Shashi Bhushan Kumar — Product Manager

Software Engineer → Instructor & Product Manager → Director | Building World-Class Courses at Scale After completing my B.Tech in IT from NIT Allahabad, I spent 3 years as a software engineer at Paytm and Adobe, building scalable payment systems and enterprise solutions. The work was rewarding, but I discovered my true calling when I started teaching Data Structures and Algorithms on weekends at GeeksforGeeks. Watching students grasp complex concepts, seeing their confidence grow, and celebrating when they landed their dream jobs, that's when it hit me: impact at scale isn't just about writing code; it's about empowering people through education. Today, I'm the Director of Product Management at Interview Kickstart, where I lead curriculum design and development for cutting-edge courses in AI, Software Engineering, Management, and other emerging technologies. My journey from individual contributor to leader has taught me that the best products combine technical excellence with deep empathy for the learner's journey. # SKILLS# ★ Languages, Technologies & Tools: C/C++, Java, Python, NumPy, Pandas, Matplotlib, JavaScript, Spring / Spring Boot, React JS, Redux, Node Js, Express, MySQL, Mongo DB, Redis, Kafka, Git/GitHub, JSON, JUnit, Mockito, Enzyme, Postman, Swagger, IntelliJ, HTML, CSS, SQL, JPA / Hibernate, PHP, Shell Scripting, SuiteScript, jQuery, JSP / Servlet, MATLAB, Symfony, DynamoDB, FireBase, JWT, Babel, Webpack, Mocha, NPM, Maven, GraphQL, ML, LangChain, Make(.com), n8n, Relevance AI ★ Concepts: RESTful APIs, Microservice Architecture, CI / CD Pipeline, Agile Software Development, Distributed Scalable Systems, Object Oriented Design & Design Patterns, Functional Programming, OAuth 2.0, ORM, Testing, GenAI, and AI Agents. ★ Management Skills: Software Product/Project Management, People Management, Strategic Leadership & Management ★ Other Skills: Teaching, Course Content Creation, Curriculum Design, Instructional Design, Data Analytics

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Product Management leader in EdTech, specializing in curriculum development and technical education.

Location: Hyderabad, Telangana, India

Experience: 9 yrs 5 mos

Skills

Product Management
Curriculum Design
Leadership
Curriculum Development
Project Management
Data Structures
Algorithms
Teaching
Web Development
React
Backend Development
Java

Career Highlights

Led curriculum design for world-class AI courses.
Empowered students to land jobs through effective teaching.
Transitioned from software engineering to product management.

Work Experience

Interview Kickstart

Director of Product Management (5 mos)

Group Product Manager (1 yr 9 mos)

Senior Product Manager (1 yr 11 mos)

Product Manager 2 (11 mos)

Tech Interview Coach (10 mos)

GeeksforGeeks

Head of Curriculum (Courses), Instructor and Tech Lead (1 yr 6 mos)

Instructor - Coding Interview Prep (11 mos)

Adobe

Software Development Engineer 2 (SDE2 / MTS2) (4 mos)

SDE1 / MTS1 (1 yr 7 mos)

Paytm

Software Engineer (1 yr)

Education

Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.) at Motilal Nehru National Institute Of Technology

Shashi Bhushan Kumar

Product Manager

Hyderabad, Telangana, India9 yrs 5 mos experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

Led curriculum design for world-class AI courses.
Empowered students to land jobs through effective teaching.
Transitioned from software engineering to product management.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Product Management leader in EdTech, specializing in curriculum development and technical education.

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Skills

Core Skills

Product ManagementCurriculum DesignLeadershipCurriculum DevelopmentProject ManagementData StructuresAlgorithmsTeachingWeb DevelopmentReactBackend DevelopmentJava

Other Skills

AI AgentsAI StrategyAgile Project ManagementAmazon Web Services (AWS)Artificial Intelligence (AI)Business AnalysisBusiness CommunicationsCChange ManagementCollaborationConsultingContent CreationCourse DevelopmentCross-functional Team LeadershipData Analytics

About

Experience

Interview kickstart

5 roles

Director of Product Management

Promoted

Oct 2025 – Present · 5 mos · Bangalore Urban, Karnataka, India · Remote

Leading Curriculum Design & Development for New Courses
Collaborating with 500+ Top Instructors from FAANG+ Companies to Build World-Class AI Courses

Curriculum DesignCourse DevelopmentCollaborationProduct Management

Group Product Manager

Promoted

Jan 2024 – Oct 2025 · 1 yr 9 mos · Bangalore Urban, Karnataka, India · Remote

Leading a team of Product Managers (Curriculum). We are creating high-quality new courses on AI, ML and Data Science. We have courses for Interview Preparation of Top Tech Tier 1 (FAANG+) companies for domains like Backend, Full-stack, Data Engineering, etc.
Our teachers are engineers from Top Tech Tier 1 (FAANG+) companies like Google, Open AI, Meta, Microsoft, etc.

Product ManagementLeadershipData Science

Senior Product Manager

Jan 2022 – Dec 2023 · 1 yr 11 mos · Bangalore Urban, Karnataka, India · Remote

Creating comprehensive courses spanning Software Development, AI/ML, Data Science, and Tech Interview Preparation. Collaborating closely with esteemed instructors and experts from leading tech companies, we collectively craft these educational offerings.
Crafting top-notch content centred around Data Structures, Algorithms, Distributed Systems Design, AI/ML, and Data Science for our courses.

