Gokul J.

Engineering Manager

Singapore, Singapore21 yrs 3 mos experience

Highly StableAI Enabled

Key Highlights

18+ years in software development leadership.
Expertise in Agile methodologies and system architecture.
Strong advocate for diversity and team development.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Fintech and Software Engineering leader with extensive experience in Agile and system architecture.

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Skills

Core Skills

Engineering ManagementTechnical LeadershipProject ManagementStrategy ExecutionJavaRest Apis

Other Skills

Agile MethodologiesArtificial Intelligence (AI)Critical ThinkingCybersecurityDatabasesEJBEngineering LeadershipEnterprise JavaBeans (EJB)IntegrationJ2EE Application DevelopmentJavaScriptMobile ApplicationsMySQLOracleProgramming

About

I am an Engineering and Technology Leader with extensive (18+ years) experience in engineering, design, architecture and all other aspects of software development in industries relating to Financial Services/Fintech, Media and Entertainment, eCommerce, Retail and Banking sectors. Throughout my career, I have developed professional experience in international settings across Singapore and Germany and working with co-located teams across Asia, America and Europe. I have excellent expertise in Software Engineering with notable successes in Scrum and Agile methodologies. Additionally, I have exceptional System Design and Architecture competence and an outstanding track record in re-platforming – migration from legacy to modern stack. I believe that the team is best if they know their strengths and weaknesses so that they can complement each other. As an engineering leader, I always strive to make the team the best team. My key functional strengths include Agile & Scrum Methodology, Software Engineering, Stakeholder Relationship Management, Strategic Leadership, System Architecture and Design, Team Supervision & Development, Detail-oriented, Effective Communication and International Exposure. I am a strong proponent of Diversity, Inclusion and Equity. I love meeting new people and learning new things, so please feel free to say hello and reach out for any opportunities.

Experience

Abnormal ai

Engineering Manager

Jun 2024 – Present · 1 yr 9 mos · Singapore

Engineering ManagementTechnical LeadershipArtificial Intelligence (AI)CybersecurityEngineering Leadership

Paypal

5 roles

Senior Engineering Manager

Feb 2022 – Jun 2024 · 2 yrs 4 mos

Stakeholder Management
Leading, mentoring and coaching team members (direct and skip level)
Product engineering management
Roadmap and delivery planning
Strategy planning and execution scoped to current product organisation

Strategy ExecutionJavaREST APIsProject ManagementStrategic Planning

Engineering Manager

Promoted

Feb 2019 – Feb 2022 · 3 yrs

Stakeholder management
Product Roadmap planning
Contributions to Core Architecture
Developing Long Term Architecture Roadmap and Sustainence plans
Planning and execution of migration and transformation strategies
Leading the team
1:1, coaching and individual team members KPIs setting and tracking
Performance management of the team
OKR Planning and Execution

Strategy ExecutionJavaREST APIsProject ManagementStrategic Planning

Member Of Technical Staff

Feb 2016 – Feb 2019 · 3 yrs

Architecture and system design for Card orchestration services (virtual cards and tokenisation)
Developing capability-driven APIs (REST and GraphQL) for Web and Mobile
Payment orchestration
Scalability and Performance

JavaREST APIsProject Management

Senior Software Engineer - Innovation

Jul 2010 – Feb 2016 · 5 yrs 7 mos

Architecture and design, Scaling and performance, Development, Integration, Quality and Production Support

JavaREST APIsProject Management

Software Engineering - Intern

Feb 2010 – Jul 2010 · 5 mos

Development and maintenance of Apache-based (Nutch & Solr) Crawling engine
Developed suite of products for PayPal and eBay - Acceptable Use Policy
Orchestration around Image matching and counterfeit logo/product detection systems developed in-house for the eBay portal
Funneling false positive and false negative feedback systems
Automation of banning, unbanning, and notification of fraudulent sellers
Risk and Compliance management systems

JavaREST APIs

National university of singapore

Student

Jan 2010 – Nov 2011 · 1 yr 10 mos · Singapore

Masters in Computing

JavaREST APIsProject Management

Cognizant technology solutions

Associate

Jan 2009 – Dec 2009 · 11 mos

Worked in infrastructure projects related to Enterprise Service Bus(ESB), customizing build tools and infrastructure tools for a major mobile content provider. Was involved in Knowledge transfer and been the technical lead.

Java

Sel software pvt ltd

Senior Software Engineer

Feb 2008 – Jan 2009 · 11 mos

Started working in the role of a Technical Architect in Designing applications in Java, J2EE and related technologies. Got also an chance to work in RIA using Adobe Flex 3.x and other technologies like GWT. Also, got an exposure towards Jquery. Completed my SCDJWS during this tenure and was also Quality Champion for ISO quality process.

Java

Hcl technologies

Member Technical Staff

Nov 2005 – Feb 2008 · 2 yrs 3 mos

Started working with one of the Networking Giant as a Knowledge Engineer working with search technologies, Matching concepts in search, comprehensive software development process in J2EE and managing and co-ordinating teams across locations. Got exposure to Voice and Wireless networking technologies as well. Also, got certified in CCNA and SCJP 1.5, SCWCD and SCBCD in this tenure. Was awarded 6 SPARC awards from the client for excellent performance and 1 award for excellence in team building from HCL. Was also the internal quality auditor for the team for CMM4 process.

Java

Cygnus software pvt ltd

Associate Consultant

Oct 2004 – Oct 2005 · 1 yr

Tasted my first cup of Java in this company. It tasted so wonderful that I am continuing to be obsessed with the Java and J2EE till date. Cygnus provided me the right launch pad to ramp up my career in software. As an Associate Consultant, I got a chance to work for leading Japanese clients and telecom service providers in the world on J2EE and J2ME platforms. Working areas included Struts 1.x, Tomcat server, J2ME, XML processing, along with Oracle and MySQL databases

Java