In this episode of ScalerPod, Ramkumar Venkatesan, the CTO of @Cashfree Payments. From his days at Oracle and Yahoo to revolutionizing transactions at Cashfree, Ramkumar shares insights on auto-scaling, managing Kubernetes clusters, resource handling using Docker, and tackling latency issues in the Cashfree app. Discover how Cashfree handles billions of transactions flawlessly while exploring their range of products and the tech behind this fintech app. Get valuable advice for young engineers navigating today's tech landscape. To know more about the Scaler. Check out our free masterclasses by industry-leading experts here: https://www.scaler.com/events?utm_source=Youtube&utm_medium=osocial&utm_campaign=brand_scaler_events_osocial_youtube_ramkumar-venkatesan-scalerpod-episode23&utm_content=YTDescription Here are the detailed list of topics they all had a discussion about in this new Scaler Pod podcast:- 00:00 - Trailer 00:57 - Introduction 01:35 - Work week of a CTO of Cashfree 05:53 - How often do you review the system architecture design? 09:00 - How has been the tech journey so far? 16:37 - What all does Cashfree do? 20:31 - What all payment gateways are doing? 28:34 - What are the challenges with identity verfication? 35:44 - How is the testing landscape of Cashfree look like? 43:50 - How do we get to the actual production level testing? 48:38 - What happens at the War Room in Cashfree? 52:10 - What are the extra challenges in developing things? 01:03:49 - What will be your general advice to the people who are the learning phase? 01:12:10 - What are some of the things that a software engineer should do? 01:21:05 - How AI is affecting the Fintech?