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Vijay Kumar Sabbu

VP of Engineering

Hyderabad, Telangana, India18 yrs 8 mos experience
Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

  • 17 years of IT experience in software development.
  • Expert in building high-performance engineering teams.
  • Proven track record in driving innovation and strategic goals.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a SaaS expert with strong leadership in engineering and cloud technologies.

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Skills

Core Skills

Strategic LeadershipStartupsAwsMulti-tenancyJavaReact Native

Other Skills

CI/CDSecurity complianceSaaSDocument SearchElectronJSContent RecommendationJava Enterprise EditionJavaScriptAutomationFull-Stack DevelopmentBudgetingEngineering LeadershipAgile MethodologiesScrumElasticsearch

About

I have 17 years of experience in IT industry primarily from software development background. I have built and managed Development, DevOps, Quality Assurance teams and scaling them, developing talent pipelines, and fostering a culture of innovation and collaboration. I understand the unique challenges of startup environments and have a demonstrated ability to execute technology strategies that align with business goals, improve operational efficiency, and drive revenue growth. I am committed to creating a culture of excellence where people are empowered to thrive and succeed. I foster an environment of trust and collaboration where teams are encouraged to take risks, experiment, and learn from failures. I have conceptualised, architected, designed & developed an iPaaS, BPM(Workflows) and App Builder with several technologies Java, Kotlin, Javascript, Node.js, MongoDB, AWS, Kubernetes, Kafka, Redis, etc.. As a hands on engineering leader, I am good at going to the depths of the problem to the deepest possible and at the same time having a top level view of the entire system architecture in mind when it is really required and solve it in a more efficient way. I am good at solving complex problems and looking out for alternatives to achieve the best for the given problem. I am good at mentoring teams and have experience in mentoring experienced or freshers out of college. I have a proven track record of building and leading high-performance engineering teams in startup environments. I am passionate about driving innovation and achieving strategic goals. With 16+ years of experience in the IT industry, I possess a deep understanding of software development methodologies, system architecture, and cloud-based technologies. My expertise lies in developing agile and scalable software solutions, leveraging cutting-edge technologies such as Microservices, Containerization, and delivering outstanding user experiences. I am committed to continuous learning, staying up-to-date with emerging trends, and driving a culture of innovation and excellence.

Experience

Gaian solutions

VP of Engineering

Jun 2023Present · 2 yrs 9 mos · Hyderabad, Telangana, India · On-site

Backflipt

3 roles

Associate VP of Engineering

Promoted

May 2021Apr 2023 · 1 yr 11 mos · Hyderabad, Telangana, India · On-site

  • Conceptualised, Architected and Designed the no-code/low-code platform with iPaaS, Workflows & App Builder components. Using the App Builder, web applications can be built and it supports Basic/SSO authentication.
  • Built and drive the teams to enhance and prepare the platform for enterprise-level readiness, which included the Development, DevOps, UX/UI, QA, and Customer Success teams.
  • Upgraded the infrastructure for high scalability and high availability by utilizing AWS services such as EKS, Elastic Cache, MSK, and S3. Multi-tenancy was achieved through DB sharding for the shared SaaS model. On-premise and fully isolated tenant deployment models are supported.
  • To comply with enterprise security standards, implemented AWS KMS, data masking techniques, and a fully automated CI/CD pipeline. The pipeline includes multiple checkpoints at each stage of the delivery to ensure Source code Linting, Unit testing, Sonarqube Analysis, Dependabot analysis, Snyk scan, and OWASP scan are performed.
  • Ensured the platform to pass SOC2, GDPR, PCI compliance scans to comply with enterprise security standards.
  • Setup a talent acquisition pipeline to quickly scale up the teams based on new clients and customer requirements. Also, established learning and development (L&D) initiatives to assess team productivity/quality and identify skill gaps, and audited teams quarterly to ensure adherence to standards.
  • Set up development/delivery processes for faster delivery without compromising quality and conducted monthly audits with managers and team leaders to ensure adherence to the processes and maintain high quality of work.
Strategic LeadershipStartups

