Balaji Katika

Director of Engineering

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India20 yrs 9 mos experience

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Key Highlights

Director of Engineering at Nike leading global teams.
Expert in Supply Chain Technology and eCommerce solutions.
Strong background in Identity & Access Management.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a seasoned leader in eCommerce and Supply Chain Technology with a focus on scalable solutions.

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Skills

Core Skills

Technology LeadershipFulfillment ManagementSupply Chain TechnologyIdentity & Access ManagementTechnical DesignMentorship

Other Skills

Team LeadershipMicroservicesDirector levelAWSConsumer ServicesOAuth 2.0OpenId ConnectC++JavaLinuxSoftware DesignDistributed SystemsAgile MethodologiesPerlUnix

About

Fulfillment Management, Supply Chain, e-Commerce, Technical architect, Hobby Android/web programmer, Scalable/robust design, Open Source frameworks, SOA, IAM, SSO, Virtualization, Data Storage software Specialties: Design, Implementation, Problem Solving, Solution Architecting and Optimisation Strong background on computer science fundamentals like Algorithms & Data structures Hobby Android Programmer (http://www.4g-labs.com)

Experience

Nike

Director Of Engineering

Jun 2021 – Present · 4 yrs 9 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · On-site

Responsible for end-to-end technology solutions of various post-purchase flows of Nike digital eCommerce. Managing the global teams in the following technology domain
Consumer/Customer Order Management
Inventory Management
Fulfillment Management
Consumer Services (Chat Experiences, Self-Service, Get Help)
Legal Agreement & Consent Management/IAM
These applications are built on the AWS cloud to provide high availability and low latency to the consuming applications.
Working with business, product, and project management teams in defining the requirements and finalizing the end product
Resource allocation and delivery of multiple projects with competing priorities.
Work closely with a group of architects for discovery, design, development, deployment, and post-production activities.
Leading teams across geographies for ensuring round the clock business continuity

Team LeadershipMicroservicesDirector levelTechnology LeadershipFulfillment Management

4g labs - non-profit tech initiative for social benefit

Founder

Feb 2016 – Dec 2018 · 2 yrs 10 mos · Bangalore

www.4g-labs.in
4G Labs is a non-profit software solution development initiative aimed at developing web/mobile apps aimed at benefiting the community.
My role is to advise, contribute and train the team on the current and future projects.

@walmartlabs india

Engineering Leader

Mar 2015 – Jun 2021 · 6 yrs 3 mos · Bengaluru Area, India

Supply Chain Technology
Worked in the area of fulfillment management
Responsible for architecture and design of post purchase programs/initiatives
Identity & Access Management (IAM)
Developing various features for authentication and authorization for the Walmart/SamsClub/ASDA e-commerce platform. The feature services were optimized and scaled to serve more than 150 million users, within the designated SLAs.
Built Single-Sign-On capability for Walmart and affiliate site (client applications). Walmart single sign-on has support for both OAuth 2.0 and OpenId Connect protocols. This also involves the federation of several identities of users across multiple businesses of Walmart such as Walmart.com, SamsClub and ASDA.

Team LeadershipMicroservicesSupply Chain TechnologyIdentity & Access Management

Vmware

Senior Member of Technical Staff

Dec 2012 – Mar 2015 · 2 yrs 3 mos · Bangalore

Responsible for investigation, design and development of various modules of the product.
Active participation in design and technical improvements to the product discussions
Handles customer escalations and helps resolve the issues.
Mentors junior and new members of the team. Helps them learn the product and the required technical skills to get on-board.

Team LeadershipMicroservicesTechnical DesignMentorship

Netapp

Member Technical Staff

Dec 2006 – Nov 2012 · 5 yrs 11 mos · Bangalore

Software Developer. Responsible for investigation, functional specifications, design, implementation till Unit Testing.
Worked on various projects viz., Data Fabric Manager, Performance Advisor, OnCommand System Manager