Hi, I’m
Derick John Mathew
Bangalore
Summary
Lead Software Engineer with 13+ years of experience delivering scalable, maintainable solutions across EdTech, FinTech, and eCommerce. Proven track record in backend architecture, DevOps enablement, frontend engineering, and leading cross-functional teams. Adept at identifying complex technical challenges, coaching developers, and implementing clean, testable systems that evolve with business needs. Strong believer in sustainable engineering practices, clean code, and agile principles.
Overview
14
years of professional experience
Work History
EverestEngineeringBengaluru
Lead Software Craftsperson
08.2020 - 07.2025
Job overview
- Drove end-to-end software delivery across complex SaaS products, leading high-performing teams through architecture transformation, DevOps maturity, and AI integration.
- Orchestrated the migration of legacy monoliths into loosely coupled microservices, reinforced code health through shift-left strategies, and embedded CI/CD automation using GitHub Actions and Terraform.
- Played a pivotal role in shaping team culture-conducting technical workshops, mentoring engineers, and enforcing engineering discipline through TDD and clean code practices.
- Key Achievements:
- Designed resilient microservices that scaled seamlessly across diverse domains, improving time-to-market and maintainability.
- Built infrastructure pipelines that cut deployment times by over 50% and reduced release-related regressions.
- Championed continuous improvement by embedding test automation and dev-first quality gates across teams.
- Recognized internally for building engineering maturity through technical coaching, pairing sessions, and DevOps enablement.
XolaBengaluru
Senior Software Engineer
05.2017 - 08.2020
Job overview
- Owned mission-critical components of Xola's tour management platform, engineering real-time inventory systems and scalable routing logic.
- Extended platform extensibility through custom AppStore plugins and delivered high-impact features under tight timelines.
- Played a cross-functional role in triaging critical bugs, mentoring juniors, and supporting the hiring pipeline.
- Key Achievements:
- Delivered 20+ product features and resolved 100+ high-priority defects with measurable improvements to stability and UX.
- Architected a real-time inventory system that reduced booking conflicts and increased transaction throughput.
- Enhanced product flexibility with custom plugins supporting dynamic pricing, gift cards, and blackout rules.
- Actively contributed to the growth of the engineering team through interviews, onboarding, and peer mentorship.
GTACBengaluru
Software Engineer
06.2016 - 04.2017
Job overview
- Engineered high-throughput, fault-tolerant web crawlers for mining product and pricing data from top e-commerce platforms (Amazon, Walmart, Overstock).
- Reduced operational overhead by automating data ingestion pipelines and tuning crawler performance for scale and reliability.
- Key Achievements:
- Delivered production-grade crawlers with 0% data import failures across hundreds of thousands of SKUs.
- Optimized long-running ETL pipelines, cutting execution time by 40% through parallel processing and caching strategies.
- Deployed and maintained containerized environments across AWS, Heroku, and DigitalOcean with robust monitoring.
National InstrumentsBengaluru
Software Engineer
01.2012 - 05.2016
Job overview
- Contributed to the development and performance optimization of LabVIEW, a leading graphical programming platform.
- Led internal tooling initiatives, built visualization dashboards that accelerated engineering workflow, and reduced bottlenecks in build analysis and UI responsiveness.
- Drove knowledge-sharing culture through mentoring & community engagement.
- Key Achievements:
- Reduced build analysis time by 90% by creating real-time dashboards and data aggregators for internal teams.
- Cut UI load times by 65% through targeted performance profiling and code optimization.
- Initiated and led internal Python learning circles, improving team fluency in scripting and test automation.
- Authored whitepapers & contributed to long-term R&D strategy and recruitment efforts.
Education
R. V. College of Engineering
Master of Computer Applications
01.2012
Garden City College
Bachelor of Computer Applications
01.2006
Skills
- Python
- JavaScript
- Nodejs
- React
- Nextjs
- PHP
- Laravel
- Symfony
- Yii2
- C#
- Java
- AWS
- Azure
- GCP
- Docker
- Terraform
- GitHub Actions
- CI/CD
- MySQL
- PostgreSQL
- MongoDB
- DynamoDB
- Redis
- Playwright
- TDD
- Shift-left testing
- Automation frameworks
- Clean Code
- Domain-Driven Design
- Agile
- Scrum
- Microservices
- Pair Programming
- Stripe
- Nginx
- Liquibase
- Boto
- Memcached
- Scrapy
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Work Type
Full TimeImportant To Me
Work-life balanceCompany CultureCareer advancementLanguages
English
Bilingual or Proficient (C2)
Hindi
Upper intermediate (B2)
Malayalam
Elementary (A2)
Kannada
Elementary (A2)
Timeline
Lead Software Craftsperson
EverestEngineering
08.2020 - 07.2025
Senior Software Engineer
Xola
05.2017 - 08.2020
Software Engineer
GTAC
06.2016 - 04.2017
Software Engineer
National Instruments
01.2012 - 05.2016
R. V. College of Engineering
Master of Computer Applications
Garden City College
Bachelor of Computer Applications
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