Priyanka Pathak
Engineering Leader
Gurgaon
Summary
Adaptable Software Engineering Manager with 14 years of experience,keen to wrangle multiple simultaneous projects into streamlined, cohesive and profitable efforts. Firm believer in holistic and collaborative management strategies. Thrives on providing exceptional oversight and hands-on guidance guaranteed to improve throughput figures and quality metrics. Drives exceptional ROI and revenue generation by integrating customer focused design principles into projects.
Overview
14
14
years of professional experience
4
4
years of post-secondary education
Work History
Engineering Manager- Booking.com
Booking.com
02.2023 - 09.2023
- Hands-on Engineering Leader ,managed Core Payments team of Booking.com along with 30+ engineers,two engineering Managers(across two scrum teams) and 2 Product owners.
- Cultivated partnerships between engineering, product and UX personnel to create holistically designed final products.
- Collaborated with cross-functional teams to integrate specific payment features into finished products.
- Drove high-level strategic planning of development efforts across multiple projects to optimize resource utilization and shorten development times.
- Analyzed network security and current infrastructure, assessing areas in need of improvement.
- Wrote strategic business plans outlining need for departmental information technology resources.
- Provided clarity and direction in ambiguous environments and led discussions to meaningful conclusions.
- Oriented newly hired employees by providing company information, facilitating onboarding processes and establishing position-related requirements.
- Partnered with HR team to outline and define position requirements in accordance with company needs.
- A part of my job also involved hiring and mentoring great talent from industry and building a strong and highly functional team and coaching , supporting them in their professional development, unlocking their potential, and challenging them to step outside their comfort zone to grow and excel.
- Developed technical roadmap while working with different stakeholders
- Represented booking.com in European Women in Tech conferences
- Experience in technologies like C#, .Net, Azure, AWS, ReactJS and have developed a highly scalable payment gateways architecture for connected trips in Booking.com
Engineering Manager
BOLD
07.2021 - 01.2023
- Managed E-Commerce(payments) team and resume builder team of
BOLD along with 25+ engineers and 5 Product owners. - Managed distributed development teams across geographies.
- Payment team takes care of the sell page, checkout page and cancellation page of all the BOLD portals (10+ portals) for resume building subscriptions.
- Was responsible for adding alternate payment methods (APM) for the portals.Have worked on integration of different payment methods/providers like SEPA/SOFORT for Germany, IDeal for Netherlands, Paytm/UPI for India,BACS for UK through Adyen and Dlocal.
- Implemented features based on
A/B Testing and worked on different weekly reports to analyze the
experiments data. - Responsible for building highly functional,effective teams, empowering them to achieve their goals, and putting those goals into broader context.
- Taking care of technical roadmap while working with different stakeholders.
- Allied with other engineering leaders to plan, manage and coordinate teams around reaching prescribed development milestones.
- Provided regular feedback to both junior engineers and senior leadership on individual performance metrics and observations.
Manager, Data Insights
Gartner
09.2019 - 07.2021
- Led and manage a team of 15 engineers and responsible for end-to-end delivery of Product which is a game changer in the world of Data analytics
- Successfully delivered a React JS and .Net Core-based tool, facilitating the retirement of the existing Si-Sense data tool
- This initiative significantly impacted client turnover and resulted in substantial overall cost reduction
- Utilized advance technologies like Google Analytics, Snowflake Data warehouse, Elastic search.
Senior Lead, BCG
BCG
11.2014 - 09.2019
- Led a team of four developers and spearheaded the end-to-end delivery of a product with a user base surpassing 20,000, resulting in annual savings totaling approximately $200 million
- Orchestrated the delivery of features for two mobile apps, one tailored to Client Leadership and the other addressing the needs of Client employees
- Executed a seamless transition of infrastructure from Data server to Cloud for six production servers, achieving zero downtime
- Pioneered a unit testing initiative through collaboration with the DevOps team, introducing Postman Tests and a code coverage utility
- Successfully integrated and implemented across all products within Applabs at BCG.
Software Development Engineer
Citrix R & D
12.2013 - 11.2014
- 1 year of experience as a Software Development Engineer dealing with various web development initiatives driving the NetScaler product of Citrix globally
- Owned and developed the execution of various projects for the NetScaler team with a high quality bugless code
- Independently ideated and executed multiple innovative features while collaborating/mentoring team members.
Software Engineer
McAfee India Pvt. Ltd.
04.2011 - 11.2013
- Accumulated nearly three years of extensive experience as a Software Engineer, actively contributing to diverse web development initiatives that propel the eCommerce store of McAfee across 32 global locations
- Led and took ownership of the execution of numerous projects within the platform team, adhering to Agile methodologies and engaging with multiple stakeholders throughout the entire product development life cycle.
Education
BTech. Electronics & Communication Engineering -
B.I.E.T Jhansi (Govt. Engg. College)
06.2006 - 05.2010
Skills
SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENTSTAKEHOLDER MANAGEMENTTEAM LEADERSHIPCOACHING/MENTORINGPLATFORMS (Net, SQL, ASPNET,MVC, PEOPLE MANAGEMENTTOOLS (TFS, VSTS, JIRA, Confluence, CyberSource, Twilio, Accurev, Git, Bugzilla)LANGUAGES (C#, HTML, JavaScript)
Performance Optimization
Web Application Development
Stakeholder Management
Decision-Making
Teamwork and Collaboration
Problem-Solving
Awards
- Special Recognition Award for delivering on time quality projects for BCG Benchmarks.
- Bravo Award for zero defect coding.
- CMSB Ace Award - Awarded for outstanding quality in the project at McAfee
- Employee of the quarter Award: Awarded for demonstrating McAfee's values of expertise-partnership-results.
- Topper" throughout school and college with 90+ % in CBSE Board.
- Flying Officer" In Indian Air force .
Timeline
Engineering Manager- Booking.com
Booking.com
02.2023 - 09.2023
Engineering Manager
BOLD
07.2021 - 01.2023
Manager, Data Insights
Gartner
09.2019 - 07.2021
Senior Lead, BCG
BCG
11.2014 - 09.2019
Software Development Engineer
Citrix R & D
12.2013 - 11.2014
Software Engineer
McAfee India Pvt. Ltd.
04.2011 - 11.2013
BTech. Electronics & Communication Engineering -
B.I.E.T Jhansi (Govt. Engg. College)
06.2006 - 05.2010