Jun 2024 – Oct 2025 · 1 yr 4 mos · Berlin, Germany · On-site

• As Director of Engineering for Clients at Grammarly, I lead the teams responsible for all the surfaces where Grammarly shows up—Mac, Windows, Mobile apps (iOS and Android), and our multiple browser extensions. My focus is on delivering seamless, high-performance user experiences across platforms, while building resilient foundations and empowering engineers to thrive.
• I bring a product-minded, people-first approach to engineering leadership; one that balances strategy, execution, and empathy. I’m passionate about shaping inclusive teams, scaling technical excellence, and solving real-world problems that make communication better for millions of users worldwide.
• Currently driving initiatives in distributed tracing, platform consistency, cross-platform app development and mobile investments.

Mar 2022 – Apr 2024 · 2 yrs 1 mo · Berlin, Germany · Hybrid

• As the former Head of Engineering at Miro, I led a talented team of engineering managers overseeing the Layout, Design System, and Accessibility teams.
• During my tenure, I managed a diverse organization of close to 25 engineers and 3 engineering managers. My primary objective was to foster a culture of continuous learning and growth. By encouraging the exploration of emerging technologies and innovative solutions, we consistently delivered high-quality products that exceeded customer expectations.
• Within the Layout team, we optimized user experiences through a platform that the rest of the client teams at Miro could leverage. By capitalizing on our collective knowledge, we created seamless workflows and interfaces that enhanced productivity and fueled creativity.
• Collaborating closely with the Design System team, we established robust foundations for designers and developers. Our focus on consistency, efficiency, and scalability ensured a unified product ecosystem, bridging the gap between creativity and engineering.
• I also oversaw the Accessibility team, dedicated to making our platform inclusive and accessible to all users. Through thoughtful design considerations and continuous improvement, we eliminated barriers in using the Miro canvas on a wide range of accessible devices, providing equal opportunities for effective engagement and collaboration.
• Passionate about people and technology, it was an honor to lead this talented group at Miro. Together, we embraced challenges, celebrated achievements, and pursued engineering excellence while maintaining a professional and respectful work environment.

Mar 2021 – Present · 5 yrs 3 mos · Berlin, Germany · Remote

Sep 2019 – Feb 2022 · 2 yrs 5 mos · Berlin Metropolitan Area

• Working with the engineering managers; to deliver a highly scalable product
• Driving strategy and architecture decisions
• Optimising OneFootball's investment in the Content and Re-architecture efforts
• Make sure that the teams are respecting an agile manner to develop products
• Helping to develop a technical vision and shape engineering culture
• Hiring and retaining engineers who contribute code in Golang, Typescript, Kotlin, Swift and Java
• Working closely with internal stakeholders (Product, Sales, Marketing)
• Ensuring we are working towards building a smarter experience for OneFootball users across all streams

Dec 2018 – Sep 2019 · 9 mos

• Stack: Python (Flask / Django / Homegrown), Redis, Postgres, Microservices, Docker, Kubernetes, Angular
• Building an engineering culture that delivers on both the enterprise and bottoms-up product for Seerene.
• Honing engineering culture.
• Setting up a developer organisation committed to using Seerene to improve Seerene.
• Quality monitoring and setting Key performance indicators for quality performance release-on-release
• Keeping track of metrics for engineering teams. Setting targets and adopting practices to meet these goals. Targets range from getting knowledge monopoly spread to reducing effort in complex code.

Apr 2018 – Dec 2018 · 8 mos

• Working with two engineering teams to maximise Seerene's investment in building a performant SaaS application for companies to get code metrics from static code analysis
• Running sprints along with product members to deliver on our quarterly goals
• Tracking team based KPI's and OKR's to meet product goals
• Looking at the entire lifecycle of the product concerned with the delivery of these teams

Feb 2017 – Apr 2018 · 1 yr 2 mos · Berlin Metropolitan Area

• Working on serving ads and running campaigns through a system built on Ruby on Rails and Angular

Mar 2015 – Oct 2016 · 1 yr 7 mos · Bangalore Area, India

• Architected the front end stack at Quikr Homes and introduced microservices. Played with the play framework, wrote some scala and javascript code; supported old school PHP systems, by never querying them.
• Responsible for leading and supervising a team of engineers as they develop, test, modify, and create solutions for Quikr Homes.

