Rahul Khanna

Director of Engineering

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India15 yrs 1 mo experience

Key Highlights

  • 14+ years of experience in scalable systems and leadership.
  • Proven track record in managing large-scale technology projects.
  • Certified ScrumMaster with expertise in team productivity.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a seasoned technology leader in Fintech and E-commerce with strong backend and frontend development skills.

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Skills

Core Skills

Backend DevelopmentFrontend DevelopmentFull Stack Development

Other Skills

AWSAgile MethodologiesAmazon Web Services (AWS)Analytical SkillsArchitectureBusiness DevelopmentBusiness ManagementBusiness MetricsBusiness PlanningBusiness StrategyCareer Path PlanningCoaching & MentoringCode DesignCommerceCommunication

About

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Experience

15 yrs 1 mo
Total Experience
2 yrs 1 mo
Average Tenure
6 mos
Current Experience

Google

Engineering Manager (L6)

Dec 2025 โ€“ Present ยท 6 mos ยท Bengaluru, Karnataka, India ยท On-site

Deutsche telekom digital labs

Director of Engineering

Mar 2025 โ€“ Dec 2025 ยท 9 mos ยท Gurugram, Haryana, India ยท On-site

  • Led 30+ dev team building the Magenta Moments program, Deutsche Telekom's loyalty programme spanning across 10 countries.
  • Our team launched Magenta Moments in Cosmote app in Greece as a PnP SDK, which later was plugged in the main Telekom App, becoming a true PnP SDK used across Telekom and Non-Telekom App.
  • Also, worked on the next evolution of MM program, MM2.0 which included launching Gift cards within MM program.

Trip store holidays

CTO

Dec 2023 โ€“ Feb 2025 ยท 1 yr 2 mos

  • Driving the technology strategy and execution of the travel marketplace connecting travelers with curated group tours. Focused on scalability, operational efficiency, and delivering exceptional user experiences.
  • Tech Stack:
  • Backend - NodeJS, Redis, AWS, Laravel/PHP
  • Frontend - React JS, Next JS, Blade Templates
  • Other Tools - AWS SES, SQS, SNS; AWS RDS;
  • Important Milestones:
  • Leading the strategic platform modernization from legacy PHP/React.js tech stack to SEO-optimised highly scalable NextJS/NodeJS architecture, that will improve web performance and discoverability
  • Led the development of Widgetised Landing Pages, enabling scalable and configurable landing page creation and management
  • Driven multiple initiatives to improve Website & API Performances including deploying AWS lambda functions
  • Integrated technologies like AWS SES, SQS & SNS to enable asynchronous communication among micro-services
NodeJSAWSReact JSNext JSBackend DevelopmentFrontend Development

Sociofieds

Co-Founder

May 2022 โ€“ Nov 2023 ยท 1 yr 6 mos ยท Faridabad, Haryana, India

  • Sociofieds is a Social Commerce Marketplace that unifies the customer journey from discovery to purchase in a single platform
  • Responsible for architecting and building the entire Tech Stack:
  • Backend (Java, Springboot)
  • Web/Admin Panel (ReactJS)
  • iOS (Swift)
  • Android (Kotlin)
  • Deployment (AWS)
JavaSpringbootReactJSAWSBackend DevelopmentFull Stack Development

Gocrow (backed by 100x.vc)

Co-Founder

Feb 2022 โ€“ May 2022 ยท 3 mos ยท Gurugram, Haryana, India

  • GoCrow is a fintech platform that aims to be the digital replacement of COD by creating an escrow-based payment system. Seed funding from 100X.VC, and got Seed Round commitments for more than
  • 2.5Cr INR.
  • Responsible for architecting and building the entire Tech Stack:
  • Backend (Java, Springboot)
  • Web/Admin Panel (ReactJS)
  • iOS (Swift)
  • Android (Kotlin)
  • Deployment (AWS)
JavaSpringbootReactJSAWSBackend DevelopmentFull Stack Development

