Bala Dhanisetty

Director of Engineering

Seattle, WA, United States19 yrs 1 mo experience

Highly Stable

Key Highlights

Led high-impact engineering teams at AWS and Remitly.
Expert in scalable solutions and technical project management.
AWS Certified Solutions Architect with a focus on innovation.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Fintech and SaaS expert with strong engineering leadership and project management skills.

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Skills

Core Skills

Technical Project ManagementEngineering LeadershipEngineering ManagementQuality AssuranceTechnical ArchitectureProject ManagementTest AutomationAgile ManagementAutomation Engineering

Other Skills

.Net automation frameworkAgile MethodologiesAgile processesAmazon Web Services (AWS)AndroidApache KafkaAppiumC#CassandraCore JavaDatabasesDockerElasticSearchGUI functional requirementsHTML

About

With extensive experience in engineering leadership and technical project management, I currently serve as a Senior Engineering Manager at Remitly, contributing to impactful platform development and fostering innovation. My role focuses on building and managing engineering teams to develop scalable and reliable solutions that meet the needs of users and stakeholders. Prior to Remitly, I managed high-performing engineering teams at Amazon Web Services for over seven years, leading initiatives such as the Last Mile delivery payment platform and the Honeycode no-code application development platform. My expertise lies in driving technical excellence and delivering scalable, high-impact solutions. As an AWS Certified Solutions Architect, I bring a strong foundation in engineering leadership and a commitment to delivering results.

Experience

Remitly

Sr. Engineering Manager

Feb 2024 – Present · 2 yrs 1 mo · Seattle, Washington, United States · On-site

Amazon web services

Software Development Manager

Oct 2016 – Mar 2024 · 7 yrs 5 mos · Greater Seattle Area

Lead high performance engineering team for Last Mile delivery payment platform serving major shippers and local partners; web + mobile applications for payment, logistics, integration supporting taxation, package credits, and disbursement for $200k+ partners. Previously, led 15-person engineering team on Honeycode, a fully managed service for mobile and web apps (low/no-code); led design and development of commerce platform for 200+ AWS services for pricing, checkout, rate cards, discounts, metering systems; managed team of software and QA engineers maintaining delivery experience.

Last Mile delivery payment platformHoneycode no-code application development platformweb + mobile applicationspaymentlogisticsintegration+5

Ola (ani technologies pvt ltd)

Engineering Manager

Sep 2015 – Jul 2016 · 10 mos

Built and managed 15-member SDET team for backend and mobile application QA targeting driver-facing products and mobile device management platform, including test automation, unified framework, and performance testing (Selenium, Appium, SilkTest).

test automationunified frameworkperformance testingSeleniumAppiumSilkTest+2

Kony, inc.

Technical Architect

Nov 2012 – Nov 2014 · 2 yrs

Managed Kony Mobile Platform Product releases, including Kony Studio 5.0, Visualization Cloud 1.0, Push Notification Server 5.0, with on-time delivery and thorough test automation. Received Best Manager award from CTO and COO

Kony Mobile PlatformKony StudioVisualization CloudPush Notification Servertest automationTechnical Architecture+1

Microsoft

Senior SDET

Apr 2012 – Nov 2012 · 7 mos

Defined test strategy and test plans for Enterprise Service Bus 1.5 release and built in-house automation framework on .Net for various Microsoft products; hired, trained, and mentored SDETs in team.
Worked with engineering team to create a set of automated tests, unit tests, ensuring CI system could sanitize a given build for entire development cycle.

test strategytest plans.Net automation frameworkQuality AssuranceTest Automation

Citrix systems

Senior Engineer

Sep 2009 – Sep 2011 · 2 yrs

Hired and trained QA team for Citrix Online India Center, served as Scrum Master for GoToMyPC team, led Agile processes transition, created test strategy for testing, and set up high volume testing lab.
Oversaw SOX compliance for every release of GoToMyPC.
Successfully managed release of iPad app from Citrix Bangalore Center; app was rated top 5 in Apple app store.
Implemented automated test scripts to verify GUI functional requirements using Java (Selenium) and AppleScript.

QA team managementAgile processestest strategyhigh volume testing labQuality AssuranceAgile Management

Nvidia

Senior Engineer

May 2008 – Sep 2009 · 1 yr 4 mos

Trained and led an eight-member automation team to support various automation NVIDIA drivers.
Programmed and implemented automated test scripts to verify GUI functional requirements using C#.

automation team trainingautomated test scriptsGUI functional requirementsTest AutomationEngineering Management

Adobe systems

Senior Quality Engineer

Jul 2005 – May 2008 · 2 yrs 10 mos

Designed a Keyword Word Driven framework and implemented using SilkTest; tested application for IPV6 compatibility.
Wrote dlls in C++ to support automation using accessibility APIs, unit test cases for C++ code using internal tool Potluck (similar to CPPUnit), and Perl script (OAP/SMTP/XML parsing modules) for sending daily bugs status email using SMTP to team.

Keyword Word Driven frameworkSilkTestIPV6 compatibility testingQuality AssuranceAutomation Engineering