Sep 2019 – Oct 2020 · 1 yr 1 mo

• In this role, I led the 200+ Consumer Engineering Org responsible for the multiple business lines supporting customer journey on the platform. This includes end-customer facing Mobile & Web Development Teams, Groupon API Platform, Bookable Marketplace Engineering (focussed on Merchant, 3rd Party and Booking platform).
• The organization was split across multiple geographies delivering the best experience for millions of Groupon customers.

Feb 2017 – Sep 2019 · 2 yrs 7 mos

• Leading the Consumer Platform Engineering teams that power Groupon's high traffic, public facing API used by our web, iOS & Android applications and third-party partnerships.
• Responsibilities
• API Level aggregation for all of Groupon, and the plumbing that enables the orchestration (including security, authentication, monitoring, etc.).
• Deal Level merchandizing aggregation for all Groupon verticals (Local, Good, Travel).
• E-Commerce Platform powering all of Groupon's end customer transactions.
• Setting the short and long-term vision for the organization and linking them to broader organizational goals.
• Growing team with development plans for all team members and hiring engineers at all levels.
• Note: Moved to Bengaluru, India towards the end of 2018 to continue building the Consumer Platform teams in India.

Jun 2013 – Aug 2016 · 3 yrs 2 mos · San Francisco Bay Area

• Technical manager, responsible for all aspects of running the team; strategic planning, cross team communication, task management and prioritization, team structure decisions, talent development and review cycles.
• Scaled the front-end platform service to handle 4x the traffic while reducing overall latency.
• Guided the Search & Discovery team through a significant EMEA expansion and managed the delivery of a number of key features that enhanced browsing experience for Groupon's end users.
• Led the efforts to improve web page performance of Groupon's core front-end applications.
• Improved conversion on Goods e-commerce platform through A/B testing CX enhancements

Aug 2016 – Feb 2017 · 6 mos · Mountain View, CA

• Technical Lead on Gmail Team.
• Worked on optimizing technical architecture to improve the performance for end users.

Jun 2006 – Jun 2013 · 7 yrs · Melbourne Area, Australia · On-site

• Software Engineer - Full Time & Consulting Roles in Melbourne, Australia
• Mar 2012 - Jun 2013 - Yarris Technologies
• https://www.linkedin.com/company/yarris/
• Tech Lead defining requirements & design for DazyChain (http://www.dazychain.com/), using Typesafe stack (Scala, Akka, Play), MongoDB and Responsive FrontEnd design.
• Sep 2010 - Mar 2012 - Certus Solutions
• https://www.linkedin.com/company/certus-solutions-limited/
• Websphere Portal / DB2, Websphere Commerce development for enterprise.
• May 2008 - Jul 2010 - PricewaterhouseCoopers
• https://www.linkedin.com/company/pwc/
• Software Development Lead for J2EE/Spring Application "WorldView - Global Compliance Service"
• Jun 2006 to Apr 2008 - Yarris Technologies
• https://www.linkedin.com/company/yarris/
• Software Development using Java / J2EE for Enterprise Application

Jan 2005 – Jan 2006 · 1 yr · Melbourne, Australia

• Part Time Associate Lecturer at University while doing PhD