Remote Checkout and Embedded Commerce

Led development of Remote Checkout, a revenue-critical capability supporting embedded and headless commerce. The strategic significance of this initiative was reflected in Bolt's approximately $200M acquisition of Tipser to expand remote checkout capabilities. The work aligned with the broader industry shift toward decoupled and API-driven commerce systems and contributed to Bolt's product expansion strategy.

Commerce Infrastructure Technical Leadership Commercial Significance

Navan — Global Expense Policy Systems

Led redesign of real-time expense policy systems across 30+ currencies, reducing policy evaluation staleness from multiple days to seconds. Built customizable policy capabilities for global enterprise customers.

Robinhood — Portfolio Correctness

Currently leading correctness-focused infrastructure for investor-facing products used by millions. Reduced portfolio inaccuracies by over 95% and cut onboarding time for new asset classes by over 60%.

Roles at distinguished organizations

Robinhood Oct 2024 – Present

Staff Software Engineer

Technical lead for the Portfolio and Trading Tools team. Owns correctness-sensitive and extensible financial infrastructure central to investor trust, product expansion, and regulatory integrity.

Navan Jul 2023 – Oct 2024

Staff Software Engineer

Technical lead for Expense Policy systems responsible for transaction evaluation, reimbursement, reconciliation, and global policy logic across complex multi-currency enterprise workflows.

Bolt Mar 2021 – Jul 2023

Tech Lead / Engineering Manager, Checkout

Led the core checkout platform and later the broader Checkout Engineering organization, responsible for Bolt's flagship revenue-generating product and merchant-facing transaction systems.

Uber Apr 2016 – Feb 2021

Senior Software Engineer / Software Engineer II

Built large-scale growth systems for international expansion and later developed the Policy Engine platform that materially transformed customer support operations at global scale.

Flipkart Jul 2014 – Mar 2016

Software Engineer II

Built the User Insights Platform powering personalization, recommendations, search, and targeted marketing for India's largest e-commerce company.

What this site highlights

For engineering roles

  • Staff-level backend and distributed systems experience
  • Leadership across fintech, commerce, and platform infrastructure
  • Track record of measurable product and operational impact

For professional credibility

  • Work tied to large-scale financial and transactional systems
  • Repeated ownership of business-critical and correctness-sensitive platforms
  • A clear record of impact, leadership, and sustained distinction

This site is designed to work both as a concise personal profile for job opportunities and as a structured overview of technical impact and leadership across my career.

Interested in fintech infrastructure,
backend systems, or engineering leadership?

I'm open to thoughtful conversations around distributed systems, financial infrastructure, and building reliable products at scale.