Vivek Ramjee S

Engineering Manager

Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India11 yrs 7 mos experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

Over 10 years of engineering experience.
Led teams in developing complex distributed systems.
Awarded 'Customer Obsessed' value pillar award.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Logistics and Supply Chain Engineering Leader with expertise in software development and team management.

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Skills

Core Skills

Engineering LeadershipSystems DesignTechnical LeadershipRequirements AnalysisAngularRuby On RailsJavascriptReact.jsAngularjs

Other Skills

People ManagementStakeholder ManagementDecision-MakingPostgreSQLElasticsearchAmazon SQSIonic FrameworkMongoDBD3.jsApache KafkaWeb DevelopmentSoftware Development Life Cycle (SDLC)Operating SystemsRelational DatabasesProgramming

About

Results-driven Engineering Leader with a user-centric approach and proven track record of fostering collaborative teams. I excel at bridging technical innovation with business objectives while maintaining a strong focus on user needs and measurable outcomes. My 10+ years of engineering journey includes 7 years of hands-on software development followed by 4+ years of people management and engineering leadership, giving me a comprehensive understanding of both technical excellence and team building. I have successfully led teams in developing complex distributed systems and enterprise grade frontend applications for the logistics and supply chain sector.

Experience

11 yrs 7 mos

Total Experience

3 yrs 10 mos

Average Tenure

8 yrs 5 mos

Current Experience

Fourkites, inc.

4 roles

Engineering Manager

Promoted

Feb 2023 – Present · 3 yrs 3 mos

As an Engineering Manager at FourKites, I lead the Application Platform teams responsible for developing core capabilities across the supply chain visibility product portfolio, including Reporting, Notifications, Authentication, and Master Data services.
My responsibilities include leading engineering effort to generate new revenue streams for FourKites through the rapid prototyping of new product lines, utilising AI tools and Agentic frameworks.
I am currently managing 3 teams totalling 16 engineers ranging from junior engineers to staff engineers and a manager.

People ManagementStakeholder ManagementDecision-MakingSystems DesignEngineering Leadership

Staff Software Engineer

Aug 2020 – Jan 2023 · 2 yrs 5 mos

As a technical leader, managing a team of 7 engineers ranging from entry-level to staff engineers, I led the development of the Order and Inventory Visibility Product from conceptualisation to minimum viable product, successfully driving the initiative from 0 to onboarding its 1st customer, while also contributing architectural consulting to adjacent teams.
I architected and led the delivery of Inventory Visibility MVP under an aggressive one month timeline. My customer-centric approach to engineering leadership resulted in earning the 'Customer Obsessed' value pillar award and my role change to Engineering Management.
My team deployed and maintained a robust technology stack including Postgres, ElasticSearch, REDIS, Java Spring Boot, React, and Angular, leveraging AWS EKS for cloud infrastructure.

People ManagementRequirements AnalysisStakeholder ManagementSystems DesignTechnical Leadership

Senior Software Development Engineer

Promoted

Feb 2019 – Jul 2020 · 1 yr 5 mos

As a Senior Engineer at FourKites, I led the development of Air tracking mode for the company's shipment visibility product. I mentored a dynamic team of two junior engineers and two interns, guiding the initiative from conceptualization through MVP.
I also developed frontend component libraries for Angular, with a particular focus on map visualizations that doubled development velocity.

Requirements AnalysisRuby on RailsAngularPostgreSQLElasticsearchAmazon SQS

Software Development Engineer

Sep 2017 – Jan 2019 · 1 yr 4 mos

As an early Full-stack engineer at FourKites, I developed features for the core tracking shipment visibility product during a pivotal growth phase in a ~20-member engineering team.
I successfully took multiple concepts from pilot to product under tight deadlines. I also contributed to the emerging Lane Connect product, while contributing as on-call for incident response and improving application stability during a critical stage of the company's evolution.

Ruby on RailsAngularPostgreSQLAmazon SQSElasticsearch

Samsung electronics

Software Development Engineer

Dec 2016 – Aug 2017 · 8 mos · Chennai Area, India · On-site

In my role as SDE at Samsung Electronics, I was responsible for building Tizen applications for Samsung's Family Hub refrigerators.

JavaScriptReact.js

Infibeam avenues limited

2 roles

Software Development Engineer

May 2014 – Nov 2016 · 2 yrs 6 mos · Bengaluru Area, India · On-site

In my role as SDE at Infibeam I was responsible for architecting and building a low code, platform agnostic Mobile Application builder framework for the company's buildabazaar e-commerce platform.

Ruby on RailsAngularJSIonic Framework