Raghavendra K — Engineering Manager

Engineering leader passionate about building high performing, enterprise class cloud enabled products. 16+ years of experience shipping software products, 4+ years of engineering management experience. Currently, Engineering Manager @ Kickdrum India Development Center. Prior to this, I was Head of Engineering @ BOT AI ML Pvt. Ltd. responsible for heading R&D initiatives in Computer Vision and NLP areas; Researching, identifying and building NLP & Computer Vision based products in BFSI and Infrastructure verticals; and expanding the team by hiring, or identifying promising engineers from within the group and training them on AI/ML technologies. • 16+ years of experience shipping software products, 4+ years of engineering management experience. • A leader with prior experience leading R&D and development projects. • Strong technical background & people leadership. • Over 18+ years of very rich and diverse experience in Microsoft .NET ecosystem. • Lead small to medium, distributed agile teams consisting of architects, developers & QA automation Engineering. • Server side development - robustness, scale, performance. • Startup mindset • Proven track record of delivering complex projects on-time • Building and transforming teams into high performing, agile, high energy teams which deliver start-up levels of productivity, with the design and quality of a mature product team. • A track record of attracting, developing and retaining top talent. Ability to manage and motivate small to medium teams. • Ability to think customer focused, plan pro-actively, communicate effectively. Technology experience: Programming languages: Microsoft .NET ecosystem, Node.js, TypeScript, Python, PHP & more Technologies: AWS Cloud, MS Azure, VMware, Windows, Unix

Stackforce AI infers this person is a seasoned engineering leader in Fintech and AI/ML sectors.

Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Experience: 23 yrs 9 mos

Skills

.net
Agile Methodologies
Natural Language Processing (nlp)
Computer Vision
Aws Cloud

Career Highlights

16+ years of software product delivery experience
Expertise in AI/ML, NLP, and Computer Vision
Proven track record in team building and leadership

Work Experience

Kickdrum

Engineering Manager (4 yrs 5 mos)

BOT AI ML Pvt. Ltd.

Head Of Engineering (3 yrs)

Interim Head of Engineering (11 mos)

Phoenix Compliance Solutions

Chief Software Architect (2 yrs 5 mos)

Avizia

Technical Architect (2 yrs 5 mos)

Emerge.MD

Senior Software Developer (1 yr 1 mo)

Integra Micro Systems (P) Ltd

Architect/Group Lead (4 yrs 3 mos)

Mcube Investment Technologies

Software Engineer (5 yrs 3 mos)

Raghavendra K

Engineering Manager

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India23 yrs 9 mos experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

16+ years of software product delivery experience
Expertise in AI/ML, NLP, and Computer Vision
Proven track record in team building and leadership

Stackforce AI infers this person is a seasoned engineering leader in Fintech and AI/ML sectors.

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Skills

Core Skills

.netAgile MethodologiesNatural Language Processing (nlp)Computer VisionAws Cloud

Other Skills

Node.jsJIRAAmazon Web Services (AWS)SDLCASP.NETMicrosoft SQL ServerSystem ArchitectureAzure DevOpsC#Process ImprovementOracleOpenCVSQLASP.NET MVCPython (Programming Language)

About

Experience

23 yrs 9 mos

Total Experience

3 yrs 4 mos

Average Tenure

4 yrs 5 mos

Current Experience

Kickdrum

Engineering Manager

Jan 2022 – Present · 4 yrs 5 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Learning

Node.jsJIRAAmazon Web Services (AWS)SDLCASP.NET.NET+5

Bot ai ml pvt. ltd.

2 roles

Head Of Engineering

Promoted

Dec 2018 – Dec 2021 · 3 yrs · Bengaluru Area, India

As Head of Engineering, I was responsible for building AI/ML division from scratch. Key responsibilities included:
Head R&D initiatives for Computer Vision and NLP
Expand the team by hiring, or identifying promising engineers from within the group and training them on AI/ML technologies.
Research, identify and build NLP & Computer Vision based products in BFSI and Infrastructure verticals.
Pre-sales

Process ImprovementOracleNode.jsNatural Language Processing (NLP)OpenCVSQL+12

Interim Head of Engineering

Dec 2017 – Nov 2018 · 11 mos · Bengaluru Area, India

As a Project Manager was responsible for:
Head R&D initiatives for Computer Vision and NLP
Research, identify and demonstrate NLP & Computer Vision product concepts in BFSI and Infrastructure verticals.
Pre-sales

Node.jsNatural Language Processing (NLP)OpenCVSQLASP.NET MVCSDLC+10

Phoenix compliance solutions

Chief Software Architect

Jun 2015 – Nov 2017 · 2 yrs 5 mos · Bengaluru Area, India

As Chief Software Architect my key responsibilities included:
Agile methodology adaptation
Closely work with business owners to maintain a healthy backlog and delivery cadence
Migrate to AWS (from Rackspace)
Reduce tech debt and performance issues
Helping to hire tech talent being a part of technical evaluation rounds

SQLJIRAAmazon Web Services (AWS)ASP.NET MVCSDLC.NET+6

Avizia

Technical Architect

Jan 2013 – Jun 2015 · 2 yrs 5 mos · Bengaluru Area, India

As Technical Architect my key responsibilities were:
Rearchitect and improve the legacy Forms API
Lead integrations with Video Conferencing providers such as Cisco Webex, Polycom, Vidyo etc.
Lead integrations with Twilio for Calls & SMS
Implement SDLC best practices such as Story/Task Grooming and Code Reviews

SQLJIRAAmazon Web Services (AWS)ASP.NET MVCSDLC.NET+5