Akash Porwal

Engineering Manager

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India11 yrs 1 mo experience
Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

  • Led a startup from $100k to $1M ARR.
  • Developed innovative HRTech solutions for global teams.
  • Expert in transitioning architectures to microservices.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a SaaS and EdTech expert with strong leadership in product and technology.

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Skills

Core Skills

Product ManagementTeam ManagementBusiness Strategy

Other Skills

AWSAndroid DevelopmentAntdBusiness AnalysisCircleCIDockerEntrepreneurshipJavaJavaScriptKubernetesManagementNest.jsNext.jsNode.jsPaypal

Experience

Google

Engineering Manager

Aug 2021Present · 4 yrs 7 mos

Kaamwork

Chief Technology Officer (CTO)

Jun 2020Jul 2021 · 1 yr 1 mo

  • Currently leading Tech and Product Teams @Kaamwork. At Kaamwork, we are trying to fix the broken architecture that has been used to define Jobs since years and go away with the page long JDs. We are also bringing the idea of Work from Anywhere to fruition.
  • Currently working on these projects.
  • 𝐑𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐭𝐞 𝐄𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐲𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦 - A one stop solution to build global teams, this platform is at the brink of HRTech and FinTech. Currently in development, this platform will allow companies to onboard employees/contractors in multiple countries(30+) and enable cross border payrolls, assets management, and employee benefits at the click of a button. Also building a cross border closed wallet having integrations with Stripe, Transferwise, Paypal and Razorpay X.
  • 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐏𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐥 - Full fledged ATS minus the pain points. Built in React, Redux and Antd.
  • 𝐌𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐨 𝐌𝐢𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐬 - Rebuilding the current architecture from Django to Node.js.
  • 𝐉𝐨𝐛 𝐂𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐑𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐯𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 - Working with the data science folks to get the right candidates matched to the right job
  • 𝐓𝐞𝐜𝐡 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐜𝐤 - Nest.js, Typescript, Postgres, Next.js, React, Redux, Docker, Terraform, Kubernetes, CircleCI, AWS
Nest.jsTypescriptPostgresNext.jsReactRedux+7

Kreatryx (acquired by unacademy)

Co-Founder

Apr 2017May 2020 · 3 yrs 1 mo · New Delhi Area, India

  • Led the company from an offline business with ARR of <$100k and 4 employees to a full fledged EdTech player with ARR of $1M, net profit margin >20% and 25+ employees. We eventually sold the company to Unacademy.
  • Built and led the Product, Design and Tech teams. With a lean team of just 3 employees, we built the entire tech stack of Kreatryx from ground up. Ideated & built multiple innovative products such as Rank Predictor (Used by over 100k+ users to predict their GATE rank with ~95% accuracy), K-Plan (AI Study planner with over 30k+ active users), Live sessions (Video sessions with real time engagement with teacher).
  • Streamlined the operations of the company by defining roles and processes across Sales, Support and Ops teams. Launched our in-house built Ops portal for daily operations of the company. Introduced tools such as Trello, Slack, Leadsquared and Zendesk to ensure improved work efficiency
  • Ideated and led multiple successful and innovative sales campaigns such as Crazy99, Surprise Box Sale (our most successful campaign in terms of overall benefit to business. Acquired 15k+ users, 5k+ combined reviews on app, Google business and FB and 30L+ in revenue in 48 hours)
  • Led the BD team & partnered with top players like Testbook for content distribution to expand the business. Also partnered with content providers to foray quickly into related exams such as Vizag Steel and CIL which took just 5 days from ideation to launch against 3-4 months time for in-house content.
  • Brought and led the DM and SEO teams in-house to improve return on marketing spends. Encouraged teams to be data driven and focus on improving the ROAS using methods such A/B testing.

Yumist

2 roles

Tech Lead

Promoted

Aug 2016Jan 2017 · 5 mos · Gurgaon, India

  • At Yumist, I lead the entire tech team of 5 developers which included 3 Full Stack, 1 Android and 1 iOS dev. During my stint at Yumist, I led the development of multiple products listed below.
  • Android App (Rider & Consumer)
  • iOS app (Consumer)
  • Fully Responsive website built using Angular.js
  • Complete backend porting from Php to Node.js
  • YumWallet (Yumist's very own wallet)
  • Nerve (Fully automated end to end Ops management platform used in house by multiple teams such as Ops/Kitchen/Hubs/Delivery etc)
  • Order dispatch and Delivery Partner assignment algorithms built using R
  • Inventory Prediction & Daily Menu Prediction using Machine learning

Full Stack Developer

Apr 2015Jul 2016 · 1 yr 3 mos · Gurgaon, India

Pokesocial

Founder

Apr 2016Oct 2016 · 6 mos · Gurgaon, Haryana

  • Pokesocial was a social network for Pokemon GO users. We ideated and launched the first version of website a month after the launch of Pokemon GO. The entire backend, website and app was built in just 10 days with a team of just 2 devs (including me) and had tons of features such as Geolocation based Feed, User Profiles and Friends, Messenger, Chat rooms, Pokemon map search etc.
  • I was primarily responsible for
  • Conceptualising and designing the complete product (UI/UX) using Sketch (learnt it in just 1 day)
  • Developing the complete backend. Used Node.js, MySQL, Redis, Elasticsearch and Erlang (for chat server)
  • Developing the iOS app using Swift
  • Social Media, Marketing and Promotion of the product
  • We got a very good traction and feedback post launch and were able to acquire ~10k users within a week of launch. We were also featured on multiple gaming websites, forums and Product Hunt. Unfortunately the app was removed from Play Store due to some issues with the logo. We relaunched the app with a new logo but lost the initial momentum that we got due to PR. Had to shut down the app 7-8 months post launch due to lack of monetisation opportunities. But overall, it was a great learning experience.

Zs associates

Technology Analyst

Jul 2014Mar 2015 · 8 mos · Gurgaon, India

Education

Motilal Nehru National Institute Of Technology

Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.) — Electrical Engineering

Jan 2010Jan 2014

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