Jesudas Antonyraj
Engineering Manager
Bengaluru,KA
Summary
Leadership, Experience, Collaboration and Innovation
Taking Ownership – responsible for E2E delivery, establishing estimates from delivery/architecture, leading geographically distributed teams, creating and maintaining project documentation, monitoring risks/mitigation strategies with stakeholders and striving for improving the efficiency of the solutions
- Grow, inspire and lead a team that manages all People Tech related initiatives
- Mentor and lead a large team of talented Software Development Engineers
- Instrumental Engineering Manager bringing 15+ years of experience and 8+years in eCommerce achieving ambitious goals in challenging IT environment. Diligent, forward-thinking and adaptable to dynamic company, customer and project needs. Successful at motivating teams to meet demanding timelines.
Design and Implement – applications by understanding business needs, defining solution architecture/design, conducting functional validation, and executing full sprint cycle from design through release
- Identify & implement solutions for applying new and smarter test methodologies for uncovering quality risk
- Support and influence the team culture of customer focus and continuous improvement
- Commercial-minded Software Engineering Manager combines technical expertise with user-centric design approaches. Incorporates proven UX design principles to create imminently usable products. Drives exceptional ROI and revenue generation by integrating customer-focused design principles into projects.
Team Player and Leader – work in a collaborative team-oriented environment, share information, value diverse ideas, interact with a partner with cross-functional and remote teams, lead the delivery of the technical solution and team
- Leading by example and keeping enthusiasm high in tight-deadline situations
- Hold regular 1:1's with all members of your team and Make your team happy and successful
Being Curious & Innovative – continuously updating with next-generation technology, development tools, and contribute to process development practices
- Foster a culture of diversity and inclusion, creating an environment for innovation
Being Agile – with a strong sense of urgency and a desire to work in a fast-paced dynamic environment to deliver solutions against strict timelines, drive backlog planning and scrums
- Evaluate proactively, key problem areas/gaps with a data mindset and resolve through continuous improvement frameworks
- Communicating clearly and openly with internal and external stakeholders regarding progress, roadblocks, and timelines
Be an Effective Communicator – articulate complex technical issues, and share ideas, participate in peer-reviews/design review boards, and exhibit strong listening skills
- Work closely with management to identify risks, solve problems, and maintain progress
Collaboration
- Drive Business requirement gathering, impact, analysis, and testing of key supporting People Tech initiatives.
- As EM keens to wrangle multiple simultaneous projects into streamlined, cohesive and profitable efforts. A Firm believer in holistic and collaborative management strategies.
- Managing the requirements and scope creep of diverse Stakeholders groups through a People Tech lens
Overview
16
16
years of professional experience
5
5
years of post-secondary education
Work History
Engineering Manager (7mos)
Condé Nast Technology Lab
Bengaluru, KA
2021.04 - 2021.10
- Working closely with the team for magazine subscription tool(CMS) to implement subscription page
- Reviewed project goals and objectives on monthly basis with project manager and design team
- Able to effectively communicate technical concepts to a variety of technical and non-technical audiences
- Know Web, and be comfortable writing, maintaining, and optimization of code - Working with engineering and design teams
- Tested models of alternate designs and processing methods to assess feasibility, operating condition effects, possible new applications, and necessity of modification
- Cultivated partnerships between engineering, product, and UX personnel to create holistically designed final products
- Allied with other engineering leaders to plan, manage and coordinate teams around reaching prescribed development milestones
- Collaborated with cross-functional teams to integrate specific features into finished products
Engineering Lead (3yrs, 2mos)
Ascena Retail Group Inc
Bengaluru, KA
2018.03 - 2021.04
- Oversaw 5 major brands new enhancements to existing software systems
- Offered input on technical and platform-related strategic planning initiatives, prioritizing overarching business goals
- As UI expert engineer leading Design and Development of Platform team - Responsible for achieving a high level of customer satisfaction at both team and organizational level
- Evaluated and adopted new technologies to address changing industry needs
- Lead, schedule, coordinate, meetings, and projects relevant to team and unit; as well as address daily issues that affect support at team and unit levels
- Lead and interact about support issues on a cross-site and/or cross-unit basis, as well as to conduct employee performance reviews/evaluations, besides conducting regular career planning sessions with employees
- Building common capabilities which will be delivered using Design Thinking as a principle in an Agile and Test Driven manner
