Mir Ali

Engineering Manager

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India12 yrs experience
Highly Stable

Key Highlights

  • Led large teams for successful app launches.
  • Achieved significant improvements in video playback metrics.
  • Expert in cross-platform app development and team management.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Media and Entertainment expert with strong capabilities in app development and team leadership.

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AlgorithmsDistributed Team ManagementInternet and InternetworkingJavaManagementProgrammingStatisticsTeam BuildingTeam LeadershipTeam Management

About

Experienced engineering professional with a Master's degree focused in Systems Engineering from IIT Bombay.

Experience

Google

Engineering Manager

Jul 2024Present · 1 yr 8 mos

  • Distributed Systems and Platform Engineering

Notion

Engineering Manager

Nov 2022Jun 2024 · 1 yr 7 mos · Hyderabad, Telangana, India

Warner bros. discovery

3 roles

SDM-III(Director)

Promoted

Apr 2022Nov 2022 · 7 mos

Associate Director

Promoted

Oct 2020Apr 2022 · 1 yr 6 mos

  • Lead another team of 50+ Developers and QA for the launch of Aggregated TV Everywhere suite of Apps in US. This is a different product line as compared to the discovery+ App
  • Expand the presence of the discovery+ App in India via Partner Integrations on Jio STB and Xiaomi TV
  • Obsess over Customer Experience, Video Delivery Metrics to ensure that the App remains highly rated across App Stores and upholds 99.9% Crash Free
  • Launch of New Features such as Quiz and Competitions for making discovery+ India app interactive and fun for Learners
  • Work with Business and Marketing teams for expansion of discovery+ App to newer Geographies
  • Craft and Develop new section for Kids within the discovery+ India App

Tech Lead

Feb 2019Sep 2020 · 1 yr 7 mos

  • Led a cross-platform team of 40+ Engineers and QA Team Members and responsible for Launching discovery+ Android, iOS, AndroidTV, FireTv apps and PWA app in record time during the Pandemic.
  • Interact and liase with Business to understand the requirements.
  • Participated in user-research meeting and work with the Product, Marketing, and Analytics team to build the best proposition for Discovery Channel Loyalists and Lovers.
  • Co-ordinate with Global Teams across Discovery for Video Delivery, Identity Management, Payments Processing
  • Incorporate best-practices for Operational Excellence and inculcate the same within the Team
  • by conducting COE and Retrospectives.

Hotstar

2 roles

Senior Software Development Engineer - I

Jul 2018Feb 2019 · 7 mos · Mumbai Metropolitan Region

  • Delivered 50% improvement in Video Playback Failure Rate from 10% to 5% and continue to optimise even further
  • Revamp of the Payments Section and Integration with RazorPay for UPI Payments

SDE II

Jun 2017Jul 2018 · 1 yr 1 mo · Mumbai Metropolitan Region

  • Re-write the Web Player from Flash to HTML5 in record time for the 2018 IPL
  • Development of the Flipkart partnership Page which allowed Flipkart users to redeem hotstar subscription

Craftsvilla

Senior Software Engineer

Sep 2016Jul 2017 · 10 mos · Mumbai Metropolitan Region

  • Development of the Craftsvilla International Website
  • Revamped the Payments Page leading to 12.5% improvements in Checkout and CTR

Toppr

Senior Software Engineer

Nov 2015Sep 2016 · 10 mos · Mumbai Metropolitan Region

  • Full Stack Developer; developed API’s and designed web-page for user statistics
  • Developed version 3 & 4 of in-house CRM in React JS, lead to massive reduction in downtime for the on premises CRM team

Morgan stanley

Technology Associate

Aug 2013Jun 2015 · 1 yr 10 mos · Mumbai Metropolitan Region

  • MSI-Infomatics: Developed a Web Application in ExtJS for displaying the various indices associated with the Morgan Stanley Investment Management Offering.
  • Daily Controllable Metrics Dashboard: Implemented an Application in ExtJS to analyze the Capital Gain Flows, Cash Flows and Net Asset Flows for 700+ branches of Morgan Stanley at Division, Regional and Branch level.
  • MOCK-SERV: An AngularJS based UI that facilitates a user to configure the responses of any web-based service and mock it. Rated as the top 3 projects in the Morgan Stanley WM India Office for the Innovation Day Challenge.

Education

Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay

Master's degree — Systems Engineering

Jan 2011Jan 2013

Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University

BTech — Electronics and Communication Engineering

Jan 2006Jan 2010

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