Sep 2019 – Nov 2020 · 1 yr 2 mos · London, United Kingdom

Jan 2018 – Aug 2019 · 1 yr 7 mos · Bangalore

Aug 2015 – Jan 2017 · 1 yr 5 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

• Led the entire tech of https://www.coupondunia.in/ desktop & mobile web and the backend; a team of more than 20 people.
• Successfully led a major launch of cashback involving multiple engineering teams of ~40 engineers and cross functional teams (product, design, digital marketing)
• Involved in hiring and growing the tech team.
• Transformed the monolithic code base to a microservice based architecture for the backend which makes scaling easier and managing a growing tech team more effective
• Introduced documentation and other software development processes like code reviews, unit testing to the company, hired and set up QA team & QA processes.

Jul 2012 – Aug 2015 · 3 yrs 1 mo · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

• Earlydove provides all kinds of technical solutions starting from portfolio websites to ecommerce websites, basic mobile apps to advanced mobile apps like credit card processors, desktop applications ranging from simple utilities to advanced data backup software. The clients vary from individuals, startups to medium level enterprises.
• Hire & grow cross functional teams
• Mentor & manage engineering teams directly
• Define strategy & work with product teams to define roadmaps
• Define and implement robust coding practices and set-up engineering culture
• Involved in various facets of building several products (web, mobile and desktop applications) i.e designing architecture, coding complex components etc
• Some of the major products are an OMR scanning software, a credit card processing android application, UDP protocol based water monitor system, a route planning software, an eCommerce website and a hybrid social networking eCommerce website.

May 2009 – Jul 2009 · 2 mos · Greater Karlsruhe Area

• In the course of development of a medical image processing and simulation software tool, I was given a distinct task including analysis, design and implementation of a specific software module.
• Gained insights into practical software development in a team, into the basics of medical image processing and of radiology, and into clinical software applications.

Jan 2008 – Dec 2017 · 9 yrs 11 mos · India · On-site

• During this period, I conducted user research, created prototypes, and adopted a "fail fast" approach to validate my various start-up concepts.
• As a freelance contractor and advisor in Bengaluru, India, I engaged in diverse projects focused on enhancing software development, testing, and deployment processes. Among my achievements, I played a pivotal role in introducing Docker to enable continuous deployment and testing.
• Furthermore, I designed a proof of concept for continuous integration, testing, and deployment, and collaborated with teams to optimize the DevOps framework, implementing necessary improvements in AWS and other areas.
• Previously, at Apache Design Solutions, I optimized the performance of their EDA software, implemented k-d trees, and contributed to bug fixing and feature enhancements.
• Earlier in my career, while at Sabre Holdings, I leveraged SQL to analyze search and booking patterns, developed daemon programs, and designed solutions to enhance the speed of results. Additionally, I devised basic countermeasures against hacking attempts and built a scheduling system for generating reports.