Oct 2022 – Jan 2025 · 2 yrs 3 mos

• Scaled the engineering billing organization to consist of 3 teams, 3 EMs. Total headcount of 30+ engineers.
• Assembled a new QA (manual/automation) team with an EM and a headcount of 4 engineers.
• Assembled an Enterprise Integrations team with an EM and a headcount of 7-8 engineers to deal with cross enterprise systems integrations projects.
• Participated in building roadmaps, worked cross-functionally across the company to drive strong alignment and effective results with the help of product, customer support, data and CSM teams.
• Led a second company wide billing migration from one billing payment processor to another while consolidating underlying architecture and allowing Cloudflare to get to the next level or revenue and global reach.

Nov 2020 – Oct 2022 · 1 yr 11 mos

• Took ownership of a growing billing engineering org and continued expanding it by hiring and reorganizing its structure.
• Continued to own all aspects of billing engineering domain at Cloudflare emphasizing l on better process, autonomy, automation and cross-team/product alignment.

Jul 2018 – Oct 2020 · 2 yrs 3 mos

• Led Billing Engineering team during a company wide migration from one billing payment gateway to another.
• Hired and grew the billing team from 8 to 15 people.
• Worked with product and across the engineering org to improve the engineering process, empower engineers to be autonomous, improve the way we take in and prioritize work.
• Introduced the notion of capacity planning and looking ahead beyond next quarters goals.

Oct 2015 – Jul 2018 · 2 yrs 9 mos · San Francisco Bay Area

• project requirements gathering, architecture, prioritization and scheduling along with product teams
• recruiting, mentoring engineers to constantly promote collaborative, positive culture with a servant leadership approach
• working with diverse pool of external teams that include native app teams (ios and android), data warehousing teams, desktop web teams as well as product and project management
• overhaul of the deployment process and pipeline, development environments into a containerized approach that allows for CI and quick dev to prod turnaround (Docker, Puppet, Packer, Fpm, Hashicorp tools)
• migration of code base from php5 to php7. Consideration of further switch to node.js. The right language for the right service.
• breaking apart the the monolithic code base into API-gateways and microservices where it truly gives performance, deployment benefits as well as improves code usability.
• ongoing effort to get the team to have highest level of automation in QA
• switching from apache to nginx for further performance optimization
• GraphQL

Mar 2015 – Oct 2015 · 7 mos · Santa Clara, California

• Responsible for requirements gathering, estimation and delivery of various technical project utilizing LAMP stack or other technologie
• Individual contributor as well as team player on a small team of engineers.
• Working with both MySQL and NoSQL databases
• Development and support of REST client/server instances
• Running Agile approach in every project
• Most Recent Projects Completed:
• integration of the Global Shipping Program feature into the everyday shipping operation of the internal ERP system
• switch over to the new shipping label generation provider (Endicia) from a previous solution
• creation of a custom data scraper from different auto fitment sites to support creation of internal auto parts company catalog
• and many more in the works....

Mar 2014 – Jan 2015 · 10 mos · San Francisco Bay Area

• Integration of MongoDb and AWS into the fabric of existing and new PHP based RESTful services
• Implementation and extension of existing and new RESTful services
• constant refactoring of code already written

Oct 2012 – Feb 2014 · 1 yr 4 mos · montreal, canada area

• management of teams of various sizes based on incoming projects
• leadership of technology projects from conception to launch
• scope and requirement collection, analysis, presentation and approval
• estimation of cost and time as well as budget tracking
• process implementation throughout the entire project lifecycle
• technical liaison between account teams and development, creative teams
• Technologies worked with: PhP, HTML, Codeigniter, CSS/CSS3, Javascript, Facebook API, D3.js, Bootstrap.js, Backbone.js, HTML5, Wordpress

Apr 2011 – Oct 2012 · 1 yr 6 mos · Montreal, Canada Area

• Long track Team Lead (6 developers)
• agile approach
• PHP/web development also using AJAX, Javascript (jQuery), HTML, REST, SOAP technologies (NetSuite webservices) as well.
• Leading a group of 4 developers. Using Agile/SCRUM methodology throughout the entire life cycle of development
• Working on in-house ERP systems for the warehouse.
• Working on the SOAP part of the built IPhone app for Beyond the Rack.
• Proper documentation and constant refactoring of code written.
• Usage of design patterns while writing code.
• Troubleshooting and solving emergency IT related problems, leading and learning form the teammates around me
• Technologies used: PHP, Zend Framework, Codigniter Framework, Javascript, jQuery, CSS, HTML, LAMP, MySQL, XML, NetSuite API and webservices

Oct 2010 – Apr 2011 · 6 mos · Montreal, Canada Area

• development of an eCommerce social media platform
• work with Zend framework
• work with Css, HTML and Javascript (JQuery)

Mar 2009 – Oct 2010 · 1 yr 7 mos · Montreal, Canada Area

• PHP/Java web development using CSS, HTML, SQL, XML, jQuery.
• Constant interaction with the graphic designer and project coordinator teams to make sure that proper requirements are understood and code written by me reflects accurately the client’s needs in a timely manner.
• Proper documentation and constant refactoring of code written.
• Constant strive to use design patterns while writing code.
• Example of completed work: www.heinzbaby.com, www.pgprofessional.ca, www.hini.org

Apr 2008 – Dec 2008 · 8 mos · Montreal, Canada Area

• Java Web-based application development, both front end and back end, using J2EE technologies like Stripes Framework, JSP, XML, CSS, HTML, SQL. Interaction with the Oracle DB and constant unit testing using JUnit. Customization of the application developed fitting to the particular clients needs. Proper documentation and constant refactoring of code written Technologies used: Java, Stripes Framework, JSP, XML, Javascript, CSS, HTML, SQL (Oracle)