Olx group

4 roles

Senior Engineering Manager

Promoted

Oct 2021 โ€“ May 2022 ยท 7 mos ยท On-site

  • Led two engineering teams including 2 managers (directly reporting) and 25+ developers (indirectly reporting), driving engineering excellence and delivering impactful solutions across the OLX Autos platform in 10+ global markets
  • Built new teams, managed hiring processes, budgeting, talent development and appraisal process
  • Led cross-functional stakeholdersโ€™ alignment on multiple projects to deliver complex projects with customer-focused business initiatives
  • Team 1: Buyer Experience
  • Delivered the 360ยฐ spin feature on Ad Detail Pages, resulting in a 15% improvement in lead conversion rates
  • Led the development of the Consumer Experience Engine (CXE) service, a scalable landing page creation and management service. It was backed by admin panels, empowering the marketing team to execute performance marketing experiments seamlessly. This innovation drove a 25% increase in car sales.
  • Team 2: Online Txn, Payments, Checkout, Cross-Sell, Post Txn
  • Built the team from the ground up, including hiring the manager, setting up budgets, and defining the hiring process
  • Led the launch of the "Reserve Your Car" feature, enabling users to reserve test drives by paying a token amount, enhancing the user experience and streamlining car purchase workflows

Engineering Manager

Oct 2019 โ€“ Sep 2021 ยท 1 yr 11 mos ยท On-site

  • Worked as EM of a cross-functional team with 12 developers reporting directly to me. Only Engineering Manager in the company with a consistent Top Rating across 3 consecutive appraisal/feedback cycles
  • Buyer Experience - Owned the end-to-end Buyer Journey, from landing page to lead generation.
  • Launched revamped filters experience leading to a massive 40% increase in filter usage. This resulted in a 13% increase in lead conversions.
  • Led the launch of revamped Ad Detail Page better leading to a 9% increase in lead conversions
  • Mentored and developed two Tech Leads, supporting one in transitioning to an architect role and the other to an engineering manager position, fostering career growth within the team

Lead Mobile Engineer (iOS)

Promoted

Apr 2018 โ€“ Sep 2019 ยท 1 yr 5 mos ยท On-site

  • Worked on the real time chat implementation within the OLX iOS Mobile Application
  • Streaming protocol: XMPP
  • Created Real Time Chat as a Plug-n-Play library that could be used by other entities within the OLX Group

Senior Mobile Engineer

Apr 2016 โ€“ Apr 2018 ยท 2 yrs ยท On-site

  • Worked across feature implementations as an individual contributor. Some of the prominent features include:
  • Paid Packages for additional listings for sellers
  • Revamping Post An Ad flow end-to-end

Crowdfire

iOS Developer

Mar 2015 โ€“ Apr 2016 ยท 1 yr 1 mo ยท Navi Mumbai ยท On-site

  • Worked on the Social Media Management Suite at Crowdfire. Developed multiple key features as part of the iOS Team

Veddis labs

Technical Team Lead

Dec 2014 โ€“ Feb 2015 ยท 2 mos ยท Gurugram, Haryana, India ยท On-site

  • Led the iOS application development team at Veddis Labs since the companyโ€™s inception. Built a fully functioning iOS app from scratch that would help you share your memorable photos with all your friends who were with you at that moment using just their phone numbers

Rovolt entertainment

2 roles

Technical Team Lead

May 2014 โ€“ Nov 2014 ยท 6 mos ยท Gurugram, Haryana, India

  • โ€ข Led game development initiatives while managing the team, leveraging core iOS features including in-app purchases, UI design, and social sharing

Senior Software Engineer

Apr 2013 โ€“ May 2014 ยท 1 yr 1 mo ยท Gurugram, Haryana, India

  • Game developer for the award winning edutainment app series called Leo's Pad
  • Leveraged core iOS capabilities, Cocos 2d-X & Lua scripting language

Samsung r&d institute india

Senior Software Engineer

Sep 2010 โ€“ Apr 2013 ยท 2 yrs 7 mos ยท Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

  • Worked on multiple modules and application development for SPACE and SHP platform (proprietary platforms of samsung mobile)

Education

Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University

Bachelor of Technology โ€” Computer Science and Engineering

Jan 2006 โ€“ Jan 2010

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