Samradh Shukla

Director of Engineering

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India10 yrs 1 mo experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

Proven track record in leading engineering teams.
Expertise in app development lifecycle management.
Strong focus on app quality and team mentorship.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a seasoned engineering manager in the tech industry with a focus on mobile app development.

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Skills

Core Skills

LeadershipAgile Project Management

Other Skills

Agile MethodologiesAndroidAndroid DevelopmentAngular 2AnkoCC++Core JavaData StructuresFirebaseGitGithubHTMLJavaJavaScript

About

Seasoned engineering manager with approx 10 years of comprehensive experience in spearheading teams to deliver exceptional results in the tech industry. Proficient in all facets of engineering management, I've led teams through the entire app development lifecycle, from conceptualization to execution, ensuring high-quality deliverables. My passion for app quality has been a cornerstone, driving teams to exceed standards while aligning with business objectives.

Experience

Dunzo

5 roles

Senior Engineering Manager

Promoted

Apr 2023 – Present · 2 yrs 11 mos

Leading company-wide initiatives for the complete tech team.
Mentoring: Did regular 1:1s with the team members for continuous feedback.
Telemetry: Created dashboards & set up the monitoring process for apps’ quality.

Team MotivationStrategic HiringTeam BuildingTeam ManagementTeam MentoringLeadership+2

Engineering Manager

Promoted

Jan 2022 – Mar 2023 · 1 yr 2 mos

Led the post-order mobile team of 12 people that worked on partner, merchant, D4B & post-order part of user apps.
Hiring: Collaborated on hiring for the mobile team from resume filtering to hiring manager rounds.
Team culture: Worked on a day-wise onboarding process for interns & engagement activities for the whole mobile team.
Mentoring: Mentored team for POCs, PR reviews, documentation & TRDs.
Planning: Collaborated on product initiatives and defined tech backlog.

Team MotivationStrategic HiringTeam BuildingTeam ManagementTeam MentoringLeadership+2

Architect

Oct 2021 – Dec 2021 · 2 mos

Worked in the Android platform team and delivered projects on Playstore compliance and security fixes for ISO compliance.
Worked with the team to set up the process to make the interview rounds agnostic of the person taking it.

Team Mentoring

Lead Engineer

Promoted

Oct 2020 – Sep 2021 · 11 mos

Led team to rewrite task flow and real-time updates module, introducing MVVM with clean architecture.
Led a third-party team to create the right architecture for the merchant app and its PR reviews. Involved in design discussions for it as well.
Set up the release process for the Partner app and moved it to Playstore.
Worked on optimising location fallback mechanism to save battery.

Team Mentoring

Software Engineer II

Aug 2019 – Sep 2020 · 1 yr 1 mo

Reduced APK size of Dunzo Android User App from more than 5 MB.
Integrated Google NAV SDK in both User and Partner apps for a seamless order-tracking experience with better accuracy than the previous system.
Fixed crashes to raise weekly crash-free users in the Partner app by ~20%.
Took interviews, did PR reviews and mentored new hires as a buddy.

Wissen technology

Software Engineer

Sep 2018 – Aug 2019 · 11 mos · Bengaluru Area, India

Developed android app for a tax optimising android app.
Developed Notification module in a secure data transfer app for a bank.
Evaluated third party libraries and SDKs before integration.

Mubble

2 roles

Product Engineer

Promoted

Jun 2016 – Aug 2018 · 2 yrs 2 mos · Bengaluru Area, India

Designed and developed upgrade module in Suddi Katte that update the client app without being updated from Google Playstore. It includes server and client side code.
Developed data meter module in Mubble that provides feature of live data balance tracking for prepaid users. It also gives details about data used in foreground vs background and data used on multiple SIMs and WiFi.
Designed and developed Media module in Suddi Katte, where user can play videos and images. This module supports autoplay feature and is able to play videos from youtube as well as videos hosted on our URL.
Developed Ad module in Mubble that integrates ads from various vendors like Google and InMobi. It also gives product team server control on frequency, ad size and location in app.
Developed app monitor module in Mubble that keeps track of app usage in foreground and background. This module helps us to predict user behaviour.
Designed and developed notification module in Newschat for server driven notifications which keeps track of all the notifications that are currently shown to the user.
Developed share and settings UI in Newschat.

Associate Product Developer

Jun 2015 – May 2016 · 11 mos · Bengaluru Area, India

Developed notification module in Mubble for server and client driven notifications which keeps track of all the notifications generated and actions taken on them.This module prioritizes the notifications and caps at a certain number so that the user is not bothered.
Developed summary module for Mubble that summarize the usage of calls, sms and data. User can also get detailed billed for the time-period less than a month on his/her email-id.
Developed UI for Mubble with animations at some places.