Nitish Jain

Director of Engineering

Hyderabad, Telangana, India9 yrs 2 mos experience
Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

  • Led team to a 33% increase in development velocity.
  • Implemented significant payment platform enhancements.
  • Spearheaded migration to AWS cloud infrastructure.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Fintech expert with strong backend development skills in cloud environments.

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Skills

Core Skills

Amazon Web Services (aws)Web Development

Other Skills

ARMAlgorithmsAssembly LanguageCC++CSSCascading Style Sheets (CSS)CodeIgniterCoding LanguagesDjangoHTMLJavaJavaScriptLinuxMySQL

Experience

Indeed.com

5 roles

Software Engineering Manager

Promoted

Oct 2022Present · 3 yrs 5 mos · Hyderabad, Telangana, India

  • As the leader of the Payments Growth and Risk team at Indeed, my focus is on global expansion of payment methods and mitigating revenue loss risks stemming from payment failures and chargebacks. Serving as the Engineering Manager for the team, I directly oversee five Software Engineers within a cross-functional team of eight, which includes members from UX, PM, and QA domains. My responsibilities encompass shaping the team’s roadmap, conducting regular 1:1 meetings, providing mentorship to engineers, fostering collaboration with other teams, and nurturing the growth of team members.
  • Upon assuming leadership of the team, I implemented various process enhancements in the development cycle, including improvements in code review and quality assurance practices. These optimizations resulted in a notable 33% increase in team velocity. Additionally, I actively contributed to the conception and execution of several significant projects, such as developing a data pipeline for managing Indeed fraud data, launching a revenue protection tool to mitigate chargebacks, expanding one-time payment capabilities globally within Indeed, and introducing PayLater options for employers.
  • Furthermore, I actively participated in Indeed’s hiring initiatives by conducting Architecture interviews and providing guidance to new engineers throughout the recruitment process.
MySQLAmazon Web Services (AWS)Web Development

Staff Software Engineer

Jan 2022Nov 2022 · 10 mos · Hyderabad, Telangana, India

  • As the tech lead of the Payments team in Hyderabad, assumed leadership responsibilities in driving enhancements to the new Payments platform. Notably, spearheaded the integration of new payment methods such as ACH and facilitated the transition of the Indeed payments ecosystem to adopt these methods. Additionally, played a pivotal role in ensuring compliance of the payments platform with RBI mandates in India.
  • Furthermore, in the absence of a full-time manager for the Hyderabad team, collaborated closely with the Payments Platform Engineering Lead to oversee team management duties. This involved conducting regular 1:1 meetings, hiring new engineers for the team, shaping the team’s roadmap, and providing mentorship to engineers. Contributed to Indeed’s hiring efforts by conducting Architecture interviews and offering guidance to new engineers in the recruitment process.
MySQLAmazon Web Services (AWS)Web Development

Senior Software Engineer

Promoted

Oct 2020Dec 2021 · 1 yr 2 mos · Hyderabad, Telangana, India

  • Contributed significantly to the rearchitecting efforts of the Payments platform, resulting in an 80% reduction in the time required to introduce new payment methods. Spearheaded the design and implementation of multiple microservices within the revamped platform, culminating in elevated rates of authorization and charge successes. Instrumental in the migration of Indeed’s existing Payments infrastructure from on-premises to the AWS cloud environment. Additionally, contributed to the recruitment process at Indeed by conducting Architecture interviews and and mentoring new interviewers on whiteboard interviews.
MySQLAmazon Web Services (AWS)Web Development

Software Engineer II

Apr 2019Sep 2020 · 1 yr 5 mos · Hyderabad, Telangana, India

  • Working with Indeed’s Billing Experience team within the Money platform, where I played a pivotal role in the overhaul of the Billing Pages, notably billing.indeed.com. Through the redesign efforts, I significantly enhanced user experience (UX) and achieved upto 72% improvement in page load times. This achievement was realized by transitioning the Billing monolith Webapp into a more efficient architecture comprising multiple microservices. Additionally, contributed to the successful launch of new business entities within the billing domain. Furthermore, contributed to Indeed’s recruitment endeavors by conducting whiteboard interviews to assist in talent acquisition.
MySQLAmazon Web Services (AWS)Web Development

Software Engineer

Jul 2017Mar 2019 · 1 yr 8 mos · Hyderabad, Telangana, India

  • Developed a novel application from inception at Indeed, enabling users to swipe through job listings akin to Tinder. This innovative platform customizes job recommendations based on user preferences, extrapolated from their interactions within the app. Additionally, contributed to the development of a comprehensive suite of tools designed to streamline Indeed’s hiring processes. This suite encompasses an interviewer management system facilitating efficient coordination of interviewers across global offices, alongside an interview scheduler empowered to automate onsite interview scheduling by seamlessly integrating data from the interviewer management system.

International institute of information technology

Research Assistant

Aug 2016May 2017 · 9 mos · Greater Hyderabad Area

  • Leaded a team of 4 members for the building of a data collection portal for weather information.

Samsung r&d institute bangalore

Software Engineering Intern

May 2016Jul 2016 · 2 mos · Bangalore, India

  • Worked on the protocols to realize wireless tethering between devices by the use of Media
  • Agnostic USB and Wifi Direct on android kernel using the RNDIS protocol on the host side.

Letmedrive.in

Web Developer Intern

Jun 2015Jun 2015 · 0 mo · Greater Delhi Area

  • Contributed to the ongoing web development for the company by making modules in PHP, mysql, AJAX and designing API's for Android and IOS.

Software assurance, llc | mobile app | wearable | development | testing | technology | solution

Software Developer Intern

May 2015Jul 2015 · 2 mos · India

  • Developed API's in Python and Django for one of the ongoing projects Yoolotto that provides the users options for scanning and managing their lottery tickets along with being notified of the results and provides the option of playing many more virtual games .

Newintown.in

Web Developer

May 2014Jul 2014 · 2 mos · Gurugram, Haryana, India

  • Developed a new version for the website using Codeigniter Framework in PHP, Boootstrap and Google Maps.

Education

International Institute of Information Technology Hyderabad (IIITH)

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

Jan 2013Jan 2017

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