Kausal Malladi

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Bengaluru, Karnataka, India14 yrs 4 mos experience
Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

  • Led engineering for one of India's fastest growing stock brokers.
  • Built scalable applications with a focus on reliability.
  • Expert in software architecture and cloud computing.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Fintech and Travel Tech expert with strong software architecture and development skills.

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Skills

Core Skills

Software Architectural DesignCloud ComputingSoftware DevelopmentData ManagementProject ManagementDatabase ManagementBackend DevelopmentTechnical ReviewingResearch And Development

Other Skills

AJAXAlgorithmsAndroidCommunication SystemsData StructuresEclipseGraphics SoftwareHTMLHadoopIntegrationJDBCJSPJavaJava Enterprise EditionJavaScript

About

Self-motivated engineering leader, with a track record of consistent results-orientation, with hands on programming experience in various tech stacks and deep expertise in architecting & building applications for scale. 14+ years of Industry experience in Software architecture, design & development, ranging from low-level device drivers to large-scale enterprise applications. M.Tech. in Computer Science from International Institute of Information Technology-Bangalore (IIIT-B).

Experience

14 yrs 4 mos
Total Experience
2 yrs 1 mo
Average Tenure
3 yrs 10 mos
Current Experience

Indmoney

3 roles

Head of Engineering (SVP) - Stocks

Promoted

Apr 2024Present · 2 yrs · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

  • Heading Engineering for Stocks at INDmoney.
  • Scaled INDstocks to one of the fastest growing brokers in terms of active users (number 11 in overall list of top brokers)
  • Built the fastest trading system by constantly chasing tech metrics and benchmarking
  • Driving the US stocks growth by breaking the monolith into multiple micro services
Web ApplicationsSoftware Architectural DesignJavaCloud Computing

Vice President of Engineering

Apr 2023Mar 2024 · 11 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

  • Built INDstocks grounds up and grew the business in about 14 months to reach to top 16 Stock Brokers in India by active clients. With a maniacal focus on stability and reliability, INDstocks grew to be the hook product of the company along with being one of the biggest revenue contributors.
  • Mentored and nurtured a strong team of leaders that constantly thinks of scale in every engineering decision and ensured best engineering practices. Built a lot of in-house software as opposed to the traditional way of working with third-party vendors which a lot of Indian stock brokers do, giving the INDstocks the real cutting edge against its peers / competitors.
Software DevelopmentJavaPL/SQLData Management

Senior Director Of Engineering

Apr 2022Mar 2023 · 11 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

  • Leading Engineering for INDstocks, a comprehensive Indian Stocks Broking Application for INDmoney. Built it grounds-up in a record 8 months time to launch it to first external user, with deep involvement in coding + reviews, design databases/applications and architecting with various external components in the picture. Directing multiple teams on the right tech strategy, decision making, product thinking, UI/UX to build a completely high-performant and ultra-reliable INDstocks product.
Software Architectural DesignJavaCloud ComputingUI/UX

Makemytrip

2 roles

Associate Director - Technology Development

Promoted

Jan 2022Mar 2022 · 2 mos

  • As a Technology leader, drove large scale migrations of Earn and Burn platform (Manthan & Thanos) and Communication Platform (Pigeon/Iris) across Goibibo and MakeMyTrip, bringing in a plethora of features solving many Revenue and Product problems. Worked with many stakeholders across functional units in/and both orgs to bring up new-age platforms which can scale while being extremely extensible.
Software DevelopmentProject ManagementStakeholder Management

Senior Engineering Manager

Oct 2020Jan 2022 · 1 yr 3 mos

  • Responsible for Manthan, Thanos (Vault for Goibibo), Pigeon/Iris (last mile end user communication through SMS, WhatsApp, email and notifications) services of Go-MMT.
  • Built a common ecosystem (Manthan) that solves all Earn (Convenience Fee, Markup), Burn (Discounting, MarkDown) and Deals Management as a platform supporting all LoBs (Hotels, Flights, Bus, Cars, Experiences, Trains, Metro, Holidays, Visa) of both Goibibo and MakeMyTrip.
  • Working closely with all business, product, revenue and tech leaders across all LoBs to build and scale product with extreme tech efficiency and feature richness.
  • Thanos powers Vault for Goibibo and a feature rich funnel where users can buy vouchers using cash, credits and wallet.
  • Pigeon solves the last mile end user communication for all Goibibo and MakeMyTrip users. Currently re-writing into a more robust platform called Iris to solve for more scale and building intelligence.
Software DevelopmentDatabase ManagementCommunication Systems