Curriculum DevelopmentInstructional DesignData AnalyticsProject Management

Product Manager 2

Jan 2021 – Dec 2021 · 11 mos · Bangalore Urban, Karnataka, India · Remote

Interview Kickstart (an EdTech company) is a pioneer in the field of preparation for technical interviews, specifically for top tech companies in the US (FAANG+ companies).
Focused on helping engineers Uplevel their careers. We do this by offering a structured and comprehensive program to help working Software Engineers prepare for the toughest technical interviews.
Our platform offers Uplevelling courses across all top technical domains such as Backend, Frontend, Machine Learning, Data Science, Data Engineering, Engineering Management, and others
Our Instructors are full-time working engineers who are current Hiring Managers and Tech Leads from Google, Facebook, Amazon, Netflix, Uber, Linkedin, Apple, Dropbox, Box, and other top Silicon Valley companies.
Our program includes Live Classes, Mock interviews, Timed tests, Individual Coaching Sessions, Resume Reviews, Career strategy, Referrals, and much more.
Let us help you Nail Your Next Technical Interview! Sign up to learn more at www.interviewkickstart.com
Currently working on these Interview Prep courses:
1. Front-End Engineering Interview Course
2. Full Stack Engineering Interview Course
3. Site Reliability Engineering & DevOps Interview Course

Tech Interview Coach

Jan 2021 – Nov 2021 · 10 mos · Bangalore Urban, Karnataka, India · Remote

I teach Data Structures and Algorithms for cracking the Tech/Coding Interviews of Top Tier Tech (FAANG+) Companies.

Geeksforgeeks

2 roles

Head of Curriculum (Courses), Instructor and Tech Lead

Jun 2019 – Dec 2020 · 1 yr 6 mos · Noida Area, India

GeeksforGeeks has Free Tutorials, Millions of Articles, Live & Online Recorded Courses, Frequent Coding Competitions, etc.
I was working at GeeksforGeeks as a Tech Lead and Instructor. I was leading the paid courses vertical of GeeksforGeeks.
★ Was leading the team of Instructors, Content creators, and Teaching Assistants for the courses.
★ Was teaching multiple Live and Offline courses (like Data Structures & Algorithms Course, Java Backend Course, React Js Course, Full Stack Course, etc.)
★ Designed and started 10+ new courses by onboarding new part-time Instructors and Content creators.
★ Got more than 10000+ students enrolled in our courses by marketing it properly among universities with the help of 50+ webinars/workshops.
★ Here you can find the courses I have designed:
https://practice.geeksforgeeks.org/courses
★ Link of the courses in which I am involved as an instructor:
1. https://practice.geeksforgeeks.org/courses/full-stack-react-spring
2. https://practice.geeksforgeeks.org/courses/java-backend-live
3. https://practice.geeksforgeeks.org/courses/design-patterns-live
4. https://practice.geeksforgeeks.org/courses/geeks-classes-live
5. https://practice.geeksforgeeks.org/courses/react-js

Data StructuresAlgorithmsPython

Instructor - Coding Interview Prep

Jun 2018 – May 2019 · 11 mos · Noida Area, India

★ I was teaching Data Structures, Algorithms at Geeks classes (Offline classes by GeeksforGeeks) on weekends, and was helping the candidates (college grads and working professionals) to crack the coding interviews on Tier-1 Tech companies.

Curriculum DesignTeachingContent Creation

Adobe

2 roles

Software Development Engineer 2 (SDE2 / MTS2)

Jan 2019 – May 2019 · 4 mos · Noida Area, India

★ I worked on a Web Service using Python and Django, apart from working on Spring / Spring Boot.
★ I also worked on a UI component using React Js.

Data StructuresAlgorithms

SDE1 / MTS1

Jun 2017 – Jan 2019 · 1 yr 7 mos · Noida Area, India

Adobe Sign is the electronic signature solution you can trust, from the company that brought you PDF and Acrobat. Organizations of all sizes rely on it to get documents signed and close business—easily, securely, on any device. Customers we serve include Citrix, Groupon, KIA, Progressive, RackSpace, Tivo, and >50 M users worldwide.
★ I work with the Adobe Sign Integration team as a full-stack developer. We use technologies such as Java, Hibernate, Spring, Spring Boot, Jersey, JAX-RS, Javascript, React Js, MySQL, Dynamo DB, Maven, Perforce, Git, JIRA, Junit, Chai, Mocha, Enzyme, etc.
★ Developed a Java-based Micro-service using Spring Boot, Jersey, etc. for FB workplace Integration with Adobe Sign.
★ Developed a React Js-based project for serving static content or FB workplace Integration with Adobe Sign.
★ Fixed many bugs and added some new features for Box and Netsuite Integration with Adobe Sign.

PythonDjangoReactWeb Development

Paytm

Software Engineer

Jun 2016 – Jun 2017 · 1 yr · Noida

Paytm is India's leading financial services company that offers full-stack payments & financial solutions to consumers, offline merchants, and online platforms. The company is on a mission to bring half a billion Indians into the mainstream economy through payments, commerce, banking, investments, and financial services. Paytm has more than 350 million users.
★ I worked with Paytm payments (wallet) team as a backend developer.
★ I have worked on Restful APIs using Spring, Jersey, Hibernate, MySql, etc.
★ Used Redis as caching layer.
★ Used Kafka for async processing.
★ Automated deployment using Shell Scripting.

JavaSpring BootHibernateMySQLBackend Development