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Our management

The people accountable, not a stock photo

Delivery leads who still review code, a talent function that recruits for the bench it would want to work alongside, and trainers pulled from live projects.

XBreyins bridges the gap between businesses that need engineers who deliver and graduates who need real skills to get hired. We build software, AI and cloud solutions for clients, and job-ready talent through hands-on, AI-driven internships. My promise to both is honest advice, practical work and measurable results.
Smita BasanwarFounder & Chief Executive Officer, Xbreyins India Private Limited
Organisational philosophy

How we lead

We lead by owning outcomes, not just delivering output. Every engagement is shaped around the client's workflows, timeline and budget, with no off-the-shelf templates, and we stay accountable from the first architecture discussion through deployment and cost optimisation. AI is at the core of how we build, and we keep our scope, timelines and advice transparent at every step.

We bring the same approach to talent. Our mentors are working engineers and marketers, so what we teach is what we deliver for clients, and our interns learn on real projects with the tools the industry uses today. We invest in people early because the talent gap won't close on its own, and we measure our success by who gets hired and what works in production.

Leadership team

Who you will actually be working with

  • Smita Basanwar — leadership photo

    Smita Basanwar

    Founder & Chief Executive Officer

    founding story, prior experience and the conviction behind starting Xbreyins. Two to four lines, written in the first person where possible.

  • Dhiraj Aknurwar — leadership photo

    Dhiraj Aknurwar

    Co-Founder & Chief Technology Officer

    Technical background, platforms architected and the engineering standards they hold delivery teams to.

  • Sachin Basanwar — leadership photo

    Sachin Basanwar

    Director – Delivery & Execution

    Delivery track record, methodology preference and how they run engagement governance.

  • Amey Pittalwar — leadership photo

    Amey Pittalwar

    Director Sales

    Staffing background, bench philosophy and approach to candidate vetting.

  • Saanvi Aknurwar — leadership photo

    Saanvi Aknurwar

    Head of AI & Machine Learning

    AI/ML background, production systems shipped and view on responsible deployment.

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Culture & values

What we hold to when it costs us something

Values are only real at the moment they lose you a deal or a deadline. These are the ones we keep then.

  • Integrity

    We quote what work costs, flag risk the moment we see it, and would rather lose a deal than win it on an estimate we do not believe.

  • Ownership

    The team that designs a system runs it. Nobody hands a problem across a boundary and calls it solved.

  • Innovation

    We adopt new technology when it makes a measurable difference to a client outcome, not when it makes a good slide.

  • Quality

    Tests, reviews and observability are part of the estimate, never the first thing cut when a date gets tight.

  • Continuous learning

    Our engineers teach in our own training programs, which keeps their fundamentals sharp and our curriculum honest.

  • Client first

    We measure ourselves on the outcome you needed, not the hours we billed getting there.

Join our team

We are hiring across delivery, AI, academics and talent

Engineers here teach one training module a year, own what they build, and are never asked to commit to a date they did not agree to.

Want to talk to the people, not the process?

Ask for whichever leader owns the area you care about. We will put you in front of them rather than an account manager.