Dinesh Shanmugam Chellappan — Director of Engineering
Engineering Leader with 14 years of experience building and scaling highly resilient consumer products that serve 50+ Million users worldwide and handle 60+ million requests per day. Strategic Engineering Manager for 6+ years, leading and mentoring global teams of 8 to 21 Engineers across 2 continents and 3 time zones. Scaled and deployed mission-critical systems, including a 1+ Billion query/day ML Image Search Engine (Alexa) and PCI-Compliant Payment Systems processing approx. $30 Million USD per month (Worldpay), Mobile apps with 50+ Million users worldwide (redBus and Gojek) Drove organizational and cultural transformation by setting Vision and roadmaps, mentoring a DevOps and high-ownership mindset, and building small, self-sufficient engineering teams. Expert in Mobile Infrastructure and Developer Experience (DevEx), optimizing productivity for 140+ Engineers by reducing build times by 70% and cutting time-to-market from 7 days to 2 days. Technical Evangelist and Domain Expert, speaking at DroidCon Berlin and DroidCon Italy on Android performance and regularly blogging on engineering topics. Polyglot Engineer who emphasizes Product Thinking, with full-spectrum technical command across the modern stack: AWS, Kubernetes, MLOps, Mobile (Android/iOS), Java, Python, and Kotlin.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Fintech and Tech expert with a strong focus on Mobile Infrastructure and Machine Learning.
Location: London, England, United Kingdom
Experience: 14 yrs 1 mo
Skills
- Engineering Management
- Software Development
- Machine Learning
- Mobile Infrastructure
Career Highlights
- Led teams serving over 50 million users globally.
- Achieved 70% reduction in mobile app build times.
- Expert in Mobile Infrastructure and Developer Experience.
Work Experience
Worldpay
Senior Engineering Manager (3 yrs 1 mo)
Amazon
Software Development Manager (1 yr 3 mos)
SumUp
Engineering Manager - Global Expansion (5 mos)
Gojek Tech
Engineering Manager - Mobile at Gojek Tech (1 yr 2 mos)
redBus
Mobile Engineering Manager (10 mos)
Android Engineering Lead (1 yr 10 mos)
Senior Software Engineer (2 yrs 1 mo)
Sasken Communication Technologies
Senior Engineer (Android Frameworks) (1 yr 10 mos)
SRM Technologies
Programmer (2 yrs 5 mos)
SRM TECHHNOLOGIES
Intern (11 mos)
Education
M.Tech at SRM Institute of Science and Technology (SRMIST)