Jan 2024 – Present · 2 yrs 4 mos

• Drove strategic scoping and technical execution for high-priority projects like Transport Management System, delivering a technically complex solution within strict timelines and achieving significant CPDO gains.
• Provided technical leadership and guidance to the rapidly growing Valmo engineering team, ensuring high product velocity, maintaining code quality, and minimizing technical debt.
• Contributed to the long-term Tech Vision and Strategic Input for Valmo, including critical decisions on system architecture, such as moving towards an in-house Single Ops Tech solution and restructuring engineering pods.
• Championed organizational transparency by establishing internal Super Pod reviews and external communication channels (e.g., BharatConf track, blog posts), significantly improving awareness of Valmo's inner workings and vision across the organization.
• Initiated and led AI-related productivity improvements, demonstrating a 5x reduction in development time for a key flow by introducing advanced tools like Cursor to the Valmo Front-End team.

Jul 2023 – Dec 2023 · 5 mos

• Led the development and launch of Valmo Returns, establishing India's lowest-cost reverse logistics network and securing an incremental CM2 margin of approximately INR 20 for Meesho, while improving Valmo's claim approval rate by approximately 30pp over 3PLs.
• Drove a critical 0-100 cross-pod branding initiative to successfully launch Valmo (rebranded from Meesho Logistics) across all Meesho digital platforms, coordinating with multiple engineering teams and external partners to meet tight real-world deadlines.
• Ensured LaaP ecosystem stability and scalability, maintaining an impressive 99.96% uptime and managing peak sale volumes of approximately 11.2 lakh shipments/day with zero downtimes. Conducted sale readiness with all 3PLs to uplift their technology benchmarks.
• Acted as Pod Anchor and functional lead for the In-House Orchestration Layer (IOL), charting the strategic vision and scalable technical design to de-risk the single point of failure (Shipsy) and serve 100% LaaP scale.
• Managed and mentored a team of 3 developers, conducting regular 1:1s and feedback sessions to foster career growth, and guiding them through complex, high-impact technical and product tasks.

Jan 2022 – Jun 2023 · 1 yr 5 mos

• 1. Technical Ownership & Architecture: Acted as the go-to technical expert and core service owner within the LAAP (Fulfillment) Returns team, successfully driving key architectural improvements including the design and review of the new Shipment State Machine for legacy system replacement.
• 2. Cross-Organizational Leadership: Served as the Project Tech Lead for large-scale, cross-organizational P0 initiatives like RTO Unbundling, demonstrating strong proficiency in collaborating with and influencing dependent teams.
• 3. Holistic Solution Analysis: Championed a "Problem First" approach by analyzing solutions holistically for robustness, scalability, and extensibility, ensuring long-term product health and optimal functionality within the LAAP charter.
• 4. Mentorship & Stakeholder Management: Functioned as a Pod Anchor, providing strong mentorship and constructive feedback to team members, while utilizing excellent stakeholder management skills to align with Business, Product, and Operations to achieve critical business outcomes.

Jul 2019 – Dec 2021 · 2 yrs 5 mos

• Led the successful tech implementation of the major Regional Handover feature for Logistics, ensuring zero downtime and a smooth production release.
• Established the foundation for unit testing and single-handedly built a common tracking library for all 3PLs, enhancing code quality and standardization.
• Served as the primary technical owner and "go-to" person for all Reverse Flow systems and production issue resolution.
• Drove impactful business results, including a reduction in GMV loss from 0.31% to 0.27% (via QC improvements) and a 0.3% reduction in I/O.
• Contributed to talent development by mentoring a recently hired intern to production-readiness and conducting over 100 interviews for various SDE roles.