Narendra Babu

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Bengaluru, Karnataka, India24 yrs 10 mos experience

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Key Highlights

Proven expertise in building high-performing tech teams.
Led Walmart's eCommerce supply chain to significant revenue growth.
Extensive experience in scaling cloud-based tech platforms.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a leader in Retail technology with a focus on eCommerce and supply chain systems.

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Agile MethodologiesAgile Project ManagementDistributed SystemsJIRAJUnitJavaLinuxPerformance TestingPerlSQLScalabilityScrumSeleniumSoftware DesignSoftware Development

About

Technology leader with proven expertise of building highly successful and talented teams. Passionate about scaling tech platforms, building cloud scale products, developing people and growing business. I am accountable for technological innovations and building world class payments systems at "PayU". I drive complete Tech Growth Strategy enabling Software Development, AI/Data & Machine Learning, Cloud Platform & Infrastructure Engineering Teams to build highly scalable world-class tech Platforms. As Vice President of Software Engineering at Walmart Global Tech India my main focus is to build the nextgen fulfilment systems so that our customers can shop anywhere, anytime and anyplace. In this role I have an opportunity to work with a talented team of engineers spread over IDC and US. I also get to partner with our fabulous business partners to provide a world class experience to our supply chain associates. This team's mission is to build a supply chain system which is very efficient and customer friendly. I am a seasoned Engineering Leader with over 20 years of experience in general management & engineering. I’ve led, built and nurtured top talented teams and scaled engineering practices. I’m a team player and leader who strives to align technology with business goals. I’ve extensive knowledge of all aspects of product and engineering management and have managed global teams of up to 300+. My expertise lies in digital eCommerce, retail, Web portals, Payments and Ad Platforms.

Experience

Payu

Chief Technology Officer

Apr 2022 – Present · 3 yrs 11 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Walmart global tech india

3 roles

Vice President of Software Engineering

May 2021 – Apr 2022 · 11 mos

In this role I manage the fulfilment systems for Walmart Supply Chain. The scope of this role includes fulfilment for e-commerce as well as stores. On the functional side, the scope includes planning, design to order fulfilment, return logistics and customer care. I have engineering teams based in IDC and US supporting the massive functionality.

Senior Director of Software Engineering

Promoted

Jan 2019 – May 2021 · 2 yrs 4 mos

Engineering leader for Walmart's US Supply Chain.
1. Built Fulfilment team for Walmart e-commerce from almost scratch to 100 associates within 18 months.
2. Hired fresh grads/Sr Engineers/Engineering Managers/Sr Engineering Managers/Engineering Directors/Architects
3. Mentored associates and helped them grow into leadership positions
4. Managed matrix organisations successfully and setup a culture of great team work across locations
5. Setup the teams to be high performing with significant business impact
6. Since then have acquired substantial scope and now manages a team of 300+ engineers across India and US
7. Products includes Warehouse Management System, ecommerce Fulfilment Management System, Customer Care Application, Returns Management System.
8. Caters to both Walmart Stores business and e-commerce business
9. Teams work on technologies like Cassandra, Solr, RDBMS/Cloud RDBMS, Cloud computing, Cache technologies, Big data (Hadoop, Spark, etc), UI technologies, Alerts/Monitoring frameworks
10. Established a culture of strong ownership and innovation in teams to keep high engagement

Director of Software Engineering

Dec 2012 – Jan 2019 · 6 yrs 1 mo

Engineering leader for Walmart's ecommerce supply chain.
1. Manages a team of 100 engineers in Walmart Labs across India and US.
2. Includes Order Management, online grocery, Enterprise Integration, last mile delivery and Operational Tools for Warehouse.
3. Was part of a journey where Walmart e-commerce revenues grew 50% and continues to grow.
4. Teams work on technologies like Cassandra, Solr, RDBMS/Cloud RDBMS, Cloud computing, Cache technologies, Big data (Hadoop, Spark, etc), UI technologies, Alerts/Monitoring frameworks