Gaurav Nanda — VP of Engineering

With over 12 years of extensive and diverse experience in software development and people management, I offer the following key attributes: 1. Leadership: A results-driven technology leader proficient in feature development, engineering practices, platform stability, team formation, and effective stakeholder management. 2. Collaboration: Proficient in collaborating closely with cross-functional teams, including marketing, sales, support, product management, and both internal and external customers. I have played a pivotal role in creating world-class software solutions utilized by more than 2500 enterprise customers globally. 3. AI/ML Expertise: Demonstrated ability to develop products from inception using a combination of in-house machine learning models and third-party APIs, including Google Cloud, Deepgram, AWS, and others. 5. Process Proficiency: Experienced in DevOps and agile software development practices such as Scrum and Kanban. I have served as a Scrum Manager for numerous projects, focusing on ensuring project commitments and value maximization. Additionally, I have crafted comprehensive Definitions of Done to establish quality metrics and have continually optimized processes through A/B testing for enhanced efficiency. 6. Software Architecture/Design: A solution-oriented Architect Professional with a profound understanding of cloud infrastructure. I specialize in designing and constructing adaptable, scalable, reliable, and fault-tolerant cloud solutions, following industry best practices. 7. GCP & AWS Infrastructure: A decade of experience in conceiving, building, and maintaining cloud-based solutions using GCP, encompassing networking, security, and management services such as VPC, Subnets, IAM, KMS, WAF, and Security Groups. 8. Diverse Technology Stack: Proficient in developing distributed systems, including web applications and services, microservices, and N-tier applications across various technologies, such as Node.js, Java, Go, PHP, Python, TypeScript, JavaScript, Docker, Kubernetes, RabbitMQ, Kafka, Hibernate, Vue.js, Angular.js, MongoDB, Redis, PostgreSQL, and MySQL, Lerna, Jest, Jaeger, Flex, and Web Extensions. My extensive experience and expertise make me a valuable asset for delivering exceptional results in software development and people management roles.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a SaaS engineering leader with extensive experience in AI-driven product development.

Location: New Delhi, Delhi, India

Experience: 13 yrs 5 mos

Skills

Engineering Leadership
Artificial Intelligence (ai)
Cloud Infrastructure
Team Leadership
Api Development
Software Development
Agile Methodologies

Career Highlights

Led a 110-engineer team at JustCall.
Developed AI-driven features contributing to revenue growth.
Pioneered multiple successful software projects in SaaS.

Work Experience

JustCall

VP - Engineering (3 yrs 11 mos)

SaaS Labs

VP - Engineering (3 yrs 11 mos)

Forto

Engineering Manager (5 mos)

VWO

Associate Director - Engineering (6 yrs 1 mo)

Wingify

Associate Director - Engineering (6 yrs 1 mo)

PayU Payments Private Limited

Software Engineer (5 mos)

Compro Technologies

Software Engineer (2 yrs 6 mos)

Education

Bachelor’s Degree at Maharaja Surajmal Institute Of Technology

Gaurav Nanda

VP of Engineering

New Delhi, Delhi, India13 yrs 5 mos experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

Led a 110-engineer team at JustCall.
Developed AI-driven features contributing to revenue growth.
Pioneered multiple successful software projects in SaaS.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a SaaS engineering leader with extensive experience in AI-driven product development.

Contact

93.gaurav@gmail.com LinkedIn

Skills

Core Skills

Engineering LeadershipArtificial Intelligence (ai)Cloud InfrastructureTeam LeadershipApi DevelopmentSoftware DevelopmentAgile Methodologies

Other Skills

3rd Party IntegrationsA/B TestingAngularJSApplication Programming Interfaces (API)BackbonejsBootstrapCommunicationCompliance ManagementDevOpsEngineering ManagementEnglishExpress.jsFlexGitGruntJS

About

Experience

Justcall

VP - Engineering

Apr 2022 – Present · 3 yrs 11 mos · New Delhi, Delhi, India · On-site

Led a 110-engineer team at JustCall & Helpwise, focusing on B2B Sales Enablement.
Introduced JustCall IQ, enabling real-time meeting transcription, sentiment analysis, and data-driven coaching using AI/ML, contributing to 5% of current MRR.
Scaled the team from 55 to 110 engineers, reducing engineer hiring time from 8 weeks to 3 weeks through Job Kits and automation.
Led efforts for SOC-2 Type 1 & ISO 27001:2013 Certification, supporting mid-market growth.
Migrated JustCall to Containers, cutting load time by 63% and costs by 35%, while preparing for global data centers.
Improved JustCall's uptime from 95% to 99.995%, resulting in a higher product score on platforms like G2 (4.3).
Oversaw the growth and development of multiple engineering teams, introducing OKRs to enhance CSAT for Engineering.
Enhanced developer satisfaction by 50% by introducing Go & Node.js to the existing codebase.

