Aug 2021 – Jul 2022 · 11 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

• Series D funded company, joined to structure the engineering organization to be able to scale up to the next level
• Structured the processes to be able to manage the team and deliverables during the Covid era.
• Worked on bringing back team to office, altered the process to suit the same and the expected scale
• Reviewed the system architecture and scaled up the same for the upcoming Hyperlocal surge with QCommerce taking the front seat
• Structured and Expanded the team to 60+ Engineers managing Frontend, Backend, Data Engineering and DevOps

Apr 2020 – Aug 2021 · 1 yr 4 mos

• Was part of the Logistics Product Systems for 7 years
• Witnessed and Played part in the Ekart Team expansion from 30 to 400 Engineers
• Experienced 7 BBDs and scaled up our systems to withstand the traffic surge. Peaks of 20M+ orders and 5M shipment dispatches per day.
• Joined as an IC (today’s SDE4) and grew to Sr. Engineering Manager, multiple teams, totalling to 51 members reporting, including Engineering Managers.
• Even as a Engineering Manager, contributed immensely to tech architectures and systems
• Worked on almost all areas of Logistics from Monolith, Last Mile, Blue Collar Management systems to finally culminate into E2E Logistics Planning and Orchestration systems
• Conceptualized, Built and Managed multiple tech platforms like Turbo Relayer, Tiered Datastore, MySQL as a Service, etc.
• Ran various Org wide initiatives and Forums
• Hired and Grew multiple team members through various levels to Engineering Managers and Architects.

Jan 2016 – Mar 2020 · 4 yrs 2 mos

Sep 2014 – Dec 2015 · 1 yr 3 mos

Sep 2012 – Aug 2014 · 1 yr 11 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

• Drive Product design and development of the software framework
• o Introduction of new technologies
• o Functionality Additions
• o Performance Improvements
• o Productivity Improvements
• o Code Quality and Code Review
• Requirement Analysis, Product Delivery and Release Management
• o Interacting with the product team and business stakeholders to understand product requirements
• o Scheduling & Delivery – Manage, schedule and deliver product
• o Communicate effectively about the status and timelines within the team and externally
• o Releasing the system through multiple test environments till production
• Maintenance and uptime of production environment
• Team Management
• o Managing & Mentoring the team members
• o Boosting morale and keep team members excited
• o Career Planning of the team members
• o Team planning and Recruitment
• Department Budgeting for team, infrastructure and tools

Sep 2011 – Sep 2012 · 1 yr

Dec 2009 – Sep 2011 · 1 yr 9 mos

• Gathering, Analysis of Requirements from the Business (Products) Team
• Effort Estimation
• Technical Architecture Planning (High Traffic)
• Resource Planning and Execution of Projects
• Team development, including recruitment, training, periodic reviews, appraisals, etc.

Jul 2008 – Nov 2009 · 1 yr 4 mos

• My main responsibilities in WonderPoint and Kudos were getting new clients/projects as well as execution of the projects. Apart from that team development, which included periodic reviews, new recruitment, training, etc. I used to look into finance and accounts as well as HR, though at a superficial level.

Jul 2006 – Jul 2008 · 2 yrs

• New Business Acquisition
• Gathering, Analysis of Requirements
• Effort and Cost Estimation
• Technical Architecture Planning
• Resource Planning and Execution of Projects
• Team development, including recruitment, training, periodic reviews, appraisals, etc.
• Overview of Financial Planning and Accounts / Taxation and HR

Aug 2005 – Jul 2006 · 11 mos

• Project execution under the guidance of the Project Manager
• Coding and Development using C#.NET and MS-SQL 2005