Nov 2014 – Dec 2016 · 2 yrs 1 mo · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

• Founded Chattercheese Foods Private Limited to serve sous-vide food to central Bangalore. Setup Souvee.com, a young, online cafe in Bangalore working on bringing modern cooking methods to the world of cafe food. Hero the sous-vide cooking method and try and experiment with inculcating these practices to different cuisines.
• Worked on setting up a delivery network working alongside ERP providers. Developed in-house apps to track deliveries and order data using android apps that delivery executives would carry.
• Worked on setting up a kitchen in the heart of bangalore that could serve the IT parks around lunch rush hours
• Worked on setting up monthly delivery packages for individuals and corporates
• Scaled the business to break-even in one year

Sep 2013 – Mar 2015 · 1 yr 6 mos · Bangalore, India

• I helped Flipkart build email / data platforms to get the best from their email marketing activities, by producing creative strategy, design and development that works for their audience.
• Found out how great akka is and how much velocity sucks. Wrote automation tests using litmus apis and built an email designer using backbone.js working with apis written on the play framework.

May 2013 – Sep 2013 · 4 mos · Mumbai Metropolitan Region

• Worked on openERP XML-RPC + Javascript

Apr 2012 – May 2013 · 1 yr 1 mo · Mumbai Metropolitan Region

• Worked on maintaining the JavaScript application
• Built a chat application that could scale for a million users

Dec 2011 – May 2012 · 5 mos · Mumbai Metropolitan Region

• Deliver completed design concepts on both consumer and client facing projects and provide design support as needed.
• Produce wireframes, mock-ups, task flows, and UI specifications as needed to assist with business socialization and approval, as well as implementation and testing.
• Collaborate and partner with various team members in attempt to ensure intended designs remain intact throughout project lifecycle
• Create initiative to define Interaction Design's deliverables and placement in the overall requirements to design process.
• Serve as project team leader and focal point for all design deliverables and tasks: Site maps, wireframes, visual designs, quick prototyping, user scenarios, user task analysis, user goals, UI specifications, and usability testing.
• Responsibilities included: driving design presentations, information architecture, information design, interactive design, visual design, technical implementation, and defining graphic style and UI standards.
• Revamped User Interaction for the checkout process. Redesigned product pages and event listing pages to minimize bounce rate on internal pages.

Jan 2011 – Jan 2012 · 1 yr · Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Oct 2009 – Feb 2011 · 1 yr 4 mos · Mumbai Metropolitan Region

• Conduct a training need analysis review of the whole team to set a training agenda. Automate the whole process by writing a plugin for Moodle.
• Have Moodle generate a skill matrix for the entire team, every quarter, to review training provided.
• Make sure that the level of customer service never dips below a set threshold. To conduct mentor training sessions and technical issue resolution sessions for ResellerClub sales team.

Jun 2006 – Dec 2008 · 2 yrs 6 mos · Mumbai, Maharashtra, India · On-site

• Troubleshooting, Resolving all Technical issues related to our software and the range of Products and Services it provisions.
• Interacting with clients via. Live chat, Web-based systems, On line forums and Telephone to resolve their problems and gather feedback.
• Testing & Analysis of all products & services.
• Identifying any bugs/issues in the system and assisting in their resolution.
• Recording, tracking and reporting problem activity.
• Building Strategies to improve efficiency, profitability and quality of service.
• Reviewing existing Product/Feature documentation; publish documentation in internal Knowledge bases.

Dec 2008 – Oct 2009 · 10 mos

• Well, we are working towards fame and glory :)