Mahendra Kukka

Lead of Billing Management and Perform module.

• Lead a team of 12 members, including developers and QA.
• For the past 16 months, I have been managing two teams, each consisting of 12-14 members.
• Participated in feature discussions with the product team, analyzing early-stage feasibility, complexity, and scope changes.
• Identifying dependencies at early stages will reduce blockers in development.
• Developed concise and accurate tech documentation such as schema design, POCs, and API endpoints.
• Taking daily stand-up meetings, identifying daily blockers, and solving them to expedite the development process.
• Will do code reviews and provide constructive feedback to the team members.

Tech Expertise:

• Involved in Keka monolith to microservices journey.
• Implemented cross-cutting packages like Tenant Billing Service, Notification Service, and Permissions Service.
• Involved in implementation of deploying and maintaining applications in different regions in compliance with data regulations. Solved the problems while doing so.

Worked in billing management and payments module.

• Implemented an end-to-end wallet-based system to manage client usage and deduct credits based on usage.
• Responsible for developing schema, implementing business logic, and ensuring timely deduction of credits through background jobs.
• By actively engaging with stakeholders, ensured the seamless implementation of their requirements.
• Mentored and conducted code reviews for junior team members.
• Integrated various payment gateways, including Instamojo, Razorpay, and Stripe. Handled various failure cases in payments.
• Automated end-to-end build and deployment process using DevOps pipelines.
• Took on a leadership role in overseeing the training and assessment process for 30 interns, encompassing both front end and backend responsibilities.
• Involved in product roadmap discussions and suggested new implementations that will solve the operations pain points.
• Worked independently without much guidance from top management.
• Able to respond to urgent issues and be available whenever required.

• Took charge of end-to-end operation implementation, covering front-end, back-end, and database functionalities.
• Integrated Excel editor in frontend and uploading edited values into the database.
• Managed the deployment process
• Delivered features on time with no bugs.
• Independently resolved dependencies with other teams.