I build systems that scale
and teams that ship.
Engineering leader who writes code, ships products, and grows teams. 15+ years building at Nykaa, Hike, Orangewood, SlideShare, and more.
What I Do
Three pillars of expertise, honed over 15 years of building at scale.
Systems Architecture
Designing and building production systems that serve hundreds of millions of users with 99.99% uptime.
Explore →AI & Agent Engineering
Production AI systems, agent safety patterns, and governance frameworks for regulated industries.
Explore →Team Building & Leadership
Scaling high-performing engineering teams from startup to enterprise. Culture, hiring, and outcomes.
Explore →Latest Writings
Thoughts on systems, AI, and building teams.
Building Developer Tools in the Open: Lessons from 20 Years of Open Source
Dipankar Sarkar shares lessons from 20 years of open source contributions, from Google Summer of Code to production developer tools. How to build OSS that gets adopted and sustained.
Engineering a Platform from Zero to IPO: Technical Decisions That Drove Nykaa's Growth
Dipankar Sarkar details the engineering decisions behind Nykaa's 500% traffic growth and IPO. Platform migration, performance optimization, and the technical architecture that supported India's largest beauty e-commerce platform.
Measuring Engineering Impact: Beyond Lines of Code and Story Points
Dipankar Sarkar presents a framework for measuring engineering impact that connects technical work to business outcomes. Move beyond vanity metrics to measure what actually matters.
Open Source
Tools, research, and infrastructure I build in the open.
Chain of Thought reasoning API with RL techniques
GDELT Project CLI — built for agents, optimized for automation
Your Guide to AI-Driven Business Transformation
Google Sheets CLI with local DuckDB caching and MCP server
Batteries included for iced (Rust GUI toolkit)
Your AI Agent's Gateway to HubSpot CRM
Built at & shipped with
Let's build something together
I take on hands-on engineering leadership roles, technical partnerships, and deep-dive collaborations where I can write code, shape architecture, and help teams deliver real outcomes.
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