Karan G Afuwale
Technical Manager
Thane
Summary
- 14 Years of IT industry experience and expertise in project management , team management, web application development.
- Focus on developing creative and unique web applications using LAMP, open source and cutting-edge technology.
- Expertise in architectural design, OOPS, MVC, REST API, AWS services, dockerization and CI / CD pipeline, PHP, Yii2, Laravel, MySQL, Vue Js, Payment Gateway, SOLR, PHPUnit
- Worked closely with BA and technology units to manage delivery schedules. Follows agile methodologies and scrum practice.
- Developed suggestions for technical process improvements to optimize resources. Good knowledge of SDLC process.
- Execute projects from design, development and tracking them to closure. Strong coding, leadership and people management skills.
- Develop and deliver progress reports, proposals, requirements documentation. Analyze results and troubleshoot problem areas.
- Research, innovate, propose & discuss product area improvements. Versed in resolving problems, mitigate risk & technical obstacles.
- Build, develop and grow any business relationships vital to the success of a project. Deliver time-based tasks assignments.
- Recruited and trained IT team members. Setting up performance metrics for the team. Worked with the product team to develop a roadmap.
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
6
6
years of post-secondary education
Work History
Technical Manager
CeX Webuy Pvt Ltd
Mumbai
2013.08 - Current
- Strong development experience with a leading highly effective technical team of 15 people. REST API architecture design, development with TDD approach for e-commerce platform.
- Requirement analysis, client communication, development on POC, creating high level technical docs, WBS, code reviews, DB script reviews, unit testing, application maintenance, planning and scheduling deployments.
- Utilized AWS services like EC2, S3, EFS, Lambda and CloudWatch. Expertise in SOLR, Algolia, ELK and Grafana used as monitoring tools. Dockerization with microservices. Involved in DevOps activity.
- Application upgrade with latest PHP version without any downtime. Ensured quality and stability of products with optimization.
- Expertise in Payment Gateway integration like PayPal, World Pay, BillDesk, Google Pay, Apple Pay, Coinbase, lloyds, Klarna.
- Creating and maintaining documentation. Conducting scrum, backlog grooming, development and training for new joiners.
- Implementing and maintaining development best practices. Handling escalation, setting up priorities, managing changes in scope, identifying potential crises & devising contingency plans.
- Implemented system for PII data as per GDPR policy. Implemented OAuth for authentication, Pen testing for security.
Software Engineer
Mauj, People Infocom (India) Pvt. Ltd.
Mumbai
2011.03 - 2013.08
- Worked with software development and testing team members to design and develop robust solutions.
- Reviewed project specifications, designed and developed technology solutions that meet client requirements for functionality, scalability and performance with impact analysis.
- Clients integration, cross team communication, monitored site performance and handled maintenance work.
- Development of Google Analytics, Event tracking, MIS, SEO, third party API integration.
- Coordinated efficient large-scale software deployments.
Software Engineer
Tricom India Pvt. Ltd.
Mumbai
2009.12 - 2011.03
- Developed server-side code for web based applications. Design and implement web crawlers to extract data from web sites
- Saved required data into XML which then processes by uptake search engine.
- Unit testing of application.
Education
MBA -
ITM Group of Institutions
Mumbai 2016.08 - 2018.08
Bachelor of Engineering - IT
Konkan Gyanpeeth College of Engineering
Mumbai 2005.08 - 2009.08
Skills
Technology planning
undefinedTimeline
MBA -
ITM Group of Institutions
2016.08 - 2018.08
Technical Manager
CeX Webuy Pvt Ltd
2013.08 - Current
Software Engineer
Mauj, People Infocom (India) Pvt. Ltd.
2011.03 - 2013.08
Software Engineer
Tricom India Pvt. Ltd.
2009.12 - 2011.03
Bachelor of Engineering - IT
Konkan Gyanpeeth College of Engineering
2005.08 - 2009.08
Honors & awards
- Extra mile (employee of the year) Award in CeX Webuy Pvt Ltd in Dec 2017
- Key Contributor Award in CeX Webuy Pvt Ltd in Aug 2016
- Rockstar Award winner in (Mauj) People Infocom Pvt Ltd in 2012.
- Medalist at my Academic years 2008,2009.
Honors & awards
- Extra mile (employee of the year) Award in CeX Webuy Pvt Ltd in Dec 2017
- Key Contributor Award in CeX Webuy Pvt Ltd in Aug 2016
- Rockstar Award winner in (Mauj) People Infocom Pvt Ltd in 2012.
- Medalist at my Academic years 2008,2009.
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