Siddharth Taneja

Director of Engineering

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India11 yrs 7 mos experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

Over 11 years of experience in tech product development.
Proven track record in building scalable AI solutions.
Expert in leading and growing high-performing engineering teams.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a SaaS-focused engineering leader with expertise in AI-driven product development.

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Skills

Core Skills

Artificial Intelligence (ai)Engineering LeadershipFrontend DevelopmentTeam ManagementProduct DesignUi DevelopmentRuby On Rails

Other Skills

AngularJSBootstrapCC++CMSCSSCSS3Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)Content Management Systems (CMS)CypressEngineering ManagementEnglishFull-Stack DevelopmentGitHTML

About

With over 11 years of experience in building high-quality tech products, I’ve navigated a diverse career journey—from working as a full-stack developer for 7 years to stepping into engineering leadership roles. My experience spans across a spectrum of companies, from MNCs to startups, which has equipped me with a well-rounded perspective on building and scaling technology. In my current role, I’m focused on building next-gen AI solutions and a spectrum of tools that push the boundaries of innovation. I have a proven track record of setting up multiple codebases and projects from scratch, ensuring they are built to scale and serve millions of daily active users. Starting my career as a frontend engineer, I developed a strong foundation in frontend technologies, which continues to influence my approach to creating user-focused, scalable solutions. Over the last 4 years, I’ve been leading and growing engineering teams from the ground up, with a keen focus on hiring top talent and fostering high-performing teams. As the founding engineer at Scaler, I’ve had the privilege of building its tech ecosystem from scratch, designing systems that are future-ready and can handle scale. My contributions include scaling diverse products, such as GTM initiatives, the AI Companion, and tools that have redefined the learning experience and boosted sales efficiency using AI. I’m passionate about using technology to solve complex problems, build impactful products, and empower teams to excel.

Experience

11 yrs 7 mos

Total Experience

2 yrs 10 mos

Average Tenure

6 yrs 8 mos

Current Experience

Scaler

3 roles

Director of Engineering

Promoted

Jan 2024 – Present · 2 yrs 5 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Building the next-gen AI learning companion and advanced AI tools to drive efficient sales strategies.
Currently managing and overseeing all things tech, including the AI Companion, the Student Dashboard for Scaler's paid customers, growth initiatives (V2L - View to Lead, L2P - Lead to Pay), GTM for Scaler School of Technology and Business and an ecosystem of tools designed to empower the sales team.

Artificial Intelligence (AI)Engineering ManagementEngineering Leadership

Senior Engineering Manager

Promoted

Aug 2022 – Feb 2024 · 1 yr 6 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

● Collaborated closely with product managers to review product requirements, delivering maximum impact and output from various products, resulting in a 99.99% system availability.
● Managed 6 Pods and a team of 25 members, optimizing processes and enhancing productivity.
● Designed products from scratch, collaborating with design, leadership, business, and tech teams, leading to the highest revenue-generating product of Scaler.
● Set up the process of hiring and onboarding approximately 500 interns, designed the Bootcamp for them ensuring they were up to speed from day one, and helped the tech team transition from 7 members to 80 efficiently by setting up the process of hiring.
● Spearheaded the setup of the frontend codebase and built SEO websites, improving page speed and performance by 30%.
● Contributed to various products from ideation to delivery, using tools like Cypress and Next.js, enhancing efficiency and user experience.
● Built the design system for scaler improving the development and designing speed.

CypressNext.jsFrontend DevelopmentTeam ManagementProduct Design

Technical Lead

Oct 2019 – Sep 2022 · 2 yrs 11 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Interviewbit

Technical Lead

Oct 2019 – May 2022 · 2 yrs 7 mos · Bengaluru Area, India

Qubole

Member Of Technical Staff

Jun 2018 – Oct 2019 · 1 yr 4 mos · Bengaluru Area, India

1) Created a portal using Ruby on Rails and Vue.js to feed data to the Qubole website’s different verticals which was earlier done using database changes hence reducing the backend change and increasing productivity.
2) Created a what's new widget using Ruby on Rails and Vue.js for posting different company-wide updates and release of new features.
3) Creation of the role-based model to make different users have various access privileges.
4) Enhancing the UI of the qubole website by adding different ease of access modals for various example queries using JQuery and Vue.js.

Ruby on RailsVue.jsUI Development

Directi

Software Developer

Dec 2016 – Jun 2018 · 1 yr 6 mos · Bengaluru Area, India

1) Created trends UI using AngularJS to provide easier access to complex data available by displaying them in a better form as charts tables and interfaces.
2) Made interface for alert management using AngularJS, reporting a drop if any happens on different provided parameters.

AngularJSUI Development

Sapientnitro

Associate

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

November 2014: Working as a Front End Developer in Sapient Nitro pvt Ltd. Post joining Sapient Nitro in November 2014 as a fresher, I went under rigorous training in the front-end technologies and was absorbed in my shadow project as an Interactive Developer. I am skilled in frontend programming and have a sound knowledge of JavaScript, jQuery, CSS3 and Bootstrap. I like to contribute as a team player and can communicate effectively with my peers. Also as part of training I had worked on internal projects. The key points learnt in the project were requirement gathering, planning, building logic and flow of application, HTML5, JS, CSS, JQuery testing team work and finally a demo to leadership. My current responsibilities are to mentor juniors review there code and help them grow in the organization and as a UI developer.
#Project: IHG (Intercontinental Hotel Group)
UI developer of a CMS (Adobe CQ) based website. The purpose of this project was complete brand transformation of a Hotel Group and redesigning the website of their most important brand which was Intercontinental. The team constituted of around 20 people with 5 UI developers.
# Project: HIFOB (Holiday Inn Family of brands)
UI developer and module lead of a CMS (Adobe CQ) based website. The purpose of this project was development of 4 different websites for Holiday Inn, Holiday Inn Resorts, Holiday Inn Club Vacation, and Holiday Inn Express. Which Included around 6000 Hotel Properties and around 50 pages.

JavaScriptjQueryCSS3BootstrapFrontend Development