Asha Ashok

Director of Engineering

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India12 yrs 4 mos experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

Led engineering teams at Meesho for critical marketplace functions.
Developed scalable payout systems handling millions of transactions.
Strong strategic marketing and advisory skills with cross-cultural capabilities.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Backend-heavy Fullstack Engineer with extensive experience in E-commerce platforms.

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CProgrammingMicrosoft OfficeResearchMatlabTurbo C++Power ElectronicsIntegrated Circuit DesignSimulationsMicroprocessorsRoboticspythonShell ScriptinglinuxCloud Computing

About

I seek to work in a good organization related to my field of interest and I believe I have the multidimensional and versatile profile, the determination and the skills to conquer given set of problems and help the organization/company in the achievement of corporate goals and missions. I have keen interest in programming and have secured appreciable knowledge in Data Structures and Algorithms. I have good command over Java and am familiar with enterprise technologies such as Docker, GIT, Gradle, Kubernetes and Helm. Besides technical work interest, I am an entrepreneurial driven individual who is internationally oriented and proactive in nature. Having worked and lived across many places in the nation, I have developed strong strategic marketing and advisory skills which are complemented by cross-cultural capabilities. I maintain high interest in modern technologies, market and human resource research and lifestyle behaviours. I have relevant observation and listening skills and I enjoy taking initiatives both in personal and professional areas. Being a member of AIESEC, an international union of students, I have acquired opportunities in successfully showcasing my marketing skills in addition to building up my contacts across the world.

Experience

12 yrs 4 mos

Total Experience

3 yrs 4 mos

Average Tenure

7 yrs 3 mos

Current Experience

Meesho

6 roles

Senior Engineering Manager - Marketplace

Promoted

Feb 2024 – Present · 2 yrs 3 mos

Engineering Manager - Marketplace

Feb 2023 – Feb 2024 · 1 yr

Meesho is on its mission to democratise internet commerce for Bharat, i.e to help consumers get quality merchandise at the least price and sellers succeed online with the least cost of doing business.
I currently lead the Marketplace engineering team at Meesho. My team owns the supply and its pricing on the platform, which gives it a crucial positioning given the business proposition

Engineering Manager - Payouts

Jul 2022 – Feb 2023 · 7 mos

Meesho is on its mission to democratise internet commerce for Bharat, i,e to help consumers get quality merchandise at the least price and sellers succeed online with the least cost of doing business.
I led and managed the Payouts platform team of Meesho rocketship. Payouts team took care of all kinds of payouts out of the system and the associated compliance requirements.
Highlights :
Instant refunds platform - Users get lightning fast refunds as soon as the return product is picked
Priority payout pipelines - Horizontally scalable payout pipelines to manage spiky loads
Multi-tier fallbacks - Infra to intelligently switch payment partner in case of downtime at partner' end

Lead Software Development Engineer

Apr 2021 – Jul 2022 · 1 yr 3 mos

Highlights :
Been an integral part in the organisation wide scale up activities owing to growing traffic and sale events.
Lead the revamp, migration and phase-release of supplier payout infra from monolith to payout's distributed transactional system.
Lead and managed payments pod in multiple cross-org feature developments.

SDE3

Promoted

Jul 2020 – Apr 2021 · 9 mos

Highlights :
Revamped the entire user payout infra from monolith to a distributed transactional system with migration and phase-release
Consolidated compliance pieces which was scattered across multiple services into a more unified and scalable one

SDE2

Jan 2019 – Jun 2020 · 1 yr 5 mos

Highlights :
Developed and scaled in-house automated payout platform for Meesho. It housed integration with 3rd party banking partners with queueing and error code specific retry mechanisms. Rate of outbound transactions can be controlled and it can handle millions of txns.
Developed and scaled Retuns/RTO insight panel for suppliers. Suppliers use the panel to sort/filter information on the packages returning back to them.

Oracle

2 roles

Senior Member Of Technical Staff

Nov 2018 – Jan 2019 · 2 mos

Member Of Technical Staff

Jul 2016 – Oct 2018 · 2 yrs 3 mos

Oracle launched Intelligent Bots Service in 2016 which aims to transform the future of mobile apps. Chatbots can open your enterprise to messaging. It enables you to build a bot that connects your users to your enterprise while engaging them in naturalistic conversations.
A Chatbot uses Natural Language Processing to resolve user utterances and is deployed as a Kubernetes cluster on top of Oracle Cloud Infrastructure.
My work involved working on Kubernetes Cluster Provisioning and Monitoring of Intelligent Bots. I currently work on Dynamic Price Metering of Intelligent Bots and on enhancing the Entity Detection Model for better resolution of entities.

Trisys.in

Summer Intern

May 2015 – Jul 2015 · 2 mos · Bengaluru Area, India

As a Summer Intern I have worked on multiple projects implemented with Java EE platform which includes Database Management, Front end programming and Stand alone Java applications.

Technex

Executive

Mar 2015 – Mar 2015 · 0 mo · Varanasi Area, India

Technex is the annual technical festival. It has footsteps dating back to 1939. It brings together students from all over the country to participate in the celebration to exploit their knowledge and creative extravagance along with experts from the fields of both academia and industry. While events may vary from year to year, generally they include or are based upon software development, model exhibition, paper and poster presentation, astronomy, robotics and general awareness.Being the part of publicity team and volunteering team I contributed to the successful organisation of the Fest.

Bhel hyderabad

Summer Intern

May 2014 – Jun 2014 · 1 mo · Hyderabad Area, India

Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) owned by Government of India, is a power plant equipment manufacturer and operates as an engineering and manufacturing company based in New Delhi, India. Established in 1964, BHEL is India's largest engineering and manufacturing company of its kind.It is engaged in the design, engineering, manufacture, construction, testing, commissioning and servicing of a wide range of products, systems and services for the core sectors of the economy, viz. Power, Transmission, Industry, Transportation, Renewable Energy, Oil & Gas and Defence.As a Summer Internee I worked on the theoretical as well as practical aspects of Manufacturing of a Turbo Generator.

Aiesec india

Volunteer

Feb 2014 – Mar 2015 · 1 yr 1 mo · Varanasi Area, India

AIESEC is an international nonprofit organization that provides young people with leadership opportunities to develop themselves into global leaders with an urge to make a difference in society.My responsibilities include publicizing and spreading the reach of the organisation and to work for the empowerment of the same.

Edit engine

Marketer

Jul 2013 – May 2016 · 2 yrs 10 mos · Varanasi Area, India

Edit Engine serves in proof-reading, editing, formatting and writing of research papers, B Tech theses, M Tech theses, project reports, cover letters, college essays, power point presentations, dissertations and other piece of written work. It also serves as guide to your research ideas, providing them a proper knowledge of platforms to get their intriguing ideas recognized. Being the marketer of the company, I am responsible in widening the reach and acceptance of the company to the public.