Punit Jain

Director of Engineering

Gurugram, Haryana, India16 yrs 3 mos experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

Led mobile app transformation at Expedia Group.
Achieved significant cost savings at Dell EMC.
Expert in software engineering and product management.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a SaaS and Open Source expert with a strong focus on software engineering and product management.

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Skills

Core Skills

Software EngineeringProduct DevelopmentProduct ManagementBusiness Strategy

Other Skills

GraphQLMobile App DevelopmentTeam LeadershipOperational ExcellenceProductivity ImprovementSystem EfficiencyUser EngagementData Protection SoftwareContract NegotiationCustomer-Centric DevelopmentSoftware DevelopmentCLI Interface DesignSQLStorage VirtualizationPerformance Optimization

About

At Expedia Group, my leadership in engineering management has been pivotal in enhancing mobile app functionalities, such as streamlining the next-gen checkout experience and consolidating loyalty features. Our team's strategic migration to GraphQL has notably improved user interface cohesion and cost efficiency. My commitment to operational excellence and best practices has fostered a culture of innovation and continuous improvement. Previously at Dell EMC, my role as a Senior Product Manager allowed me to shape the strategic direction of data protection software, achieving cost savings through savvy contract negotiations and optimizing the licensing process. My focus on customer-centric product development and competitive pricing models has consistently maximized revenue and bolstered user satisfaction.

Experience

16 yrs 3 mos

Total Experience

5 yrs 5 mos

Average Tenure

6 yrs 8 mos

Current Experience

Expedia group

Senior Engineering Manager

Oct 2019 – Present · 6 yrs 8 mos · Gurugram, Haryana, India

Leading a high-performing team to transform mobile app checkout experiences from legacy webview to native. Built the team from scratch, strategically hiring and nurturing Android and iOS engineers.
Led the migration to GraphQL-based Experience API, improving system efficiency by 20% and reducing OpEx.
Orchestrated the convergence to a unified loyalty experience on mobile apps, resulting in a 23% uplift in engagement.
Championed operational excellence by implementing industry best practices, boosting productivity by 15%.

GraphQLMobile App DevelopmentTeam LeadershipOperational ExcellenceProductivity ImprovementSoftware Engineering+1

Dell emc

3 roles

Senior Product Manager

Jan 2017 – Mar 2019 · 2 yrs 2 mos · Bengaluru Area, India

Led the delivery of the eLicensing Solution, resulting in a remarkable 17% increase in proactive upsells.
Optimized the licensing process, leading to a 25% reduction in service requests and support costs.

Product ManagementData Protection SoftwareContract NegotiationCustomer-Centric DevelopmentBusiness Strategy

Associate Principal Software Engineer

Oct 2016 – Jan 2017 · 3 mos · Bengaluru Area, India

Led the design and implementation of VPLEX CLI interface that enables users to configure ScaleIO, a software-defined storage solution, with VPLEX. Also, contributed to other areas of this integration project.
Executed a POC that leverages SQLite Virtual Tables to create an interface to VPLEX Firmware Business Objects. After the POC, the objects could be queried using SQL statements as if they were tables. The virtual tables were optimised to perform certain operations such as join, etc.
VPLEX is an industry-leading storage virtualization appliance that provides continuous availability and data mobility.

Software DevelopmentCLI Interface DesignSQLSoftware Engineering

Senior Software Engineer

Jun 2012 – Sep 2016 · 4 yrs 3 mos · Bengaluru Area, India

As a senior developer, contributed to VPLEX, a storage virtualization appliance that provides continuous availability and data mobility. I was responsible for designing and developing features, bug fixes, and automation.
Key accomplishments:
Contributed significantly towards scaling VPLEX and improving the performance of its user operations, which involve migrating business logic from management layer to firmware layer and optimization in terms of time and data over the network. The efforts have resulted in significant performance improvements in CLI and GUI operations.
Researched, designed, and developed Events and Alerts infrastructure from scratch leveraging RabbitMQ.
Developed a REST library in C, which leverages VPLEX REST APIs to perform user operations.
Performed and Presented the competitive analysis for VPLEX.

Storage VirtualizationPerformance OptimizationREST API DevelopmentSoftware Engineering

Novell

2 roles

Senior Software Engineer

Promoted

Feb 2010 – Jun 2012 · 2 yrs 4 mos · Bengaluru Area, India

Contributed to Evolution, which is an open source personal information manager and the default email client in GNOME Desktop. Developed various features such as out of office support for EWS, automated account setup, twitter plugin, find item support for EWS, public folder support in MAPI, etc. Fixed various defects in different components of Evolution for internal releases and the main upstream. Also, was responsible for maintaining internal builds (SUSE Linux Enterprise) and external builds (OpenSUSE).
I was a foundation member of GNOME and have represented GNOME at MOSC, Penang, Malaysia.

Open Source DevelopmentEmail Client DevelopmentDefect FixingSoftware Engineering

Software Engineer

Jul 2009 – Feb 2010 · 7 mos · Bengaluru Area, India

Developed multiple platform automation test suite using Selenium RC and Ruby. The test suite could be run on any of the platforms (Linux, Windows, and Mac) for any of the browsers (Chrome, Firefox, IE, and Safari). Also, developed automation scripts using QTP for Novell Access Manager.

Automation TestingSeleniumRuby