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Ankit Kumar

Co-Founder

Gurgaon, Haryana, India12 yrs 3 mos experience

Key Highlights

  • Led engineering teams to rapid product launches.
  • Achieved significant cost reductions in infrastructure.
  • Built integrated platforms enhancing user experience.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a SaaS and EdTech expert with strong engineering leadership skills.

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Skills

Core Skills

Engineering ManagementProduct StrategySoftware Architecture

Other Skills

Agile MethodologiesCloud InfrastructureCustomer Relationship Management (CRM)Deployment PlanningDistributed SystemsEngineering LeadershipGrowth StrategiesMarketing StrategyMicroservicesObject-Oriented Programming (OOP)Product ManagementProduct MarketingProject ManagementSoftware DevelopmentTeam Management

Experience

Prompthire.ai

Builder

Apr 2025Present · 11 mos · Gurugram, Haryana, India · On-site

  • On a mission to create the best hiring experience for both candidates and teams.
  • Unlearning everything. Learning everything again.
  • Hiring is harder than it should be — chaotic tools, delayed feedback, and a poor experience for everyone involved.
  • At PromptHire, we’re rethinking it from the ground up.
  • Not just to make it faster, but to make it feel right — for founders, recruiters, and candidates alike.
  • We complement AI with human expertise to bring clarity, trust, and flow to every step — from sourcing to interviews to onboarding.
  • This isn’t just about hiring faster.
  • It’s about making hiring something people actually enjoy being part of.

Greyblue ventures

Head of Engineering

Jun 2024Mar 2025 · 9 mos · Gurugram, Haryana, India · On-site

  • Joined as the first engineering hire and led all engineering efforts from the ground up.
  • Scaled the tech team from 0 to 25, building a high-performing, cross-functional org.
  • Launched the MVP, achieving 1M+ downloads within 2 months of launch.
  • Built an integrated platform combining an in-house LMS, a Netflix-style course experience, and a job discovery platform—all in one app.
Engineering ManagementDeployment PlanningAgile MethodologiesDistributed SystemsEngineering LeadershipMicroservices+5

Byju's

Director of Engineering

Jul 2022Jun 2024 · 1 yr 11 mos · Gurugram, Haryana, India

  • Led end-to-end engineering for WhiteHat Jr, Toppr, and Tynker, launching multiple new products for international markets.
  • Drove infrastructure and tooling cost optimization, achieving a 60% reduction in spend without compromising performance or scalability.
  • Headed the Student-Parent Experience vertical for the Byju’s group—launched data-driven modules enabling students and parents to track performance and receive actionable insights to improve learning outcomes.
  • Rolled out self-service features for students and teachers, reducing inbound support volume and improving user satisfaction.
Engineering ManagementDeployment PlanningAgile MethodologiesDistributed SystemsEngineering LeadershipMicroservices+5

Revv self drive car rental

4 roles

VP Engineering

Promoted

Dec 2020Jul 2022 · 1 yr 7 mos

  • Heading all of Revv’s engineering functions including architecture, product delivery, infra, and engineering culture.
  • Established KPIs for code quality, team velocity, and product reliability across pods.
  • Spearheaded the launch of Revv’s Used-Car vertical as a standalone business unit.
  • Drove cost optimization initiatives, reducing AWS infrastructure spend by ~40%.
  • Shaped engineering hiring and performance frameworks to scale the team sustainably.
Engineering ManagementDeployment PlanningAgile MethodologiesDistributed SystemsEngineering LeadershipMicroservices+5

Sr Engineering Manager

Promoted

Dec 2018Dec 2020 · 2 yrs

  • Led the Growth & Operations pod for the Rental business, owning both backend and frontend deliverables.
  • Revamped web and app UI/UX, boosting conversion and user retention.
  • Ran pilot programs for asset-light fleet models to test new business lines.
  • Initiated and executed monolith-to-microservices migration for core rental systems, improving scalability and maintainability.
Engineering ManagementDeployment PlanningAgile MethodologiesDistributed SystemsEngineering LeadershipMicroservices+5

Senior Software Engineer

Promoted

Dec 2017Dec 2018 · 1 yr

  • Launched robust client APIs to enable third-party platforms like Yatra to directly book Revv cars.
  • Improved CI/CD pipelines, significantly reducing deployment time and increasing release frequency.
  • Enhanced system monitoring and alerting using ELK stack and custom dashboards for faster issue resolution.
Deployment PlanningDistributed SystemsMicroservicesCloud InfrastructureSoftware ArchitectureObject-Oriented Programming (OOP)

Software Engineer

Nov 2015Dec 2017 · 2 yrs 1 mo

  • Revamped Android app onboarding and booking flows for a smoother customer experience.
  • Integrated two new payment gateways, improving payment success rates and user flexibility.
  • Designed and built dynamic pricing and availability engines to optimize trip cost and vehicle allocation.
  • Launched the Intercity One-Way rental product with real-time inventory-based pricing.
Cloud Infrastructure

Greenspades

Co-Founder

Nov 2017Dec 2018 · 1 yr 1 mo · Gurgaon, India

  • My second entrepreneurial stint began with building the next-gen CRM ecosystem. At Greenspades, we set out to transform how offline businesses engage with their customers. As a customer engagement platform, Greenspades helped local businesses collect, organize, and activate customer data—turning it into actionable insights that powered data-driven marketing campaigns and improved retention.

Calljini

Founder

Jun 2015Nov 2015 · 5 mos · Gurgaon, India

  • At CallJini, a seamless end-to-end home services marketplace, I worked as a —developer, salesman, and ops lead. I built the customer app and backend, onboarded 200+ service providers in Gurgaon without any ops spend by mobilising friends into on-ground teams, and fulfilled 150+ service requests in just 2 months through door-to-door selling—without spending a rupee on marketing.

S&p capital iq

2 roles

Software Developer

Jun 2014Jul 2015 · 1 yr 1 mo · On-site

  • Worked on two WPF-based financial data tools:
  • Private Placement: Developed and optimized sourcing and mapping logic for categorizing private placement data.
  • M&A: Designed the initial architecture and built 100+ data flows for collecting and mapping M&A-related financial data in collaboration with analysts.
Object-Oriented Programming (OOP)

Intern

May 2013Nov 2013 · 6 mos · Hyderabad Area, India

  • Built a weighted string-matching algorithm with 60% accuracy for tagging company names.
  • Evaluated NLP tools for optimal company name recognition.
  • Developed a plug-and-play NER module using Apache UIMA for financial documents.

Education

Indian Institute of Information Technology, Design and Manufacturing, Jabalpur

Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.) — Computer Science

Apr 2010May 2014

Christ The King College

Jan 1996Jan 2010

Christ The King College

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