Alok Kumar
Noida
Summary
20 Years of experience in software development in e-Commerce, B2B Marketplace, Education Tech with forward-thinking approach centered on company success and competitive growth.
An effective communicator with excellent relationship building & interpersonal skills.
Strong analytical, problem solving & organizational abilities. Possess a flexible & detail oriented attitude. Demonstrated record of success in building successful teams.
Overview
20
20
years of professional experience
Work History
Vice President of Software Engineering
IndiaMART InterMESH Limited
10.2022 - Current
- Spearheaded AI/ML initiatives in content moderation at IndiaMart, including banned keyword detection, clickstream log activity mapping, and user reviews moderation.
- Modernized MLOps using VertexAI, Kubeflow, MLFlow, and Evidently.
- Implemented Lake House Architecture and DataOps engineering for system simplification and database cost optimization.
- Promoted adoption of coding assistants to enhance engineering productivity.
- Directed application modernization and DevOps strategies to boost development team productivity.
- Upgraded monitoring and logging systems with Kubernetes.
- Enhanced code quality and security operations using SonarQube, Vault, and OWASP ZAP.
- Designed API and database architecture for multilingual product listings.
- Re-architected applications with microservices, API-first approach, cloud-native, and headless architecture.
- Re-architected databases and APIs for latency reduction and cost efficiency. 50% reduction in latency while managing costs.
- Developed systems and applications on GCP and AWS infrastructure.
- Managed development of risk and compliance systems, including Seller Risk Score, Buyer Span Score, and Fraud Detection.
Director of Engineering
Delhivery Limited
07.2021 - 09.2022
- Led product development and stabilization of Fulfillment Techology - WMS, Telescope 2.0, and BAT
- Product development requirement analysis, technical feasibility and scoping of work.
- Directed back-end system re-architecture using micro-services and event-driven architecture, resulting in two-thirds cost reduction while maintaining system availability and scalability.
- Improved engineering processes and established agile methodologies to enhance team technical knowledge and skills.
- Oversaw assignment of engineering tasks by creating frameworks free of wasteful redundancy and unnecessary dependencies.
Assistant Vice President Technology
IndiaMART InterMESH Limited
09.2018 - 06.2021
- AI & ML models as a service, specializing in anomaly detection, fraud detection and content moderation using deep learning and ML, and leading MLOps practices.
- Directed cloud migration strategy and execution, including migration to GCP, hybrid and multi-cloud, and high-availability disaster recovery (HADR) architecture.
- Instant messaging backend for real-time buyer-seller conversations, managing risk, resource planning, and stakeholder communication.
- Led clickstream reporting, dashboard creation, data unification, and data mesh creation with AWS S3 and RabbitMQ, achieving 75% cost reduction.
- Established identity provider (IDP), authentication, and security architecture from conceptualization to deployment.
- Implemented Kafka for data engineering and event-driven systems.
- Introduced CI/CD pipelines using GitLab and GitLab Runner.
- Designed and developed API for scalability, low latency, and high availability, reducing latency by 3x.
- Implemented hybrid and multi-cloud architecture.
- Led data engineering for real-time and batch processing pipelines, clickstream analysis, and reporting using GCP and AWS, focusing on cost reduction and system transformation.
- API gateway for backend service and RabbitMQ for Pub-Sub and data pipelines.
- Enhanced observability and monitoring using New Relic, Zabbix, Datadog, Prometheus, and Grafana.
Engineering Manager
Fliplearn.com
04.2017 - 08.2018
- Led 15-member team to develop Bookstore, FlipLearn Prime, and FlipLearn Guru, managing back-end services for order management, warehouse and supply chain integration, returns and refunds, user and school on-boarding, and class promotion systems.
- Utilized Scrum methodologies, conducted code reviews, optimized code and databases, and managed tasks, programs, and risks.
- Monitoring of micro-services using NewRelic, achieving 10x cost reduction in non-production systems and 3x in production systems.
- Integrated WMS with Bookstore, doubling fulfillment efficiency and reducing logistics costs by 50% through multichannel logistics integration system.
- Enabled e-learning content streaming in FlipLearn Prime product.
- Implemented analytics for various business units using Presto DB and S3.
Project Lead
Meritnation.com
07.2013 - 03.2017
- Implemented asynchronous processing architecture to design low-latency API, reducing backend system latency by 10x including code and database query optimization.
- Architected and developed hybrid cloud applications to enhance availability and disaster recovery.
- Designed and developed API and microservices architecture, authentication systems, instant messaging backend, and CI/CD systems.
- Managed task planning, Scrum processes, code reviews, and people management.
- Led team of 6 in developing user, rewards, feed, school, search, and communication services (transactional and bulk email).
Director of Technology
Ceon Solutions Pvt. Ltd
05.2004 - 07.2013
- Managed task planning, work breakdown structures, development planning, project timelines, and Scrum processes.
- Conducted client and presales meetings, requirement analysis, feasibility studies, gap analysis, and SRS creation.
- Developed content recommendation and intelligent learning systems using data mining and machine learning.
- Responsible for client on-boarding, data acquisition, imports, and rapid delivery.
- Scoped and roadmap planning for higher education ERP and advanced features on education technology platform.
- Led 10-member team to develop SaaS based multi-tenant iSchool and iCampus products, handling architecture, design, development, QA, release, and client rollout.
- Designed and developed core features of iSchool as individual contributor, including coding and database design.
- Designed and developed core components of iSchool and iCampus, focusing on modular architecture for admission, enrollment, courses, student management, HR & payroll, timetable & attendance, feedback, communication, and notifications.
- Directed the development of various modules, including admission, enrollment, course management, student services, HR & payroll, timetable & attendance, feedback, integrations, data engineering, ETL, and notifications.
- Oversaw deployment, database migration, and version upgrades for iSchool and iCampus.
- Collected, configured, and imported data, ensuring seamless transitions and integrations.
- Managed on-premises hosting and maintenance of iSchool.
Education
Master of Technology - Information Technology
ABV- Indian Institute of Information Technology And Management
Gwalior, India06.2008
Skills
- Agile Methodologies
- Cloud Computing: GCP & AWS
- Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)
- Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA)
- Micro-services
- Software Project Management
- Requirements Analysis
- Data Engineering: Dataproc, BigQuery, Spark, Lakehouse, Kafka, Debezium
- AI/ ML
- Programming Languages: Java, Golang, Python, Nodejs, PHP, JavaScript
- Databases: PostgreSQL, MongoDB, DynamoDB, Redis, Cassandra, MySQL
Websites
Languages
English
Bilingual or Proficient (C2)
Hindi
Bilingual or Proficient (C2)
Timeline
Vice President of Software Engineering
IndiaMART InterMESH Limited
10.2022 - Current
Director of Engineering
Delhivery Limited
07.2021 - 09.2022
Assistant Vice President Technology
IndiaMART InterMESH Limited
09.2018 - 06.2021
Engineering Manager
Fliplearn.com
04.2017 - 08.2018
Project Lead
Meritnation.com
07.2013 - 03.2017
Director of Technology
Ceon Solutions Pvt. Ltd
05.2004 - 07.2013
Master of Technology - Information Technology
ABV- Indian Institute of Information Technology And Management
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