Sandesh Chikkaveermath

Co-Founder

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India14 yrs 4 mos experience

Key Highlights

15 years of frontend development and architecture experience.
Proven success as an Engineering Manager.
Led initiatives impacting $22M MRR for enterprise customers.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a SaaS and Travel Tech expert with strong frontend engineering and product development skills.

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Skills

Core Skills

Technical LeadershipProject ManagementProduct DevelopmentEntrepreneurshipFrontend DevelopmentArchitectureSoftware DevelopmentEngineering ManagementFrontend EngineeringWeb DevelopmentSoftware Engineering

Other Skills

AJAXAWSAccessibilityAgile DevelopmentAlgorithmsAndroidAngularJSAutomationBabel.jsBackbone.jsBuilding PerformanceBusiness InsightsCI/CDCSSCSS3

About

I offer a unique blend of technical and leadership expertise, possessing 15 years of experience in frontend development, architecture, and releases, coupled with 3+ years of proven success as an Engineering Manager, where I honed my team-building and management skills.

Experience

Atlassian

Engineering @ Atlassian

Nov 2024 – Present · 1 yr 4 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · Remote

Onboarded to unblock Atlassian Data Center enterprise customers from migrating to Cloud by resolving accessibility (A11Y) and i18n barriers. Initiative targets 18+ enterprise customers (~$22M MRR) and addresses ~2,750 issues to enable WCAG 2.1 AA compliance and support global customers in regulated sectors.
Led Automation and Bulk Remediation:
Spearheaded Storybook CI Test Runner (SBTR) integration into Jira's CI pipeline, achieving 100% story coverage and enabling early detection of 3,100+ accessibility and 2,970+ UI bugs
Designed slicing techniques reducing CI build times by 10 minutes and cutting costs by ~$12,000/month
Developed bulk remediation framework using AI tools (Autodev and acra-mini), increasing developer efficiency 2x and directly resolving 240+ issues
Technical Leadership & Project Management:
Owned end-to-end SBTR delivery including planning, execution, and mentoring junior engineers
Conducted CI pipeline cost analysis and optimization, reducing projected annual costs from $52,000 to $40,000
Led development of classifier leveraging vector embeddings and RAG to automate issue categorization and remediation instructions
Mentorship & Cross-Team Impact:
Onboarded and mentored 4 engineers with comprehensive documentation and technical guidance
Served as primary contact for accessibility tooling queries across engineering teams
Managed A11Y remediation team communications
Recognition:
ShipIt 60: 4th place for project demonstrating $38,000 potential monthly savings
Multiple kudos for technical contributions, mentorship, and DevAIcommunity engagement

AccessibilityAutomationProject ManagementTechnical LeadershipCI/CD

Planktn

Founder

Aug 2023 – Apr 2024 · 8 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · Remote

Planktn is a cutting-edge platform revolutionizing dive center management and adventure booking in the Maldives. We streamline operations with online booking, payment systems, and targeted marketing tools, while empowering customers to book experiences directly from social media inspiration. Our innovative dive master app predicts marine species presence, enhancing diver satisfaction and supporting conservation efforts. Dive into the future with Planktn, where technology meets the ocean.

Platform DevelopmentOnline BookingPayment SystemsMarketing ToolsProduct DevelopmentEntrepreneurship

Tesco

SDEIII

Sep 2020 – Apr 2023 · 2 yrs 7 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

I played a leading role in architecting and building a reusable React component library for Tesco, used by various teams, and contributed to the development of multiple features as a lead engineer / architect.

ReactComponent LibraryFeature DevelopmentFrontend DevelopmentArchitecture

Prophecy.io

Architect

Dec 2019 – Sep 2020 · 9 mos · Bangaon Area, India

Developed web tool for Prophecy which is the low-code data transformation platform, unifying the speed and usability of a low-code, no-code interface with the power of open source code.

Web DevelopmentLow-Code PlatformsSoftware DevelopmentArchitecture

Bidgely

3 roles

Engineering Manager

Promoted

Oct 2018 – Nov 2019 · 1 yr 1 mo

I spearheaded a team of eight engineers in building Bidgely's comprehensive SaaS product suite, encompassing email, SMS, paper, mobile and web functionalities, used by over 10 million users across diverse industries.

SaaS DevelopmentTeam LeadershipEngineering ManagementProduct Development

Lead Software Engineer

Promoted

Feb 2017 – Oct 2018 · 1 yr 8 mos

I played a crucial role in building Bidgely's core frontend infrastructure, which was highly scalable and instrumental in growing their user base from almost zero to over 10 million users.

Frontend InfrastructureScalabilitySoftware DevelopmentFrontend Engineering

Senior Software Engineer

May 2015 – Feb 2017 · 1 yr 9 mos

I utilize my expertise in AngularJS, PHP, and AWS as a Frontend Engineer at a US startup to solve user-facing web application challenges.

AngularJSPHPAWSFrontend EngineeringWeb Development

Ebay inc

Software Engineer 2

Feb 2014 – May 2015 · 1 yr 3 mos · Bengaluru Area, India

I played a key role in launching a new clothing category on eBay.in using a web application that previously handled 25,000 daily checkouts.

Web Application DevelopmentSoftware Engineering

Sapientnitro

Interactive Developer L2

Feb 2013 – Jan 2014 · 11 mos · Bangalore

I helped build a reusable e-commerce platform that's used by many Sapient clients. I also developed mobile apps for various clients, including driveCam, and built the Diesel e-commerce app from scratch.

E-commerce Platform DevelopmentMobile App DevelopmentSoftware Engineering

Letsgomo

Senior Software Engineer

Aug 2012 – Jan 2013 · 5 mos

I contributed to creating mobile and web applications for HealthTap, a company offering virtual healthcare consultations through their telehealth platform.

Mobile Application DevelopmentWeb Application DevelopmentSoftware Engineering