Sohin K.

VP of Engineering

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India18 yrs 4 mos experience
Highly Stable

Key Highlights

  • Led personalization and recommendations at JioHotstar.
  • Designed scalable voting architecture for millions of users.
  • Increased content discoverability by 40% through innovative solutions.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Big Data and Machine Learning expert in B2C environments.

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Skills

Core Skills

Engineering ManagementTechnical LeadershipEngineering LeadershipBig DataMachine LearningData Engineering

Other Skills

AJAXAgile MethodologiesAmazon Web Services (AWS)Apache AirflowApache KafkaApache SparkApache Spark StreamingCassandraContinuous Integration (CI)Core JavaData LakesData ModelingDeep LearningDocker ProductsE-commerce

Experience

18 yrs 4 mos
Total Experience
2 yrs 7 mos
Average Tenure
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Current Experience

Jiohotstar

Senior Engineering Manager

Feb 2023Sep 2025 · 2 yrs 7 mos · Mumbai, Maharashtra, India · Hybrid

  • Led the charter of Personalization and Recommendations
Engineering ManagementTechnical Leadership

Landmark group

Engineering Manager

Jul 2022Feb 2023 · 7 mos · United Arab Emirates · On-site

  • Data & Discovery Services @ Styli
  • Lead the data and discovery charter at Styli which was responsible to build services such as auto complete, search and listing pages from where the users could discover merchandise.
  • Responsible for defining architecture & conduct code reviews and set the standards for them for the org.
  • Conducted regular 1:1 to set the expectations in terms of performance and help engineers focus on their strength to keep building better products.
  • Responsible for creating audit documents for services and infrastructure that was owned by data and discovery squad.
  • Co-ordinate with Product and Quality teams for planning sprints and seamlessly releasing products.
Engineering LeadershipApache KafkaBig DataContinuous Integration (CI)Agile MethodologiesElasticSearch+1

Viacom18 media private limited

Technical Lead - Big Data & Services

Mar 2017Jul 2022 · 5 yrs 4 mos · Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

  • Responsible for leading Voot, Voot Kids, & Voot Shots Data Services & Personalization stack
  • Designed and Developed voting architecture which scaled for the burst of ~20 million votes
  • in 10 mins allowing users to vote for their favorite candidates
  • Built end to end pipeline which collects and processes interactions data for millions of users over the
  • platform everyday.
  • Designed & Developed recommendation service which increased the discoverability of content by ~40%
  • Built image scaling solution using Lambda@Edge and moving out of Cloudinary saving ~20% cost per month
Apache Spark StreamingApache SparkApache KafkaAgile MethodologiesTechnical LeadershipMachine Learning+5

Pepperfry.com

Software Engineering Manager

May 2012Feb 2017 · 4 yrs 9 mos · Mumbai Metropolitan Region

  • Managed high performing engineering team across teams of Big Data, Frontend, Backend, and
  • Services ensuring quality and timely delivery of product to production
  • Refactor the existing monolith architecture into service-oriented architecture by decoupling order
  • management, catalogue management, customer management, and promotion management
  • Led multiple high growth features that contributed to top line of the business.

Bombay it solutions

Co-Founder / Software Engineer

Aug 2009Apr 2012 · 2 yrs 8 mos · Mumbai Area, India

  • Bootstrapped Bombay IT Solutions with four batch mates.
  • Conceptualized the primary product TravelOn (formerly known as Travel Mate). Led the engineering
  • efforts for Travel Mate as well as provided around the clock support to clients.
  • Apart from leading the engineering efforts, was also responsible for creating the Product roadmap
  • aligning with the business requirement across the clientele

Palsan business services

Senior Software Developer

Jan 2008Aug 2009 · 1 yr 7 mos · Mumbai Area, India

  • Palsan Business Services dealt with customized software for their clients in India and US. As a software developer my role was to customize the existing software tailored to our client needs. A couple of prominent clients I worked with were TiE Boston and Interboro Heart Associates

Freelancer

Software Developer

Mar 2007Jan 2008 · 10 mos · Mumbai Metropolitan Region

  • Worked on several custom Point of Sales software for local retail shops in Mumbai keeping track of their retail inventories

Education

Karnataka State Open University

Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) — Information Technology

Jan 2004Jan 2007

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