Sudheer Tumuluru has been appointed the head of crypto engineering at the cryptocurrency trading platform CoinSwitch Kuber.

He joins Myntra where he was the vice-president of engineering and will oversee the company’s efforts to develop and strengthen the technological stack that powers cryptocurrency trading, exchange, and upcoming crypto products.

With over two decades of experience, he has built robust and highly scalable cloud, big data, and infrastructure platforms at tech companies in India and the US.

“We are expanding rapidly, building new and exciting offerings in crypto and non-crypto space as we evolve into India’s one-stop wealth-tech destination. A crucial part of this journey is a robust crypto tech stack that will reinforce our leadership in the crypto market even as we develop an assortment of asset classes. Sudheer’s expertise in building bleeding-edge technology platforms will drive this effort,” said Ashish Singhal, co-founder, and CEO, CoinSwitch.

“Crypto is a powerful technology tool that can positively reshape finance, business, and the internet. As a technologist, I am thrilled to dive deep into the efforts of building cutting-edge technological platforms in India,” said Tumuluru.

The company was founded in 2017 by Ashish Singhal, Govind Soni, and Vimal Sagar Tiwari, and is backed by blue-chip investors including Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), Tiger Global, Sequoia Capital, Ribbit Capital, Paradigm, and Coinbase Ventures.