Abhishek Chavan

Director of Engineering

Gurgaon, Haryana, India17 yrs 8 mos experience
Highly StableAI ML Practitioner

Key Highlights

  • 16 years of experience in product and engineering leadership.
  • Led teams of over 80 across multiple countries.
  • Developed scalable products for large enterprises and startups.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a seasoned Product and Engineering Leader in E-Commerce and EdTech sectors.

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Skills

Core Skills

Engineering ManagementTechnology LeadershipProduct Management

Other Skills

AJAXAgileAgile MethodologiesAmazon DynamodbAmazon Web Services (AWS)AndroidApache KafkaArtificial Intelligence (AI)Back-End Web DevelopmentCCSMCassandraCore JavaDigital StrategyE-Commerce

About

Product and Engineering Leader with 16 years of experience, managed and led Team sizes of more than 80 people in co-located, remote and multiple countries. Created D2C, B2B, B2B2C Products from scratch to scale. Developed Products for Large Enterprises and Seed to Scale Startups for Revenue and Growth. Designed high-availability, fault-tolerance applications for companies of various sizes.

Experience

17 yrs 8 mos
Total Experience
2 yrs 8 mos
Average Tenure
1 yr 6 mos
Current Experience

Nielsen

Director of Engineering

Nov 2024Present · 1 yr 6 mos

  • Heading Ad Intel Global(https://www.nielsen.com/solutions/media-planning/ad-intelligence) and working on using GenAI & Machine Learning for identifying Brands for Advertisements for Text, Images, Video.
GenAIMachine LearningEngineering ManagementTechnology Leadership

Bijak

Senior Vice President Of Technology

Sep 2020Oct 2024 · 4 yrs 1 mo

  • Heading Engineering, Product, Design, Infrastructure and Security for Bijak.
  • Managing a team of Engineers, Product, Design, Project Manager, SRE, Devops and Engineering Directors.
  • Developed multiple apps for Android and iOS having more than 1 million downloads overall for Bijak vertical which caters to F&V and Grains Marketplaces.
  • Developed and scaled the Grocery E-Commerce vertical Just Fresh(https://buyjustfresh.com) which caters to B2B and B2C Customers in Delhi-NCR Region.
  • The Customer applications, Logistics and Warehouse Management has been developed for scaling the ECommerce Vertical.
  • Bijak Apps
  • https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bedwal.bijak.mvp&hl=en_IN
  • https://apps.apple.com/in/app/bijak-agri-trade-mandi-bhav/id1568697202
  • Bijak Vyapaar App
  • https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=in.bijak.grains&hl=en_IN
  • Just Apps
  • B2B Retailer App : https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.just.fresh&hl=en_IN , https://apps.apple.com/in/app/just-retailer-fruits-vegetable/id1659349506
  • B2C App : https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.just.direct&hl=en_IN , https://apps.apple.com/in/app/just-fresh-fruit-vegetable/id1634024358
  • Delivery Partner App : https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.just.delivery&hl=en_IN
Strategic Technology InitiativesTechnology LeadershipTechnology ManagementEngineering ManagementProduct Management

Clix capital (erstwhile ge capital)

Vice President Of Technology

May 2018Sep 2020 · 2 yrs 4 mos · Gurgaon, Haryana, India

  • Headed the Engineering Vertical at Clix Capital(erstwhile GE Capital) to create Lending as a Service which allows businesses to create new lending products and work with partner companies to create digital journeys.
  • Also heading delivery of SME business in Technology for Business Loan, Merchant Cash Advance of loan sizes from 2 to 50 lakhs using automated decisioning.
Engineering ManagementTechnology Leadership

Pearson

Dev Manager

Jun 2014May 2018 · 3 yrs 11 mos · San Francisco Bay Area

  • Leading 2 teams of Developers of total 30 developers each in Bangalore and San Francisco towards Agile Deliverables and also working as a Solutions Architect for new features and capabilities.
  • Development of a scalable Revel Application which would allow Instructors(Teachers and Professors) to create courses from books which are being taught by Instructors in the classroom. The Student can purchase an online book which will allow student to read online, take quizzes online inside the Revel Application and be graded by the instructor for assignments.
Engineering ManagementTechnology Leadership

Wizni, inc.

2 roles

Software Engineer

Oct 2013Jun 2014 · 8 mos

  • Development of Client Mobile Website using Single Page Architechture with Backbone Javascript MVC/MVV Framework and using REST API’s to fetch data. Initial Development was done using JQuery Mobile. The current development is being done using Bootstrap 3.
  • Development to integrate various systems of PG&E using Report-a-Spot Product Application for PGE Mobile Website. Deployment of product in various environments till Production, support and development of the next sprints.

Lead Developer Products

Jan 2012Oct 2013 · 1 yr 9 mos

  • Report-a-Spot is customer experience platform designed on Java/J2EE technologies that allows consumers for reporting issues on public property. The product also supports mobile and web based API’s and integration with customer backend systems. This application has an administration interface and issue processing engine that integrates with customer systems.
  • Another Project involved building a product for creating multi database SQL queries which would provide a simple query language for developers and business users across multiple databases/systems.

Nagarro

Member Architechture Group

Mar 2010Apr 2012 · 2 yrs 1 mo · New Delhi Area, India

  • Worked with different clients across the globe to create scalable and extensible architecture. Interaction with the customer for delivery of the product and complete ownership of the architecture.
  • Worked as Technical Lead in some projects to manage a team of developers to deliver projects.

Onmobile

Software Engineer

Jul 2008Feb 2010 · 1 yr 7 mos · Bengaluru Area, India

  • Understanding requirement with inputs from Marketing Executives and Account Managers.
  • Designed the whole architecture of the application.
  • Made all technical documents with regard to the application.
  • Performed Proof of Concept for new technologies to use in this application.
  • Performed research and development and performance optimization
  • Designed Complex algorithms for optimal memory utilization and processing speed
  • Unit and System Testing
  • Deployment of Application on servers

Education

Indian Institute of Technology (Banaras Hindu University), Varanasi

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