Ramkumar Shanmugam

VP of Engineering

Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India14 yrs 6 mos experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

Over 12 years of software development experience.
Expertise in building scalable microservices.
Led teams in high-impact product development.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a SaaS-focused software engineer with extensive experience in microservices and API development.

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Skills

Core Skills

Software DevelopmentMicroservicesApi Development

Other Skills

API ServerAgile MethodologiesAlgorithmsAmazon DynamodbAmazon SQSAmazon Web Services (AWS)Apache ThriftC++CVSChatOn applicationCore JavaData StructuresDebuggingDelayed jobsDynamoDB

About

12+ years of total experience which includes 6+ years with Freshworks Inc, 1st Indian startup funded by CapitalG(Google Capital) & Indian startup of the year 2016. Experience in Software Development in diversified technologies(C, C++, Android Platform, Ruby on Rails, Go). Possess knowledge of Data Structures and Algorithms, Problem solving skills and Object Oriented concepts.

Experience

Freshworks

2 roles

Senior Engineering Manager - Platforms

Promoted

Oct 2022 – Present · 3 yrs 5 mos

Engineering Manager - Platforms

Oct 2021 – Sep 2022 · 11 mos

Yubi

2 roles

Senior Principal Engineer

Promoted

Apr 2020 – Sep 2021 · 1 yr 5 mos · On-site

Technical Architect

Dec 2019 – Mar 2020 · 3 mos · On-site

Freshworks

2 roles

Lead Software Engineer

Promoted

Apr 2016 – Dec 2019 · 3 yrs 8 mos · Greater Chennai Area

Involved in design and architecture discussions for any new feature in Freshdesk product.
Designed and implemented scalable web applications and mentoring developers in terms of feasibility, scalability & performance in design and implementation.
Designed, implemented two microservices from scratch which includes infra setup and deployment.
Built a microservice which stores and retrieves time series data for Freshdesk product using DynamoDB, SQS and Apache Thrift.
Built a microservice for hourly, daily, weekly scheduled export of time series data using Mysql, Delayed jobs and S3.
Part of 4 member core team in Freshdesk product which is responsible for (Blue/Green)deployments and production data access for any data fix/custom requests and provides support 24/7 production/infra support.
Review all code & recipe changes and database migrations before proceeding for deployments.
Manage 10 member team, responsible for grooming/designing the features and mentoring to ensure the completion of deliverables on time.
Part of Freshworks - Freshdesk technical hiring panel

DynamoDBSQSApache ThriftMySQLDelayed jobsS3+2

Senior Product Developer

Jul 2014 – Mar 2016 · 1 yr 8 mos · Greater Chennai Area

Samsung electronics

3 roles

Lead Engineer

Apr 2014 – Jul 2014 · 3 mos · Greater Bengaluru Area

Implemented API Server(REST APIs) for Samsung Sports App during the FIFA World cup.
Involved in Commercialization activities of ChatOn application for Samsung Flagship models(Galaxy S3 and S4) and Samsung Handset Platforms(SHP) models(Samsung Wave 3).
Designed and developed Gtalk/Facebook chat plugin and Translator feature in ChatOn messaging android app.

API ServerREST APIsChatOn applicationSoftware DevelopmentAPI Development