FORAM VORA
Associate Engineering Manager
Summary
Skilled and results-oriented Technical Manager with 11+ years of experience leading and mentoring software development teams. Proven ability to manage complex projects, create technical strategies, and drive revenue growth through innovative solutions. Expertise in React.js, Node.js, Next.js, and A/B testing methodologies.
Overview
12
12
years of professional experience
Work History
Associate Engineering Manager
Forbes Advisor
11.2022 - 07.2024
- Owns widgets for Forbes Advisor contributing 30% of the overall revenue and used by 2M users daily.
- Create actionable roadmaps, leading the team to deliver solutions that drive results.
- A technical stakeholder in business and partner discussions, managing requirements, and implementing integration techniques.
- Partnered with Kevel for our banking product, achieving $1M monthly revenue through enhanced Ad decisioning and campaign management
- Drive the engineering of digital experience experimentation, conducting AB & MVT tests that have increased revenue per user by over 40% for some successful experiments
- Mentor and train interns and individual contributors, fostering their development in our team.
Technical Lead
Forbes Advisor
11.2021 - 11.2022
- Addressed business challenge of scattered revenue and costs from various partners and traffic sources by mapping costs to revenue using unique transaction IDs, resulting in 73% more accurate financial insights
- Developed a unified solution for Forbes, streamlining revenue reporting and analysis across multiple channels, sources, and partners, providing a clear, comprehensive view of business performance.
- Collaborated with product managers, designers, and business stakeholders to define project requirements, ensuring alignment with organizational goals.
Associate Product Lead
Forbes Advisor
03.2020 - 11.2021
- As one of the earliest members of the engineering team, established foundational systems and processes that are still in use today, setting a strong base for future development
- The team has grown 30x from the time
- Collaborated with business members globally to understand their objectives behind setting up the team, identifying challenges, and propose effective solutions
- We built one of the main solutions to host custom database for growing products and maintaining them
- Many manual tasks were automated to ease out the regular ongoing manual processes and support growth.
Tech Lead
Justdial Ltd.
07.2018 - 01.2020
- Developed an online shopping platform for local vendors, managing a product database of 1.8Cr products and 1M vendors on board
- Liaised with higher management to ensure compliance with guidelines and expectations
- Led development of the supply chain management module and integrated competitor affiliate data.
Sr. Software Engineer
Justdial Ltd.
07.2015 - 07.2018
- Developed a web app for editing listing details - contact, location, keywords & catalogue
- This module was used by all the 25M+ listings on Justdial
- Oversaw design, data source gathering and architecture implementation for this project
- Brought down customer calls to 90% post the creation of this module
- Monitored and guided the entire development process through to deployment.
Software Engineer
Justdial Ltd.
09.2012 - 07.2015
- Created a React-based module for JD vendors to manage contract details, payment status, and update media
- Gathered data from customer support and built the app architecture.
Education
PGDM - IT And Systems Engineering -
NMIMS
Mumbai, Maharashtra05.2020
Bachelors in Information Technology -
St. Francis Institute Of Technology
Mumbai, Maharashtra06.2012
Skills
Reactjs
Nextjs
Nodejs
HTML5
CSS3
AWS
Github
Leadership
Collaboration
Excellent Communication
Project Management (Jira)
Team Coaching
Business Acumen
Problem-Solving
Work Availability
monday
tuesday
wednesday
thursday
friday
saturday
sunday
morning
afternoon
evening
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Timeline
Associate Engineering Manager
Forbes Advisor
11.2022 - 07.2024
Technical Lead
Forbes Advisor
11.2021 - 11.2022
Associate Product Lead
Forbes Advisor
03.2020 - 11.2021
Tech Lead
Justdial Ltd.
07.2018 - 01.2020
Sr. Software Engineer
Justdial Ltd.
07.2015 - 07.2018
Software Engineer
Justdial Ltd.
09.2012 - 07.2015
PGDM - IT And Systems Engineering -
NMIMS
Bachelors in Information Technology -
St. Francis Institute Of Technology