Atanu Roy
I enable R&D teams at high-growth B2B startups to transition from unstructured chaos to structured, self-driven engineering organizations. Over the last 13+ years, I have built and led high-performance Agile teams within enterprise-scale R&D organizations, focusing on architectural scalability, predictable delivery, and leadership coaching.
Today, I share this hands-on experience through Project Journey, my R&D consulting practice helping post-PMF startups build scalable, predictable engineering practices.
“Empowering teams through trust, scaling architectures through simple abstractions, and building systems with high integrity”
Professional Experience
Co-founder and CEO
- Transitioned early-stage startups from R&D chaos to predictable, scalable engineering operations through strategic advisory
- Developed and implemented The Journey Framework™, a proprietary three-phase methodology designed to institutionalize engineering practices and empower self-governing teams
- Advised and collaborated with 50+ global organizations across India, the US, and the EU to optimize cloud architectures and infrastructure governance serving millions of end users
Senior Engineering Manager
- Stood at the cross-road of corporate leadership and entrepreneurship - and went the later way
Engineering Manager
- Helped build the infrastructure platform for a hyper-growing healthcare unicorn
- Worked with a cross-functional team to bootstrap 25+ technologies and deliver matching the business growth
- Mentored senior engineers and team leads to cultivate a strong technical leadership pipeline
Engineering Manager
- Managed cross-functional product development teams to deliver enterprise-grade testing and quality assurance solutions
- Spearheaded agile methodologies and processes to optimize release cycles and enhance output quality
Software Architect
- Designed robust, scalable architectural systems for enterprise software test automation suites
- Partnered with product management and development teams to define long-term technical roadmaps
Team Lead, Solution Engineering
- Led a team of Forward Deployed Engineers to help customers integrate and realize value from our product suite
- Fostered a collaborative team environment, mentoring junior devs, and driving continuous technical improvements.
Software Engineer
- Engineered reliable software modules and integrated them with legacy backend services.
- Worked in client-facing environments, delivering solutions ahead of schedule.
How I Think & What I Work With
Engineering Leadership
- R&D Strategy & Scaling
- Building Growth Culture
- Managing Cross-functional Teams
- Mentoring & Career Coaching
- Recruitment & Technical On-boarding
- Agile/Scrum Coaching
Technical & Architectural
- Enterprise Application Architecture
- Cloud and AI Strategy
- System Scalability & Performance
- CI/CD Pipelines & Automation
- Technical Roadmap & Design Patterns
I'm hands-on across latest technologies, which enables me to advise on architecture and infrastructure decisions.
Multi-Cloud
Backend
Infrastructure
Frontend
DevOps
Data
AI/ML
Observability
Education
Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech)
Electronics and Communication Engineering
West Bengal University of Technology
August 2008 - July 2012Personal Interests
When I'm not steering R&D teams or designing platform architecture, I explore a variety of active pursuits:
Culinary Arts
I find immense relaxation and lessons in focus while cooking in my kitchen.
Tinkering with Technology
Hacking on side projects, building custom tools, and staying hands-on with cutting-edge frameworks and developer setups.