Amit Deshpande

As an Engineering Leader at Atlassian Marketplace, I focus on driving app adoption, customer engagement, and improving customer satisfaction (CSAT). Over the past four years, I helped grow Marketplace’s Gross Merchandise Value (GMV) from $1 billion to $4 billion by delivering key business outcomes.

I currently lead three domain teams with 18 engineers and a Principal Engineer, and previously managed ~35 engineers and two Engineering Managers.

My responsibilities include:

• Collaborating with Product, Design/UX, and Program teams to drive growth strategies.
• Owning and delivering key product and company OKRs.
• Enhancing developer efficiency and fostering team engagement.
• Mentoring and developing talent through coaching.

I led a multi-team, multi-quarter cloud transformation project for a B2B enterprise network product, building it from the ground up. I oversaw the development of the new SaaS offering, including the cloud UI and core transaction service. Starting with a team of 17, I grew it to 40 members, including three Engineering Managers, and successfully delivered the MVP.

Key responsibilities included:

• Collaborating with Product, UX, Marketing, Support, and Operations teams.
• Owning product development and roadmap execution.
• Managing releases and customer engagement for the on-premises products.
• Driving talent growth and development.

As part of Intuit’s Payments Ecosystem team, I contributed to managing the end-to-end money movement for digital payments, including merchant onboarding, payment settlement, and risk management. I took ownership of two critical modules—Risk Management and Chargebacks—and successfully transitioned them from the US to the India team.

Key responsibilities included:

• Leading feature development and product ownership.
• Managing releases and production support.
• Providing individual contributions across various aspects of the project.

In this role, I developed expertise in Agile methodologies and leadership, alongside my individual contributions. I led an Airbus project focused on helping pilots manage aircraft shear load. I traveled to Airbus headquarters in Toulouse, France, to negotiate the initial project contract and later facilitated a successful project handover.

Key responsibilities included:

• Leading feature development and making individual contributions.
• Managing the project and owning the product backlog.
• Engaging with stakeholders throughout the project lifecycle.

This role has been one of the most rewarding experiences of my career. As a Senior Software Engineer, I was deeply involved in hands-on coding, but the most valuable aspect was collaborating with global teams. I developed a strong understanding of the B2B/SCM domain and enhanced my skills in conducting technical interviews.

Key responsibilities included:

• Designing and developing scalable solutions.
• Collaborating with global teams to drive project success.
• Acquiring and honing interviewing skills for technical recruitment.

The product was a comprehensive healthcare solution designed to integrate key entities such as patients, physicians, and insurance providers, streamlining their interactions within a unified platform. I was actively involved in all stages of the product lifecycle, from initial design to implementation and bug-fixing.

During this period, I enhanced my object-oriented programming (OOP) skills, refining my ability to design modular and reusable components, which significantly improved system maintainability and performance.

During this period, I served as a computer faculty member and a corporate trainer specializing in Java and design patterns. Subsequently, as a contract employee, I primarily handled CSS and JavaScript changes for the JSP-based frontend.