Swapna Chavan

Engineering Manager

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India15 yrs 11 mos experience
Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

  • Overhauled engineering processes for improved quality.
  • Scaled engineering team from 10 to 35+ in 8 months.
  • Architected and released first iOS SDK within 2 months.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a SaaS and Ad Tech expert with strong mobile development and project management skills.

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Skills

Core Skills

Project ManagementProduct ManagementTeam BuildingMobile Development

Other Skills

.NET.NET Compact FrameworkAgileAgile MethodologiesAndroidAndroid DevelopmentAndroid Multimedia FrameworkAndroid SDKBluetoothBluetooth Low EnergyCC#C++Core JavaES

About

Engineering lead with 12+ years of experience in managing SaaS and mobile development teams. Systematic professional offering comprehensive experience in product strategy, architectural oversight, process definition, project management, inter team collaboration and product releases. Mastery of turning conceptual ideas into working solutions. Excellent problem solver with ability to consistently produce high quality solutions that meet both requirements and deadlines. Areas of Expertise - Product Requirements and Design - Training and Mentorship - Driving new feature efforts across teams (From product specs, Dev, QA and release) - Building teams - Technology­ Evaluation and Adoption - Product and Tech discussions with external partners - Project Management - Agile - Tech Stack: MEAN, Android, iOS, Python, Java, ES.

Experience

Uber

Engineering Manager

Jan 2022Present · 4 yrs 2 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Litmusworld

Head Of Engineering

Apr 2017Jul 2019 · 2 yrs 3 mos · Bengaluru Area, India

  • LitmusWorld is a business transformational platform that enables organisation to engage customers and employees in real time conversations across all points of interactions.
  • Reporting to the CTO, led a team of 35+ Software engineers, Quality analyst and Product Managers.
  • Teams Managed
  • Web App(MEAN, Python, ES, Java)
  • Mobile(Android, iOS)
  • QA
  • Product
  • Overhauled the engineering process to improve quality and better align it with business needs.
  • Introduced agile processes to provide predictability around timing and content of production deployment.
  • Introduced best practices for development and championed their adoption.
  • Architected & designed technically robust, flexible and scalable solutions.
  • Introduced Service Oriented Architecture to pull apart monolithic codebase.
  • Leveraged test automation, testing processes and quality metrics to deliver high quality features on the platform.
  • Worked closely with Product Management, Business Development and Operations team and enabled them by providing high quality technology solutions at a rapid pace, resulting in customer satisfaction.
  • Recruited Stellar candidates and scaled the team from 10 engineers to 35+, in 8 months. Also fostered professional and personal growth of each individual engineer in the team.
MEANPythonESJavaAgileProject Management+1

Craftsvilla

2 roles

Team Lead - Mobile

Dec 2016Mar 2017 · 3 mos · Mumbai Area, India

  • Responsible for leading a team to develop and enhance Craftsvilla's Android and iOS applications.
  • Managed deliverables by co-ordinating across functions (Product , Backend(API) , Marketing, Merchandising).
  • Project Management, Architecture, Design, Development and Code review.
AndroidiOSProject ManagementMobile Development

iOS Lead

Aug 2016Nov 2016 · 3 mos · Mumbai Area, India

  • Working on bring you an awesome ethnic experience right on your smart phone.

Airpush, inc.

Manager - IOS R&D

Nov 2014Feb 2016 · 1 yr 3 mos · Bengaluru Area, India

  • As Manager -­ iOS, my responsibilities can be categorised in 5 distinct functions:
  • 1. Technology
  • a. Driving new technology adoption on current product offerings.
  • b. Application level protocol definition for Ad Serving.
  • c. Evaluation of emerging technologies like VR for Google cardboard.
  • 2. Operations
  • a. Maintaining product backlog.
  • b. Project Management.
  • c. Tech support ticket queue ­ distribution and resolutions.
  • 3. Product
  • a. Contributing towards new product/feature design discussions.
  • b. Tech evaluation and validation of feature requirements.
  • c. Tech discussions with various partners/third parties for integration of
  • their products with Airpush SDK.
  • 4. Processes
  • a. Implementation of Dev and QA processes.
  • 5. People
  • a. Resource estimation and headcount management.
  • b. Strategizing and implemented hiring related processes. c. Quarterly tracking of KRA / goals.
  • d. Training and Mentorship.
  • Select Accomplishments
  • 1. Architecting, developing and releasing Airpush’s first ever iOS SDK within 2 months.
  • 2. Hired (within strict budgetary constraints) and mentored a team of 4 iOS engineers.
  • 3. Product design contributions on product suites like Banner 360 containing HTML Video Ads,VAST Ads, Banner Ads and Interstitial.
  • 4. Contributing to setting up of processes for iOS support for SDK integrations etc.
  • 5. Engaged in tech discussions with third parties on Airpush’s behalf for integration with mediation SDKs, Gaming plugin’s etc.
  • 6. Proof of concept for VR ad platform for iOS on Google cardboard.

Flipkart.com

Software Development Engineer

Jan 2013Oct 2014 · 1 yr 9 mos · Bengaluru Area, India

  • Select Accomplishments
  • a. Collaborating and working with high performance teams delivering world class applications for media consumption on Android and iOS platforms (Flipkart Flyte e­books vertical).
  • b. Architecting and implementing features like Shopping Carts, Wish lists, pdf readers etc.
  • c. Strategising integrations with third party application performance and crash reporting systems across platforms and apps.
  • d. Exposure of integrations with other enterprise services like billing, authentication etc.
  • e. Actively worked on maintenance of Flipkart Flyte products.
iOSProject ManagementTechnology AdoptionProduct Management

Vignet-it solutions

Senior Software Engineer

Oct 2010Feb 2012 · 1 yr 4 mos · Pune Area, India

  • Select Accomplishments
  • a. Hired, mentored and managed team of 4 engineers.
  • b. Built framework and application for seizures detection on Android based health monitoring device. This application was life critical and the device required FDA Class 2 certification.
  • c. Consulted client on implementing Engineering and QA processes to ensure that the device passed FDA certification.
  • d. Managed multiple customer relationships.
  • e. Defined product, architected and implemented multiple projects like seizure detection, Android based application gateway and fitness based social networking app called OptumizeMe.

Spring computing technologies pvt ltd.

Senior Software Engineer

Jul 2010Nov 2010 · 4 mos

  • Select Accomplishments
  • a. An early member of Engineering team at Spring Computing.
  • b. Gained expertise in Android, Windows Mobile and .Net Platform.
  • c. Delivered multiple products for desktop like control systems for tablet dissolution device, Desktop sharing clients etc.
  • d. Delivered mobile platform based products like Media player (Song player with social networking features).
  • e. Actively participated in hiring and recruitment processes.
  • f. Was responsible for setting up of build systems, QA processes etc.

Spring computing technologies india pvt. ltd

Software Engineer

Aug 2007Jun 2010 · 2 yrs 10 mos · Pune Area, India

Mastek india pvt ltd

Intern

Jan 2007Jul 2007 · 6 mos

  • I was responsible for developing an Project Management application on VB.Net.

Patni computer systems

Associate Software Engineer

Feb 2004Jun 2005 · 1 yr 4 mos · Pune Area, India

  • As an associate software engineer my responsibilities where to develop as per requirements and maintain the quality and sanity of code.

Education

Inter-Disciplinary School of Scientific Computing (University of Pune) University of Pune

Degree; of Passing M.Sc — Scientific Computing

Jan 2005Jan 2007

Fergusson College

Bachelors in Computer Science — Computer Science

Jan 2001Jan 2003

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