Rakesh Sarangi

Engineering Manager

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India9 yrs 8 mos experience
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Key Highlights

  • Proven track record in engineering management.
  • Expert in leading cross-organizational initiatives.
  • Significant contributions to AI-driven productivity improvements.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Software Engineer with expertise in logistics and technical leadership.

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Skills

Core Skills

Engineering ManagementTechnical LeadershipProject ManagementSoftware DevelopmentTechnical OwnershipWeb Development

Other Skills

JavaAI-related productivity improvementsSystem architectureCode Quality ManagementCross-pod brandingReverse logisticsEcosystem stabilityTeam managementArchitecture DesignCross-organizational LeadershipTech ImplementationUnit TestingCode QualitySecurity InfrastructureAuthentication

About

Driven, determined and disciplined Software Engineer with an experience of 3 years under the belt. Proficient in Java. A quick learner and does not shy away from learning new technologies and languages. A regular contributor to FOSS. Github - https://github.com/rockydcoder

Experience

9 yrs 8 mos
Total Experience
2 yrs 1 mo
Average Tenure
4 yrs 2 mos
Current Experience

Meesho

4 roles

Engineering Manager

Promoted

Jan 2024Present · 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.
JavaTechnical LeadershipAI-related productivity improvementsSystem architectureEngineering Management

Technical Lead Manager (TLM)

Promoted

Jul 2023Dec 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.
Cross-pod brandingReverse logisticsEcosystem stabilityTeam managementTechnical LeadershipProject Management

Software Engineer - 4 (Tech Lead)

Jan 2022Jun 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.
Technical OwnershipArchitecture DesignCross-organizational LeadershipTechnical LeadershipSoftware Development

Senior Software Engineer

Jul 2019Dec 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.
Tech ImplementationUnit TestingCode QualitySoftware DevelopmentTechnical Ownership

Fico

3 roles

Lead Engineer

Jun 2019Jul 2019 · 1 mo

Software Engineer 2

Jun 2017May 2019 · 1 yr 11 mos

  • 1. Built the security infrastructure (authentication + authorisation) for a anti-money laundering application.
  • 2. Familiar with security protocols like SAML2.0 and OAuth2.0
  • 3. Collaborated with the German team in Tonbeller, Germany on building a model to detect, classify and action on suspicious entities in the finance domain
Security InfrastructureAuthenticationAuthorizationSoftware Development

Software Engineer 1

Jun 2015May 2017 · 1 yr 11 mos

  • 1. Built Java backend services for a Case Manager to be used in the FinTech. domain.
  • 2. Familiar with Java 8 functional programming features.
  • 3. Worked with frameworks like Spring Boot/Guice, Mockito, Morphia etc.
JavaBackend ServicesSpring BootSoftware Development

Society of petroleum engineers (spe) iit kharagpur student chapter

Web Head

Aug 2013Apr 2014 · 8 mos

  • 1. Led team of 8 to create official website of the college fest, Petrofiesta - speiitkgp.org
  • 2. Implemented and incorporated an Android Application for Petrofiesta 2013. (Official fest of SPE IIT KGP Chapter)
Web DevelopmentAndroid Development

Great step

2 roles

Web Team Head

Feb 2013Nov 2013 · 9 mos

  • 1. Spearheaded creation and management of official website -greatstep.in,
  • 2. Elected as Quiz Master of the quiz event
  • 3. Designed and launched an on-line quiz, Tela Quante, using PHP, which amassed great popularity among 200+participants
Web DevelopmentPHP

Core Team Member

Aug 2012Mar 2013 · 7 mos

  • 1. Publicized the fest in the campus of NIT Rourkela and attracted participants from the campus.
  • 2. Designed and maintained the official website of Great Step.
  • 3. Launched an online quiz which garnered enthusiasm all over the college campus
Web Development

Fmc & mmc

Member

Aug 2012Mar 2013 · 7 mos

  • 1. Conducted raids on 19 hall mess and restaurants all around campus for quality check and hygiene control
  • 2. Published an annual report on the quality of food served and the cleanliness and hygiene maintained in hall mess and restaurants
  • 3. Was responsible for the ban of a particular rogue restaurant inside campus

Education

Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur

Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.) — Mining Engineering

Jan 2011Jan 2015

BJB Junior College(State Board)

Class 12 — Science

Jan 2008Jan 2010

Ruchika High School

Class 10; ICSE — Science

Jan 1999Jan 2008

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