Goibibo

3 roles

Engineering Manager

Oct 2018Sep 2020 · 1 yr 11 mos

  • Responsible for overall Earn (Convenience Fee) and Burn (Discounting) Platform (Peshkash/Santa/Manthan) for GoIbibo, working very closely with various technical, product & revenue teams to deliver the right results with engineering acumen.
  • Re-architected the whole platform into a common ecosystem (Manthan) to be able to scale it to the next level for both Goibibo and MakeMyTrip.
Software DevelopmentBackend DevelopmentIntegration

Principal Software Engineer

Promoted

Nov 2016Sep 2018 · 1 yr 10 mos

  • Part of backend team (Voyager) that drives the static content for all verticals of goibibo.com, primarily focused on Hotels and Trains verticals.
  • Drove integrations with external providers to the scale of a million Hotels, contributed in deduplication and recommendations!
Backend DevelopmentIntegrationData Management

Senior Software Engineer

Jul 2015Oct 2016 · 1 yr 3 mos

  • Part of backend team at GoIbibo, responsible for integration with third parties for content download and aggregation, for Hotels ecosystem, that powers more than 800000 hotels on GoIbibo today.
Backend DevelopmentIntegration

Intel corporation

2 roles

Graphics Software Engineer

Jul 2014Jul 2015 · 1 yr · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

  • As a Software Engineer at Intel Corporation, worked on System Graphics, being part of Android Display Driver development Team. Primarily worked on "Color correction and enhancement" feature on Android devices and actively contributed to upstreaming the module into Linux Kernel for multiple hardware platforms.
  • Received critical acclaim for having demonstrated consistent and qualitative results orientation.
Software DevelopmentGraphics Software

Graduate Technical Intern

Dec 2013Jun 2014 · 6 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

  • An Intern at Intel India, as part of M.Tech programme at IIIT Bangalore. Worked on a power conservation feature for low power (Windows) devices.

Packt publishing

Technical Reviewer

May 2014Sep 2014 · 4 mos

  • One of the 4 technical reviewers of the book titled "RESTful Java Patterns and Best Practices". The book can be found online.
Technical Reviewing

International institute of information technology – bangalore

Student Coordinator - Placement Committee

Jan 2013Jul 2014 · 1 yr 6 mos · Bangalore

  • Head of Student Placement Committee (of 15 members) at IIIT Bangalore, responsible for planning, scheduling, inviting companies on campus, logistics for them and also overseeing the preparedness levels of the entire batch for placements.

Infosys

2 roles

Systems Engineer

Mar 2011Jul 2012 · 1 yr 4 mos

  • As a Systems Engineer at Infosys-Hyderabad, was part of the "FSIIMS - Tools Group" which does R&D of effective solutions to real world challenges in Infrastructure space.
  • Worked on research and development of "Due-Diligence" solution. Responsible for extending the solution to include Linux machines and also fetching various Web (IIS, Tomcat, JBoss) & Database (SQL Server, MySQL) servers' details (using Web Services in Silverlight and Java + Scripting) on both Windows and Linux (remote) machines to be shown as a part of host analysis. Partly involved in the design of Server Consolidation algorithm, one of the novel features of the product, to arrive at a solution for Data Center Migration.

Systems Engineer - Trainee

Sep 2010Feb 2011 · 5 mos

  • At Infosys-Mysore, underwent both generic and technology specific training. Trained in C, C++, Java, PL/SQL, Advanced Oracle, Advanced UNIX, Web Programming with PERL/CGI.
  • Completed the training programme with a CGPA of 4.81 on a scale of 5, specializing in Open Systems.
Research and DevelopmentWeb ServicesDatabase Management

Freelance php developer

Web and Database Programmer

Jun 2010Aug 2010 · 2 mos · Greater Hyderabad Area

  • As a Freelancer for 2 months and a half, finished a PHP based project assignment which earned excellent (Service Rating : 9.2 / 10) feedback from the customer.

Education

International Institute of Information Technology Bangalore

Master of Technology (M.Tech.) — Computer Science

Jan 2012Jan 2014

Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University

B.Tech. — Information Technology

Jan 2006Jan 2010

Narayana Junior College

XII

Jan 2004Jan 2006

Dilsukhnagar High School

SSC

Jan 2003Jan 2004

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