Oct 2022 – Jul 2024 · 1 yr 9 mos · Singapore

• Led a team of 50 engineers at Motional, overseeing software development, quality assurance, and technical operations.
• Spearheaded the development of a partner integration platform, fleet monitoring, passenger experience, teleoperation, and over-the-air updates for autonomous vehicles.
• Achieved seamless collaboration between multiple leads/managers to drive innovation and growth in technology leadership.

Apr 2020 – Sep 2022 · 2 yrs 5 mos · Singapore

• Led Motional's Real Time Infrastructure team of 20 members with diverse skill sets in C++/Android/Go/Python/AWS/Typescript/JS.
• Collaborated with Lyft/Uber/Via to integrate Motional's AV platform into the ride-hailing network.
• Developed team roadmap based on company OKRs, product requirements, and cross-team requests.
• Conducted goal setting, 1:1, career growth, coaching, hiring, and contractor management.

Oct 2018 – Mar 2020 · 1 yr 5 mos · Singapore

• Led a team of 8 engineers in designing and developing cloud services on AWS for a partner and vehicle-agnostic Robotaxi platform.
• Collaborated with hardware vendors to finalize the edge compute ARM-based hardware, firmware, and SDK necessary for application development.
• Architected in-vehicle voice capabilities for remote assistance calls and cabin announcements.
• Architected and implemented various vehicle body control APIs for Autonomous Vehicles.

Aug 2017 – Sep 2018 · 1 yr 1 mo · Singapore

• Conceptualized, architected, and implemented real-time distributed systems for secure communication between vehicles and the cloud.
• Developed an extensible state machine for autonomous vehicle dispatch application to handle various scenarios efficiently.
• Designed and deployed cloud APIs using microservices for vehicle booking, video streaming, and vehicle status handling.

Nov 2014 – Jul 2017 · 2 yrs 8 mos · Singapore · On-site

• Led a team of 8+ engineers in developing EnePath's Adaptive Media Platform (AMP) VoIP technology for trading companies.
• Implemented features like broadcast calls, call forwarding, and in-memory call recording to enhance platform functionality.
• Integrated AMP with various SIP providers and optimized code to increase call handling capability by 200%.
• Automated the software packages' build, test, and installation process.

Jan 2014 – Oct 2014 · 9 mos · Bengaluru Area, India · On-site

• Integrated AB Test framework into TurboTax to improve feature testing and user experience.
• Prototyped XML-based saving of tax files for efficient data management.
• Ported and enhanced competitor tax file import module to Linux for cross-platform compatibility.

Oct 2012 – Dec 2013 · 1 yr 2 mos · Bengaluru Area, India · On-site

• Developed a timer module for Motorola's SIP stack, enhancing functionality testing efficiency.
• Created C++ wrapper, JNI interface, and JAVA APIs for SIP stack, utilized by Android app.
• Proposed and implemented efficiency improvement project, gaining manager buy-in.
• Collaborated on Motorola's proprietary test framework for automating SIP stack testing.

Apr 2010 – Oct 2012 · 2 yrs 6 mos · Manipal

• Led the development of a comprehensive solution to intercept and record VOIP calls for Telenetix Private Limited.
• Developed a fast and scalable distributed node discovery and messaging library.
• Implemented a signaling protocol for a proprietary video conferencing solution, improving communication efficiency.

Aug 2008 – Mar 2010 · 1 yr 7 mos · Manipal

• Joined Telenetix Private Limited as a Software Engineer in Manipal. Developed innovative products for monitoring distributed compute nodes, healthcare message conversions, and an audio softphone on SIP protocol. Implemented alert systems for SMS, Email, and web notifications to ensure timely responses to critical issues.