Prashant Sharma

VP of Engineering

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India12 yrs 3 mos experience
AI ML PractitionerAI Enabled

Key Highlights

  • Proven track record in building high-performance engineering teams.
  • Expertise in optimizing e-commerce checkout experiences.
  • Experience scaling systems for major sales events.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a SaaS and E-commerce engineering leader with expertise in scalability and team management.

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Skills

Core Skills

Engineering LeadershipScalabilityEngineering ManagementCheckout OptimizationPayments SystemsBig Data

Other Skills

AI callingAlgorithmsArchitecture RedesignCC++ChatbotsData StructuresHadoopHiveJavaLinuxMatlabMySQLPerformance OptimizationPersonalization systems

About

Engineering leader with a proven track record of building and scaling high-performance teams and large-scale products across e-commerce and engagement platforms. At ๐—š๐—ผ๐—ธ๐˜„๐—ถ๐—ธ, leading KwikEngage, a 45+ member org driving retention via high-scale campaigns (WhatsApp, SMS, email, AI calling) and engagement through chatbots and personalization systems. Also led ๐—›๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—”๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐˜€, managing architecture and delivery for 10+ ๐—ฆ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐—ณ๐˜† ๐—”๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐˜€ that enable merchant scalability. Previously at ๐—Ÿ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜€, led the Checkout & Payments team โ€” revamping checkout experiences, improving conversion and reliability, and driving architecture redesigns and platform optimization. Earlier, part of ๐—™๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฝ๐—ธ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜โ€™๐˜€ ๐——๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฎ ๐—ฃ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—บ, where I worked on Spark-based real-time data streaming, user insight systems, and improved services to handle ๐—•๐—ถ๐—ด ๐—•๐—ถ๐—น๐—น๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐——๐—ฎ๐˜†๐˜€ scale. Passionate about building empowered teams, driving product-led growth, and delivering reliable systems at scale.

Experience

Gokwik

2 roles

Senior Engineering Manager

Promoted

Apr 2025 โ€“ Present ยท 11 mos ยท Hybrid

  • Leading KwikEngage tech org of 45+ engineers, EMs, tech leads, and QAs โ€” driving retention via high-scale campaigns on WhatsApp, SMS, email, and AI calling, and powering engagement through intelligent chatbots and personalization systems.
ScalabilityEngineering LeadershipEngineering ManagementAI callingChatbotsPersonalization systems

Engineering Manager

Mar 2024 โ€“ Mar 2025 ยท 1 yr ยท Hybrid

  • Led House of Apps + Return Prime โ€” a 20+ member team of engineers, tech leads, and QAs managing ~10 Shopify apps end-to-end

Licious

2 roles

Engineering Manager

Promoted

Nov 2022 โ€“ Feb 2024 ยท 1 yr 3 mos ยท Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

  • Led Checkout & Payments Team
  • Spearheaded a complete revamp of the checkout experience, driving improvements in conversion and reliability.
  • Managed a cross-functional team of 12 engineers โ€” including backend, app developers, and QA โ€” to deliver end-to-end checkout and payment solutions.
  • Oversaw architecture redesign, feature rollouts, and performance optimization across platforms
Checkout OptimizationPayments SystemsArchitecture RedesignPerformance Optimization

Tech Lead

Aug 2021 โ€“ Oct 2022 ยท 1 yr 2 mos ยท Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Flipkart

2 roles

Software Development Engineer 2

Promoted

Apr 2019 โ€“ Aug 2021 ยท 2 yrs 4 mos ยท Bengaluru Area, India

  • Part of Flipkartโ€™s Data Platform team โ€” worked on big data systems using Spark and real-time data streaming; built user service & insight pipelines; scaled systems to handle peak BBD (Big Billion Days) traffic.
Big DataReal-time Data StreamingSpark

Software Development Engineer

Dec 2016 โ€“ Mar 2019 ยท 2 yrs 3 mos ยท Bengaluru Area, India

Voonik.com

2 roles

Data Engineer

Jul 2016 โ€“ Nov 2016 ยท 4 mos

Data Engineer

Jul 2016 โ€“ Nov 2016 ยท 4 mos

Indian inst of technology hyderabad

Research Assistantship

Jul 2013 โ€“ Jun 2016 ยท 2 yrs 11 mos

Education

Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad

Master of Technology (MTech) โ€” Computer Science

Jan 2013 โ€“ Jan 2016

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