Hi, I'm Rohit Saxena 👋 I'm an Engineering Leader and Principal Engineer with 16+ years of experience building and scaling large-scale distributed systems, cloud platforms, and business-critical applications across OCI, AWS, Fintech, Payments, Insurance, Retail, and Enterprise domains. Over the years, I've led engineering teams of 30+ engineers, driven architecture and delivery for cloud-native platforms, and worked extensively on microservices, event-driven systems, Kafka, platform engineering, and distributed architectures operating at global scale. I've been on both sides of the interview table—conducting technical interviews, hiring engineers across levels, mentoring team members, and helping engineers prepare for Senior Engineer, Staff Engineer, Principal Engineer, Architect, and Engineering Manager roles. I can help with: 1. Resume reviews and profile positioning for product companies 2. System Design interviews (Senior, Staff, Principal, Architect, and EM levels) 3. Engineering Manager and leadership interviews 4. Distributed Systems, Microservices, Cloud, and Architecture discussions 5. Career growth from Senior Engineer to Staff, Principal, Architect, and EM roles 6. Navigating layoffs, job transitions, and career decisions 7. AI Engineering, RAG, Agentic AI, and practical adoption in software engineering My sessions are practical, experience-driven, and focused on real-world engineering, hiring, architecture, and career growth rather than generic interview advice.