Jay Chakra

Product Manager

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India10 yrs experience

Most Likely To SwitchAI ML Practitioner

Key Highlights

Expert in architecting scalable systems.
Proven track record in stakeholder management.
Strong analytical and decision-making skills.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Full Stack Developer with expertise in SaaS and cloud infrastructure.

Contact

jaychakra.jc@gmail.com LinkedIn

Skills

Core Skills

JavaEnterprise ArchitectureMongodbRequirements GatheringNodejsWeb TechnologiesCloud InfrastructurePhp

Other Skills

AWSAlgorithmsAmazon Web Services (AWS)ApacheApache SolrArchitectureArtificial Intelligence (AI)AutomationBusiness EthicsCakePHPCode ReviewCoding StandardsCommunicationConcurrent ProgrammingContent Delivery

About

Full Stack Developer with close to 11 years of experience in designing scalable systems. Over the years, I have gained expertise in analysis, designing, delivering, development, integration and migration of complex systems. I have successfully excelled in architecting, providing solutions in PHP, MySQL, Javascript, NodeJS, Angular, Solr, Blockchain with extensive experience in managing, developing and supporting web-based products throughout their lifecycle. These years working on several technologies enabled me with experience in comparing and selecting the best fit technology for the given business problem at hand. My key differentiators are an in-depth techno-business understanding and acumen, effective decision making, powerful stakeholder management competencies, aggressive approach towards resource development, cost/operational efficiencies and productivity and well-balanced people management skills. With a strong clarity of purpose and objective analytical approach, I have gained exceptionally consistent and committed track-record of excelling in all assignments undertaken. Driven by strong personal values of honesty, integrity & sincerity, I can perform in demanding work environments utilizing strong work ethics. People’s person, strong & effective communicator, analytical, organized & detail oriented, able to prioritize and delegate tasks effectively to ensure successful execution.

Experience

Mongodb

3 roles

Principal Consulting Engineer

Promoted

Feb 2025 – Present · 1 yr 1 mo

Senior Consulting Engineer

Promoted

Feb 2022 – Feb 2025 · 3 yrs

Data ModelsConcurrent ProgrammingJavaJavaScriptEnterprise ArchitectureArchitecture+4

Consulting Engineer

Jul 2020 – Jan 2022 · 1 yr 6 mos

Requirements GatheringDesign PatternsCoding StandardsWeb TechnologiesCommunicationMongoDB+5

Limetray

Senior Software Engineer

Aug 2018 – Jul 2020 · 1 yr 11 mos · Gurgaon, India

☑ Environment: NodeJS, Postgres, MongoDB, Express, Java, Linux, MySQL, Redis, AWS (SQS, SNS), Grafana, git
♦ Handled a team of 4 to architecture and develop a mobile version of the order-online web application, a multinational SAAS product offering by the company being used by merchants like Om Sweets, Burger King
♦ Optimized the legacy OLTP system based out of Mongo and MySQL to resolve performance bottlenecks by introducing caching and event-driven mechanism at several service layers
♦ Conceptualised the High and Low-Level Design of Shipments Integration Workflow to handle high throughput
♦ Implemented a Query Framework on PostgresDB suitable for understanding analytics domain
♦ Designed and developed a widget configuration module handling the varied requirements of displaying complex analytical data

Requirements GatheringDesign PatternsCoding StandardsWeb TechnologiesCommunicationCode Review+4

Quezx.com

4 roles

Senior Technical Team Lead (Headhonchos.com)

Oct 2017 – Jul 2018 · 9 mos

☑ Environment: NodeJS, MongoDB, Javascript, Python, Memcache, MySQL
♦ Handled the Technical Migration of Headhonchos cloud infrastructure post-merger with quezx.com
♦ Optimized infrastructure on Google Cloud (GCP) thereby reducing company expenditure by ~45% on technology infrastructure
♦ Increased the open rate of emails by 3% by implementing an intelligent mailing system
♦ Partnered with Google for Jobs and implemented their APIs resulting in 300% surge on web traffic on our site

Requirements GatheringDesign PatternsCoding StandardsWeb TechnologiesCommunicationCode Review+4

Sabbatical

Apr 2016 – Sep 2017 · 1 yr 5 mos

- Managed a medical emergency in my immediate family

Senior Technical Team Leader

Promoted

Jun 2014 – Mar 2016 · 1 yr 9 mos

☑ Environment: Java, Solr, NodeJS, MongoDB, Javascript, MySQL, Apache, Nginx
♦ Had a multi-role responsibility of project management, programming and documentation, and training subordinates and interns
♦ Provided rigorous job training to interns from IIT Bombay and IIT Roorkee on Web Development
♦ Created QuezX.com (V1) (A job application marketplace), similar to Uber for jobs, consultants and companies for hiring. The backend of the application was written in CakePHP and the full-text search on Solr
♦ Migrated parts of QuezX.com to NodeJS and AngularJS leveraging their features which had positive impacts on website rendering speed
♦ Automated the email generation and sending process using PHPList eﬀectively saving 100+ man hours daily
♦ Studied the operation process closely and build a chrome extension to source the candidates from diﬀerent portals thereby reducing the 2 day process to few minutes and eﬀectively shifting workforce to more meaningful roles
♦ Handled migration of manually maintained data to MySql database

Requirements GatheringDesign PatternsCoding StandardsWeb TechnologiesCode ReviewInterpersonal Communication+2

Consultant Technology

Apr 2014 – May 2014 · 1 mo

☑ PHP, MySQL, Apache Solr, Jquery, Javascript, CakePHP
♦ In a short period of 2 months created the MVP of Job Portal with a relational database design, Full-text keyword search, and user management

Web TechnologiesCode ReviewInterpersonal CommunicationPHP