Sumon Mal

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Bengaluru, Karnataka, India14 yrs 1 mo experience
Highly StableAI Enabled

Key Highlights

  • Architected platforms for 80M DAU and 30M user concurrency.
  • Led initiatives resulting in $5.2M ARR and $4.7M in cost savings.
  • Implemented AI-assisted development, increasing GTM speed by 65%.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Backend Engineering leader with expertise in AI/ML and high-concurrency platforms.

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Core Skills

Platform ArchitectureArtificial Intelligence (ai)FintechMlopsEngineering LeadershipProduct EngineeringProblem Solving

Other Skills

OTTLeadershipStakeholder ManagementStrategic LeadershipBig Data AnalyticsEngineering ManagementData PipelinesGlobal Cross-Functional Team LeadershipMachine LearningHigh-Level DesignAgile DevelopmentBig DataCloud ApplicationsAmazon Web Services (AWS)Product Development

About

Engineering leader with 16 years of experience in Backend engineering with AI ML hands-on expertise. Individually architected and code for multiple micro services in current role.• Architected platforms at scale of 80M DAU, 30M user concurrency, 11K TPS Payment platform.• Built AI ML products including Fraud detection, Supply chain Order and TraMic optimization, Autonomous Content Publishing platform, Application Ranking for reality shows, Content Metadata generation pipeline, Content recommendation System, App Experience Personalization Platform, Message Personalization.• Bringing diversified enriched experience from high-performing engineering organizations across the E-commerce, FinTech, OTT, Travel, and Supply Chain verticals.In the last 2 years, I led multiple initiatives that resulted in $5.2M ARR and an additional $4.7M through Finops cost savings. Scaled the overall platform by 7.5X (from 4M to 30M concurrent users). Implemented AI-assisted development across teams, our GTM speed increased by 65%.I’m passionate about:- Architecting scalable platforms for growth- AL ML projects- Building high-performance cultures- Driving engineering transformation and innovation at the intersection of data, ML, and systemsLet’s connect if you’re building something ambitious 🚀

Experience

14 yrs 1 mo
Total Experience
2 yrs
Average Tenure
2 yrs 1 mo
Current Experience

Sony liv

Head of Backend Engineering

Apr 2024Present · 2 yrs 1 mo

  • Engineered platform transformation, scaling growth by 7.5X from 4M to 30M concurrent users.
  • Built in-house capabilities by replacing the entire legacy publishing stack, which resulted in $XM in annual savings and an additional $XM in operational cost savings.
  • Architected and code delivery as ICE of Continue Watch & History, Playback, Subscription Management system.
  • Spearheaded AI-assisted platform modernization, reducing engineering toil by 43% while implementing AI-SDLC best practices across 12 product teams.
  • Architected cloud-native infrastructure transformation on AWS, achieving $XM in yearly optimization through Kubernetes and data store optimization, in addition to integrating FinOps-intelligence operations.
  • Managed ranking model integration to evaluate reality show applications, improving processing time by 67%.
  • Currently leading multiple product engineering initiatives, including building a User and Payment-Subscription Management platform to replace legacy vendor dependencies and enabling experience personalization across the platform with dynamic segmentation.
OTTMLOpsArtificial Intelligence (AI)Platform ArchitectureLeadershipStakeholder Management

Paytm

Director of Engineering

Apr 2023Mar 2024 · 11 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

  • Led the end-to-end Lending vertical, surpassing quarterly disbursement projections by 19%.
  • Achieved a 37% faster time to market with a 47% improvement in MTTR.
  • Led engineering efforts in 3rd party integration, platform engineering, big data processing, ML ops, and API development, fostering a culture of engineering excellence.
  • Closely worked with VP of Engineering and Leaders to lead multiple initiatives on Finops adoption.
Strategic LeadershipMLOpsBig Data AnalyticsFinTechEngineering Management

Tesco

Senior Engineering Manager

Mar 2020Apr 2023 · 3 yrs 1 mo

  • Led Tesco's Store order legacy transformation through Order simplification and Waste reduction, delivering multiple highly scalable, resilient, available, and bug-free products, resulting in a yearly revenue income of ~29M£.
  • Enabled sustainable engineering and process best practices, resulting in 0 functional bugs in production with ~23% faster time to market and an enhanced feedback loop, ensuring on-time delivery across a platform that handles 27M order processing in 17 mins.
  • Drove organisation building from scratch, including core platform engineering, SRE DevOps, ML ops, and Data platform teams.
  • Closely worked with Sr. Director Engineering and Leaders to lead multiple initiatives on Legacy modernisation.
Artificial Intelligence (AI)MLOpsData PipelinesEngineering LeadershipPlatform ArchitectureGlobal Cross-Functional Team Leadership+4

