Chaitra Dharanendrappa

• Successfully led design and deployment of secure, reliable, and scalable products adhering to platform principles with six nines availability, driving operational excellence and customer trust.
• Define technical strategy for key platform components, accelerating innovation and aligning with product vision to meet business goals.
• Leverage AI/ML technologies across SDLC phases to increase productivity, automate testing and release processes, and deliver fit-for-purpose products with accelerated time to market.
• Build, nurture, and lead a multidisciplinary engineering team of software developers, data engineers, AI/ML experts, and test and release engineers, contractors fostering a culture of ownership, inclusivity, and accountability.
• Collaborate closely with Product and regional teams on requirements prioritization, influencing product strategy and roadmap to enhance customer experience and operational efficiency.
• Implement robost program management and governance frameworks to ensure compliance, risk mitigation, and on-time, on-budget project delivery.

Key Achievements:

• IT Cost avoidance of $2.4M through ops tracker migration with hard savings of $850k per year
• Redefined capacity planning with Network Layers migration enabling 30% less triggers
• Improved workflow efficiency by 80% improved search response time and 30% reduction in support tickets

• Leading cross-functional teams through product delivery, agile software development, project management, program management, process improvements, stakeholder management, and ITSMs.
• Leading multiple projects and executing them from start to finish.
• Building high-performing teams to exceed goals and productivity consistently.
• Driving organizational initiatives across multiple locations by leading and collaborating.
• Created resources and materials to support team understanding, and aid the delivery of products through hiring, estimations, and planning.

• Led cross-functional teams for successful delivery of iOS and Android mobile applications.
• Owned re-writing and optimisation of iOS framework by leading teams across multiple locations.
• Supported software code review, system integration and validation in line with company and regulatory requirements.
• Helped team complete smooth, professional software deployments for iOS applications.
• Harnessed Agile project management to support top-quality mobile apps across development lifecycle.
• Owned performance reviews, resource hiring and building high performing teams.

• Developed new, efficient and well-tested code for variety of different software projects.
• Worked on redesign and optimisation of iOS mobile applications.
• Integrated third-party frameworks for innovative and optimal solutions.
• Worked on enhancements and maintenance of iOS mobile applications.
• Worked on App Store release and maintenance.

• Wrote range of complex code for iOS mobile apps, testing functionality to ensure code worked smoothly and effectively.
• Designed and developed reusable components, which can be used across e-commerce applications.
• Utilised Agile methodology in software development phases.
• Conducted peer code reviews to manage performance and drive improvement of junior staff.
• Worked with cross functional teams to integrate web pages into iOS native application.

• Wrote and developed new and well-tested code for different software projects.
• Worked closely with other team members to identify and remove software bugs.
• Worked on POCs for innovative software solutions.
• Worked with cross functional teams for integration of APIs.
• Utilised waterfall methodology in software development life cycle.