Rohan Vats

Director of Engineering

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India12 yrs 6 mos experience
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Key Highlights

  • Over 12 years of experience in engineering leadership.
  • Expert in scalable UI architectures and frontend solutions.
  • Proven track record in mentoring and coaching engineering teams.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a SaaS-focused engineering leader with extensive experience in frontend development and team management.

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Skills

Core Skills

Engineering LeadershipUiTeam LeadershipSoftware Project ManagementFront-end DevelopmentAgile Software DevelopmentCoachingPeople ManagementProject ManagementSoftware Development

Other Skills

Agile MethodologiesCSSCommunicationCross-functional Team LeadershipHTML5JavaScriptNext.jsPerformance AppraisalProblem SolvingReact.jsRedux.jsSearch Engine Optimization (SEO)Technical ArchitectureTypeScriptUI UX

About

With over 12 years of experience, I specialize in leading high-performing engineering teams to deliver scalable UI architectures and innovative frontend solutions. At slice, I contributed to operational scalability by redesigning internal tools and improving processes, while mentoring engineers and establishing core technical practices that enhanced delivery efficiency. My work combines a deep understanding of modern frontend technologies with a passion for building impactful products that solve complex challenges. By fostering agile engineering practices and coaching teams, I aim to empower organizations to achieve operational excellence and sustainable growth.

Experience

Slice

Senior Engineering Manager, UI

Sep 2025Present · 6 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · On-site

Engineering LeadershipUIAgile Software DevelopmentTeam Leadership

Zeta

Engineering Manager

Apr 2024Sep 2025 · 1 yr 5 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · On-site

Team LeadershipVue.jsTypeScriptSoftware Project ManagementJavaScript

Slice

Senior Engineering Manager, UI

Mar 2022Mar 2024 · 2 yrs · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · On-site

  • ✦ Leading a Team of 8 developers (Frontend and Full-stack devs)
  • ✦ Redesigned and revamped the legacy Internal Operation tools and Website
  • ✦ Solving operational scalability problems across KYC ops, Credit Ops, Card ops, FinOps, etc
  • ✦ Established various Engineering processes around Scrum and performance review
  • ✦ Established various technical processes that improved delivery efficiency
  • ✦ Coaching and running Career development roadmaps with engineers of all levels.
  • ✦ Partially working as an Individual Contributor
  • ✦ Building a Core Frontend Platform Team
Team LeadershipTypeScriptNext.jsFront-End DevelopmentSoftware DevelopmentProblem Solving+13

Learnsignal

Director Of Engineering

Jul 2021Mar 2022 · 8 mos · Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

  • ✦ Led a mixed competency engineering team of 3.
  • ✦ Responsible for engineering around Acquisition, Engagement and Retention products.
  • ✦ Led funnel conversion increase of ~42% on the existing acquisition products.
  • ✦ Solved various technical problems and bottlenecks on the primary learning application.
  • ✦ Solve various collaboration problems and bottlenecks between Education and Engineering.
  • ✦ Worked as an Individual Contributor as well.
Team LeadershipTypeScriptNext.jsFront-End DevelopmentSoftware DevelopmentProblem Solving+10

Upgrad.com

2 roles

Senior Engineering Manager

Promoted

Mar 2019Jun 2021 · 2 yrs 3 mos · Mumbai Area, India

  • ✦ Managed a group of 15-18 engineers, and a few Engineering Managers across different teams at upGrad.
  • ✦ Developed multiple products for increased conversion of upGrad’s Student application processing.
  • ✦ Responsible for the entire Frontend (UI) group, their career development and up-skilling.
  • ✦ 
Managed Continuous hiring and development of new team at upGrad.
Team LeadershipTypeScriptFront-End DevelopmentSoftware DevelopmentProblem SolvingPeople Management+11

Engineering Manager

Jul 2018Mar 2019 · 8 mos · Mumbai Area, India

  • ✦ Managed a group of 6-8 engineers across different teams at upGrad.
  • ✦ Played a key role in re-developing upGrad’s Marketing Platform that yield a lead conversion increase of around ~40%.
  • ✦ Responsible for managing, planning and execution of all web products within upGrad.
  • ✦ Developed a Design System from scratch for all internal upGrad products.
Team LeadershipFront-End DevelopmentSoftware DevelopmentProblem SolvingPeople ManagementTechnical Architecture+9

Toppr

Senior Frontend Developer

Dec 2016Jul 2018 · 1 yr 7 mos · Mumbai Area, India

  • ✦ Developed new features for Toppr’s Web app, Knowledge Center, Doubts on Chat and CRM, the central sales product.
  • ✦ Helped strengthen Toppr’s Digital Marketing by developing & maintaining Toppr’s Marketing Pages, Toppr blogs.
  • ✦ Managed a small team of 4 frontend engineers across multiple teams.
Front-End DevelopmentSoftware DevelopmentPeople ManagementHTML5Agile Software DevelopmentjQuery+4

Cityflo

Senior Frontend Developer

May 2016Nov 2016 · 6 mos · Mumbai Area, India

  • ✦ Responsible for the planning, architecture and construction of multiple web products such as the customer web-app and multiple internal dashboards while employing different web like ReactJS-Redux, AngularJs, Jade, Sass, task automation and bundling tool (web).
Front-End DevelopmentSoftware DevelopmentPeople ManagementHTML5Agile Software DevelopmentjQuery+4

Urban company

Front End Engineer

Mar 2015May 2016 · 1 yr 2 mos · New Delhi Area, India

  • ✦ The first front-end engineer in the team.
  • ✦ Independently contributed towards multiple web products such as the customer web-app, and multiple internal dashboards.
  • ✦ Overall planning, architecture of the web Ecosystem with respect to a high speed startup environment.
Front-End DevelopmentSoftware DevelopmentjQueryWordPressWeb TechnologiesWeb Applications

Sapientnitro

Interactive Developer L2

Jul 2013Mar 2015 · 1 yr 8 mos · Gurgaon

  • Working as a Interactive Developer in multiple Ecommerce and CMS projects across platforms. Mostly programming for the User Interface using Scalable and Modular Architecture for CSS and Javascript, But i'm also involved in the proofing and Creative Quality assurance of the creatives.
  • I like being involved with Sapient Studio's various initiatives where you can not only work on new and awesome technologies but also give some back to the Web Development community
Front-End DevelopmentSoftware DevelopmentHTML5jQueryWordPressWeb Technologies+1

Education

The LNM Institute of Information Technology

Bachelors — Computer Science and Engineering Technology

Jan 2009Jan 2013

Kendriya Vidyalaya

Computer Science

Jan 2008Jan 2009

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