Expedia group

2 roles

Engineering Manager

Sep 2018Mar 2020 · 1 yr 6 mos

  • Managed global cross-functional teams across 4 time zones, building an Omni channel communication platform that brought in ~5M$ revenue year on year.
  • Established engineering and process best practices, resulting in a 360-degree observable platform for business and engineering. Achieved a 14% faster time to market empowered by an open-source code base with an inner sourcing execution model.
  • Reduced support calls by ~30% by introducing purchase confirmation SMS for active App users. Connected trip increased customer engagement by ~6%, brought 12% more funnel conversion by launching a Price matching program, and generated a ~2M$ revenue pipeline from Marketing SMS by launching Account level SMS consent.
MLOpsBig DataPlatform ArchitectureCloud ApplicationsData PipelinesAmazon Web Services (AWS)+3

Senior Software Engineer

Mar 2018Sep 2018 · 6 mos

  • Lead a dev team in GCO-Air
  • Build 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦 𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐬 - which offers Self onboarding for Expedia's business partner organizations to onboard all their support agent in 𝐢𝐧 𝐚 𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐚𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐨𝐧.
  • 𝐊𝐞𝐲 𝐡𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬
  • 1. Onboarding time reduction from 90 days to 2 hours which is 𝐚𝐧 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝟗𝟗.𝟗𝟎𝟖%
  • 2. 16 step manual intervention to one-touch self-onboarding approval.
  • 3. Bulk onboarding migration to provide flexible org onboarding.
  • 4. The nested role definition model reduces the complexity from 65k permission combinations to 30 roles, which is 𝟗𝟗.𝟗𝟓𝟒% 𝐨𝐟 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭.
Product EngineeringProblem SolvingPlatform ArchitectureHigh-Level DesignAgile DevelopmentTechnical Reviews

Amazon

Software Development Engineer2

Jan 2016Mar 2018 · 2 yrs 2 mos · India

  • 1. Introduced Audible whisper sync feature.
  • 2. Enable video and 3D on product details, which reduced 7 % of return due to confused buying.
  • 3. Ownership of Image block ATF & Product Details fetcher
  • 4. Design & implementation of product enhancement
  • 5. Active contribution in overall hiring through design assessment.
  • brand logo: https://www.amazon.in/dp/B07MRBVQNG
  • Video: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07D2CTK63
Problem SolvingAnalytical SkillsHigh-Level DesignTechnical ReviewsCode Review

Samsung electronics

2 roles

Senior Software Engineer

Promoted

Apr 2014Dec 2015 · 1 yr 8 mos

  • 1. Invented a proprietary tool to solve IP conflicting problems for Clients who uses many Connected MFP Network, resulting in multimillion-dollar deal signup and additional revenue from existing client AMC.
  • 2. Implemented PKI authentication for Email services, guaranteed secure transfer of Confidential data. Used by US Army.
  • 3. Implemented of a new set of SNMPs MIB-OID to share different information to the masters/listeners. Results, the centralized monitoring system can check the different status of any MFP (supported). Also, triggers alarm based on TRAP sends by MFPs.
  • 4. Upgraded FTP functionality with various security channels. Resulting User have choices to use any of the FTP transfer based on their requirement (FTP/S/ES - Binary & Normal)
  • B2B delivery for UniCredit Global – development support, customer requirement review.
  • Timeline negotiation, Version Classification for this B2B. 1300 unit of MX400, 140 unit of K4350, 300 unit of K7600 in 7 slots. Successful development delivered till production line.
  • Achievement:
  • Awarded with the certificate for successful delivery of Unicredit B2B
Product EngineeringProblem SolvingAnalytical SkillsNon-Functional RequirementsHigh-Level DesignAgile Development+3

Software Engineer

Jun 2013Apr 2014 · 10 mos

Problem SolvingNon-Functional RequirementsHigh-Level DesignComputer ScienceCode Review

Wipro limited

Project Engineer

Jan 2012May 2013 · 1 yr 4 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka

  • This is an Optical Solution, technically involved with NMS & EMS (Network Management System & Element Management System). Facilitates FCAPS in terms of NMS / EMS technology which look after Fault, Configuration, Accountability, Performance Monitoring and Security of the registered network elements.
  • Implemented Chain Handlers to improve fault tolerance, resulting Fail Safe NRD system flow.
  • Handled Configurable Provisioning (Auto, Pre, On-Demand) for new NE models including legacy NE models too. Impacts the connection/trails flows & throughput management.
  • Master implementation of Backup & restore functionality, solves accidental data loss problem for new NRD, also provide parallel NE configuration data push (for supported chassis)
  • SNMP Client OID implementation to send TRAPS, resulting triggering the Alarm system.
Problem SolvingNon-Functional RequirementsComputer Science

Vpick infocom

Project Engineer JAVA Networking

Jan 2010Dec 2011 · 1 yr 11 mos

  • Scope based project contract contribution.
  • Project: EMS system development
  • Domain: NMS EMS Optical Solution
Problem SolvingComputer Science

Computer solutions

TechOps Specialist

Feb 2007Sep 2009 · 2 yrs 7 mos

  • Helped more than 300 individuals and more than 40 small businesses with their infrastructure setup and post-sales AMC service.
Problem SolvingComputer Science

Education

Indian Institute of Management Bangalore

Executive Leadership Credit Program — Strategic Management

Nov 2023May 2024

University of Geneva

International Organization Management

Apr 2020Oct 2020

West Bengal University of Technology, Kolkata

Master of Computer Applications - MCA

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