I’m Vijay, an engineering manager and hands-on architect in Toronto, with 17+ years in software. My roots are mobile: BlackBerry Messenger for iOS and Android, then Canadian Tire’s loyalty app in Swift and Kotlin. Since then I’ve built teams and platforms in banking, health, crypto, IoT and wealth management.

Work

  • OneVest (2025–present): Engineering Manager, Workflows & Portal squads. Event-driven workflow automation and custodian integrations for a wealth-as-a-service platform. 11 engineers across two squads.
  • SG Wireless (2023–2025): Engineering Manager & Architect. Architected an IoT device platform on AWS (99.99% reliability) and built its LoRaWAN/MQTT integration so devices onboard themselves on power-on.
  • Figment (2022–2023): Senior Engineering Manager, APIs & Developer Portal. Cut production incidents 75%; led SOC 2 compliance end to end.
  • League (2021–2022): Engineering Manager II, E-Commerce. Hired a full-stack team from scratch for a 0-to-1 launch; built its first CI/CD pipeline.
  • Avanade (2017–2020): Solutions Architect / Tech Lead. Embedded at TD Bank (cut the employee app’s operating cost 60%), and led Canadian Tire’s Triangle loyalty app from 2.6 to 4.8 stars on the App Store.
  • Telus (2014–2017): Technical Product Manager. Took Telus Wellness Messenger from internal pitch to market; launched managed iPads for schools with Apple.
  • BlackBerry (2008–2014): Software Developer. BlackBerry Messenger for iOS and Android.

B.Eng., Computer Engineering, McMaster University.

Building

I run Renu Design, a small studio for apps like Heapr. I also teach Python to young builders.

Elsewhere

LinkedIn · GitHub · Email

Opinions here are my own, not my employer’s.