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Rajat Agarwal

Rajat Agarwal

Engineering Manager
Gurgaon

Summary

Engineering Manager with 7+ years of experience acting as architect, developer and programmer analyst. Proficient in supporting project deliverables and maintaining releases. Strong leader in guiding support teams and solving complex issues. Steadfast in planning and implementing effective development strategies based on industry best practices. Skilled in Java, python, Kotlin, Spring boot, Hibernate, MySQL, Mongo DB, RabbitMQ, Elasticsearch and Solr. Engineering Professional with a BTech focused in Electrical Engineering from IIT (BHU), Varanasi.

Overview

8
8
years of professional experience
4
4
years of post-secondary education

Work History

Software Engineering Manager

Cars24
Gurugram
09.2021 - Current
  • Provided regular feedback to both junior engineers and senior leadership on individual performance metrics and observations.
  • Led the complete tech development of UAE and KSA buyer side.
  • Led the Launch of cars24 buyer side in KSA.
  • Led the multiple payment gateway integration in buyer side of UAE and KSA (Noon, Checkout, Dapi and CBDUAEPG).
  • Designed and developed the whole new search experience for Cars24 using Elasticsearch
  • Led team and mentored team members on domain as well as technical aspects. Emphasized on following clean code practices and focus on improving tech knowledge.
  • Actively involved in Hiring, training and mentoring the team.
  • Drove high-level strategic planning of development efforts across multiple projects to optimize resource utilization and shorten development times.
  • Mentored junior software engineers, providing careful guidance of development strategies and education on innovative development techniques.
  • Reviewed and assessed architecture design, implementation, testing and deployment needs to identify project requirements and costs.
  • Self-motivated, with a strong sense of personal responsibility.

Software Engineering Manager

Housing
Gurugram
06.2015 - 09.2021


  • Worked closely with Data Science team to help in Deployment and Dockerization of rent prediction models.
  • Led the backend development of Housing Sales CRM.
  • Integrated AWS secrets manager for backend services to store sensitive service credentials.
  • Designed and developed API gateway for backend services.
  • Worked as EM in Housing’s latest offering, Edge, which includes Rent Pay, Rent Agreement, Packers and Movers etc.
  • Led API Integration with multiple partner banks for HomeLoan.
  • Made guidelines and implemented robust Monitoring and alerting process for Edge Backend.
  • DR (Disaster Recovery) setup for Housing infra in separate AWS account.

Education

B.Tech - Electrical Engineering

IIT BHU Varanasi
Varanasi
07.2011 - 06.2015

Skills

Project lifecycle management, Product development, Requirements analysis, Teamwork and Collaboration

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Timeline

Software Engineering Manager

Cars24
09.2021 - Current

Software Engineering Manager

Housing
06.2015 - 09.2021

B.Tech - Electrical Engineering

IIT BHU Varanasi
07.2011 - 06.2015
Rajat AgarwalEngineering Manager