Jan 2023 – Aug 2025 · 2 yrs 7 mos

Mar 2021 – Dec 2022 · 1 yr 9 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

• As one of the founding members of the Dealfinder backend team, we built the system from the ground up, delivering a wide range of impactful, customer-facing features and products. Managed a team of 6 members, responsible for performance reviews, regular 1-on-1 meetings, involved in hiring, interviewing, onboarding, and mentoring team members.
• Received the Game Changer Award for 2021’s contributions, along with multiple peer recognition awards. Key features developed included showing cart-specific valid coupons to customers, creating generic drivers per CMS for all supported merchants, implementing SERP decorations (Search Engine Results Page) on the homepage, and developing holiday/event-specific popups for RMN.
• As part of the Dealfinder backend team, served as the Tech Lead for a project overseeing 4-5 members. The team was responsible for personalizing data and delivering an end-to-end solution for displaying valid, personalized, and cart-specific coupons to users. Several features developed by the team contributed to a significant increase in the user base, growing from 2 million to 7-8 million users.
• During this tenure, led a revamp of much of the architecture, resulting in substantial revenue impacts related to AWS instances, AWS technologies, and the reduction of DB calls. Delivered several sessions on Python and Kafka to enhance the team's knowledge.
• Engaged in extensive cross-team interactions, collaborating with teams in the US and UK. Drove 4-5 impactful project features to completion, leading the process from development through testing and post-release monitoring.
• The team also won the company hackathon in 2021, which led to the initiation of a new feature integrating PCMag reviews with products on RMN popups, now live.

Aug 2020 – Mar 2021 · 7 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Jul 2019 – Aug 2020 · 1 yr 1 mo

• Main Features: Developed the Auto Ad Skip feature for TiVo's Set Top Box (STB), Implemented personalized Pre-roll and Post-roll Ads for the STB, Introduced Parental Volume Control and Progress Bar features for the STB.
• Tech Talks & Leadership: Founded the "TiVo IoT Club" focused on the basics of Arduino, Raspberry Pi, and related technologies. Delivered Tech Talks and Hands-on sessions on topics such as Machine Learning, High-Performance Computing, and Artificial Intelligence at TiVo, conducting these sessions once every quarter.

Aug 2018 – Jun 2019 · 10 mos

Jan 2018 – Jul 2018 · 6 mos

Jun 2017 – Jul 2017 · 1 mo · Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Jun 2016 – Jul 2016 · 1 mo · Bengaluru Area, India