- Experience managing geographically distributed and culturally diverse work-groups with strong team management, leadership, and coaching skills Detailed knowledge of project lifecycle and software development lifecycle deliverables including version and revision control practices and procedures
- Ability to manage Executive Client Relationship
- Flexibility, able to execute against tight deadlines, work with minimum supervision, exercise independent judgment, and prioritize work Strong analytical and problem-solving skills Excellent written and verbal communication skills Ability to develop strong client relationships Excellent proven planning and dealing with ambiguity skills Expert ability to manage multiple tasks, changing priorities and circumstances
- Closely work with PMs, designers, and other platform leaders - Perform design, development of UI components of the platform
- Understand product vision and business needs to define appropriate User Experience
- Built product feature lists with internal stakeholders
- Created proofs of concept for innovative new solutions; corrected, modified, and upgraded software to improve performance
- Translated technical concepts and information into terms parties could easily comprehend
- Mentored junior team members, providing educational expertise on technical concepts and skills
UI Technical Lead (3yrs, 2mos)
Target
Bengaluru, KA
2015.02 - 2018.03
- Build reusable code and libraries for future use
- Building platform level UI Framework
- Proficiency in application of object-oriented concepts in UI development
- Ensure the technical feasibility of UI/UX designs
- Extensive knowledge of Backbone and Mustache templates
- Deep understanding and experience in server-side CSS pre-processing platforms, such as LESS and SASS
- Proficient understanding of cross-browser compatibility issues and ways to work around them And cross-platform
- Good understanding of SEO principles and ensuring that application will adhere to them
- Having extensive knowledge of Microdata, Email development
- SEO Best practices
- Worked project TDD environment cycle
- Provide functional/non-functional, design, and code reviews
- Extensive Knowledge in working with Back-end Technologies like PHP, ASP, Java
- Managed team of 4 employees, overseeing hiring, training, and professional growth of employees
Technical Lead - Client Target (2yrs, 1mo)
Photon Infotech
Bengaluru, KA
2013.01 - 2015.01
- Seeking to understand client business requirements
- Leading User Interface development team
- Helping clients achieve their goals through the development of technology-based solutions - Build credibility, establish rapport, and maintain communication with stakeholders at multiple levels, including those external to the organisation
- Troubleshooting and debugging - Coach, mentor, and lead personnel within a technical team environment
- Keep track of everybody's performance throughout the project to record their abilities and skills which will help next time when hiring project team members
- Leading and implementing those solutions across multiple platforms - Make sure that every task of the project ends at the pre-defined timeframe
- Working with both internal and external teams
- Act as the bridge between management and team members to eliminate any kind of misunderstanding
- Maintaining Coding standard - Robust use of technology
Lead. Front End Developer (3yrs, 2mos)
Paper Plane Solutions
Mumbai, MH
2009.11 - 2012.12
- Produce, Modify and maintain the web pages using various technology like XHTML, CSS, Jquery
- Implementation, Semantic coding
- Provide general technical solutions as required
- Work with programmers in implementing server-side code to technical, Interactive, and database-driven websites
- Improving existing knowledge and acquiring new skills through self-education, research, and development
- Maintain Proper Coding standards to achieve the quality of code for repeatable components
- Keep updated with the latest web technology trends
Sr. Web Designer and UI Designer (2yrs, 2mos)
Moona Consulting
Mumbai, MH
2007.10 - 2009.11
- UI Designing Websites
- Developing according to web standard, Html, CSS, & JS
- Email and Skype and conference to achieve goals
Sr. HTML Programmer (3yrs, 2mos)
India Book House
Mumbai, MH
2005.05 - 2007.10
- Financial services like Electronic filling of financial reports as per SEC USA
- Converting Word and PDF in HTML format
- Finalizing job & Training new joiners
- Coordinate with Quality Analysis Team & Editing Job, EDGAR filing
- Proved successful working within tight deadlines and a fast-paced atmosphere
- Developed and maintained courteous and effective working relationships
Skills
HTML5, CSS3, LESS, SASS, ATOMIC design
JS, ReactJS, Jquery, mustache, Redux
RWD, Adaptive Design, Material UI, Bootstrap
UI & UX
Website Performance optimizing code
E-commerce & Retails
CI, CD, TDD, Jasmine, Accessibility, GIT
Training, mentoring, grooming, & Hiring talent
Technology integration
Websites
Timeline
Engineering Manager (7mos)
Condé Nast Technology Lab
2021.04 - 2021.10
Engineering Lead (3yrs, 2mos)
Ascena Retail Group Inc
2018.03 - 2021.04
UI Technical Lead (3yrs, 2mos)
Target
2015.02 - 2018.03
Technical Lead - Client Target (2yrs, 1mo)
Photon Infotech
2013.01 - 2015.01
Lead. Front End Developer (3yrs, 2mos)
Paper Plane Solutions
2009.11 - 2012.12
Sr. Web Designer and UI Designer (2yrs, 2mos)
Moona Consulting
2007.10 - 2009.11
Bachelor of Arts - Commerce
Annamalai University
2005.06 - 2010.04
Sr. HTML Programmer (3yrs, 2mos)
India Book House
2005.05 - 2007.10
Education
Bachelor of Arts - Commerce
Annamalai University
Chidambaram 2005.06 - 2010.04