Achint Mediratta

Director of Engineering

Stockholm, Stockholm County, Sweden17 yrs 1 mo experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

Led IAM capabilities for millions of Spotify users.
Expanded Spotify's consumer base through strategic marketing.
Developed mobile payment solutions at Gemalto.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Fintech and SaaS expert with extensive experience in payment systems and engineering management.

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Skills

Core Skills

Identity And Access Management (iam)Engineering ManagementTarget MarketingStrategic PartnershipsPaymentsMobile PaymentsSoftware EngineeringIntegration ArchitectureSoftware Development

Other Skills

Agile MethodologiesBudget AnalysisCheckoutCoachingContent Management Systems (CMS)Data-Driven InsightsJavaJava Enterprise EditionLinuxMessagingOrder ManagementOrganizational LeadershipPayment SystemsPresalesRequirements Analysis

Experience

Spotify

4 roles

Senior Engineering Manager - Customer Identity and Access Management

Aug 2021 – Present · 4 yrs 7 mos

I lead the organization at Spotify responsible for Spotify's Customer IAM capabilities enabling hundreds of millions of users globally to use Spotify and its products.

Identity and Access Management (IAM)Organizational LeadershipSenior Stakeholder ManagementSoftware EngineeringEngineering ManagementData-Driven Insights+3

Senior Engineering Manager - Marketing and Conversion Platform

Promoted

Dec 2019 – Aug 2021 · 1 yr 8 mos

Led the organization at Spotify responsible for designing and developing capabilities enabling Spotify to expand its paying consumer base. This was done by leveraging our mobile and web platforms to upsell the right products for our users and making it easy for them to pay for it.

Content Management Systems (CMS)Target MarketingCheckoutData-Driven InsightsEngineering ManagementSenior Stakeholder Management+5

Engineering Manager - Distribution Partnerships Platform

Oct 2018 – Dec 2019 · 1 yr 2 mos

Led the team responsible for designing and developing Spotify's distribution platform allowing Spotify to expand its paid user base by leveraging strategic partnerships.

Engineering ManagementSubscription FulfillmentOrder ManagementAgile MethodologiesStrategic PartnershipsTeam Leadership+4

Engineering Lead - Payments and Subscriptions

Sep 2017 – Oct 2018 · 1 yr 1 mo

PaymentsPayment SystemsSubscription FulfillmentSubscription BillingOrder ManagementEngineering Management

Gemalto

2 roles

R&D Manager

Promoted

Jan 2016 – Aug 2017 · 1 yr 7 mos · Stockholm, Sweden

Led the team responsible for designing and delivering technical solutions in the mobile payments domain facilitating services like Urban Convenience, Mobile Entertainment, Social Services etc by allowing users to pay for goods and services using their mobile phones.
The team was distributed with members based in France and Sweden.
Key responsibilities also included collaborating with Sales, Marketing and other R&D teams in the company to understand the needs, define and then prioritise requirements.

CoachingPresalesEngineering ManagementAgile MethodologiesSoftware DesignSoftware Engineering+3

Team Leader - R&D (Sweden)

Oct 2014 – Dec 2015 · 1 yr 2 mos · Stockholm, Sweden

Interconnect at Netsize (Gemalto now Thales) was responsible for the development of technical solutions around the Netsize Core payment platform towards telecom operators around the globe to facilitate services like Urban Convenience, Mobile Entertainment, Social Services etc through Mobile Payments.
The team was distributed with members based in France and Sweden and I was the team leader for the team based in Stockholm.
Key Responsibilities include:
Driving projects in coordination with Mobile Operators and Netsize internal resources.
Scrum Master for the Team.
Training and development for the team based in Stockholm.
Participation in capacity planning activities.
Requirement Analysis, Development and Testing of Projects.

Software DesignSoftware EngineeringJavaWeb ServicesMobile PaymentsMessaging

Ericsson

2 roles

Integration Architect

Mar 2013 – Sep 2014 · 1 yr 6 mos · Noida Area, India

Key responsibilities included:
Requirement analysis, systems design and feasibility studies including risk management
Design and implementation of software facilitating Payments and Messaging leveraging global telecom networks.
Code and quality reviews.

Integration ArchitectureSystem Integration

Software Engineer

Aug 2010 – Mar 2013 · 2 yrs 7 mos · Noida Area, India

Design and development of software facilitating Payments and Messaging using telecom networks from over 150 operators in 27 countries.

Software DesignJavaWeb ServicesMobile PaymentsMessagingSoftware Engineering

Grit infotech pvt. ltd.

Founding Software Engineer

Nov 2008 – Aug 2010 · 1 yr 9 mos · Noida Area, India

Part of the initial team at Grit Infotech responsible for meeting and understanding the customer business and then participating in the definition of the most suitable solution for their needs

PresalesSoftware DesignSoftware Development

Defence research and development organisation

Intern

May 2008 – Jul 2008 · 2 mos

Worked on providing Kernel level security to a Linux based server. The project included customizing the security settings of the Linux Kernel to best suit the organisational requirements. The programming was done in C++.