Prashant Sharma โ VP of Engineering
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 ๐๐ผ๐ธ๐๐ถ๐ธ, 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 ๐๐ผ๐๐๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ฝ๐ฝ๐, managing architecture and delivery for 10+ ๐ฆ๐ต๐ผ๐ฝ๐ถ๐ณ๐ ๐๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ that enable merchant scalability. Previously at ๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ผ๐๐, led the Checkout & Payments team โ revamping checkout experiences, improving conversion and reliability, and driving architecture redesigns and platform optimization. Earlier, part of ๐๐น๐ถ๐ฝ๐ธ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐โ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฎ ๐ฃ๐น๐ฎ๐๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐บ, where I worked on Spark-based real-time data streaming, user insight systems, and improved services to handle ๐๐ถ๐ด ๐๐ถ๐น๐น๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ฎ๐๐ scale. Passionate about building empowered teams, driving product-led growth, and delivering reliable systems at scale.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a SaaS and E-commerce engineering leader with expertise in scalability and team management.
Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Experience: 12 yrs 3 mos
Skills
- Engineering Leadership
- Scalability
- Engineering Management
- Checkout Optimization
- Payments Systems
- Big Data
Career Highlights
- Proven track record in building high-performance engineering teams.
- Expertise in optimizing e-commerce checkout experiences.
- Experience scaling systems for major sales events.
Work Experience
GoKwik
Senior Engineering Manager (11 mos)
Engineering Manager (1 yr)
Licious
Engineering Manager (1 yr 3 mos)
Tech Lead (1 yr 2 mos)
Flipkart
Software Development Engineer 2 (2 yrs 4 mos)
Software Development Engineer (2 yrs 3 mos)
voonik.com
Data Engineer (4 mos)
Data Engineer (4 mos)
Indian Inst of Technology Hyderabad
Research Assistantship (2 yrs 11 mos)
Education
Master of Technology (MTech) at Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad