Krishna Dey

Engineering Manager

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India7 yrs 7 mos experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

Experienced Engineering Manager with a strong leadership background.
Proven track record in enhancing software integration capabilities.
Passionate mentor for aspiring software engineers.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a SaaS-focused Engineering Manager with strong software development and leadership skills.

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Skills

Core Skills

LeadershipProject ManagementSoftware Development

Other Skills

Project PlanningDjango REST FrameworkDjangoC++Data StructuresComputer NetworkingWeb DevelopmentUnit TestingNetwork AdministrationVersion ControlFront-end DevelopmentObject-Oriented Programming (OOP)Application DevelopmentDatabase AdministrationDatabase Design

About

Krishna Dey is an experienced Engineering Manager at SpotDraft, where he leads engineering teams and drives product development and innovation. With a background that includes work at Amazon Luxembourg as a Software Development Engineer, Krishna brings a blend of big-tech rigor and startup agility. He is a graduate of I.I.I.T Sri City, and also a Google Summer of Code (GSOC) student developer and mentor, and this experience showcases his early passion and dedication to software development. Krishna was also an active participant in competitive programming, with a 4-star rating on CodeChef and a 1500+ rating on Codeforces. He has also represented his college twice at ACM ICPC regional contests in Gwalior and Chennai. He is passionate about sharing his insights to empower aspiring and current software engineers in their career growth by creating practical guides and resources and providing one-on-one mentoring. His expertise spans software engineering, system design, and algorithms. He strongly advocates for open source, collaboration, and continuous learning in the tech world.

Experience

7 yrs 7 mos

Total Experience

1 yr 4 mos

Average Tenure

4 yrs 3 mos

Current Experience

Spotdraft

3 roles

Engineering Manager

Promoted

Oct 2024 – Present · 1 yr 8 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Building high-performing, collaborative teams and empower engineers to do their best work.
Leading cross-functional teams of talented engineers, overseeing the Strategic Integrations team (focused on building robust, scalable in-house integrations) and the Custom Integrations team (working on tailored solutions using Tray.io).
My responsibilities include guiding strategic initiatives, managing technical planning, and ensuring seamless sprint execution by careful project planning, and resource management.
Focusing on facilitating team growth through active participation in war rooms, retrospectives, mentorship, and performance reviews so that every team member gets proper guidance to grow and learn.
Committed to fostering a culture of ownership, where every engineer takes full responsibility and works towards delivering high-quality products.

Project ManagementProject PlanningLeadership

Senior Software Engineer

Promoted

Apr 2023 – Sep 2024 · 1 yr 5 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

As a Senior Software Engineer at SpotDraft, I've had the privilege of leading diverse teams and guiding multiple projects that drive our product's growth and user experience. I head the Strategic Integrations team, focusing on enhancing our platform's integration capabilities. Previously, I led the Create POD, successfully delivering key features like the Workflow Manager, Self-Serve Questionnaire, Intake Form, and many more.
My recent efforts have been centered around revamping the Salesforce integration and building a versatile mapping system that bridges SpotDraft with a variety of external platforms.

Project ManagementProject PlanningDjango REST FrameworkLeadershipSoftware Development

Software Engineer

Jan 2022 – Mar 2023 · 1 yr 2 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Amazon

Software Development Engineer

Aug 2020 – Jan 2022 · 1 yr 5 mos · Luxembourg, Luxembourg · On-site

Software Engineer in the "European Fulfillment Network" team - building technology and services to meet the needs of Amazon’s EU businesses.
Led requirements engineering and feature design for Amazon's internal fulfillment systems.
Created data pipelines to deliver customer-critical data between services.
Automated the process of marketplace launch and testing in EMEA.

Crio.do

Teaching Assistant

Apr 2020 – Jul 2020 · 3 mos

Google summer of code

2 roles

Mentor @ Chapel

Promoted

Feb 2020 – Sep 2020 · 7 mos

Google Summer of Code Student Developer with Chapel

May 2019 – Aug 2019 · 3 mos

Designed and implemented a UnitTest Framework for Chapel Language.
Implemented multiple assertion types. Gives detailed info on failing assert statements.
Supports multi-locality, test dependencies, Automatic detection of test functions.
Created a test launcher which is integrated with mason test.

Indian institute of information technology, sri city, chittoor, india

3 roles

Placement Coordinator

Promoted

Jul 2019 – Apr 2020 · 9 mos

Internship Coordinator

Mar 2019 – Jun 2019 · 3 mos

Teaching Assistant

Sep 2018 – May 2019 · 8 mos

Assisted the faculty member in Tutorials and Laboratory classes in the following courses:
Programming in C
Data Structures and Algorithms

Merkle foundry

Software Development Intern

Jul 2018 – Dec 2018 · 5 mos

As a Development Intern, I was responsible for brainstorming, developing, testing, delivering, iterating products and regularly communicating with the team. I worked on several software Development Projects.

Crimson insights

Full Stack Developer

Apr 2018 – Jun 2018 · 2 mos

During this internship I worked on Python development (Full Stack) including building modules for existing Django Apps.

Gradient, iiit sri city

President

Sep 2017 – May 2020 · 2 yrs 8 mos

Leading a team of 30 students, to cultivate and sustain a hobbyistic programming culture and conduct activities in the institute.
Led the club to host an Inter-colligate Technical fest and organize several internal events. Encouraged and started multiple projects, courses, and organized several workshops.