A/B TestingCommunicationApplication Programming Interfaces (API)3rd Party IntegrationsCompliance ManagementTeam Leadership+10

Saas labs

VP - Engineering

Apr 2022 – Present · 3 yrs 11 mos · New Delhi, Delhi, India · On-site

Responsible for JustCall, Helpwise, AI & Incubation Projects.

Forto

Engineering Manager

Aug 2021 – Jan 2022 · 5 mos · Berlin, Germany · On-site

Led a team of 5 engineers in charge of customer onboarding and platform integration, increasing customer retention by 5% and lowering customer ramp-up time by 15%.
Pushed the Frontend Hiring process revamp, which resulted in a 30% improvement in our hiring funnel.
Increased DORA metric MTTR by 15% through the implementation of a Failure Friday process that provided a safe environment for engineers to train incident response.

CommunicationApplication Programming Interfaces (API)3rd Party IntegrationsTeam LeadershipNestJSReact.js+3

Vwo

Associate Director - Engineering

Jun 2015 – Jul 2021 · 6 yrs 1 mo · New Delhi, Delhi, India · On-site

Led an 8-member team in creating VWO FullStack SDKs in 8 different languages, enabling server-level Feature Rollout, Feature Testing, and A/B Testing. These SDKs are utilized by 500+ engineering teams worldwide and have contributed to VWO's revenue.
Pioneered the initiative to introduce Third Party Integrations within VWO, resulting in 33 integrations developed by a 5-member team.
Developed VWO Engage from the ground up with a 5-person team, subsequently scaling it to 20 engineers. VWO Engage enables marketing teams to engage with audiences through Web Push Notifications on various browsers and contributes approximately 10% of VWO's revenue.
Successfully expanded the infrastructure responsible for sending 2 billion monthly notifications, achieving a consistent 10% month-over-month growth in volume for the past 2 years.
Led the codebase integration of the Navilytics acquisition conducted by Wingify.
Enhanced the ingestion module for visualizing visitor journeys, reducing infrastructure costs by 90% through CPU task offloading to browsers.
Stabilized the WYSIWYG Editor by introducing Single Page Application (SPA) support for React.js, Vue.js, and other popular frameworks, resulting in a 15% increase in new sign-up conversions.
Spearheaded the feature development roadmap and prioritized customer bug resolutions to ensure a steady revenue stream at VWO.
Released 5 open-source libraries, co-developed by a team of 7 engineers on GitHub (https://github.com/wingify). This initiative facilitated hiring and garnered significant attention, with "across-tabs" amassing 1700 stars on GitHub and consistent adoption.

JavaScriptAngularJSExpress.jsOpen-Source SoftwarePHPLua+7

Wingify

Associate Director - Engineering

Jun 2015 – Jul 2021 · 6 yrs 1 mo · New Delhi, Delhi, India · Remote

Responsible for building VWO, Engineering Culture, Hiring & Open Source.

Payu payments private limited

Software Engineer

Jan 2015 – Jun 2015 · 5 mos · Gurugram, Haryana, India · On-site

• Developed Merchant Onboarding & Dashboard that allowed PayUMoney to onboard new customers smoothly, reducing the onboarding time by 50% and improving customer experience.

Compro technologies

Software Engineer

Jul 2012 – Jan 2015 · 2 yrs 6 mos · New Delhi, Delhi, India · On-site

Transferred 30+ modules from a Flex 3-based implementation to HTML5 via conversion from ActionScript to JavaScript, for myNGConnect Cengage Learning.
Delivered a mobile website (HTML5, CSS3, and JavaScript) to provide students with access to assignments on iPad, resulting in a 20% increase in reader engagement.

ScrumAgile Methodologies