Jun 2023 – Nov 2024 · 1 yr 5 mos · Remote

• As Airstack’s first Talent Acquisition Manager, I built the hiring function from the ground up — leading strategic recruitment efforts across Backend, Frontend, QA, and Data Engineering roles during a period of fast-paced growth.
• I owned the end-to-end hiring process, from defining role requirements to onboarding, and partnered closely with founders and engineering leaders to ensure every hire aligned with Airstack’s technical and cultural vision.
• Key Achievements:
• Built a full-cycle recruitment function and hiring playbook from scratch
• Scaled the engineering team from 10 to 30 in under a year
• Streamlined hiring workflows, improving time-to-hire and candidate experience
• Collaborated with stakeholders to refine JD frameworks and technical assessments
• Drove employer branding initiatives to attract top-tier engineering talent
• Used data and insights to improve sourcing channels and offer conversion rates

Oct 2020 – Mar 2023 · 2 yrs 5 mos

• As an independent consultant, I partnered with tech companies such as Metamap, Inmobi, Jisr HR, Mindtickle, Navi, Rupifi, Meesho, and Carousell to strategically scale their engineering teams. Through close collaboration with stakeholders, I established streamlined recruitment processes, defined targeted role requirements, and employed data-driven strategies to optimize hiring quality and speed. My commitment to fostering diversity and inclusivity resulted in balanced, high-impact teams that enriched each company’s culture and enhanced their technical capabilities, empowering them to thrive in a competitive market.
• Key Achievements:
• Collaborated with leading tech companies to effectively scale engineering teams.
• Successfully established the initial engineering teams for Metamap, Carousell, and Meesho, setting the stage for their growth.
• Filled essential leadership positions, including CTO, Engineering Managers,Architects and Technical Leads, ensuring teams had the right expertise to succeed.
• Developed streamlined and efficient hiring workflows tailored to the specific needs of each company.
• Worked closely with stakeholders to clarify and specify job requirements, enhancing the alignment between roles and organizational goals.
• Leveraged analytics to improve the quality and speed of recruitment efforts, resulting in better candidate matches.
• Promoted diverse and inclusive teams that not only strengthened company culture but also enhanced technical capabilities and innovation.

Nov 2019 – Jun 2020 · 7 mos · Bengaluru Area, India

• PharmEasy was founded in 2015 with the sole purpose to make healthcare easily available, accessible, and affordable to all through the extensive use of new-age cutting-edge technology. Today, we are one of India's largest healthcare aggregators connecting lakhs of patients to licensed pharmacies & diagnostic centers online for all their medical needs. We are particularly catering to the chronic-care segment, and offer a range of services including medicine delivery, teleconsultation, sample collection for diagnostic tests as well as subscription-based services for all these categories.
• Here I was involved in hiring for Engineering Manager, Principal/Senior Architect, Product Manager (Across levels), Technical Program Manager (Across levels), Designer(Across levels)

May 2018 – Nov 2019 · 1 yr 6 mos · Bengaluru Area, India

• At Paytm, I focused on building a team for Paytm Money while also supporting hiring for Paytm Travel and Paytm Financial Services. As the single point of contact for all tech hiring in Paytm Money, I was independently responsible for managing end-to-end recruitment for all engineering roles.
• Managed End-to-End Hiring: Oversaw the complete hiring process for engineering roles within Paytm Money.
• Senior-Level Hiring: Engaged in hiring for critical non-tech positions, including CFO, VP of Equity Product, and VP of Design.
• Cross-Functional Team Building: Successfully built teams across Backend, Frontend, Design, Product, Mobile and Automation.
• Weekly Recruitment Drives: Conducted regular recruitment drives, focusing on closing critical positions efficiently.
• Achievements:
• Offer Rollouts: Successfully rolled out over 100 job offers.
• Senior Technical Placements: Closed 30+ senior technical positions.
• Recognition: Awarded Star Performer for 2018-2019 for exceptional contributions in talent acquisition.

Dec 2015 – Apr 2018 · 2 yrs 4 mos · Pune Area, India

• In Interviewbit, I was the initial member of the recruitment team and the 3rd employee of the company. Here, I was single-handedly managing 8 to 9 clients and helped build the engineering team for Amazon, Flipkart, Myntra, Uber, Rippling, Infoworks, Mindtickle, Capital Float and Moonfrog Labs across roles.

May 2012 – Dec 2015 · 3 yrs 7 mos · Bengaluru Area, India

• At Careernet I was a part of the JPO2 team in the R&D Business unit involved in hiring for Top-Notch E-commerce companies and High-End start-ups.
• Here I was involved in hiring for clients like Amazon, Walmart Labs, Inmobi, Bloomreach, Bidgely, and helped to build the initial team for CK12, AdNear, Bitzermobile, Zendrive, and few other early-stage startups.