Swaminathan Venkatraman

Engineering Manager

Singapore, Singapore10 yrs 7 mos experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

Proven leadership in software engineering management.
Expertise in cloud computing and CI/CD optimization.
Strong background in developing scalable software solutions.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a SaaS-focused Software Engineer with strong expertise in cloud infrastructure and automation.

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Skills

Core Skills

Software EngineeringCloud ComputingInfrastructure ManagementAutomation

Other Skills

.NETC#CI/CDConfiguration ManagementCost OptimizationDependencies CachingDependency ResolutionDojoGoHTMLJavaJavaScriptJenkinsKubernetesMicroservices

About

Experienced Software Engineer with a demonstrated history of working in the computer networking industry. Skilled in Object Oriented Design, Java, Python, Node.js, C++, and Software Design Patterns. Strong engineering professional with a Bachelor of Engineering (BE) focused in Computer Science from Anna University.

Experience

Grab

3 roles

Software Engineering Manager

Promoted

Mar 2022 – Present · 4 yrs

Assumed the role of Engineering Manager for the Developer Experience org, overseeing the Code, Build and Test phase of the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC)
Leading the strategic initiatives for developer tools such as developing a unified local environment setup using Nix, improving the local and CI/CD experience for developers with dependencies caching, build and test pipeline optimizations, etc..,

JavaNode.jsSoftware Design PatternsCloud ComputingSoftware Engineering

Lead Software Engineer

Oct 2020 – Mar 2022 · 1 yr 5 mos

Spearheaded the refinement of Go module management at Grab, enabling better and faster dependency resolution for a multi-module Go monorepo
Rolled out faster code search and navigation for developers by leading the deployment and hosting of tools like Sourcegraph at Grab
Led initiatives for cost optimizations by utilizing state of the art tools like Karpenter for our K8s clusters running Sourcegraph
Led initiatives to improve infrastructure stability in the maintenance of Uber Cadence and etcd clusters
Provided critical on-call incident response leadership for Grab, resolving outages and ensuring system stability

GoSourcegraphKubernetesCost OptimizationSoftware EngineeringInfrastructure Management

Senior Software Engineer

Jun 2018 – Oct 2020 · 2 yrs 4 mos

Core contributor and developer of the unified config management tooling for all services at Grab
Core contributor to the in house gRPC service framework that powers all backend service development at Grab

gRPCConfiguration ManagementSoftware Engineering

Cisco

2 roles

Software Engineer 2

Nov 2016 – Jul 2017 · 8 mos · Chennai Area, India

Service Provider Video Software and Solutions – Video delivery for Multiple System Operators (MSO)
Developed an automation test framework for the above UI using Selenium web driver and Python
Established a CI/CD pipeline using Jenkins and developed HEAT scripts for cloud orchestration in Openstack
Established a platform to derive business metrics and to perform data analytics using the Elastic Stack (formerly ELK stack)

SeleniumPythonJenkinsOpenstackSoftware EngineeringAutomation

Software Engineer

Aug 2014 – Oct 2016 · 2 yrs 2 mos · Chennai Area, India

Service Provider Video Software and Solutions – Video delivery for Multiple System Operators (MSO)
Developed a UI for the service providers to remotely manage and provision set top box devices to households.
Developed a micro service for Verizon customer, which customizes and aggregates the VOD contents of a user.
Developed a Segmentation Manager that operates on a large volume of users (millions) grouping them based on some condition with paramount throughput. (approximately 3 seconds for one million records)

MicroservicesUI DevelopmentSoftware Engineering