Senior Engineering Manager

Promoted

Jan 2020May 2021 · 1 yr 4 mos · Hyderabad, Telangana, India · On-site

  • Built a no-code/low-code platform from scratch, starting from conceptualization, visualization, architecture, design, and development of a prototype.
  • The platform consists of an iPaaS orchestrator and a workflow orchestrator. The orchestrator was primarily built on AWS Cloud and later supported on Azure cloud.
  • Extended it to support OEM integration for iPaaS and added an iPaaS orchestrator. The platform includes features such as RBAC, multi-tenant support, and SSO.
  • It was architected with enterprise readiness in mind and includes features such as SaaS, auto-scaling infrastructure and multi-tenancy.
Strategic LeadershipStartups

Engineering Manager

Aug 2018Jan 2020 · 1 yr 5 mos · Hyderabad, Telangana, India · On-site

  • Built plugins for both MS Outlook and Gmail which provide document recommendations based on the context of the email and participants involved.
  • Built document search by content and document suggestions.
StartupsJava

Xenovus, inc.

2 roles

Senior Software Architect

Mar 2015Jul 2018 · 3 yrs 4 mos · Hyderabad, Telangana, India

  • Added support for desktop users and built a desktop app using ElectronJS cross platform.
  • Converted the existing iOS app to React Native app to support all other mobile platforms.
  • Built a document search engine that accepts documents as input.
  • Built a document versioning system that is capable of categorizing all provided documents into different sets based on their content.
StartupsReact Native

Software Architect

Sep 2013Mar 2015 · 1 yr 6 mos · Hyderabad, Telangana, India

  • Led a team of engineers and designed/developed an enterprise communication app that solves the problem of cluttered emails from multiple external customers.
  • Built a content recommendation system that recommends documents based on the context.
StartupsJava

Ivy comptech

3 roles

System Analyst

Nov 2011Sep 2013 · 1 yr 10 mos · Hyderabad, India

  • Built the Players Promotions application as a SPA (Single Page Application) using WEB 2.0 principles.
  • Played a key role in designing and developing a CI/CD framework for the company using Gradle, Teamcity, and ANT.
  • Developed a Backoffice application that migrated Oracle SQL/PLSQL reports to a unified portal for player gaming and promotions activity reports.
Java Enterprise EditionJava

Senior Software Engineer

Promoted

Feb 2010Nov 2011 · 1 yr 9 mos · Hyderabad, India

  • Enhanced the Promotions Admin Tool (PAT) by implementing a rule engine, making it easier to create new promotion logic.
  • Built a new promotions page for players, which displays their progress in terms of reward points and loyalty points based on their activity.
Java Enterprise EditionJava

Software Engineer

Jan 2009Feb 2010 · 1 yr 1 mo · Hyderabad, India

  • IVY Comptech is a gaming company, and I worked on the Promotions/Bonus team. We had a legacy PL/SQL promotions framework to configure and schedule promotions to give bonuses to players.
  • Developed a promotions admin tool (PAT) as a web tool to replace the legacy framework.
  • Played a key role in converting the entire promotions framework from the legacy PL/SQL framework to a WEB 2.0 architecture.
JavaJavaScript

Cognizant technology solutions

Programmer Analyst

May 2007Jan 2009 · 1 yr 8 mos · Hyderabad, India

  • As someone new to software engineering, I find everything interesting and have learned a lot during my journey. My one-month training was a great experience, and I had the opportunity to work on a prestigious project for Ameriprise Financial.
  • Learned a variety of technologies, including Struts, Spring 3.0, Java, J2EE, EJB, JMS, JavaScript, Unix, Vignette Content Management, and Vignette Application Portal.
  • During the project, I had a great achievement of setting up a local dev environment by stubbing all the request/responses from external services.
  • Automated the process of generating audit report & excel graphs.
  • Built a RPC Simulator which is used to setup the Local Dev Environment.
  • Built a code cleanup tool to remove all unwanted statements like (System.out, System.err statements).
Java Enterprise EditionJava

Education

Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University

Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.) — Electronics and Communications Engineering

Jan 2003Jan 2007

Vikas Junior College

Intermediate — MPC

Jan 2001Jan 2003

Ramanujan High School

SSC

Jan 2000Jan 2001

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