Balram Khichar

Director of Engineering

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India12 yrs 6 mos experience
Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

  • Led frontend and mobile teams at Rippling.
  • Delivered a design system for product consistency.
  • Built a team of 40+ skilled developers.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a SaaS-focused Frontend and Mobile Engineering Leader.

Contact

balram@rippling.com+918695969763LinkedIn

Skills

Core Skills

Frontend DevelopmentTeam LeadershipArchitectureMvp DevelopmentFull Stack Development

Other Skills

AJAXAngularJSCC++CI/CDCSSCascading Style Sheets (CSS)FluxGitHTMLHTML5JavaJavaScriptLinuxMySQL

About

I help developers build solid products and I'm a hands on frontend engineer. Efficient in carrying out development planning and architecting projects from the ground up. I strive to build effective efficient teams. Passionate about user and developer experience. Currently leading the frontend and mobile teams at Rippling. Tech Stack: • Frontend (HTML/CSS/JS, ReactJs, React Native, Electron, AngularJs) • Backend (Python, Ruby on Rails, NodeJS, PHP) Looking for mentorship? https://topmate.io/balramkhichar

Experience

Rippling

3 roles

Director of Engineering

Promoted

Apr 2023 – Present · 2 yrs 11 mos

  • Leading the platform teams for web and mobile

Engineering Manager

Promoted

Jan 2019 – Apr 2023 · 4 yrs 3 mos

  • Engineering Manager leading a team of highly skilled UI engineers and building highly scalable frontend/mobile apps
  • Built a team of 40+ frontend and mobile developers
  • Leading the architectural decisions for frontend and mobile app
  • Planning roadmap and owning delivery
  • Delivered a design system which is used across Rippling products
  • Do regular Code and PR reviews and maintain quality
  • Worked on developer experience initiatives and larger migrations
  • Working closely with engineering leads of associated teams
UI engineeringfrontend developmentmobile app developmentteam leadershipproject managementFrontend Development+1

Senior Software Engineer

Nov 2017 – Dec 2018 · 1 yr 1 mo

  • Joined as early member of Rippling frontend team
  • Worked in platform team and contributed to commonly used modules
  • Worked on initial infra and architecture of Rippling frontend app
  • Contributed to tooling, CI/CD pipeline setup, and developer experience
  • Architect and built Rippling mobile app
frontend developmentarchitectureCI/CDmobile app developmentFrontend DevelopmentArchitecture

Codebrahma

2 roles

Senior Software Engineer

Apr 2016 – Oct 2017 · 1 yr 6 mos

  • Worked closely with multiple founders on building their MVP
  • Worked with eBay (Hong Kong) team on a referral network project
MVP developmentcollaborationproject managementMVP Development

Software Engineer

Nov 2014 – Mar 2016 · 1 yr 4 mos

  • Worked as full stack engineer
  • Worked on Harmoney product (New Zealand's leading peer-to-peer lending platform)
full stack developmentcollaborationFull Stack Development

Afterklap

Co-Founder

Feb 2015 – Oct 2015 · 8 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

  • Afterklap is a curated marketplace. Curators hand-pick quality products with great style, amazing prices and free or low shipping.

Fashion mode agency

UI Engineer

May 2014 – Jul 2015 · 1 yr 2 mos

  • - Worked as full stack engineer for the e-commerce portal

Vatsana

2 roles

Assistant Developer

Promoted

Jan 2014 – Apr 2014 · 3 mos · Chennai Area, India

  • Worked as full stack engineer
  • Worked on the development of social content platform (WittyFeed)
  • Developed a mini social media platform, "askme"

Intern

Sep 2013 – Dec 2013 · 3 mos · Chennai Area, India

  • - Developed a sharing network evryshare

Mahindra group

Intern

Apr 2013 – Mar 2014 · 11 mos · Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · On-site

Education

SRM IST Chennai

Bachelor of Technology (BTech) — Computer Science

Jan 2011 – Jan 2015

Adarsh Vidya Mandir

High School

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