May 2021 – Jun 2024 · 3 yrs 1 mo · Dubai, United Arab Emirates

• Lead engineering programs and product initiatives aimed at optimizing user experience in the food app, covering browsing, ordering, payments, and tracking.
• Manage quarterly planning for Careem products with 15-20 squads, streamlining processes and leading sprint execution for 5 Food squads, ensuring alignment with strategic objectives.
• Scale engineering squads from single to 5, overseeing sprint planning and guiding cross-functional teams, including product managers, engineers, QA, and design.
• Successfully implemented key product features such as group ordering and service fees, driving notable increases in food orders and revenue.
• Manage implementation of various product features including service fees, order tracker, dual tax, quick add, and search improvements, focusing on user needs and market demands.
• Collaborate on tech solutions for integrating Careem Pay SDK with Food, ensuring alignment with product vision and stakeholder requirements.
• Provide technical and product leadership in developing features like Dirham for Delays, reinforcing reliability and providing regular updates to stakeholders.
• Lead alignment and execution of global checkout features, facilitating addition of Careem Plus subscriptions, and driving revenue growth.
• Enhance food reorder feature and promotions through auto-applied promo codes, optimizing user engagement and retention strategies.
• Lead expansion efforts for Careem services in new cities/countries, mentor new TPMs and product managers, and drive continuous improvement in product development processes
• Implemented Agile methodologies and other productivity-enhancing processes to optimize the efficiency of the engineering team, improving workflow and resource management.
• Initial member to set up TPM org.

Oct 2018 – May 2021 · 2 yrs 7 mos · Bengaluru Area, India

• Owned technical products/programs and agile transformation across engineering teams.
• Enhanced voucher management systems to improve utilization by 5%, demonstrating proficiency in technical product optimization and inventory management.
• Implemented the integration of the Adyen payment system, resulting in a 3% decrease in error rates and enhancing redundancy for seamless transactions
• Directed the deprecation process of the legacy Groupon Platform, ensuring a smooth transition to newer systems and technologies with increased reliability.
• Enhanced the order management system, resulting in a notable 2% reduction in order error rates, thereby improving operational efficiency and customer satisfaction
• Set up PMO team for India office managed programs for 15-20 squads

May 2017 – Oct 2018 · 1 yr 5 mos · Bengaluru Area, India

• Directed product management efforts for an internal tool dedicated to capturing competitor product pricing intelligence, ensuring its effectiveness and relevance.
• Implemented an integrated resource utilization system to monitor individual productivity, facilitating the identification of competitor pricing insights efficiently.
• Spearheaded feature enhancements for the tool, resulting in a notable 18% increase in productivity for users.
• Played a key role in conceptualizing a competitor sales monitoring tool, laying the groundwork for strategic insights and competitive analysis.
• Developed crawl prioritization logic tailored to Amazon's primary competitors, enhancing crawl efficiency and data collection accuracy.
• Provided support for Amazon's expansion into new markets, including Australia and Europe, ensuring seamless integration and operational success.

Apr 2012 – Jun 2015 · 3 yrs 2 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

• I developed features for the Samsung flagship mobile devices like Samsung S series and Note series. Major web browser features developed by me are Multi Tab drag drop in browser, Softkeyboard input improvement, Form Navigation, Dictionary, Text Selection, Magnifier, Memory reduction and thread prioritization.
• I was the part of Deputy MD ideation task force to suggest new features to be taken on new mobile devices. I have filed patent and published technical during my stint at Samsung.

Jun 2011 – Apr 2012 · 10 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

• Worked as developer for Enhanced Network Intelligent Platform-CORE at Huawei. I developed upload and download module for the platform which enables the telecom service provider to upload a telecom service.