Jul 2019 – Feb 2024 · 4 yrs 7 mos · Bengaluru Area, India · Hybrid

• Implemented a highly efficient, in-house solution based on meta-heuristics to replace a legacy 3rd party system at Tesco. This solution successfully reduces secondary transport costs for the company.

Sep 2018 – Jul 2019 · 10 mos

Jul 2016 – Aug 2018 · 2 yrs 1 mo

• Project1: Conceptualized, designed, and developed an innovative Analytics as a Service platform, enabling the seamless integration of machine learning-based analytics solutions as web services.
• Project2: Successfully revamped a machine learning solution for identifying recurring transactions, migrating it from R to Scala. Overcame performance challenges and ensured its smooth transition to a production-ready state. Led the project management efforts, from initial planning to successful customer rollout.
• Project3: Led the engineering efforts for the Transaction Data Enrichment project, which leveraged machine learning techniques to enhance transaction data. Played a dual role as both engineer and project manager, ensuring the project's success.
• Environment: Worked with Python, Scala, Java, Spark, Akka clustering, Tornado web server, and the Play framework.
• Team Size: Managed a diverse team of 20 professionals, including engineers and data scientists.

Jan 2014 – Jun 2016 · 2 yrs 5 mos

• As a member of the Hadoop Analytics team at Yodlee, I played a pivotal role in processing and analyzing the aggregated data from Yodlee Personal Financial Management (PFM). Our primary focus was to identify patterns and deliver data-driven solutions.
• Responsibilities included:
• Designing and developing solutions for user stories as part of monthly releases.
• Conducting thorough unit testing of components and solutions developed for each release.
• Environment: Worked extensively with Sqoop, Map-Reduce, Hive, Python, Java, and Oozie to ensure efficient data processing and analysis.

Sep 2011 – Dec 2013 · 2 yrs 3 mos

• As a member of the Data Aggregation Platform (DAP) team, I played a crucial role in aggregating, managing, and controlling data from various sources, specifically websites. My responsibilities encompassed the following activities:
• Designing and developing innovative solutions to address user stories as part of monthly releases.
• Conducting thorough unit testing of components and solutions developed for each release.
• Providing support during release activities to ensure a smooth deployment.
• Resolving regression bugs and implementing fixes to maintain the platform's stability and performance.
• Environment: Leveraged Java, JSP, JavaScript, JSON, REST, JBoss, and ANT Build Scripts to create robust solutions within the DAP framework.
• Team Size: Collaborated with a skilled team of 15 professionals to accomplish project objectives.

Aug 2006 – Aug 2011 · 5 yrs · Bangalore Urban, Karnataka, India · On-site

• The IBM B2B Enterprise Gateway serves as a critical global corporate asset, facilitating seamless business-to-business interchange between IBM and its customers and supply chain partners worldwide. This gateway acts as an interface, connecting various IBM business systems with trading partner systems. It enables the integration of diverse business interactions between enterprises, supporting standardized data formats, mutually negotiated processes, and ensuring the authenticity of partners, processes, and data at any given time. In addition, the IBM Punchout Gateway allows customers to access an IBM-hosted catalog via the internet, providing detailed product and service descriptions.
• As a team member, I played a pivotal role in key project implementations, contributing to the success of the following activities:
• Handling new change requests and implementing new flows as required.
• Enabling new customers to access the system and configure their settings.
• Investigating and providing clear and intelligent solutions for any reported application issues from clients across different releases.
• Analyzing and understanding new business and functional requirements for each release, and providing sizing estimates, risks, and dependencies for these requirements.
• Designing and developing solutions to address use cases specific to each release.
• Conducting thorough unit testing of components and solutions developed for each release.
• Creating build scripts and managing cron jobs for new components.
• Performing gap analysis for onboarding new customers and providing accurate sizing estimates.
• Offering testing support for new releases.
• Environment: Utilized Java, J2EE, XML, DB2, LDAP, Ariba SN, and E2Open technologies to ensure seamless functionality within the system.
• Team Size: Collaborated with a dedicated team of 15-20 professionals to achieve project goals and deliver successful outcomes.